diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c394670..15c1eeb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## v0.1.0-preview.8 — 2026-08-28
+
+- Preserve `http.Hijacker` through the request-evidence middleware so audited,
+  authenticated WebSocket and other HTTP upgrade handlers can operate without
+  bypassing request logging. Successful upgrades are recorded as HTTP 101;
+  upgraded-protocol bytes remain outside HTTP body-byte accounting.
 
 - Add revisioned active/archived lifecycles for organizations and teams,
   invitation listing and revocation, membership suspension/removal, team-member
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 932684d..af425be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Gamertan Web Foundations
 
-> Status: `v0.1.0-preview.7` public preview. APIs may change before a stable
+> Status: `v0.1.0-preview.8` public preview. APIs may change before a stable
 > release; Linux is the maintained release platform.
 
 Small, composable Go packages for the unglamorous boundaries of a careful web
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ Pin the preview in an application module, then import only the packages that
 application needs:
 
 ```bash
-go get gamertan.com/web@v0.1.0-preview.7
+go get gamertan.com/web@v0.1.0-preview.8
 go mod verify
 ```
 
 An application may also name the first package it intends to adopt:
 
 ```bash
-go get gamertan.com/web/requestmeta@v0.1.0-preview.7
+go get gamertan.com/web/requestmeta@v0.1.0-preview.8
 ```
 
 The version belongs to the `gamertan.com/web` module. Go compiles and links
diff --git a/requestlog/requestlog.go b/requestlog/requestlog.go
index 9401d1f..c58a797 100644
--- a/requestlog/requestlog.go
+++ b/requestlog/requestlog.go
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 package requestlog
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -208,3 +210,17 @@ func (capture *responseCapture) Write(body []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func (capture *responseCapture) Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter { return capture.ResponseWriter }
+
+// Hijack preserves connection-upgrade support through the request evidence
+// wrapper. A successful upgrade is recorded as HTTP 101; bytes exchanged after
+// hijacking belong to the upgraded protocol and are intentionally not counted
+// as HTTP response-body bytes.
+func (capture *responseCapture) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+	connection, buffer, err := http.NewResponseController(capture.ResponseWriter).Hijack()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	capture.wroteHeader = true
+	capture.status = http.StatusSwitchingProtocols
+	return connection, buffer, nil
+}
diff --git a/requestlog/requestlog_test.go b/requestlog/requestlog_test.go
index e308d7c..186fa86 100644
--- a/requestlog/requestlog_test.go
+++ b/requestlog/requestlog_test.go
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 package requestlog
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/netip"
@@ -24,6 +26,16 @@ type memorySink struct {
 	ctxErr  error
 }
 
+type hijackableRecorder struct {
+	*httptest.ResponseRecorder
+	connection net.Conn
+	buffer     *bufio.ReadWriter
+}
+
+func (recorder *hijackableRecorder) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+	return recorder.connection, recorder.buffer, nil
+}
+
 func (sink *memorySink) WriteRecord(ctx context.Context, record Record) error {
 	sink.records = append(sink.records, record)
 	sink.ctxErr = ctx.Err()
@@ -208,3 +220,29 @@ func TestResponseStatusUsesFirstHeader(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("status=%d", sink.records[0].Status)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestResponseCapturePreservesConnectionHijacking(t *testing.T) {
+	serverConnection, clientConnection := net.Pipe()
+	defer serverConnection.Close()
+	defer clientConnection.Close()
+	underlying := &hijackableRecorder{
+		ResponseRecorder: httptest.NewRecorder(),
+		connection:       serverConnection,
+		buffer:           bufio.NewReadWriter(bufio.NewReader(serverConnection), bufio.NewWriter(serverConnection)),
+	}
+	capture := &responseCapture{ResponseWriter: underlying, status: http.StatusOK}
+	hijacker, ok := any(capture).(http.Hijacker)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("request evidence wrapper does not expose http.Hijacker")
+	}
+	connection, buffer, err := hijacker.Hijack()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if connection != serverConnection || buffer != underlying.buffer {
+		t.Fatal("hijacked connection was not passed through")
+	}
+	if capture.status != http.StatusSwitchingProtocols || !capture.wroteHeader || capture.bytes != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("capture after hijack=%+v", capture)
+	}
+}