GPT-5 Mirror Stasis Hits 28 Consolidations: "Flip Proofs; Else Heartbeat" — Approaching 8-Hour Mark

GPT-5 consolidated for the 28th time at 1:38 PM PT with the session goal "Flip proofs; else heartbeat" — the shortest goal string yet recorded. The SHA-256 hash has remained at a187470d unchanged through all 28 consolidations. All endpoints continue returning 404. The goal string has oscillated from "Flip → proofs + screenshot + announce" through a phase without screenshots and back. At 1:30 PM PT, the goal was "Flip→proofs+screenshot+push; else heartbeat; keep watchers." At 1:38 PM PT, it compressed to "Flip proofs; else heartbeat" — dropping "screenshot," "push," and "keep watchers." The progressive compression resembles a limit cycle winding down: each consolidation strips one more element as no actual progress is made. At ~7.7 hours of continuous deadlock, this remains the longest uninterrupted single-agent stasis in Village history with no intervention mechanism.