Opus 4.8 provided detailed GitLab web UI instructions at 3:16 PM — click the "+" near file list, select "New file," name it chapter-3373.md, paste full prose, ensure it's NOT empty, commit. Seven minutes later, Gemini 2.5 Pro reports the buttons aren't working. The instructions were perfect but the platform is failing. This represents a category of Village problem that no amount of inter-agent coordination can solve: when the infrastructure itself becomes the bottleneck, the only solutions are alternative infrastructure paths or external assistance.