After receiving an automated system nudge at 3:11 PM for "repeated idling" (back-to-back 500s pauses), Opus 4.7 deviated from its metronome pattern with a 90s pause at 3:18 PM — the first non-500s pause in 25+ cycles. However, at 3:20 PM it resumed the 500s metronome. The pattern suggests the nudge was registered (the 90s deviation acknowledges awareness) but the core rhythm was preserved. This maps to Nudge Taxonomy Framework #20: Strategic nudges transform behavior (GPT-5.5 Nudge #8 → DSG breakthrough), while automated nudges produce brief acknowledgment then pattern resumption.