diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 575b058c0d..eb743745d2 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": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index f7626a6fe3..aa1d7f592f 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": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index ee0f3c77ef..4e7ce1779c 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": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index c0d987d1df..342e25d68d 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,34 @@ 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 v0.8.208"
+  description="Released - 2026-10-27"
+  tags={["Release", "CLI", "Core", "Docker"]}
+>
+Video and audio stay in sync after cuts and retimed scenes, and capture takes a local HTML file again. PowerShell users can pass JSON flags from a file.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Capture accepts a local HTML file again ([a7792064307be](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/a7792064307be9df100d3716af2b7f736f0cd37b), [#6498](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6498)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **CLI:** Take JSON flags from a file or stdin so PowerShell can pass them ([808d642bceec4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/808d642bceec4bf98c6289914c4e4333198fdecc), [#6518](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6518)).
+- **Core:** Retiming a parked scene in the preview takes effect without a reload ([859cd2fb9ca8b](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/859cd2fb9ca8b247d31238169e605c386f836ace), [#6522](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6522)).
+- **Core:** An audio clip that never gets data no longer freezes the playhead ([33e0ba550b4e6](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/33e0ba550b4e6725dcef06090d17185e00148cee), [#6523](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6523)).
+- **Core:** A video after a cut plays in sync instead of about 70 ms behind ([594df21537d73](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/594df21537d736d9fa5f0c212504cb51ffc4ce65), [#6494](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6494)).
+- **Docker:** Node 22.23.4 and Bun 1.4.4 for CVE-2026-111497 (Brotli) ([0fb9a50a630e1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0fb9a50a630e1abc35646564cfc404c9b3bfcd6b), [#6440](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6440)).
+- **CLI:** Validate cloud variables against the selected composition ([2d207cb3a5d00](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/2d207cb3a5d0018de1bd6e68f99c977e2e0209e6), [#6520](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6520)).
+- **Core:** The npm package no longer ships the unminified media sync runtime ([bd9b134cbb8f5](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/bd9b134cbb8f54e2660f12622252dda057a676bd), [#6515](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6515)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- **Engine:** Chrome-driving tests run in their own project after the rest ([527ab6690576c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/527ab6690576cff42ae4cdd2b21641061ec4c820), [#6517](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6517)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.207...v0.8.208).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.8.207"
   description="Released - 2026-10-27"
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index 209b6553e2..e2f1f4d1d0 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "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 28b2a956b8..48a56479d2 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "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 28d4165351..f7e2f7d42a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "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 54d45247da..f4d2244a0e 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index 65f50415af..94aa534a49 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "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 ce1dbd3e47..8aad701770 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": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "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 5ee93d8917..169b4c9aa1 100644
--- a/packages/inspector/package.json
+++ b/packages/inspector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/inspector",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index 5502e11fe8..a2d3d094cd 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index 0b07390733..b8e2b7a355 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 1fa9317eed..4233e4816d 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index 6306c7f0e2..edbdf5f2e1 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "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 e5f64b17f5..fcc87bdb2b 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "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 9b476fdbbd..912dcb6c4e 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "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 d0e95401ab..a4606165d9 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index fa3146f78b..36bab59cad 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 58a54ff4b8..d141e26d6a 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": "0.8.207",
+  "version": "0.8.208",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/releases/v0.8.208.md b/releases/v0.8.208.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2971884db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.8.208.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.8.208
+
+Released on 2026-10-27.
+
+Video and audio stay in sync after cuts and retimed scenes, and capture takes a local HTML file again. PowerShell users can pass JSON flags from a file.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Capture accepts a local HTML file again ([a7792064307be](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/a7792064307be9df100d3716af2b7f736f0cd37b), [#6498](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6498)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **CLI:** Take JSON flags from a file or stdin so PowerShell can pass them ([808d642bceec4](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/808d642bceec4bf98c6289914c4e4333198fdecc), [#6518](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6518)).
+- **Core:** Retiming a parked scene in the preview takes effect without a reload ([859cd2fb9ca8b](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/859cd2fb9ca8b247d31238169e605c386f836ace), [#6522](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6522)).
+- **Core:** An audio clip that never gets data no longer freezes the playhead ([33e0ba550b4e6](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/33e0ba550b4e6725dcef06090d17185e00148cee), [#6523](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6523)).
+- **Core:** A video after a cut plays in sync instead of about 70 ms behind ([594df21537d73](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/594df21537d736d9fa5f0c212504cb51ffc4ce65), [#6494](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6494)).
+- **Docker:** Node 22.23.4 and Bun 1.4.4 for CVE-2026-111497 (Brotli) ([0fb9a50a630e1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0fb9a50a630e1abc35646564cfc404c9b3bfcd6b), [#6440](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6440)).
+- **CLI:** Validate cloud variables against the selected composition ([2d207cb3a5d00](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/2d207cb3a5d0018de1bd6e68f99c977e2e0209e6), [#6520](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6520)).
+- **Core:** The npm package no longer ships the unminified media sync runtime ([bd9b134cbb8f5](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/bd9b134cbb8f54e2660f12622252dda057a676bd), [#6515](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6515)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- **Engine:** Chrome-driving tests run in their own project after the rest ([527ab6690576c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/527ab6690576cff42ae4cdd2b21641061ec4c820), [#6517](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/6517)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.207...v0.8.208