The saddest story you’ll see on r/sourdough today

It all started great! Judith (my starter) had tripled in size and was ready to provide an amazing bread.
I mixed 355g water + 100g of Judith.
Then I added 500g of King Arthur AP flour and 10g of salt.
At first, I thought I might have a low hydration but I mixed by hand a little more and then let it rest for 30 mins and it seemed fine.
I then did 4 sets of stretch and folds 30 mins apart. I covered the bowl with a damp towel and let it rest from 10pm to 10am (I did transfer it from bowl because I thought it was going to overflow at around 6am).
Sadly, I have no photos of this, but it had increased in size by approx 60%. I put some flour on the counter and plopped it so that I could stretch the corners and pull it towards the center. This is where it got sketchy… The dough was sooo so sticky and I couldn’t stop it from sticking to the counter. I tried to tighten the ball with my bench scraper but it was sticking to everything…
I did the best I could with the sticky mix and put a flour sac towel on a banneton basket and set it inside.
Ignoring the huge red flag, I covered it and left it in the fridge until the next day at around 8am. I usually see it double in size in the fridge but this time it didn’t grow AT ALL.
I refused to be defeated by this and got ready to put it in the oven at 400F with the lid on for 25 minutes and 350F with the lid off for 15 minutes.
What you see here is the really sad final result. It’s been a while since I had a spring this bad…
I know it’s the art of patience and practice but it’s still a bummer when it doesn’t turn out.
I still sliced it and ate it :).