diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 296d9fc2a1..8e63488bb3 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": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index b283be9613..9ec229a094 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": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index caca6f61b8..78a9f853ab 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": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index 83f1db5266..d8eacba9a9 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,46 @@ 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 v0.8.206"
+  description="Released - 2026-10-26"
+  tags={["Release", "Render", "Core", "Producer"]}
+>
+Scrubbing a long film in Studio costs less, and a composition with no timeline script no longer waits 45 seconds before it renders. Preview and render also agree on the video frame and on a PNG colours, and HEIC photos now work in compositions.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Check catches audio the render would lose or play as silence ([d83bf997b0b6b](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/d83bf997b0b6bf073a3c764c701eb1d1819104df), [#6439](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6439)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Render:** A PNG's colour tags no longer change its pixels in preview, check, snapshot or render ([3e16603d3769d](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/3e16603d3769d6637ee315f50d4c2c431f57eb8e), [#6453](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6453)).
+- **Core:** Paused preview and render show the same, correct video frame ([e3e93aa7fe14a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/e3e93aa7fe14a8bfbc737069096369ed53409a27), [#6432](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6432)).
+- **Producer:** A composition with no timeline-registering script no longer waits 45 s at setup ([4a5ee736143aa](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/4a5ee736143aa33fb366260671c48ce597757836), [#6436](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6436)).
+- **CLI:** A killed CLI no longer leaves its child processes running ([5148326fd6632](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/5148326fd6632a919d89649d3e7a81b8af742560), [#6431](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6431)).
+- **Snapshot:** Video frames keep the colours render gives the same footage ([37f14fdcb12ae](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/37f14fdcb12aeea8ec39cc6bce8c6a338ceca54f), [#6425](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6425)).
+- **Producer:** Convert HEIC images to JPEG at compile time ([ad4d3fad13949](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/ad4d3fad139490104f5bbeba66a2892c609e37fc), [#6455](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6455)).
+- **CLI:** Hide the Windows console for the port lookup and clipboard ([37543d223a535](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/37543d223a5356fff27f29a6d1c184adaa604baf), [#6449](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6449)).
+- **Core:** A composition behind a wrapper takes its host's start ([0979e32a8dd7c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0979e32a8dd7cbf951829ce7fb6298528aba5c9a), [#6435](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6435)).
+- **CLI:** Validate play and present ports ([0cc14ddb8ec1a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0cc14ddb8ec1aee20c1d846c6435eefd8e9f2491), [#6402](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6402)).
+- **Engine:** Name the element a failing root composition script looked up ([83a29e9209df8](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/83a29e9209df83937851f435989a0f7c251a169b), [#6430](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6430)).
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Studio:** A scrub's state messages re-read the preview's compositions at most every 500 ms ([121bf20e99da6](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/121bf20e99da6c514d7ae0a0fe166c4a12ae7209), [#6429](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6429)).
+- **Studio:** The layer walk keeps its selector index, so scrubbing into new scenes is cheaper ([f1b5d89a1ea74](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/f1b5d89a1ea74f2c27b46808c8f416ed704d3998), [#6427](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6427)).
+
+## Docs & Examples
+
+- **Changelog:** Weekly digest 2026-10-19-2026-10-26 ([c9e86a3b01199](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/c9e86a3b01199e78b4907667e63b330e9d742004), [#6447](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6447)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- **Lint:** Cover three caption rules that had no tests ([95aba51e205ef](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/95aba51e205efac1f4d739857a30fc9d2238c748), [#5436](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5436)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.205...v0.8.206).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.8.205"
   description="Released - 2026-10-26"
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index ab6f4284aa..940af73513 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "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 aad1df058a..737bbcd633 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "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 683e22034f..8b7ed9c012 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "description": "Make videos with code and AI agents: write HTML, render MP4. Open source.",
   "keywords": [
     "ai-agents",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 10d374ccaa..403b876810 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index 19adb41306..f42b33df34 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "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 70a7db273c..dde5d21bb5 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": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "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 3899868a3a..417152cdab 100644
--- a/packages/inspector/package.json
+++ b/packages/inspector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/inspector",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index 4b951738e5..7758cae7d4 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index e532815f44..7134c51d66 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 44cd0c2f02..4effc0e7c6 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index d901a5537a..6655732a4b 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "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 9a9e67046d..16181a24ce 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "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 f635e469ed..7c1408ab0d 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "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 a0591d884b..e9a853360d 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index ced7b10bfa..26a27141bf 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 8b9870dd54..3fc08aafdc 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": "0.8.205",
+  "version": "0.8.206",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/releases/v0.8.206.md b/releases/v0.8.206.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80f02972c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.8.206.md
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.8.206
+
+Released on 2026-10-26.
+
+Scrubbing a long film in Studio costs less, and a composition with no timeline script no longer waits 45 seconds before it renders. Preview and render also agree on the video frame and on a PNG colours, and HEIC photos now work in compositions.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Check catches audio the render would lose or play as silence ([d83bf997b0b6b](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/d83bf997b0b6bf073a3c764c701eb1d1819104df), [#6439](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6439)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Render:** A PNG's colour tags no longer change its pixels in preview, check, snapshot or render ([3e16603d3769d](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/3e16603d3769d6637ee315f50d4c2c431f57eb8e), [#6453](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6453)).
+- **Core:** Paused preview and render show the same, correct video frame ([e3e93aa7fe14a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/e3e93aa7fe14a8bfbc737069096369ed53409a27), [#6432](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6432)).
+- **Producer:** A composition with no timeline-registering script no longer waits 45 s at setup ([4a5ee736143aa](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/4a5ee736143aa33fb366260671c48ce597757836), [#6436](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6436)).
+- **CLI:** A killed CLI no longer leaves its child processes running ([5148326fd6632](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/5148326fd6632a919d89649d3e7a81b8af742560), [#6431](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6431)).
+- **Snapshot:** Video frames keep the colours render gives the same footage ([37f14fdcb12ae](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/37f14fdcb12aeea8ec39cc6bce8c6a338ceca54f), [#6425](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6425)).
+- **Producer:** Convert HEIC images to JPEG at compile time ([ad4d3fad13949](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/ad4d3fad139490104f5bbeba66a2892c609e37fc), [#6455](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6455)).
+- **CLI:** Hide the Windows console for the port lookup and clipboard ([37543d223a535](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/37543d223a5356fff27f29a6d1c184adaa604baf), [#6449](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6449)).
+- **Core:** A composition behind a wrapper takes its host's start ([0979e32a8dd7c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0979e32a8dd7cbf951829ce7fb6298528aba5c9a), [#6435](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6435)).
+- **CLI:** Validate play and present ports ([0cc14ddb8ec1a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0cc14ddb8ec1aee20c1d846c6435eefd8e9f2491), [#6402](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6402)).
+- **Engine:** Name the element a failing root composition script looked up ([83a29e9209df8](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/83a29e9209df83937851f435989a0f7c251a169b), [#6430](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6430)).
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Studio:** A scrub's state messages re-read the preview's compositions at most every 500 ms ([121bf20e99da6](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/121bf20e99da6c514d7ae0a0fe166c4a12ae7209), [#6429](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6429)).
+- **Studio:** The layer walk keeps its selector index, so scrubbing into new scenes is cheaper ([f1b5d89a1ea74](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/f1b5d89a1ea74f2c27b46808c8f416ed704d3998), [#6427](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6427)).
+
+## Docs & Examples
+
+- **Changelog:** Weekly digest 2026-10-19-2026-10-26 ([c9e86a3b01199](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/c9e86a3b01199e78b4907667e63b330e9d742004), [#6447](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6447)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- **Lint:** Cover three caption rules that had no tests ([95aba51e205ef](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/95aba51e205efac1f4d739857a30fc9d2238c748), [#5436](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5436)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.205...v0.8.206