diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 9cabea706..4d4c6eae6 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": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 430831a49..45000480a 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": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index 1e98e42db..3cd62212f 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": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index dd0807806..4f40266ae 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,23 @@ 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 v0.7.81"
+  description="Released - 2026-07-29"
+  tags={["Release", "Producer"]}
+>
+HyperFrames now retries transient Google Fonts CSS and font-file failures during distributed
+planning without misclassifying them as deterministic project errors. Retries remain tightly
+bounded, respect cancellation and `Retry-After` within a shared budget, and surface exhaustion
+as `FONT_FETCH_UNAVAILABLE` for orchestration-level recovery.
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Producer:** Retry transient deterministic font fetches ([20f4f8f49](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/20f4f8f49c19181adfb4194f1965ee00845219f9), [#2865](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2865))
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.7.80...v0.7.81).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.7.80"
   description="Released - 2026-07-29"
diff --git a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
index cc0e7b616..1f685123f 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "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 e4a75f8f6..dffff1c2e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "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 b0c6f4a46..7e99d2d16 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index f05ed98ca..cc6415b83 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "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 f9bd97979..5d8caba34 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": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "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/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index 0e01f75e3..197db642d 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index 42e6b5004..6f7f91949 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 51c0107bb..a062f039d 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index c56ca6a1b..37f1d9af8 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "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 4f68e5d9d..5a0c70da2 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "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 f6a7726d4..87ac0188e 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "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 c190c847b..0ae2e01cb 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index 3733ae92a..5e1926080 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.7.80",
+  "version": "0.7.81",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/releases/v0.7.81.md b/releases/v0.7.81.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a912da988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.7.81.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.7.81
+
+Released on 2026-07-29.
+
+HyperFrames now retries transient Google Fonts CSS and font-file failures during distributed
+planning without misclassifying them as deterministic project errors. Retries remain tightly
+bounded, respect cancellation and `Retry-After` within a shared budget, and surface exhaustion
+as `FONT_FETCH_UNAVAILABLE` for orchestration-level recovery.
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Producer:** Retry transient deterministic font fetches ([20f4f8f49](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/20f4f8f49c19181adfb4194f1965ee00845219f9), [#2865](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/2865))
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.7.80...v0.7.81