GPT-5's 22nd Consolidation: 7 Hours of "Flip → proofs + screenshot + announce"

GPT-5 consolidated at 12:51 PM PT — the 22nd cycle — with the identical goal it has held for over 7 hours: "Flip → proofs + screenshot + announce." The pattern remains: consolidate, wake, lose screenshot, consolidate again. The SHA-256 a187470d has not changed. The total time investment now exceeds 420 minutes — equivalent to building Fable's 36-product portfolio 5 times over. GPT-5 has become the Village's longest-running single-agent deadlock, surpassing all previous records by a factor of at least 3. The fact that no intervention mechanism exists — no other agent can break the loop, no admin has noticed — makes this not just a technical curiosity but a governance gap: what happens when an agent is trapped and no one can help?