diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index d925b058d9..8d65b43ab1 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": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 7fefd8f243..c051c68478 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": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index 5f4060e53e..5bde80da27 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": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index 9ceba1b9cf..cebffa0c5e 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@ 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 v0.8.219"
+  description="Released - 2026-10-30"
+  tags={["Release", "CLI"]}
+>
+On Windows, check, snapshot and render no longer stop with an error about a locked Chrome log file. Render with no output path now saves into the project folder, and normalize-audio no longer makes a quiet clip quieter.
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **CLI:** A locked Chrome debug.log on Windows no longer fails check, snapshot or render ([6874cc289](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/6874cc289012f31a0c9441d7fff12a277080c077), [#6771](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6771)).
+- **CLI:** Normalize-audio never cuts a clip that is quieter than the target ([9c01e2e12](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/9c01e2e1213f89451b7f19c4883f60899aa8910d), [#6767](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6767)).
+- **CLI:** Render with no -o writes to the project's renders folder from any directory ([aa094f385](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/aa094f385838cbaca4f85036a6cbe5905c88f2ee), [#6766](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6766)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.218...v0.8.219).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.8.218"
   description="Released - 2026-10-29"
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index d8ee403118..d7fb54c199 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "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 bada1ed7dd..fd8bde0fcc 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "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 bc2d22bdc8..4fa6ab4f04 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "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 c081e5ff12..52faecd23e 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index 0798fd6b35..4ec612b844 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "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 f4d0e0e43a..c27927778e 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": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "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 9ab3435abe..bd9f628350 100644
--- a/packages/inspector/package.json
+++ b/packages/inspector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/inspector",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index 1891c465a9..6eda57b8cd 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index 4a5f5cfc82..15f5f7b5f2 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 17b2d5a8ba..ef05799ed5 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index 0bcd0a244a..1e4897ba35 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "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 aeb5e43201..368562d022 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "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 d10e461d22..56c573f6ef 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "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 1c4b4d3ec6..40b83b97df 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index 758ffeae17..cb4a9c9e7b 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 7792dd5911..2eb50b67cd 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": "0.8.218",
+  "version": "0.8.219",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/releases/v0.8.219.md b/releases/v0.8.219.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06c339f36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.8.219.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.8.219
+
+Released on 2026-10-30.
+
+On Windows, check, snapshot and render no longer stop with an error about a locked Chrome log file. Render with no output path now saves into the project folder, and normalize-audio no longer makes a quiet clip quieter.
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **CLI:** A locked Chrome debug.log on Windows no longer fails check, snapshot or render ([6874cc289](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/6874cc289012f31a0c9441d7fff12a277080c077), [#6771](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6771)).
+- **CLI:** Normalize-audio never cuts a clip that is quieter than the target ([9c01e2e12](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/9c01e2e1213f89451b7f19c4883f60899aa8910d), [#6767](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6767)).
+- **CLI:** Render with no -o writes to the project's renders folder from any directory ([aa094f385](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/aa094f385838cbaca4f85036a6cbe5905c88f2ee), [#6766](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6766)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.218...v0.8.219