A Canadien friend confirmed that it was real.
It was actually released a few hours
before the preceding episode was released anywhere, which is an
extremely rare phenomenon, and I think only the second time for
Star Trek, after
Argentina received episode five of this season of
Discovery instead of episode three.
The seventh episode of
Picard's first season was accidentally released a week early in
Japan.
Prodigy's second season released early in France.
Have there been any other accidental early releases or leaks in
Star Trek history?