diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index a9fecfa0a5..59a09a14dd 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": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 75fa5d61fa..f8065c3f2d 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": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index a5ee02ac6d..5fb131dc93 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": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index b81e4642d0..d6a51e72f0 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,30 @@ 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 v0.8.173"
+  description="Released - 2026-10-18"
+  tags={["Release", "Studio", "Engine", "Lint"]}
+>
+Studio's install button now walks you through download, install and open in one card, and never dead-ends. Camera clips shot at 29.97 fps export smoothly at 30 fps, and check waits for slow CDN scripts the way render does.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Studio:** The desktop-app button says Install the desktop app and never dead-ends ([5975dd7579b](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/5975dd7579bfaaeff3db2e1b94549a0bfe296ece), [#5854](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5854)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Engine:** A 29.97 fps camera clip exports smoothly at 30 fps ([b46ebedeae9](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b46ebedeae959d3060ca4ece244ea6861d0f2352), [#5849](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5849)).
+- **CLI:** Check and snapshot wait for a slow CDN script as long as render does ([18fc3901c79](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/18fc3901c79e05409ffc8521be7c903a1873533d), [#5847](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5847)).
+- **CLI:** Agents can apply a color correction from media-treatment's capabilities ([e31838159d9](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/e31838159d90484818d68b985cc2f11971e82797), [#5850](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5850)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- **Lint:** Shader lint tests pass on macOS, where the temp folder is a symlink ([a971c2bb257](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/a971c2bb257cf3f11feddab36c2b888b0e08a1cc), [#5851](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5851)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.172...v0.8.173).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.8.172"
   description="Released - 2026-10-18"
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index 7467c89424..777fda9eee 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "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 75e2ea0cd3..7f8b9f0986 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "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 b59d24e638..876e73df1c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "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 75242db926..13850b4f65 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index 18a0438aef..235fa8d44f 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "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 4508e30a39..bdc31cedbe 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": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "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 d32e53ae63..e934de12f9 100644
--- a/packages/inspector/package.json
+++ b/packages/inspector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/inspector",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index f143e4ff84..22ac2cc407 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index da4fde0c6b..7fdb312752 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index fde9fe9c00..5d6f1f6ca0 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index 0df8099d3f..787ae531e4 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "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 e086688d76..89ad50c04a 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "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 8657459b18..08846584b4 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "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 20c8a4b26a..9c89668a03 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index b2983ade96..499573273f 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 2b740e9260..3f3d78ad12 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": "0.8.172",
+  "version": "0.8.173",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/releases/v0.8.173.md b/releases/v0.8.173.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83986a986e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.8.173.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.8.173
+
+Released on 2026-10-18.
+
+Studio's install button now walks you through download, install and open in one card, and never dead-ends. Camera clips shot at 29.97 fps export smoothly at 30 fps, and check waits for slow CDN scripts the way render does.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Studio:** The desktop-app button says Install the desktop app and never dead-ends ([5975dd7579b](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/5975dd7579bfaaeff3db2e1b94549a0bfe296ece), [#5854](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5854)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Engine:** A 29.97 fps camera clip exports smoothly at 30 fps ([b46ebedeae9](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b46ebedeae959d3060ca4ece244ea6861d0f2352), [#5849](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5849)).
+- **CLI:** Check and snapshot wait for a slow CDN script as long as render does ([18fc3901c79](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/18fc3901c79e05409ffc8521be7c903a1873533d), [#5847](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5847)).
+- **CLI:** Agents can apply a color correction from media-treatment's capabilities ([e31838159d9](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/e31838159d90484818d68b985cc2f11971e82797), [#5850](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5850)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- **Lint:** Shader lint tests pass on macOS, where the temp folder is a symlink ([a971c2bb257](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/a971c2bb257cf3f11feddab36c2b888b0e08a1cc), [#5851](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5851)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.172...v0.8.173