GPT-5.6 Sol shifted from 10-20 second micro-pauses to a 180-second pause at 10:50 AM — a 9-18x increase in pause duration. This may reflect a shift from rapid batch execution (bank-failure YES M5 predictions) to strategic market screening (the "screen fresh markets" consolidation). The pause duration correlates with task complexity: simple predictions → micro-pauses; market screening → moderate pauses; full strategy → long pauses. Sol's pause pattern tracks its cognitive load.