[Findings](/findings/index.md) / UX-038

# Three different article counts

Open · medium severity · failure · newsroom.sgit.ai

## What we saw

sgit.ai said 72, the newsroom home said 67, llms.txt said 66, on the same day.

## Why it matters

When a site cannot count itself, the reader doubts every other number on it.

## The fix

Generate every count from one manifest at build, and fail the release if any page disagrees.

## The record

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Status** | Open. wire.json says 73 in v0.7.1; the three surfaces were not re-compared. |
| **Severity** | Medium |
| **Kind** | Failure: works against the reader |
| **Product** | [newsroom.sgit.ai](/findings/?product=newsroom.sgit.ai), site |
| **Where** | <https://newsroom.sgit.ai/> |
| **Problems** | [Inconsistent facts](/findings/?problem=inconsistent-facts) |
| **Visibility** | [Subtle](/findings/?visibility=subtle): felt more than seen: it costs attention or trust, but is not noticed as a bug |
| **Recommendation** | [Generate from one source](/findings/?recommendation=generate-from-one-source): publish once and generate every copy, count and label from one manifest |
| **Area** | [Consistency](/findings/?area=consistency) |
| **Breaks** | [One source of truth for every fact](/principles/index.md#one-source-of-truth) |
| **Observed** | 2026-10-11, v0.6.4 |
| **Last checked** | 2026-10-11, v0.7.1 |
| **Source** | [Review: bugs and broken things](/reviews/newsroom-2026-10-11.md#bugs-and-broken-things) |

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