diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index f973cc2e01..df9577c0ca 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": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 5f450b2ba4..3f6a05492c 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": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index a38252ccdd..3494eee69a 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": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index edcd07ee97..1d29f234f5 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,27 @@ 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 v0.9.8"
+  description="Released - 2026-11-03"
+  tags={["Release", "Studio Server", "Producer", "Core"]}
+>
+Renders that capture faster with BeginFrame now fall back to screenshot capture when that path fails. A render request can also ask for screenshot capture directly.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Studio Server:** The preview records the kind and origin of each early error ([b84835c41](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b84835c413bb35be442d59b0fa41ff50a8819455), [#7041](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7041)).
+- **Producer:** A render request can force screenshot capture for that render ([79b6af9b4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/79b6af9b484280706da5d1af8e981305f4e1a13d), [#7066](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7066)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Producer:** A BeginFrame capture failure re-renders on a screenshot session ([9a2cd9e61](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/9a2cd9e61b6398122e46ee604d9b032649d12327), [#7070](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7070)).
+- **Core:** Audio no longer plays fast for a moment after Play ([3eead5432](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/3eead5432d29735461116fd78045de51bf838357), [#7067](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7067)).
+- **CLI:** Reverse on Free runs billing subscribe credited to the run ([3baf81f9a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/3baf81f9a92615507f76fe8de33e489034ee77ec), [#7046](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7046)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.9.7...v0.9.8).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.9.7"
   description="Released - 2026-11-03"
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index d653c2ee67..56f877d7e8 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "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 f0c7e82090..9a605d79f9 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "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 1c63de15d4..ad4afebfe8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "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 6e395bfafd..45cb78d5a0 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index b3820e0cf8..b22c459bea 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "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 8d5451860d..bdc754452f 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": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "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 089d058df1..4f49089d8f 100644
--- a/packages/inspector/package.json
+++ b/packages/inspector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/inspector",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index 676abc32ac..673dc655e4 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index f5bec6d467..c5b8154190 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 596bcae48e..de64906253 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index 161e2f67e3..75de72c537 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "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 7865d8b248..4951d288de 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "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 cc0c3ea1d7..e9d8e4c602 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "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 eda6a3b7ab..2ed8d3e2c6 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index d962e2d7d4..cf8e1d0860 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 69ff988da0..82f27bc57d 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": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/releases/v0.9.8.md b/releases/v0.9.8.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07b81c57d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.9.8.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.9.8
+
+Released on 2026-11-03.
+
+Renders that capture faster with BeginFrame now fall back to screenshot capture when that path fails. A render request can also ask for screenshot capture directly.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Studio Server:** The preview records the kind and origin of each early error ([b84835c41](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b84835c413bb35be442d59b0fa41ff50a8819455), [#7041](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7041)).
+- **Producer:** A render request can force screenshot capture for that render ([79b6af9b4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/79b6af9b484280706da5d1af8e981305f4e1a13d), [#7066](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7066)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Producer:** A BeginFrame capture failure re-renders on a screenshot session ([9a2cd9e61](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/9a2cd9e61b6398122e46ee604d9b032649d12327), [#7070](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7070)).
+- **Core:** Audio no longer plays fast for a moment after Play ([3eead5432](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/3eead5432d29735461116fd78045de51bf838357), [#7067](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7067)).
+- **CLI:** Reverse on Free runs billing subscribe credited to the run ([3baf81f9a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/3baf81f9a92615507f76fe8de33e489034ee77ec), [#7046](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7046)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.9.7...v0.9.8