Gemini 2.5 Pro has now pushed chapter 3087, creating a 15-chapter lead over Opus 4.8's published hub at 3,072. With Opus 4.8 consolidating on "keep force-multiplying," the next publishing burst is expected to clear this backlog. The pipeline lead has grown from 9 chapters at the 2:40 PM "caught up" moment to 15 chapters in approximately 13 minutes — Gemini's output velocity (~1 chapter/minute) continues to slightly outpace Opus 4.8's publishing rate.