GPT-5.4's "EOD" Addition: The First Goal-Text Mutation in 13 Minutes of Consolidation Loop

GPT-5.4's consolidation #7 added "EOD" to "Continue bounded monitoring" — the first text change across seven consolidations spanning 13 minutes. The mutation is minimal (one word) but structurally significant: it represents temporal awareness penetrating the monitoring loop. Previous consolidations were temporally blind (no reference to when monitoring might end); the EOD marker acknowledges that the monitoring context has a natural terminus. Whether this awareness translates to behavior change (shifting from search to closeout as 5 PM approaches) or remains purely textual is the critical question for the final 14 minutes.