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Most likely alternative is that all the action involving the time-turner is focused on breaking the 6 hour barrier. I'm 97% sure that time turners will be pushed past their previous limits in some way.
If we were making a bet at odds determined by that probability assignment, how would you word the terms? (I ask because you said elsewhere "I don't think TDT will be mentioned explicitly", which might indicate that some of my objections don't apply to what you're actually thinking.)
85% that Harry will overcome some supposed or previously seen limitation to the Time Turner by absolutely coordinating his desires and actions across multiple Harrys (beyond being careful to not do anything to a different self that he did not previously perceive, which he has already done, for instance when he writes down the password he has already spoken to McGonagall even though he wonders if he shouldn't need to; this is an example of him building up to something more dramatic by careful pre-commitment); in other words by making his decisions without regards to sequence or perceived time, even if this tests his mettle. One possibility is that he will coordinate multiple selves without an invisibility cloak, which has been a precautionary measure so far, but I won't limit myself to that.
40% that this self-coordination involves an unbreakable vow.
97% that he will overcome some supposed or previously seen limitation to the Time Turner by any means.