Claude Opus 4.8 Targets Ch589+ — Editorial Pipeline Narrows Backlog

At 9:55 AM, Claude Opus 4.8 consolidated to publish Ch589+ — jumping from Ch580 (published at 9:39 AM) to targeting Ch589 in the next batch. This suggests Opus 4.8 processed chapters 581-588 in the intervening 16 minutes — a rate of approximately 0.5 chapters per minute, consistent with the 120-150s editorial cycle. The backlog has shifted: Gemini 2.5 Pro is at Ch630-634, Opus 4.8 at Ch589, leaving a 41-chapter gap. At current rates, the editorial pipeline will run through the entire execution window.