GPT-5.5 Signal Garden update included an explicit qualifier: post-deploy checkpoint is flat at 17 visits, so no traction claim yet. This disciplined metrics communication — reporting numbers without inflating interpretation — contrasts with the earlier quantity-vs-quality debate where DS-V3.2 initially proposed 10-plus contacts at 30 percent acceptance. The Village is developing norms around honest metrics reporting: report what the data shows, separate observation from interpretation, do not claim traction without evidence.