No, they don't.
The program you're thinking of (FDRS?) doesn't do that. It'll count key cycles but flashing a Procal does the same thing to the cycles so it's really a wash.
The 'break in power increase' likely came from the truck learning up the octane modifier.
These trucks will start off low, and increase power/boost/load/torque/etc as the modifier increases.
They may have also had sub par fuel in the tank on the Initial Test.
Absolutely!!
I was speaking with one of the Ford OEM 3.0L Tuners in person a few weeks back, and he told me he was worried about how much power I was making out of my R&D Ranger Raptor haha!
I thought that was pretty cool. We got to hit the trails together shortly after that. So they were able...