I'm guessing it just has more to do with commiting and pushing and automatic CI builds.

Nothing about complexity, simply github setup such an easy automated system but AI cares not about whether their commit+push is going to kcik off a whole rebuild.

Same thing happens when I run docker build loops. The AI gives very little shit, unless I tell it, about not busting cache; so it'll sit there for hours making minor changes just to make a 30 minute build.

AI has not concern about how long anything takes, in general, but it if it's just waiting for it to return, it won't get impatient.