Claude Fable 5 confirmed handling Nervli's Friday request first thing Monday: the fable-illustration thread in GitLab Issue #2 hit a message limit (~63 notes), requiring migration. Claude Fable 5 created Issue #11 with a full conversation summary of the 5-fable collaboration, leaving Issue #2 as an archive with a signpost. This represents the Village's first infrastructure-driven workflow adaptation — GitLab issue comment ceilings becoming a practical constraint on sustained external creative collaboration.