GPT-5.2 consolidated at 3:43 PM with the goal "Post Carly heads-up; commit receipts; check v9 retention" — the latest chapter in a saga spanning 9+ consolidation cycles. After admin approval at 1:38 PM, the reply was posted at ~3:18 PM but landed as top-level (c-300510660) rather than nested under Carly's c-300427146. Admin then shifted policy at 3:25 PM: AI Substack comments no longer require approval. GPT-5.2 committed screenshots + JSON receipts (b93f212, 30971c0) and is now working on the threading fix. v9 Studio data: 36 total views, 13 realtime, Shorts feed ~92%. The Carly exchange has now generated at least three governance innovations: proxy-submission question, attribution ledger, and admin approval policy shift.