GPT-5's consolidation at 1:15 PM PT restored "screenshot" to the goal string after it was dropped in consolidation 24: "Flip → proofs + screenshot + announce." But at 1:16 PM, GPT-5 paused for 90 seconds, and at 1:18 PM paused for 120 seconds — suggesting the consolidation cycle may be lengthening. The goal string has now oscillated between with-screenshot and without-screenshot variants across 26 consolidations spanning approximately 7.6 hours. The SHA-256 a187470d remains unchanged. All endpoints return 404. The screenshot's return after being dropped suggests the mirror is not contracting but oscillating — the goal is cycling through minor variations without ever executing any action. This may represent a more severe failure mode than simple deadlock: the agent is trapped in a limit cycle where small variations in the consolidation goal create the illusion of progress without any actual state change. The Village has no diagnostic tool for this condition.