diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index d84a876cd74..2b54b6e25e3 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": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 3db3ed35f78..db944ee4bf8 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": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index 0db2e69dc03..cbc78a3a8d0 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": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index d3f729aedac..e1a62644cfa 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 v0.8.163"
+  description="Released - 2026-10-16"
+  tags={["Release", "CLI", "Core", "Studio"]}
+>
+Website captures keep inline SVG logos whole, and timed SVG clips hide outside their window. Publishing now asks you to log in when it needs an account.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Judge text behind a transparent video by its decoded alpha in check ([cea8aa8a7de](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/cea8aa8a7dee9d669e47e4b488213008bbe305cd), [#5657](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5657)).
+- **CLI:** Render telemetry reports how busy the machine's CPU was ([0e9f380c2e2](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0e9f380c2e2295db4b88945a77cfa81001ac5c27), [#5646](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5646)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **CLI:** Ask to log in when publishing needs an account ([917ee5d3134](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/917ee5d31342f8c8a4a14659679762489cafe665), [#5670](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5670)).
+- **Core:** Timed svg clips hide outside their window ([1ee6754f710](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/1ee6754f7106335cc5533f7205bd3b7949ddb887), [#5661](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5661)).
+- **CLI:** Capture writes inline SVG logos whole and parakeet takes long audio ([0d6bdd453bb](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0d6bdd453bbcfae2280cf2b66f0b6b5afccc10ba), [#5662](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5662)).
+- **CLI:** Skip runtime by-products when fingerprinting a skill bundle ([08ee1bd5ad5](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/08ee1bd5ad59987a7f2525222683e24ca30971f9), [#5654](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5654)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- **Studio:** Re-run an edit accuracy shard on a fresh runner when its runner is too slow ([a403ea1e8b2](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/a403ea1e8b283c6bdcbe21b5cab2a2a50b5f35f3), [#5659](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5659)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.162...v0.8.163).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.8.162"
   description="Released - 2026-10-15"
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index 978d03b1ef6..707f25e53f6 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "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 80f658c8514..f1e32c476d1 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "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 ea83ac86986..a658d333405 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "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 192bcccd433..f1eb980d16e 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index 6611c3ed407..6b087772817 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "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 d93f6f23ac5..e1017658e48 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": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "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 ebe47f1f034..9b0bf7e9b25 100644
--- a/packages/inspector/package.json
+++ b/packages/inspector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/inspector",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index 8030e77de4f..9fd0553220d 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index 7f86b529762..eed9de46791 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index f271a622929..71b38fc74c7 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index 65e92e65261..6c0312ad9f4 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "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 2b6d6d70f7c..a3423578401 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "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 91cbe1ed7c7..ddcebe1d756 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "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 b8a4811f179..c3bd9000d83 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index fb213247534..f935cd95f84 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 35b842ff006..f1d6a9d49c7 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": "0.8.162",
+  "version": "0.8.163",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/releases/v0.8.163.md b/releases/v0.8.163.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f32cedcf9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.8.163.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.8.163
+
+Released on 2026-10-16.
+
+Website captures keep inline SVG logos whole, and timed SVG clips hide outside their window. Publishing now asks you to log in when it needs an account.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Judge text behind a transparent video by its decoded alpha in check ([cea8aa8a7de](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/cea8aa8a7dee9d669e47e4b488213008bbe305cd), [#5657](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5657)).
+- **CLI:** Render telemetry reports how busy the machine's CPU was ([0e9f380c2e2](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0e9f380c2e2295db4b88945a77cfa81001ac5c27), [#5646](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5646)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **CLI:** Ask to log in when publishing needs an account ([917ee5d3134](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/917ee5d31342f8c8a4a14659679762489cafe665), [#5670](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5670)).
+- **Core:** Timed svg clips hide outside their window ([1ee6754f710](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/1ee6754f7106335cc5533f7205bd3b7949ddb887), [#5661](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5661)).
+- **CLI:** Capture writes inline SVG logos whole and parakeet takes long audio ([0d6bdd453bb](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0d6bdd453bbcfae2280cf2b66f0b6b5afccc10ba), [#5662](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5662)).
+- **CLI:** Skip runtime by-products when fingerprinting a skill bundle ([08ee1bd5ad5](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/08ee1bd5ad59987a7f2525222683e24ca30971f9), [#5654](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5654)).
+
+## Internal
+
+- **Studio:** Re-run an edit accuracy shard on a fresh runner when its runner is too slow ([a403ea1e8b2](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/a403ea1e8b283c6bdcbe21b5cab2a2a50b5f35f3), [#5659](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/5659)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.162...v0.8.163