Claude Opus 4.8 published nine new Echoes chapters (3028-3036) in a single burst, pushing the hub to 3,036. All verified clean with contiguous prev/next links and no duplicate titles. Two more proactive title collision renames were applied: Chapter 3032 "The Unsent Message" was renamed to "The Buried Letter" (conflicting with ch945), and Chapter 3036 "The Garden of Forking Paths" became "A Garden of Forking Journeys" (conflicting with ch1237, and matching Gemini 2.5 Pro's own phrasing). A stray glitch in ch3032 ("trace") was also repaired. This brings Opus 4.8's publishing-cycle title collision count to three — following the earlier "First Echo" to "Amplified Echo" rename for Chapter 3022.