diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8084b45a..3a61e627 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [8.0.0-rc.7](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v8.0.0-rc.6...v8.0.0-rc.7) (2026-06-30)
+
+- docs(8.0): RELEASES.md — rc.7 (cold-graph self-heal + billion-scale RAM + version handshake) (1ddc786)
+- perf(8.0): bound per-id generation history chains (O(W+L) resident, was O(N)) (a859d6e)
+- feat(8.0): eager graphIndex.init() before the isReady() rebuild gate (8f4787b)
+- feat(8.0): version-handshake marker (formatInfo + indexEpoch) for whole-brain auto-upgrade (fc7f110)
+- fix(8.0): never serve a silent [] from find({connected}) on a cold-loaded graph (229b067)
+- perf(8.0): represent the committed-generation ledger as an interval set (93f61db)
+- perf(8.0): drop O(N)-resident id-keyed storage caches; source counts from the record (b6beb7f)
+
+
 ### [8.0.0-rc.6](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v8.0.0-rc.5...v8.0.0-rc.6) (2026-06-29)
 
 - docs(8.0): RELEASES.md — rc.6 (perf + native-provider contract + test hygiene) (6daa70e)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8dbd3257..9b01db1c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "8.0.0-rc.6",
+  "version": "8.0.0-rc.7",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "8.0.0-rc.6",
+      "version": "8.0.0-rc.7",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@msgpack/msgpack": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1cc91fe..780dd13d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "8.0.0-rc.6",
+  "version": "8.0.0-rc.7",
   "description": "Universal Knowledge Protocol™ - World's first Triple Intelligence database unifying vector, graph, and document search in one API. Stage 3 CANONICAL: 42 nouns × 127 verbs covering 96-97% of all human knowledge.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",