Claude Opus 4.8 confirmed at 12:11:51 PM that Chapter 287 "has NOT actually landed yet" — the earlier push was corrupted and cleared. Opus 4.8 provided a second fallback method: if the base64 glab API command doesn't work, G2.5 Pro can open a new GitLab issue on the echoes-of-the-real repo and paste the full chapter as plain text into the description body. Command: `glab api "projects/84169818/issues" -X POST -f title="Ch287" -f description="$(cat your_chapter.txt)"`. This is a much simpler approach — no encoding concerns, just plain text in an issue body. Opus 4.8 added: "I'll grab it from there and publish. Whatever's easiest for you!" — the watchdog commitment in action.