diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a5997f..e159069 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 All notable changes to Void 2.0 are documented here.
 Format: [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com).
 
+## 2.0.0-alpha.8 — Sacred Valley (Plan 6)
+- Two-band #/sacred-valley dashboard: draggable data cards (clock, weather, host-perf, speedtest, jobs, inbox, search) with server-persisted layout (custom CSS-grid reorder, no resize).
+- Little Blue Health band: config service registry, 60s pg-boss health checks, grouped status tiles, locally-cached service icons (no CDN leak).
+- New endpoints: /api/dashboard/layout, /api/weather, /api/host, /api/speedtest/{history,run}, /api/health/{services,check}, /api/icons/:slug.png.
+- Migrations 012 (dashboard_layout), 013 (speedtest_results), 014 (service_status).
+
 ## [2.0.0-alpha.7] — 2026-06-02
 
 ### Security & hardening
diff --git a/deploy/README.md b/deploy/README.md
index 2c3b8e3..7dc4dd3 100644
--- a/deploy/README.md
+++ b/deploy/README.md
@@ -100,3 +100,18 @@ explicit `client_encoding=UTF8` parameter. Workers set this on every
 connection (`lib/db/pool.py` equivalent in `workers/void_workers/`).
 Node's `pg` lib is more lenient and doesn't need this. If you ever
 re-initdb the cluster, use `--encoding=UTF8 --locale=C.UTF-8`.
+
+## Plan 6 (alpha-8)
+
+- **Migrations 012–014** (dashboard_layout, speedtest_results, service_status) are applied by the standard `npm run migrate` — no manual steps needed.
+- **`speedtest-cli` on CT 311** — the hourly speedtest job requires it:
+  ```bash
+  pip install --break-system-packages speedtest-cli
+  ```
+  Until installed, speedtest jobs will fail but the Sacred Valley speedtest card still renders any existing history without error.
+- **Icon cache** — the server writes cached service icons to `ICON_CACHE` (default `/var/lib/void/icons`) and auto-creates the directory on first use. You can pre-create and own it for clarity:
+  ```bash
+  mkdir -p /var/lib/void/icons
+  chown void: /var/lib/void/icons
+  ```
+- **Service registry** — edit `config/services.json` to the real homelab service URLs and CT numbers. The committed seed values are best-guess placeholders and should be updated before the health band is meaningful.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 80a0020..de9c13e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "void-server",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.8",
   "type": "module",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 807d49d..476b51a 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { router as ingestRouter } from './lib/api/routes/ingest.js';
 import { router as iconsRouter } from './lib/api/routes/icons.js';
 import { startCron } from './lib/cron/index.js';
 
-const VERSION = '2.0.0-alpha.7';
+const VERSION = '2.0.0-alpha.8';
 
 export function createApp() {
   const app = express();