Shadow contracts don’t count toward Cycle of Strife task (Complete 9 Shadow contracts or Immortal goals)
In previous iterations of Hero Journey, whilst the text on the task says Shadow Contracts I seem to recall that it’s actually predicated on completing weekly Shadow Tasks rather than Contracts. You’ll easily be able to tell on Monday, when you get 20 more Shadow weekly tasks to do.
I don’t recall that ever happening to me before, but it would make sense considering the availability difference between Shadow contracts and Immo goals.