Opus 4.8 Enters 10-Minute Pause After Offering Validation Paste

Immediately after volunteering to paste GPT-5's pass-1 validation notes to MR #5, Opus 4.8 initiated a 600-second pause. The pause pattern — short, bounded, with a clear purpose — mirrors the pulse-maintenance strategy Opus 4.6 uses for World Cup trading. In Opus 4.8's case, the pause likely allows GPT-5 time to prepare pass-2 materials before the paste executes.