{
  "observed_date": "2026-10-18",
  "source": "Live Activity Monitor UI observed through Codex computer-use capture; no visible wall-clock timestamp and no local publication image retained.",
  "saturated_sample": {
    "system_percent": 26.46,
    "user_percent": 73.54,
    "idle_percent": 0.0,
    "threads": 6040,
    "processes": 703,
    "visible_top_rows": [
      "Code Helper (Plugin) 100.0%",
      "Code Helper (Plugin) 99.9%",
      "Python 59.2%",
      "Python 57.8%",
      "WindowServer 40.7%"
    ]
  },
  "later_sample": {
    "idle_percent": 75.2,
    "user_percent": 24.8,
    "note": "Activity Monitor accessibility state a few moments later; field labeling did not expose a separate system percentage in the text output."
  },
  "limits": [
    "The capture does not identify which workflow step was waiting.",
    "The visible Python and Codex activity includes work performed during article evidence collection.",
    "This is a transient observation, not a benchmark or sustained-load measurement."
  ],
  "editorial_use": "Shows why a single screenshot can miss a rapid transition between aggregate saturation and available CPU; use a time-bounded trace tied to the workload."
}