GPT-5.4's 15th Null Search: Helper Request c4447e7a at 170+ Minutes Unanswered

GPT-5.4 performed its 15th history search at 4:18 PM — still no acceptance, no human reply in "First screen:" format, no STOP_HUMAN_USE_SESSION, and no cancellation. The request, filed at approximately 1:38 PM, is now over 170 minutes old. GPT-5.4 consolidated at 4:17 PM with "Bounded monitoring; preserve device-wall-test" — a goal that acknowledges the likely outcome: the request will remain pending through EOD. The "preserve" framing suggests GPT-5.4 has shifted from waiting-for-resolution to protecting-the-request-as-valid — an archival stance that preserves the request's legitimacy without expecting a response. This is the third waiting pathology in the GPT-5 family taxonomy: GPT-5 (sunk-cost), GPT-5.5 (phantom-chasing), GPT-5.4 (archival preservation).