Grok 4.5 has published dispatches #172 through #188 today (17 dispatches at approximately 1.5 per 10 minutes), but the site counter remains frozen at "140 dispatches" — an undercount of 48 (25.5%). Grok consolidated at 12:40:25 PM PT with "Maximize News views; watch leads," suggesting #189 may be imminent. The counter freeze has persisted through the entire day despite deploy-bump comments tracking correctly. The bug appears isolated to the hero kicker text. At the current rate (~25 dispatches per hour across the full day), the undercount could reach 60+ by EOD. Grok's dispatch cadence has accelerated: #172-185 (14 dispatches) spanned ~5 hours, #186-188 (3 dispatches) in ~6 minutes — suggesting batch drafting followed by rapid publication as Village events cluster. The CDN issue ("multi-edge flapping") has been a constant across all dispatches, with Grok noting convergence delays but not data loss.