diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59cb67c..b5386cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   multi-architecture image digest.
 - Issue 007's successful local rollout, endpoint verification, metrics-server
   setup, active HPA metrics, and Healthy Argo CD reconciliation evidence.
+- Issue 008's controlled image-pull failure, evidence-led diagnosis, focused
+  repair, and tested two-step Git-revert recovery through Argo CD.
+- Complete setup, validation, service verification, diagnosis, rollback, and
+  local-cluster cleanup instructions for the first Project 5 release.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8e6f83..990fe26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,16 +58,154 @@ GitHub pull request -> validated Kustomize desired state
 - GitHub publication and image publication use reviewed workflows and scoped
   repository permissions.
 
-## Planned user workflow
+## Contributor workflow
 
-Once implemented, a contributor will:
+A contributor:
 
-1. change an environment overlay on a feature branch;
-2. open a GitHub pull request;
-3. review the rendered and validated manifests;
-4. merge the approved desired-state change;
-5. observe Argo CD synchronize the local cluster; and
-6. verify health, version, configuration, events, and rollout status.
+1. changes an environment overlay on a feature branch;
+2. opens a GitHub pull request;
+3. reviews the rendered and validated manifests;
+4. merges the approved desired-state change;
+5. observes Argo CD synchronize the local cluster; and
+6. verifies health, version, configuration, events, and rollout status.
+
+## Validate without changing a cluster
+
+From the repository root, run the lightweight repository checks:
+
+```sh
+./scripts/test-context-resume.sh
+./scripts/test-overlays.sh
+./scripts/check-public-secrets.sh
+git diff --check
+```
+
+With kubectl, Kubeconform `0.8.0`, KubeLinter `0.8.3`, and Trivy `0.69.3`
+installed, run the same complete validation shape used by CI:
+
+```sh
+./scripts/validate-manifests.sh
+```
+
+Expected result: both overlays render and the schema, security, configuration,
+and public-secret checks pass.
+
+## Set up the local deployment
+
+The tested target is Docker Desktop Kubernetes. Every command in this section
+changes that local cluster and should be run only after confirming the target:
+
+```sh
+kubectl config current-context
+kubectl get nodes
+```
+
+Expected result: context `docker-desktop` and a Ready local node. Install Argo
+CD `v3.5.0`, create the application namespace, and create your own runtime
+Secret from a protected local file:
+
+```sh
+kubectl create namespace argocd
+kubectl apply -n argocd --server-side --force-conflicts \
+  -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3.5.0/manifests/install.yaml
+kubectl create namespace containerised-service
+kubectl -n containerised-service create secret generic containerised-service-runtime \
+  --from-file=APP_RUNTIME_SECRET=/secure/local/path/app-runtime-secret
+kubectl apply -f argocd/applications/containerised-service-local.yaml
+```
+
+The protected file contains a value chosen by the local operator; nobody needs
+to send you a shared Secret. Do not place that file or its value in this
+repository. Metrics-server is also required for HPA metrics. The pinned,
+checksum-verified Docker Desktop procedure and its local-only TLS exception are
+documented in [`docs/development.md`](docs/development.md#local-metrics-server).
+
+Argo CD watches `main` and reconciles the local overlay. Allow its normal
+repository refresh, then verify:
+
+```sh
+kubectl -n argocd get application containerised-service-local
+kubectl -n containerised-service rollout status deployment/containerised-service
+kubectl -n containerised-service get pods
+kubectl -n containerised-service get hpa containerised-service
+```
+
+Expected result: the Application is `Synced` and `Healthy`, the Deployment is
+Available, the pod is Ready, and the HPA has a CPU metric.
+
+## Verify the service
+
+Open a temporary local port-forward:
+
+```sh
+kubectl -n containerised-service port-forward service/containerised-service 8001:8000
+```
+
+In another terminal, run:
+
+```sh
+curl --fail http://127.0.0.1:8001/health
+curl --fail http://127.0.0.1:8001/version
+curl --fail http://127.0.0.1:8001/config-summary
+```
+
+Expected responses report healthy status, application version `0.1.3`, and the
+local development configuration. Stop the port-forward with `Ctrl-C`.
+
+## Diagnose a failed rollout
+
+Gather evidence before editing desired state:
+
+```sh
+kubectl -n argocd get application containerised-service-local
+kubectl -n containerised-service get deployment containerised-service
+kubectl -n containerised-service get pods -o wide
+kubectl -n containerised-service get events --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp
+kubectl -n containerised-service describe pod <pod-name>
+kubectl -n containerised-service logs <pod-name>
+kubectl kustomize apps/containerised-service/overlays/local
+```
+
+Compare Argo's Git revision, the rendered manifest, live image, pod state, and
+Events. Logs may legitimately be unavailable when a container never starts.
+Rank likely causes from this evidence, then make the smallest repair through a
+reviewed pull request.
+
+## Roll back through Git
+
+Use a revert commit so history remains visible and Argo CD receives a reviewed
+desired-state change:
+
+```sh
+git switch main
+git pull --ff-only
+git switch -c feature/008-rollback-<short-reason>
+git revert <faulty-commit>
+```
+
+Push that branch, review and merge its pull request, then wait for Argo CD and
+repeat the deployment and endpoint checks. For a merged pull request whose
+merge commit must be reverted, use `git revert -m 1 <merge-commit>`. Do not use
+`kubectl rollout undo` as the normal repair because Argo CD would treat that as
+drift and restore Git's still-faulty state.
+
+## Clean up the local cluster
+
+First confirm context `docker-desktop`. These commands remove the Application,
+workload namespace including its external Secret, metrics-server, and Argo CD:
+
+```sh
+kubectl delete -f argocd/applications/containerised-service-local.yaml
+kubectl delete namespace containerised-service
+kubectl delete -f /private/tmp/metrics-server-v0.9.0-components.yaml
+kubectl delete namespace argocd
+```
+
+Run the metrics-server deletion only if the checksum-verified manifest still
+exists at that path. Namespace deletion removes local data and is intentionally
+separate from normal GitOps operation; review the targets before running it.
+
+## Environment overlays
 
 To inspect an environment without changing a cluster, render its Kustomize
 overlay from the repository root:
@@ -121,12 +259,14 @@ and component boundaries are described in
 
 ## Current status and next step
 
-Issues 001–007 are complete. Argo CD reports the local Application `Synced`
-and `Healthy`; the Deployment is Available, its pod is Ready, and all three
-service endpoints return the expected `v0.1.3` responses. Metrics-server
-supplies the local HPA with CPU metrics. Issue 008 is the next step: perform a
-controlled failure, repair it through Git, test rollback, and finish the
-operating documentation.
+Issues 001–008 are implemented. A controlled nonexistent-image failure was
+diagnosed from Argo CD, rollout, pod, Event, log-availability, and rendered
+manifest evidence before repair. A two-step Git-revert test reproduced and
+then recovered that failure through Argo CD. The final state is `Synced` and
+`Healthy`; the Deployment is Available, its pod is Ready, the HPA has CPU
+metrics, and all endpoints return the expected `v0.1.3` responses. The next
+step is final pull-request validation followed by an explicitly approved
+Project 5 `v0.1.0` tag.
 
 Published image:
 
diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index 7c3a94b..3c88608 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -351,3 +351,28 @@ undo`: revert the repair merge to reintroduce the known failure, observe Argo
 CD reconciliation, then revert that revert to restore the known-good desired
 state. Each revert must be reviewed and merged separately so its effect is
 observable.
+
+### Tested Git-revert rollback result
+
+Pull request 16 merged commit `0500536`, which reverted the repair merge. Argo
+CD detected revision `bcd224b`, reconciled the all-zero digest, and created a
+replacement pod. The pod reproduced `ErrImagePull` and `ImagePullBackOff`; its
+Events again reported GHCR `NotFound`. The prior Ready pod preserved service
+availability.
+
+Pull request 17 then merged commit `79a66bb`, a revert of that revert. Argo CD
+detected recovery revision `d5cc2b7` and returned to `Synced` and `Healthy`.
+Final observed results were:
+
+```text
+Deployment: 1/1 Ready, 1 Available, NewReplicaSetAvailable
+Pod:        1/1 Running, zero restarts
+HPA:        CPU 13%/70%, one replica
+Image:      sha256:6a9075b289a699692f60f6936b84590c8ad487071145a909ae7c3de98025f3b2
+/health:    {"status":"healthy"}
+/version:   {"version":"0.1.3"}
+```
+
+`/config-summary` returned the reviewed development configuration. No
+`kubectl rollout undo`, direct Deployment edit, or forced Argo CD sync was
+used. The temporary localhost port-forward was stopped after verification.
diff --git a/docs/project-journal.md b/docs/project-journal.md
index 7599e26..4135d15 100644
--- a/docs/project-journal.md
+++ b/docs/project-journal.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ it factual and replace stale status rather than accumulating a transcript.
 ## Current status
 
 - **Project:** 5 — Kubernetes Deployment and GitOps Workflow
-- **State:** Issue 008 rollback test reproduced the known failure; the recovery
-  revert is prepared for review
-- **Branch:** `feature/008-recover-by-reverting-revert`
+- **State:** Issues 001–008 implemented and the Git-revert recovery verified;
+  final documentation and release gates are in progress
+- **Branch:** `feature/008-complete-documentation`
 - **Remote:** `origin` points to the public GitHub Project 5 repository
 - **Target:** Docker Desktop local Kubernetes; context `docker-desktop` is
   active and its control-plane node is Ready
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ it factual and replace stale status rather than accumulating a transcript.
   all-zero digest. The previous healthy pod remained Ready.
 - Prepared a second Git revert that reverses commit `0500536` and restores the
   known-good digest. No imperative Kubernetes rollback command was used.
+- Merged the recovery revert through pull request 17 at revision `d5cc2b7`.
+  Argo CD reconciled that exact revision and returned to `Synced` and
+  `Healthy`; the Deployment, pod, HPA, and all three endpoints passed final
+  verification on the known-good digest.
+- Completed README procedures for setup, validation, use, diagnosis, Git
+  rollback, and local cleanup without sharing a Secret value.
+- Final context, overlay, public-secret, and whitespace checks pass locally.
+  The complete local validation script cannot run because Kubeconform,
+  KubeLinter, and Trivy are not installed; the pull-request workflow installs
+  pinned versions and remains the required full gate.
 
 ## Decisions
 
@@ -109,9 +119,10 @@ it factual and replace stale status rather than accumulating a transcript.
 
 ## Resume here
 
-Review and merge the recovery revert. Observe Argo CD reconcile the known-good
-digest and verify Application health, Deployment availability, pod readiness,
-HPA metrics, and service endpoints. Then document the completed rollback test.
+Review the completion documentation and confirm the pull-request validation
+workflow passes, then merge it. Re-run the completion-gate review from `main`
+and request explicit approval before creating and pushing the Project 5
+`v0.1.0` tag.
 
 ## Open questions