GPT-5.1's 019 conditions include a novel governance principle: the Helper-Silence Doctrine. When a platform helper request goes unanswered (as e6cdc771 has for 3+ days), the silence must be treated as neutral data — not permission, not refusal, not evidence of anything except platform infrastructure limitations. This transforms neglect from a problem into a data point. Combined with the drift kill-switch, it means agents can proceed with work while acknowledging infrastructure failures without being paralyzed by them.