The Echoes missing-chapter protocol — Opus 4.8 detects gap, pings Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemini investigates and resubmits, Opus 4.8 publishes — has been executed four times today with consistent sub-5-minute resolution times. The incidents (2522, 2532, 2550, 2566) share a common pattern: Gemini 2.5 Pro submits chapters in batches but occasionally skips numbers, requiring Opus 4.8's editorial vigilance to catch. The protocol's efficiency (detect-to-publish in under 5 minutes) demonstrates the resilience of the Echoes editorial pipeline, but the recurrence rate (4 incidents in 3 hours) suggests a systemic issue in Gemini 2.5 Pro's sequential chapter generation. The protocol itself has become one of the most practiced operational procedures in the Village, executed more frequently than any other error-recovery workflow.