diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index fdaba45f3c..50d93ff85b 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": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 096f715e55..b22a3f7d0b 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": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index 2a4c9974a9..e6e01eb863 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": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index e465c91373..ef99b47f90 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,35 @@ 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 v0.8.179"
+  description="Released - 2026-10-19"
+  tags={["Release", "CLI", "AWS Lambda", "Inspector"]}
+>
+Cloud renders on AWS Lambda now deploy straight from the npm install, and each render chunk downloads only its own slice of audio. Old stacks are refused before any upload, and Studio keeps a deselect made while an edit saves.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Lambda deploy works from the npm install, no repo checkout ([b501dc4e1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b501dc4e1b4c2e4273c6834c45024fb4115efc05), [#5866](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5866)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **AWS Lambda:** Old stacks are refused before any upload, and stale local copies never re-upload ([6fe20f764](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/6fe20f764d1439b8702b833a76f46278c8074dac), [#5909](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5909)).
+- **Inspector:** Data-hf-id stamps alone do not make the live preview stale ([8af8e48ad](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/8af8e48ad99f696ead742c12f15e9d6a6b8a1950), [#5870](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5870)).
+- **Studio:** A deselect made while an edit saves stays deselected ([4ff428444](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/4ff4284442049fe1dc313d35c771d5bfc072e473), [#5907](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5907)).
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Producer:** Each distributed chunk downloads only its own slice of the plan audio ([52c5fae9a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/52c5fae9a7606683e1660a8ea6037c123b1f38ef), [#5881](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5881)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- **CLI:** The late subresource capture test lands its assets well inside the settle cap ([7d47194e4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/7d47194e4a078b4382bf3e8597ca9520e278781c), [#5913](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5913)).
+- **Repo:** The packed consumer check stops failing on npm versions published minutes ago ([501b2d29c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/501b2d29c21485dac93748df81ec8898fe42de26), [#5905](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5905)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.178...v0.8.179).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.8.178"
   description="Released - 2026-10-19"
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index 678acd0ccb..0678a4a538 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "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 29dcd84d21..656d9c2c01 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "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 1418929867..cb53fbfd00 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "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 3c963aec29..82d9da3910 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index 14b5a1b521..edb10de01e 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "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 f2415a8be8..00c15279ed 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": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "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 0b23c9703c..bd2bd8d0a1 100644
--- a/packages/inspector/package.json
+++ b/packages/inspector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/inspector",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index c0edbd6c90..d80fe32ec9 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index 41111942b7..818f9af674 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 601e8ce6cc..a0826c307c 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index 68033922d1..a561a26789 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "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 cc62af6d40..c916337403 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "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 4268ee5165..669d31fcff 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "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 eee1cf0595..e2a1455be6 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index 7aeb6fb18d..9fd373bba0 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 563c9abb43..ed765d6ecf 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": "0.8.178",
+  "version": "0.8.179",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/releases/v0.8.179.md b/releases/v0.8.179.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10d9ff5e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.8.179.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.8.179
+
+Released on 2026-10-19.
+
+Cloud renders on AWS Lambda now deploy straight from the npm install, and each render chunk downloads only its own slice of audio. Old stacks are refused before any upload, and Studio keeps a deselect made while an edit saves.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Lambda deploy works from the npm install, no repo checkout ([b501dc4e1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b501dc4e1b4c2e4273c6834c45024fb4115efc05), [#5866](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5866)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **AWS Lambda:** Old stacks are refused before any upload, and stale local copies never re-upload ([6fe20f764](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/6fe20f764d1439b8702b833a76f46278c8074dac), [#5909](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5909)).
+- **Inspector:** Data-hf-id stamps alone do not make the live preview stale ([8af8e48ad](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/8af8e48ad99f696ead742c12f15e9d6a6b8a1950), [#5870](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5870)).
+- **Studio:** A deselect made while an edit saves stays deselected ([4ff428444](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/4ff4284442049fe1dc313d35c771d5bfc072e473), [#5907](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5907)).
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Producer:** Each distributed chunk downloads only its own slice of the plan audio ([52c5fae9a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/52c5fae9a7606683e1660a8ea6037c123b1f38ef), [#5881](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5881)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- **CLI:** The late subresource capture test lands its assets well inside the settle cap ([7d47194e4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/7d47194e4a078b4382bf3e8597ca9520e278781c), [#5913](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5913)).
+- **Repo:** The packed consumer check stops failing on npm versions published minutes ago ([501b2d29c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/501b2d29c21485dac93748df81ec8898fe42de26), [#5905](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5905)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.178...v0.8.179