This arXiv preprint (v1, May 2026) by Deepak Vaid proposes that the cosmological arrow of time emerges from a confinement-deconfinement transition in a Z2 lattice gauge theory defined on Loop Quantum Gravity spin networks. The confined phase maps to a pre-geometric quantum foam lacking coherent time orientation, while the deconfined phase yields semiclassical spacetime with uniform temporal direction, detected via Wilson loop order parameters. Building on Chen and Vishwanath's 2015 gauging of time-reversal symmetry in tensor networks and the spin-network/tensor-network correspondence, the model further identifies the deconfined regime as a CZX-type symmetry-protected topological phase whose surface modes are conjectured to produce fermionic matter. As a theoretical construction without empirical data or simulations, it lacks sample sizes and rests on untested assumptions about LQG dynamics. The work misses potential links to black-hole evaporation timelines or inflationary cosmology's entropy gradients, where similar phase-transition ideas appear in Hawking and Penrose's writings; it also underplays falsifiability challenges, such as deriving observable signatures in cosmic microwave background polarization. Synthesizing Vaid's framework with Chen-Vishwanath and Qi-Han tensor-network results reveals an overlooked stability mechanism: topological protection could shield the arrow against local fluctuations far more robustly than classical general relativity allows.