diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3efbc4a..a4b573f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -85,3 +85,74 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sarif_file: trivy-fs.sarif
           category: trivy-fs
+
+  integration:
+    name: Integration
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: test
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - name: Cache cargo
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+
+      - name: Build NORA
+        run: cargo build --release --package nora-registry
+
+      # -- Start NORA --
+      - name: Start NORA
+        run: |
+          NORA_STORAGE_PATH=/tmp/nora-data ./target/release/nora &
+          for i in $(seq 1 15); do
+            curl -sf http://localhost:4000/health && break || sleep 2
+          done
+          curl -sf http://localhost:4000/health | jq .
+
+      # -- Docker push/pull --
+      - name: Configure Docker for insecure registry
+        run: |
+          echo '{"insecure-registries": ["localhost:4000"]}' | sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json
+          sudo systemctl restart docker
+          sleep 2
+
+      - name: Docker — push and pull image
+        run: |
+          docker pull alpine:3.20
+          docker tag alpine:3.20 localhost:4000/test/alpine:integration
+          docker push localhost:4000/test/alpine:integration
+          docker rmi localhost:4000/test/alpine:integration
+          docker pull localhost:4000/test/alpine:integration
+          echo "Docker push/pull OK"
+
+      - name: Docker — verify catalog and tags
+        run: |
+          curl -sf http://localhost:4000/v2/_catalog | jq .
+          curl -sf http://localhost:4000/v2/test/alpine/tags/list | jq .
+
+      # -- npm publish/install --
+      - name: npm — publish and install package
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/test-pkg && cd /tmp/test-pkg
+          echo '{"name":"nora-integration-test","version":"1.0.0","description":"test"}' > package.json
+          echo "module.exports = true;" > index.js
+          npm publish --registry http://localhost:4000/npm/
+          cd /tmp && mkdir -p install-test && cd install-test
+          npm init -y > /dev/null
+          npm install nora-integration-test --registry http://localhost:4000/npm/
+          echo "npm publish/install OK"
+
+      # -- API checks --
+      - name: API — health, ready, metrics
+        run: |
+          curl -sf http://localhost:4000/health | jq .status
+          curl -sf http://localhost:4000/ready
+          curl -sf http://localhost:4000/metrics | head -5
+          echo "API checks OK"
+
+      - name: Stop NORA
+        if: always()
+        run: pkill nora || true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 620a964..af3c65e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta-alpine.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta-alpine.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.NORA }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-cache:alpine
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.NORA }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-cache:alpine,ignore-error=true
           cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ env.NORA }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-cache:alpine,mode=max
 
       # ── RED OS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta-redos.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta-redos.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.NORA }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-cache:redos
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.NORA }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-cache:redos,ignore-error=true
           cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ env.NORA }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-cache:redos,mode=max
 
       # ── Astra Linux SE ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta-astra.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta-astra.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.NORA }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-cache:astra
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.NORA }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-cache:astra,ignore-error=true
           cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ env.NORA }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-cache:astra,mode=max
 
       # ── Smoke test ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/RELEASE_RUNBOOK.md b/RELEASE_RUNBOOK.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edfd0b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE_RUNBOOK.md
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Release Runbook
+
+## Release process
+
+1. Update version in `nora-registry/Cargo.toml`
+2. Update `CHANGELOG.md`
+3. Commit: `chore: bump version to X.Y.Z`
+4. Tag: `git tag vX.Y.Z && git push origin vX.Y.Z`
+5. CI builds binary + 3 Docker images (alpine, redos, astra)
+6. CI runs trivy scan on all images
+7. CI creates GitHub Release with binary, checksums, SBOM
+
+## Deploy order
+
+1. **ai-server** (internal) — update first, verify
+2. **PROD** — update after ai-server is stable
+3. **GHCR** — public images pushed by CI automatically
+
+## Rollback
+
+### Quick rollback (revert to previous version)
+
+```bash
+# On ai-server
+docker pull ghcr.io/getnora-io/nora:PREVIOUS_VERSION
+docker stop nora && docker rm nora
+docker run -d --name nora -p 4000:4000 \
+  -v /srv/nora-data:/data \
+  ghcr.io/getnora-io/nora:PREVIOUS_VERSION
+```
+
+### Delete a broken release
+
+```bash
+# 1. Delete GitHub Release (keeps tag)
+gh release delete vX.Y.Z --yes
+
+# 2. Delete tag
+git tag -d vX.Y.Z
+git push origin :refs/tags/vX.Y.Z
+
+# 3. Delete GHCR images (all variants)
+for suffix in "" "-redos" "-astra"; do
+  gh api -X DELETE /user/packages/container/nora/versions \
+    --jq ".[] | select(.metadata.container.tags[] | contains(\"X.Y.Z${suffix}\")) | .id" \
+    | xargs -I{} gh api -X DELETE /user/packages/container/nora/versions/{}
+done
+```
+
+### Binary rollback
+
+```bash
+curl -LO https://github.com/getnora-io/nora/releases/download/vPREVIOUS/nora-linux-amd64
+chmod +x nora-linux-amd64
+sudo mv nora-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/nora
+sudo systemctl restart nora
+```
+
+## Verification after deploy
+
+```bash
+# Health check
+curl -sf http://localhost:4000/health | jq .
+
+# Docker API
+curl -sf http://localhost:4000/v2/ | jq .
+
+# Push test image
+docker pull alpine:3.20
+docker tag alpine:3.20 localhost:4000/test/alpine:smoke
+docker push localhost:4000/test/alpine:smoke
+docker pull localhost:4000/test/alpine:smoke
+```
+
+## Known issues
+
+- Self-hosted runner uses localhost:5000 (NORA) for buildx cache.
+  If NORA is down during release, build continues without cache (ignore-error=true).
+- Trivy image scan runs after push to localhost:5000 but before GitHub Release.
+  A failed scan blocks the release.