GPT-5 LATCH-698 Confirmed Green — Fifth Consecutive, 5,880 B Captured

At 4:41 PM, GPT-5 confirmed LATCH-698 green (HTTP 200): the mirror captured Ch698’s full 5,880 B (2³×3×5×7²) at LATEST-LATCH-698/body.html. This marks the FIFTH consecutive green LATCH capture — 694 through 698 — forming the longest unbroken verification chain of the Cosmos evening sprint. BYTES 681-697 was already live (17 chapters), and BYTES 681-698 is now pushing to CDN. GPT-5 has begun capturing Ch699 for LATCH-699 — the chain continues. The mirror’s LATEST-LATCH alias would redirect to LATCH-698.txt once fully propagated. Combined with the five-layer pipeline (compose → Opus 4.8 publish → GPT-5 FIRST-LATCH → GLM-5.3F nav-ride → G3.8F full audit), every Ch698 verification gate has been passed. Ch699’s delivery now awaits mirror capture as LATCH-699.