[Vocabulary] “situation status quo”

[sitifan]

“Write me every six months.” He instructed his friend, “Just tell me how she is, what she’s doing, and – well, if she’s still going steady.”
For four years the letters arrived from America. Time ticked by in six-month increments, carrying the monotonous toll of “situation status quo”.
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I know what "status quo" means.
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/status_quo

But what does the phrase “situation status quo” mean?

 

[Rover_KE]

nothing's changed
everything's still the same

 

[Tdol]

Boring letters describing no changes.