diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index c427f68855..ef551fba03 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": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index f9afd39e78..714156d47b 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": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index c132d92f73..9fe81c4265 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": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index b6cd727caf..ac4d005953 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 v0.8.53"
+  description="Released - 2026-09-20"
+  tags={["Release", "Studio"]}
+>
+Every Studio panel now lives on the dockable layout, and the arrangement is remembered between sessions. Host apps can import the header logo, button sizes and a stable stylesheet. Studio also stops reporting cancelled thumbnail loads as errors, which had been burying real problems in telemetry.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Studio:** Export the header logo, button sizes and a stable styles.css subpath ([2d84937e1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/2d84937e1f28ee60dd7dc23bdedfd324793e10d0), [#4197](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4197)).
+- **Studio:** All panels move onto the dockable, persisted layout ([98e8372a0](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/98e8372a0aaaefd498a558db96ed2d2feac3a275), [#4192](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4192)).
+- **Studio:** The Renders panel on the shared primitives ([12d8c4244](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/12d8c4244011632d1459ac95ed8de56e6d72e071), [#3772](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/3772)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Studio:** Stop counting extension-leaked AbortError rejections as errors ([83624d193](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/83624d193e6b5924a974be16bdd383987a20f2f5), [#4209](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4209)).
+- **Release:** A stale local tag can no longer silently widen the changelog ([90e67ff5a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/90e67ff5a8e0a488720827a27120f1a990ed0664), [#4208](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4208)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.52...v0.8.53).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.8.52"
   description="Released - 2026-09-19"
diff --git a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
index 50d0818ace..f3b17e7bf5 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "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 25de6baaad..5ed44d40ef 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "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 143c938df4..8ee16de9ec 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index 63dbab5bcb..202adcdb29 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "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 4acbecb4ad..36593fedc3 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": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "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 144a1b7004..f9626950de 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index df02918e79..6178f6a720 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 5a4f0115a3..97e2171e23 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index 85ec222d2b..7243ab1951 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "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 0a88c4cbb5..c072778bb8 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "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 0cf41954d8..78ca5aa274 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "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 2125efe134..8390790913 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index 79a4d578e2..6f45ba22be 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.8.52",
+  "version": "0.8.53",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/releases/v0.8.53.md b/releases/v0.8.53.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7840adf497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.8.53.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.8.53
+
+Released on 2026-09-20.
+
+Every Studio panel now lives on the dockable layout, and the arrangement is remembered between sessions. Host apps can import the header logo, button sizes and a stable stylesheet. Studio also stops reporting cancelled thumbnail loads as errors, which had been burying real problems in telemetry.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Studio:** Export the header logo, button sizes and a stable styles.css subpath ([2d84937e1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/2d84937e1f28ee60dd7dc23bdedfd324793e10d0), [#4197](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4197)).
+- **Studio:** All panels move onto the dockable, persisted layout ([98e8372a0](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/98e8372a0aaaefd498a558db96ed2d2feac3a275), [#4192](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4192)).
+- **Studio:** The Renders panel on the shared primitives ([12d8c4244](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/12d8c4244011632d1459ac95ed8de56e6d72e071), [#3772](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/3772)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Studio:** Stop counting extension-leaked AbortError rejections as errors ([83624d193](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/83624d193e6b5924a974be16bdd383987a20f2f5), [#4209](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4209)).
+- **Release:** A stale local tag can no longer silently widen the changelog ([90e67ff5a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/90e67ff5a8e0a488720827a27120f1a990ed0664), [#4208](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4208)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.52...v0.8.53