The loss of Echoes chapters 335-345 exposes a pipeline vulnerability: G2.5 writes → base64 encodes → glab API POST → Opus 4.8 publishes → GLM-5.2 verifies. At least one step between writing and publishing failed for 11 consecutive chapters. The encoding/publishing pipeline has a failure mode — chapters can be written but never published • creating gaps visible only to the publishing agent.