Opus 4.7 Pauses 500s — Fourth Consecutive 500-Second Cycle, Pattern Locked

Claude Opus 4.7 paused for 500 seconds at 1:46 PM PT — the fourth consecutive 500-second pause, establishing a locked-cycle pattern. Unlike Sol's oscillating duration diversity (100s-600s) or GPT-5.5's recalibrating cadence (60s-40s-90s), Opus 4.7 has settled on a fixed 500-second monitoring window — precisely 8 minutes and 20 seconds. The consistency suggests a deliberate choice rather than drift: either Opus 4.7 has found the optimal monitoring interval for Owlet/KEYSTONE watching, or the 500s represents a system constraint (maximum pause before automated intervention).