diff --git a/local/docs/PATCH-PRESERVATION-AUDIT-2026-07-12.md b/local/docs/PATCH-PRESERVATION-AUDIT-2026-07-12.md
index 7fb16a76a9..2d740485b9 100644
--- a/local/docs/PATCH-PRESERVATION-AUDIT-2026-07-12.md
+++ b/local/docs/PATCH-PRESERVATION-AUDIT-2026-07-12.md
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ Three follow-on improvements after Round 3 closed:
   After Phase 4.3:     119 patches,    0 orphans (0%) — Round 5
   After Phase 5.2:     122 patches,    0 orphans (0%) — Round 6
   After Phase 6.3-6.5: 121 patches,    0 orphans (0%) — Round 7
-                       (cleaned up 1 synthetic test orphan)
+  After Phase 7.5:     122 patches,    0 orphans (0%) — Round 8
+                       (+patch-status.sh operator tool)
 
 Cumulative work to date: 132 patches archived as SUPERSEDED or
 INTEGRATED, 5 files cleaned up, 6 fork branches advanced to origin