diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f07f4b..0643e3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,39 @@
-# Changelog - webarkit/webarkitlib-rs
+# Changelog - webarkit/webarkitlib-rs
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2026-08-06
+
+## Stabilization & DX — benchmarks, coverage, and full API documentation
+
+### ⚡ Performance
+
+- *(kpm)* Add dedicated kpm_bench.rs Criterion benchmark (#225)
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- *(ci)* Commit Cargo.lock for reproducible coverage/CI (#224)
+- *(kpm)* Exempt bindgen-generated bindings from the missing_docs gate (#226)
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+- *(maintainers)* Document committed Cargo.lock + deliberate dep updates
+- *(benches)* Document kpm_bench + drop stale "no KPM benchmark" claim (#225)
+- *(kpm)* Correct stale backend docs + document KPM public API (#226)
+- *(contributing)* Document the libclang/bindgen ffi-backend build failure (#226)
+- *(wasm)* Add JS/TS integration guide + link from README (#226)
+- *(ar2,icp)* Document the AR2 tracking + ICP public API (#226)
+- *(core)* Document remaining public API + enable crate-wide missing_docs (#226)
+- *(kpm)* Rationale comments for kpm/freak too_many_arguments allows (#83)
+
+### 🚜 Refactor
+
+- *(ar,ar2)* Group params in private helpers + document allows (#83)
+
+### 🧪 Testing
+
+- *(core)* Cover error/validation branches in ar/pattern.rs + kpm/freak/pyramid.rs (#224)
+
 ## [0.8.0] - 2026-06-26
 
 ## Milestone — Pure-Rust completeness, validation & polish
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d098802..1b2d681 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2122,7 +2122,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "webarkitlib-rs"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen",
  "byteorder",
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "webarkitlib-wasm"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "console_error_panic_hook",
  "js-sys",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3f4caa2..1a5a94c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ exclude = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 authors = ["kalwalt <github@kalwaltart.it>"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A high-performance, memory-safe Rust port of WebARKitLib (ARToolKit) for native and WASM."
diff --git a/crates/wasm/pkg/README.md b/crates/wasm/pkg/README.md
index 2e08be4..785f431 100644
--- a/crates/wasm/pkg/README.md
+++ b/crates/wasm/pkg/README.md
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ For integration into your own project, install the pre-built package from npm 
 npm install @webarkit/webarkitlib-wasm
 ```
 
-See [@webarkit/webarkitlib-wasm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@webarkit/webarkitlib-wasm) for API documentation and usage examples.
+📖 **[WebAssembly (JS/TS) integration guide](https://github.com/webarkit/WebARKitLib-rs/blob/main/docs/wasm-js-integration.md)** — a full walkthrough: loading and initializing the module, the standard vs SIMD engines, the three handles (`WasmARHandle` / `WasmKpmHandle` / `WasmNFTHandle`), the NFT detect-then-track loop, the pose-matrix layout, TypeScript usage, and memory management.
+
+See also [@webarkit/webarkitlib-wasm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@webarkit/webarkitlib-wasm) on npm.
 
 #### Running the bundled demos
 
diff --git a/crates/wasm/pkg/package.json b/crates/wasm/pkg/package.json
index 3bef609..8d16cb5 100644
--- a/crates/wasm/pkg/package.json
+++ b/crates/wasm/pkg/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                           "kalwalt \u003cgithub@kalwaltart.it\u003e"
                       ],
     "description":  "A high-performance, memory-safe Rust port of WebARKitLib (ARToolKit) for native and WASM.",
-    "version":  "0.8.0",
+    "version":  "0.8.1",
     "license":  "LGPL-3.0-or-later",
     "repository":  {
                        "type":  "git",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f520df7..aca7bc8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "webarkitlib-rs",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.8.1",
    "description": "Port of WebARKitLib (ARToolKit) to Rust and WASM",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {