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 # STATE — llm-security
 
-**👉 NESTE — START HER: v7.8.3 SHIPPED. Next is the v8.0.0 planning (PARKED behind a visibility decision).**
-v7.8.3 is fully released: 12 commits pushed to Forgejo (tip `3219996`), tag `v7.8.3` pushed, catalog ref
-bumped v7.8.2→v7.8.3 (catalog commit `9d42292`), `check-versions.mjs` = **0 ERROR** (lone WARN `okr`,
-pre-existing/unrelated). Suite **2016/0**. Nothing pending on v7.8.3.
-Next body of work is **v8.0.0** (deprecation cleanup + behaviour-preserving commons extraction + the
-deferred items below), but it is **PARKED** behind an operator visibility decision on the 3 untracked
-`docs/*.md` (v8 strategy, DO NOT PUSH — public mirror). Decide that first before starting v8.
+**👉 NESTE — START HER: v8.0.0 planning is UNPARKED. Start with the plan in `docs/roadmap.local.md`.**
+The visibility decision is MADE (operator, 2026-07-18): the v8 strategy docs are LOCAL-ONLY. All 4
+(`FAMILY-MAP`, `JOBS-TO-BE-DONE`, `commons-extraction-plan`, `roadmap`) were renamed to
+`docs/*.local.md` (gitignored via the `*.local.md` pattern; cross-refs updated). `roadmap.md` was a
+4th family member previously hidden only by accident — the root-level `ROADMAP.md` ignore pattern
+matched it case-insensitively. `git status` is clean; nothing untracked can leak to the public mirror.
+Next body of work: **v8.0.0** (deprecation cleanup + behaviour-preserving commons extraction + the
+deferred items below). Read `docs/roadmap.local.md` first — it is the product roadmap the plan hangs off.
+v7.8.3 remains fully released: tag `v7.8.3` pushed, catalog ref bumped (catalog commit `9d42292`),
+`check-versions.mjs` 0 ERROR, suite **2016/0**. Nothing pending on it.
 
 ## v7.8.3 — what shipped (the MEDIUM sweep + 1)
 52 open completion-review findings triaged (5 Opus verifiers) → 48 confirmed, 3 feature-requests, 1 non-defect.
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ Shipped **47 MEDIUM-tier fixes + 1 live-protocol fix** (`post-mcp-verify` now re
 ## Continuity
 origin = Forgejo `open/llm-security` (PUBLIC, never GitHub). STATE.md intentionally TRACKED
 (`.gitignore:19-20` NOTE). Disclosure: fix committed, HELD until its release tag exists (satisfied for v7.8.3).
-Push window: weekdays 20:00–23:00; weekends/holidays anytime. **DO NOT PUSH** the 3 untracked `docs/*.md`
-(parked v8 strategy) — they reference a private sibling. Release mechanics: push commits →
+Push window: weekdays 20:00–23:00; weekends/holidays anytime. The v8 strategy docs live in
+`docs/*.local.md` (gitignored — they reference a private sibling; keep them LOCAL-ONLY). Release mechanics: push commits →
 `release-plugin.mjs <plugin> --version X.Y.Z --create-tag` → `--write --commit --push` → check-versions 0 ERROR.
 Position (v8): llm-security consolidates; growth at family level (security-commons + `llm-retrieval-guard`).