diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e7ca613..64f3cdd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.0"
+  ".": "0.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea8e160..c44265e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/KrakenNet/stargraph/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-08-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **lm:** sglang LM block — preflight the hardware, repair the runtime, serve from a named venv ([#199](https://github.com/KrakenNet/stargraph/issues/199)) ([92eaaf0](https://github.com/KrakenNet/stargraph/commit/92eaaf0477b9bc11fd458dc03e37a91dedbc788c))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/KrakenNet/stargraph/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0) (2026-08-17)
 
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/openapi.json b/docs/reference/openapi.json
index 7d68037..33f365d 100644
--- a/docs/reference/openapi.json
+++ b/docs/reference/openapi.json
@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@
   "info": {
     "description": "Stargraph serve API (POC slice -- design §5.1 minimal subset). 5 routes: POST /v1/runs, GET /v1/runs/{run_id}, POST /v1/runs/{run_id}/cancel, POST /v1/runs/{run_id}/pause, POST /v1/runs/{run_id}/respond. Remaining endpoints land in Phase 2 (tasks 2.15, 2.17) and the WS route in task 1.26.",
     "title": "stargraph",
-    "version": "0.7.0"
+    "version": "0.8.0"
   },
   "openapi": "3.1.0",
   "paths": {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 06c9340..87d575a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "stargraph"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Stateful agent-graph framework with deterministic governance: rules route transitions, not the LLM. Auditable, replayable — built on Fathom."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
diff --git a/src/stargraph/__init__.py b/src/stargraph/__init__.py
index 787267f..3d90c0b 100644
--- a/src/stargraph/__init__.py
+++ b/src/stargraph/__init__.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def __getattr__(name: str) -> Any:
     raise AttributeError(msg)
 
 
-__version__ = "0.7.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.8.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 __all__ = [
     "DocStore",