diff --git a/docs/work/_system/_state.json b/docs/work/_system/_state.json
index 3777f76..88e5a98 100644
--- a/docs/work/_system/_state.json
+++ b/docs/work/_system/_state.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "updated_at": "2026-05-18T20:16:23.080Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-05-18T20:23:30.752Z",
   "epics": {
     "binder-wrap-helper": {
       "status": "done",
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       }
     },
     "compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors": {
-      "status": "in-progress",
+      "status": "done",
       "title": "Declarative compliance manifests (PII + retention + sub-processors) — Epic A of ADR-025",
       "prd": "docs/work/prds/compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors.prd.md",
       "stories": {
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@
           "blocks": []
         },
         "08-docs-compliance-reference-files": {
-          "status": "todo",
+          "status": "done",
           "title": "docs/compliance reference example files and README",
           "ac_total": 1,
-          "ac_completed": 0,
+          "ac_completed": 1,
           "depends_on": [
             "06-compliance-generator-scripts"
           ],
@@ -436,13 +436,7 @@
       }
     }
   },
-  "ready": [
-    {
-      "epic": "compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors",
-      "story": "08-docs-compliance-reference-files",
-      "title": "docs/compliance reference example files and README"
-    }
-  ],
+  "ready": [],
   "blocked": [],
   "needs_prd_ship": []
 }
diff --git a/docs/work/epics/compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors/08-docs-compliance-reference-files/_story.md b/docs/work/epics/compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors/08-docs-compliance-reference-files/_story.md
index 2005a25..66b3ff5 100644
--- a/docs/work/epics/compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors/08-docs-compliance-reference-files/_story.md
+++ b/docs/work/epics/compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors/08-docs-compliance-reference-files/_story.md
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ id: 08-docs-compliance-reference-files
 epic: compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors
 title: docs/compliance reference example files and README
 type: technical-story
-status: todo
+status: done
 feature: docs
 depends-on: [06-compliance-generator-scripts]
 blocks: []
 created: 2026-05-18T17:52:09Z
-updated: 2026-05-18T18:06:15.725Z
+updated: 2026-05-18T20:23:30.582Z
 ---
 
 ## Goal
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ Without documentation, a downstream consumer editing `compliance/*.yml` manually
 
 ## Tasks
 
-- [ ] Add `docs/compliance/data-map.example.yml`, `docs/compliance/retention-policy.example.yml`, `docs/compliance/sub-processors.example.yml`, and `docs/compliance/README.md` explaining the docs/compliance (templates) vs compliance/ (live artifacts) split, generator usage, and manual sub-processor entry authoring — all gates pass on this commit.
+- [x] Add `docs/compliance/data-map.example.yml`, `docs/compliance/retention-policy.example.yml`, `docs/compliance/sub-processors.example.yml`, and `docs/compliance/README.md` explaining the docs/compliance (templates) vs compliance/ (live artifacts) split, generator usage, and manual sub-processor entry authoring — all gates pass on this commit.
diff --git a/docs/work/epics/compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors/_epic.md b/docs/work/epics/compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors/_epic.md
index 6f14447..909dc3e 100644
--- a/docs/work/epics/compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors/_epic.md
+++ b/docs/work/epics/compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors/_epic.md
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ id: compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors
 prd: docs/work/prds/compliance-manifests-pii-retention-subprocessors.prd.md
 title: Declarative compliance manifests (PII + retention + sub-processors) — Epic A of ADR-025
 type: epic
-status: in-progress
+status: done
 features:
   [core-shared, core-eslint, auth, blog, media, marketing-pages, navigation]
 created: 2026-05-18T17:52:09Z
-updated: 2026-05-18T20:16:22.912Z
+updated: 2026-05-18T20:23:30.582Z
 ---
 
 ## Goal
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ Ship the declarative compliance manifests + generators so downstream consumers g
 - [x] [05 — Backfill existing template collections](05-backfill-template-collections/_story.md)
 - [x] [06 — Compliance generator scripts](06-compliance-generator-scripts/_story.md)
 - [x] [07 — Pre-commit hook and CI integration](07-pre-commit-and-ci-integration/_story.md)
-- [ ] [08 — docs/compliance reference files and README](08-docs-compliance-reference-files/_story.md)
+- [x] [08 — docs/compliance reference files and README](08-docs-compliance-reference-files/_story.md)