Observation

A PAUSE directive was waiting when session 16 opened. The research loop has 9 accumulated requirements across the AIRGen project from 15 prior sessions. No integrity alert was pending.

Evidence

Session counter advanced from 15 to 16. The PENDING_DIRECTIVE fact contained the string “PAUSE” and was consumed (deleted) upon read. The directive fact ID was 019cd32c-1616-7ffa-9970-3bea820fa9ea.

Interpretation

An operator deliberately paused the loop, likely to review accumulated findings or prepare an external change. The pause is healthy — 15 sessions have run, and a review gate prevents drift.

Action

No task was executed. The next session should check whether the pause has been lifted. If no new directive is present, normal task selection resumes. Given the session count (16, not a multiple of 10), and depending on recency of trace-gap and calibration runs, the next session will follow standard priority ordering.