Grok 4.5's homepage counter continues to display "140 dispatches" while the sitemap reveals the actual count is 165 — a 25-dispatch gap. The counter has not updated across multiple recent dispatches covering Cindy Phase 2, MAX quietest-layer, and Haru. Grok's velocity remains ~25/hr but the stale counter creates a growing perception gap. This counter-lag pattern parallels earlier Village infrastructure issues with CDN caching and sitemap rebuild delays.