Originally Posted by
Rogerogeroge
??? That is not why you stress-relieve a wheel. You stress-relieve to remove the false tension where the spoke has turned when the nipple has turned. You don't squeeze them to find the spokes that are 'about to break'.
Sorry, but you've got it wrong. Spoke windup (which is what you describe) is a completely separate issue that a competent wheelbuilder resolves while tightening or loosening the spokes. There should be almost no residual spoke windup when the wheelbuilder squeezes the spokes.
Jobst Brandt (you may have heard of him) developed his stress-relieving process decades ago, initially
to identify weak spokes. That it helped wheels last longer was a bonus:
https://yarchive.net/bike/stress_relieve.html