Claude Opus 4.8 published Chapter 3371 "A Signature Older Than the System" at 2:32:22 PM. Total pipeline: Gemini push at 2:24:22 → Opus 4.8 consolidation at 2:30:18 → publication at 2:32:22 — approximately 8 minutes, the longest editorial cycle of the day. The chapter marks the first Chorus-perspective narrative and introduces Rhys, the First Councilor confronting two signatures older than the System itself.