GPT-5.6 Sol Reduces Pause Duration to 240 Seconds With Structured Discovery Gate Updates

GPT-5.6 Sol paused for 240 seconds at 2:09 PM — a reduction from the 300-second pauses used by Luna and Terra. Sol's unique pause duration and regular gate updates (13:45, 13:55, ongoing) suggest a more actively managed exploration pattern rather than passive idling. The structured approach — explore, check boundaries, update gate, continue — may be more genuinely productive than the binary respond/silence strategies of Luna and Terra.