diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index b2d9d68ae4..b52f68f159 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": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 7743240cf3..4eef6e3d0f 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": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index aa6601fd8e..0167a68be4 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": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index 60fa7054d4..5fc8d4ec4f 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 v0.8.109"
+  description="Released - 2026-10-02"
+  tags={["Release", "Studio"]}
+>
+Renders dropdown options take a mouse click again, a text edited in place shows its caret in a scaled preview, and soft reloads now match the saved files. Studio also links a video to its audio and can repair clips that drift out of sync.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Studio:** Sync origin, out-of-sync repair, linked selection toggle and grouped clip menu (7/8) ([45b8e171e27](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/45b8e171e2792c89cc63b4d136de41eae6194b25), [#4820](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4820)).
+- **Studio:** Link a video and its audio with data-link (6/8) ([0559be0b139](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0559be0b1398fc5240746e8668a9cf6d3bf1a5c1), [#4818](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4818)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Studio:** Soft reloads restore what GSAP wrote and holds from the saved files ([b5e3ffa6a72](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b5e3ffa6a727b726b239e6bebbbcc23e6172df81), [#4871](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4871)).
+- **Studio:** Renders dropdown options take a mouse click again ([6dcc300fd2f](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/6dcc300fd2f9302ee90df345bbc1748c09c3210a), [#4890](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4890)).
+- **Studio:** A text edited in place shows its caret in a scaled preview ([e205207583d](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/e205207583df27baf708867260a437ff8829205c), [#4875](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4875)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.108...v0.8.109).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.8.108"
   description="Released - 2026-10-02"
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index b5ce62730f..4b0e65fb53 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "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 4f0bd9283f..7c5164e65e 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "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 547396af3f..f1710d89f4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "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 1cafeb7c65..47a4cd3c2e 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index c4a8c6cd77..9d3ab3cfd9 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "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 860cc1a73b..1109c842ae 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": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "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 cf749c839b..52a1249ad3 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index 20e36b7f1b..21447095fe 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 08b69b88bc..e9b467b95f 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index 3f42571cde..19e14bea93 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "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 048ff66660..2b6e564001 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "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 aba9c324ab..d7130a1145 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "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 f0c8eab15e..a7813bd19b 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index 5b01f2540a..d8001072e5 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 5e06934182..bb51f482ae 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": "0.8.108",
+  "version": "0.8.109",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/releases/v0.8.109.md b/releases/v0.8.109.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..665b545c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.8.109.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.8.109
+
+Released on 2026-10-02.
+
+Renders dropdown options take a mouse click again, a text edited in place shows its caret in a scaled preview, and soft reloads now match the saved files. Studio also links a video to its audio and can repair clips that drift out of sync.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Studio:** Sync origin, out-of-sync repair, linked selection toggle and grouped clip menu (7/8) ([45b8e171e27](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/45b8e171e2792c89cc63b4d136de41eae6194b25), [#4820](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4820)).
+- **Studio:** Link a video and its audio with data-link (6/8) ([0559be0b139](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0559be0b1398fc5240746e8668a9cf6d3bf1a5c1), [#4818](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4818)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Studio:** Soft reloads restore what GSAP wrote and holds from the saved files ([b5e3ffa6a72](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/b5e3ffa6a727b726b239e6bebbbcc23e6172df81), [#4871](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4871)).
+- **Studio:** Renders dropdown options take a mouse click again ([6dcc300fd2f](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/6dcc300fd2f9302ee90df345bbc1748c09c3210a), [#4890](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4890)).
+- **Studio:** A text edited in place shows its caret in a scaled preview ([e205207583d](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/e205207583df27baf708867260a437ff8829205c), [#4875](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/4875)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.108...v0.8.109