diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 09a41eb38..489ffb513 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-to-video capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index ab809b41f..7138778c6 100644
--- a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "description": "Write HTML, render video. Compositions, Tailwind v4 styles, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website-to-video capture for HyperFrames.",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index f447b5d9a..47ddd79c6 100644
--- a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://cursor.com/schemas/cursor-plugin/plugin.json",
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "displayName": "HyperFrames by HeyGen",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "description": "Write HTML, render video. Compositions, Tailwind v4 styles, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website-to-video capture for HyperFrames.",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index a7855718e..e93eb09eb 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,32 @@ 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 v0.7.18"
+  description="Released - 2026-06-28"
+  tags={["Release", "CLI", "Render", "Engine"]}
+>
+This release targets the reported render regression by removing per-frame empty
+animation scans, fixing software WebGL auto-detection on CPU render hosts, and
+reducing headless capture setup overhead. It also exposes Studio selection state
+through `hyperframes preview` so coding agents can inspect and edit the active
+composition more directly.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Expose Studio selection through preview ([9983f37c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/9983f37c13dc7d8fbd35da21e88229e3500cee9a), [#1777](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/1777))
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Render:** Avoid empty WAAPI scans and llvmpipe auto GPU ([fc0f8c31](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/fc0f8c315102812a9629bcdeec09f75e26027da2), [#1775](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/1775))
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Engine:** Reduce init overhead in headless capture sessions ([35a01d90](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/35a01d9058fca2c4f5e9a4aa13a86d2eafc77c68), [#1718](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/1718))
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.7.17...v0.7.18).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.7.17"
   description="Released - 2026-06-27"
diff --git a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
index e44e74f7d..ead30025a 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "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 73c959b49..db7761cad 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "description": "HyperFrames CLI — create, preview, and render HTML video compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index d0bb61b15..1d88c4e0b 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index d1a1639d2..9da217dbc 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "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 df6db279a..e03ecbcba 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": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "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/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index dae9fbd59..7b0e7f872 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index 0f3a85fb7..4fb6f4a97 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 7472b5da0..5475d99c6 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index 5cd05a95f..8a0a40b74 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "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 ca9d3adaf..683929f42 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "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 630754235..2e04630ad 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "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 b8ed4ea09..15fdef414 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index c12d16102..928be5241 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.7.17",
+  "version": "0.7.18",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/releases/v0.7.18.md b/releases/v0.7.18.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2262a67d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.7.18.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.7.18
+
+Released on 2026-06-28.
+
+This release targets the reported render regression by removing per-frame empty
+animation scans, fixing software WebGL auto-detection on CPU render hosts, and
+reducing headless capture setup overhead. It also exposes Studio selection state
+through `hyperframes preview` so coding agents can inspect and edit the active
+composition more directly.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Expose Studio selection through preview ([9983f37c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/9983f37c13dc7d8fbd35da21e88229e3500cee9a), [#1777](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/1777))
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Render:** Avoid empty WAAPI scans and llvmpipe auto GPU ([fc0f8c31](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/fc0f8c315102812a9629bcdeec09f75e26027da2), [#1775](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/1775))
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Engine:** Reduce init overhead in headless capture sessions ([35a01d90](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/35a01d9058fca2c4f5e9a4aa13a86d2eafc77c68), [#1718](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/1718))
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.7.17...v0.7.18