diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 039290bcaa..ac6e9b2d84 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": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 4905769f25..d7721d1be4 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": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index f551aa3b2b..3513a5b9da 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": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index 502b3bb56a..065a3bbbcb 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,36 @@ 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 v0.9.44"
+  description="Released - 2026-11-14"
+  tags={["Release", "Studio", "CLI", "Core"]}
+>
+Check now warns when text leaves the safe areas of a 9:16 social video. Previews free a clip's decoder once the playhead leaves it, and a cancelled audio fade no longer crashes the page. Set HYPERFRAMES_OWNER to tell which run started a leftover browser.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Name a caller's owner id on the browsers and warm check it starts ([798c241e4d0cf](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/798c241e4d0cf18fc328d90c41823a766a9d8d8e), [#7687](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7687)).
+- **CLI:** Check warns when text leaves the 9:16 social safe areas ([45882027bd284](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/45882027bd284a8fbd96ffe854184104304c224f), [#7680](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7680)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Studio:** Edit clips added to a project outside Studio ([cb072eb047efa](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/cb072eb047efafe9749ae81613ccbb8036be3e21), [#7686](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7686)).
+- **Core:** Stop a cancelled audio envelope from crashing the page ([49623307ce86c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/49623307ce86c030f8016c3e21b6aa1120806d5c), [#7682](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7682)).
+- **Core:** Free a preview clip's decoder when the playhead leaves it ([f7b49f12078e1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/f7b49f12078e14cdc401808edd4f217df8d24ce4), [#7679](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7679)).
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Core:** A reloaded preview video resyncs only itself ([92816ed56bde0](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/92816ed56bde07affff0f6e0a5bce3dd96a96808), [#7684](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7684)).
+
+## Catalog
+
+- **CLI:** Report an invalid catalog --type as a usage error ([affa03b60fb08](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/affa03b60fb082c93b1efa9341ac85a106dda61e), [#7678](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7678)).
+- Publish the hosted HyperFrames MCP to the official MCP registry ([0f6ed7d57bc9c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0f6ed7d57bc9c6d449ce89cbfc3a7948a7427157), [#7676](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7676)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.9.43...v0.9.44).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.9.43"
   description="Released - 2026-11-13"
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index 56fef5512e..a26fd24942 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "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 7005610d0a..54039556a3 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "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 59c29f725d..ac4a6cd698 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "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 ab35a8d182..bf00eee061 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index 15836c08df..015d180218 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "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 7a246454be..7afdfdf194 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": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "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 8069734e09..78e5506f83 100644
--- a/packages/inspector/package.json
+++ b/packages/inspector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/inspector",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index 4270ef0a96..cee75e9f2c 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index 03598b7e88..81cbbd5d6d 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index de4f802b4c..866d2ca545 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index f0be5e48da..2ca5a1a6f7 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "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 1c18fd03fa..fae2cec7d5 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "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 01cc203ddb..85f8db31cd 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "description": "WebGL shader transitions for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/share/package.json b/packages/share/package.json
index 048a47a473..040674e8b6 100644
--- a/packages/share/package.json
+++ b/packages/share/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/share",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "description": "Shared review identity, version upload and sharing state for HyperFrames hosts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/studio-server/package.json b/packages/studio-server/package.json
index 6ca9b4a3ad..fc60366036 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index 95520e0f1f..a3adb817a0 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index e448580aee..50905d82e3 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": "0.9.43",
+  "version": "0.9.44",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/releases/v0.9.44.md b/releases/v0.9.44.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8d52be879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.9.44.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.9.44
+
+Released on 2026-11-14.
+
+Check now warns when text leaves the safe areas of a 9:16 social video. Previews free a clip's decoder once the playhead leaves it, and a cancelled audio fade no longer crashes the page. Set HYPERFRAMES_OWNER to tell which run started a leftover browser.
+
+## Features
+
+- **CLI:** Name a caller's owner id on the browsers and warm check it starts ([798c241e4d0cf](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/798c241e4d0cf18fc328d90c41823a766a9d8d8e), [#7687](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7687)).
+- **CLI:** Check warns when text leaves the 9:16 social safe areas ([45882027bd284](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/45882027bd284a8fbd96ffe854184104304c224f), [#7680](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7680)).
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Studio:** Edit clips added to a project outside Studio ([cb072eb047efa](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/cb072eb047efafe9749ae81613ccbb8036be3e21), [#7686](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7686)).
+- **Core:** Stop a cancelled audio envelope from crashing the page ([49623307ce86c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/49623307ce86c030f8016c3e21b6aa1120806d5c), [#7682](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7682)).
+- **Core:** Free a preview clip's decoder when the playhead leaves it ([f7b49f12078e1](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/f7b49f12078e14cdc401808edd4f217df8d24ce4), [#7679](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7679)).
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Core:** A reloaded preview video resyncs only itself ([92816ed56bde0](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/92816ed56bde07affff0f6e0a5bce3dd96a96808), [#7684](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7684)).
+
+## Catalog
+
+- **CLI:** Report an invalid catalog --type as a usage error ([affa03b60fb08](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/affa03b60fb082c93b1efa9341ac85a106dda61e), [#7678](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7678)).
+- Publish the hosted HyperFrames MCP to the official MCP registry ([0f6ed7d57bc9c](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0f6ed7d57bc9c6d449ce89cbfc3a7948a7427157), [#7676](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/7676)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.9.43...v0.9.44