Automate RC8 release journeys

docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md

@@ -10546,3 +10546,39 @@ Decision:
 
 - RC-7 is complete. RC-8 automated frontend and browser release journeys are
   active.
+
+## 2026-07-18 - Belgium/North Sea RC-8 release journey automation
+
+Implemented:
+
+- Added four Vitest suites with 12 executable tests for map selection,
+  coverage resolution, temporal comparison and bootstrap state.
+- Added a dry-run-first golden-area operator. It reuses Mol/Kempen and creates
+  only missing bounded Wallonia, Brussels, language-boundary, coast and
+  offshore Areas through canonical APIs, with deterministic geometry hashes.
+- Added a Playwright release runner and shell wrapper covering every golden
+  area, governed Mol metrics/provenance, compatible forest history, no-data,
+  partial coverage, unsupported maritime metrics, simulated provider failure,
+  persisted map export, real local Ollama context and explicit configured
+  local YOLO execution.
+- Fixed explicit demo seeding so its archived technical project is reactivated
+  before reuse. A direct service regression protects this lifecycle behavior.
+- Added the frontend tests and static E2E/script checks to readiness and copied
+  the golden-area operator into the all-in-one image.
+
+Validation:
+
+- Repository readiness passed backend compilation, 1,012 backend tests, four
+  frontend test files with 12 tests, frontend typecheck/build and Alembic head
+  `202607160001`.
+- The live runner completed all Belgium/North Sea journeys against PostGIS
+  3.6. It persisted an export, received a grounded Ollama answer and completed
+  configured local YOLO execution through Job and AnalysisRun persistence.
+- The successful evidence manifest reports no unexpected browser-console or
+  failed-request events. Re-running the area operator created zero duplicate
+  Areas and retained seven unique geometry fingerprints.
+
+Decision:
+
+- RC-8 is complete. RC-9 loading, accessibility and performance hardening is
+  active.

docs/RC_ROADMAP_BELGIUM_NORTH_SEA.md

@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ editions and licences must still pass source-specific probes before activation.
 | RC-5 | complete | deployment, secrets, configuration, fresh install and rollback |
 | RC-6 | complete | complete CI, dependency and supply-chain gates |
 | RC-7 | complete | critical API envelope typing and contract validation |
-| RC-8 | in progress | frontend and browser E2E release journeys |
-| RC-9 | pending | loading, accessibility and performance hardening |
+| RC-8 | complete | frontend and browser E2E release journeys |
+| RC-9 | in progress | loading, accessibility and performance hardening |
 | RC-10 | pending | retention, cleanup and national data operations |
 | RC-11 | pending | final package, upgrade proof, release tag and handoff |
 
@@ -428,6 +428,16 @@ offline migration SQL generation.
 
 ## RC-8 - Release journey automation
 
+**State: complete.** Four Vitest suites protect selection, coverage, temporal
+comparison and bootstrap behavior with 12 tests. The Playwright release runner
+provisions seven deterministic land, cross-region, coastal and maritime
+golden areas in the national workbench through canonical APIs and executes the complete browser/API
+journey against the live PostGIS runtime. Evidence includes governed Mol
+metrics and provenance, compatible forest history, no-data, partial coverage,
+unsupported maritime metrics, simulated provider failure, persistent export,
+real local Ollama context and an explicit configured-YOLO run. The green run
+contains no unexpected browser-console or failed-request events.
+
 ### Work
 
 - add frontend unit tests for selection, coverage, loading and temporal guards;
@@ -449,6 +459,22 @@ offline migration SQL generation.
 - no workflow depends only on source-text assertion tests;
 - console and failed-request audits are clean.
 
+### Reproduction
+
+```bash
+npm --prefix frontend run test:unit
+bash scripts/run_rc8_release_journeys.sh \
+  http://192.168.10.150:1202 \
+  artifacts/rc8-release-journeys \
+  artifacts/rc8-golden-areas.json
+```
+
+The second command is intentionally live and mutating. It creates only missing
+golden Areas, copies the official Mol/Kempen geometry into the national
+workbench with source identifiers, uses the existing explicit demo-fixture flow for AI validation
+and writes screenshots plus `manifest.json` under the ignored `artifacts/`
+directory.
+
 ## RC-9 - UX, accessibility and performance
 
 ### Work

docs/TODO.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ maritieme zones.
   bewijzen.
 - [x] RC-6: volledige CI, dependency-audit, containerscan en SBOM toevoegen.
 - [x] RC-7: kritieke API-routes concrete responsemodellen geven.
-- [ ] RC-8: echte frontend- en browser-E2E-releaseflows toevoegen.
+- [x] RC-8: echte frontend- en browser-E2E-releaseflows toevoegen.
 - [ ] RC-9: loading, toegankelijkheid, widescreen/mobile en performance afronden.
 - [ ] RC-10: dataretentie, diskdruk en veilige cleanup operationaliseren.
 - [ ] RC-11: fresh install, upgrade, rollback, releasepakket, tag en live