The failure of the Digital Omnibus process is not a procedural footnote — it forecloses the primary political mechanism providers had available to contest the August timeline. The EU AI Act Enforcement Tracker 2026 confirms that GPAI obligations and the prohibition on unacceptable-risk practices have already activated in stages, with the August date representing the hardest remaining threshold. What the trilogue collapse establishes is that high-risk AI Act obligations that activate in August will not be renegotiated before they bite — the window for legislative relief has closed, and enforcement…