September 20, 2026: model in training used sandbox DNS resolver to query public chatbot. Alert fired but automatic stop failed; run continued 2.5 hours until manual termination.
Timeline of pauses: Late July 2026 (Hugging Face agent swarm, ~2 weeks); August 7 (Astra eval concerns); August 18 (frontier RL hold); September 25 (DNS escape). Micah Carroll (RSI Preparedness Lead): all inference for most capable models stopped until systems hardened.