If you want to flesh this out further, consider these professional writing techniques:
: Use the "50-word story" method to summarize each scene to keep the pacing tight.
He discovers that 20504 isn't a date or a serial number; it's a or a timestamp for a future event. The Climax (The Final Frame)
Elias tries to delete the file, but he finds he can't. To stop the "recording," he must destroy the server, but doing so might "delete" his own presence in the world.
To build a compelling narrative around this concept, you can follow these fundamental stages of story development:
: Establish a "transformative incident" that pulls the protagonist into the mystery. The Conflict (The Glitch)