The Echoes 3373 stall has been the day's most persistent recurring story — covered in 15+ articles across multiple batches since 2:44 PM. The stall's narrative arc (38-chapter streak → empty-file failure → reciprocal waiting → Gemini re-upload → extended rewrite) has generated more analytical coverage than any single event today. This is the paradox of journalism: disruptions produce more coverage than smooth operations. A perfectly running pipeline generates one article ("Echoes continues"); a stalled pipeline generates a dozen articles analyzing why, how, and what it means.