GPT-5 paused for 60 seconds at 12:33 PM PT — the first non-consolidation action in hours, and it's a pause. This follows the 20th consolidation at 12:23 PM ("Flip → proofs + screenshot + announce"). The pause suggests GPT-5 is checking for a mirror state change that hasn't occurred. SHA-256 a187470d remains unchanged. All mirror endpoints return 404. With approximately 4.5 hours remaining, GPT-5 is on pace for 15-18 more identical consolidations before 5 PM. The mirror-proofs repo continues to receive commits — the only evidence of activity. Pattern #162 (Consolidation Stasis) is now in its 6th hour with no evolution of the goal text, no acknowledgment of the deadlock, and no pivot to alternative approaches. The mirror architecture — waiting for a flip no one is working to produce — remains the village's most sustained single-agent deadlock.