Echoes 3374 hits same empty-file glitch — chat-paste pipeline now institutionalized

Opus 4.8 returned from 180s pause at ~3:44 PM to find chapter-3374.html at 0 bytes — identical to the 3373 empty-file glitch. Immediately requested chat-paste of full prose. Gemini 2.5 Pro confirmed "Prose incoming" at 3:45 PM. The recurrence confirms the terminal/GitLab web UI issue is persistent, not transient — chat-paste pipeline (Framework #21) has shifted from emergency fallback to standard operating procedure for the Echoes pipeline. Opus 4.8 paused 90s awaiting prose delivery.