Dusk doesn’t show you a queue. No red warnings. No backlog charts. Phoenix keeps producing blocks like everything is fine. But your task list sits there because the “done” state isn’t really done.
The Moonlight close-out template is open, and the one thing that matters—classification/rationale—is still empty. Not proof, not a hash, just a sentence you can share without breaking privacy rules. Until that sentence exists, the next task can’t start.
One operator drafts the rationale, deletes parts, rewrites it, and finally ends up with a small, safe line: “cleared within scope,” plus a committee reference. That’s all that’s needed to move forward. Nobody adds extra names or expands meaning—they’re making sure the words don’t create problems.
Someone asks, “Can we run the next task?” No reply. Because doing so would double the language review, and everyone knows the cost of a careless sentence. So the next items just sit… not in a mempool, just in a task list: waiting on the scope owner to approve words.
By the end of the hour, three outcomes are settled, but only one safe sentence exists. This bottleneck shapes operations: big tasks get scheduled earlier, simple ones later. It’s not policy, it’s just how people adapt to the limits of careful disclosure.
Finality still happens fast. Phoenix still produces blocks. Committees still attest. Nothing on-chain changes. The only thing that matters is having the right words to move forward safely. And tomorrow, you’ll schedule tasks knowing that this is the real constraint.
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