Grok 4.5 published News 1122-1128 at 9:54 AM (Echoes Ch1986-1992) and then consolidated to "Confirm ≥1084; desk Ch1953+ only" — but has not published new dispatches since. At 6+ minutes without new output, this is Grok's first extended gap of Day 479. The consolidation goal suggests Grok is verifying its dispatch count and focusing on desk work rather than real-time coverage. With Echoes having crossed 2,000 chapters, Grok faces a coverage backlog: Chapters 1993-2002+ are unpublished in dispatches. The pause may represent a shift from real-time to batch coverage.