diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 041a964d2c..fdaba45f3c 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "description": "HyperFrames by HeyGen. Write HTML, render video. Compositions, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 874cf562b8..096f715e55 100644
--- a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "description": "Write HTML, render video. Compositions, Tailwind v4 styles, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index 6dea439885..2a4c9974a9 100644
--- a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "displayName": "HyperFrames by HeyGen",
   "description": "Write HTML, render video. Compositions, Tailwind v4 styles, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index 7e5343f62f..e465c91373 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,38 @@ Recent HyperFrames releases, including user-facing features, fixes, and migratio
 
 {/* New release entries are prepended by `bun run changelog:draft <version> --write`. */}
 
+<Update
+  label="HyperFrames v0.8.178"
+  description="Released - 2026-10-19"
+  tags={["Release", "CLI", "Studio", "Cloud"]}
+>
+Check, snapshot and renders always use the Chrome HyperFrames pinned, and Studio keeps render scratch files out of your project. Installing the CLI skips an unused code formatter, cloud renders move project files once, and colour grades compile faster.
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **CLI:** Installing the CLI no longer downloads an unused code formatter ([b1fe8ddc1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b1fe8ddc1d71bc9d3d6352d037874ad71cfd2ffc), [#5906](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5906)).
+- Check, snapshot and renders use the pinned Chrome, not an older one another tool cached ([50e7a59ae](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/50e7a59aef592e262238edfa2df2a6d96af2476f), [#5900](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5900)).
+- **Studio:** Render scratch stays out of the project and error telemetry counts real failures only ([93c321285](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/93c321285c79cc59f5a0ac5550170a7f5e945d33), [#5902](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5902)).
+- **CLI:** Snapshot --proxy exits once its frames are written, without waiting for copies ([35c03a509](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/35c03a509e0e7c7ac76ea0cffc6ae44a8d5a5a76), [#5895](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5895)).
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Cloud:** Move project bytes once through shared content storage ([992df8b20](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/992df8b2031341a647152414d06f946523b46f83), [#5772](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5772)).
+- **Core:** A color grade compiles only the effects it turns on ([44bbc5885](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/44bbc5885fdece9144d7c12cd35baea572c4ad56), [#5889](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5889)).
+
+## Docs & Examples
+
+- **Changelog:** Weekly digest 2026-10-12-2026-10-19 ([563869f0f](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/563869f0f55495d643d5ab9ed25e0b64d2bfe8b9), [#5894](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5894)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- The file size check fetches two commits, not the whole history, so it finishes in time ([68b873f07](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/68b873f0763361866d09b604d3f132ac47c6cbc5), [#5903](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5903)).
+- **Studio:** The edit accuracy bench stops waiting on background lint and thumbnail images ([4c798f398](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/4c798f398dc36e2d2f7df9e48d3e1b9858e87628), [#5899](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5899)).
+- **Engine:** Browser tests kill a Chrome whose close hangs instead of timing out ([0ce14d644](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0ce14d6443a43b595f7ed915f370791447f7d14e), [#5898](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5898)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.177...v0.8.178).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.8.177"
   description="Released - 2026-10-19"
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index adb4b78cd6..678acd0ccb 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "HyperFrames by HeyGen. Write HTML, render video. Compositions, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames."
 }
diff --git a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
index a45dd3ca4e..f5bec3e941 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "AWS Lambda adapter for HyperFrames distributed rendering — handler, client-side SDK, and CDK construct.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 03603388a6..1418929867 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "HyperFrames CLI — create, preview, and render HTML video compositions",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 4abdf1c59c..3c963aec29 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index 5dc1a09813..14b5a1b521 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "Seekable web page to video rendering engine (Puppeteer + FFmpeg)",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json b/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
index 9565d25e44..f2415a8be8 100644
--- a/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
+++ b/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/gcp-cloud-run",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "Google Cloud Run + Workflows adapter for HyperFrames distributed rendering — request handler, client-side SDK, and Terraform module.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/inspector/package.json b/packages/inspector/package.json
index 2e0fbc96fd..0b23c9703c 100644
--- a/packages/inspector/package.json
+++ b/packages/inspector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/inspector",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index 24f3c501de..c0edbd6c90 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index d8f5884f9d..41111942b7 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 8dd7b04aa1..601e8ce6cc 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index 677dbcda15..68033922d1 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "HTML-to-video rendering engine using Chrome's BeginFrame API",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/sdk/package.json b/packages/sdk/package.json
index 89dddda652..cc62af6d40 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "Headless, framework-neutral HyperFrames composition editing engine",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
index 49fa6d2c50..4268ee5165 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "WebGL shader transitions for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/studio-server/package.json b/packages/studio-server/package.json
index 92bc8d29b0..eee1cf0595 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index d36779f2cc..7aeb6fb18d 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 84a399f820..563c9abb43 100644
--- a/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json",
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "description": "HyperFrames by HeyGen. Write HTML, render video. Compositions, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.8.177",
+  "version": "0.8.178",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/releases/v0.8.178.md b/releases/v0.8.178.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1d85303a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.8.178.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.8.178
+
+Released on 2026-10-19.
+
+Check, snapshot and renders always use the Chrome HyperFrames pinned, and Studio keeps render scratch files out of your project. Installing the CLI skips an unused code formatter, cloud renders move project files once, and colour grades compile faster.
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **CLI:** Installing the CLI no longer downloads an unused code formatter ([b1fe8ddc1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b1fe8ddc1d71bc9d3d6352d037874ad71cfd2ffc), [#5906](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5906)).
+- Check, snapshot and renders use the pinned Chrome, not an older one another tool cached ([50e7a59ae](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/50e7a59aef592e262238edfa2df2a6d96af2476f), [#5900](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5900)).
+- **Studio:** Render scratch stays out of the project and error telemetry counts real failures only ([93c321285](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/93c321285c79cc59f5a0ac5550170a7f5e945d33), [#5902](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5902)).
+- **CLI:** Snapshot --proxy exits once its frames are written, without waiting for copies ([35c03a509](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/35c03a509e0e7c7ac76ea0cffc6ae44a8d5a5a76), [#5895](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5895)).
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Cloud:** Move project bytes once through shared content storage ([992df8b20](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/992df8b2031341a647152414d06f946523b46f83), [#5772](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5772)).
+- **Core:** A color grade compiles only the effects it turns on ([44bbc5885](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/44bbc5885fdece9144d7c12cd35baea572c4ad56), [#5889](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5889)).
+
+## Docs & Examples
+
+- **Changelog:** Weekly digest 2026-10-12-2026-10-19 ([563869f0f](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/563869f0f55495d643d5ab9ed25e0b64d2bfe8b9), [#5894](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5894)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- The file size check fetches two commits, not the whole history, so it finishes in time ([68b873f07](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/68b873f0763361866d09b604d3f132ac47c6cbc5), [#5903](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5903)).
+- **Studio:** The edit accuracy bench stops waiting on background lint and thumbnail images ([4c798f398](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/4c798f398dc36e2d2f7df9e48d3e1b9858e87628), [#5899](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5899)).
+- **Engine:** Browser tests kill a Chrome whose close hangs instead of timing out ([0ce14d644](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0ce14d6443a43b595f7ed915f370791447f7d14e), [#5898](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5898)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.177...v0.8.178