diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index 9a16463..5799a2c 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "name": "storebound",
       "source": ".",
       "description": "Take a mobile app or game from nothing to Submit for review on both stores: skills for every store step and questionnaire plus the storebound CLI and MCP server.",
-      "version": "0.8.15",
+      "version": "0.8.16",
       "category": "development",
       "tags": [
         "mobile",
diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index d8722ec..e247d8f 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "storebound",
-  "version": "0.8.15",
+  "version": "0.8.16",
   "description": "Take a mobile app or game from nothing to Submit for review on Google Play and the App Store: app records, listings in every language, in-app products and subscriptions with regional prices, every questionnaire (Data safety, App access and demo accounts, account deletion, IARC, target audience, ads, App Privacy, age rating, export compliance), privacy, icons, screenshots and previews, validate, TestFlight, release management, and after launch: crash vitals, review replies, price sheets, store analytics, Product Page Optimization. Agent Skills plus a Bun CLI and MCP server (storebound); you press Submit. CRTkafa's own toolchain, open-sourced.",
   "author": {
     "name": "CRTkafa"
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index 9ed2fcc..6734b58 100644
--- a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "storebound",
-  "version": "0.8.15",
+  "version": "0.8.16",
   "description": "Take a mobile app or game from nothing to Submit for review on Google Play and the App Store: app records, listings in every language, in-app products and subscriptions with regional prices, every questionnaire (Data safety, App access and demo accounts, account deletion, IARC, target audience, ads, App Privacy, age rating, export compliance), privacy, icons, screenshots and previews, validate, TestFlight, release management, and after launch: crash vitals, review replies, price sheets, store analytics, Product Page Optimization. Agent Skills plus a Bun CLI and MCP server (storebound); you press Submit. CRTkafa's own toolchain, open-sourced.",
   "author": {
     "name": "CRTkafa"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f4c031a..de9d320 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.8.16 · 2026-10-20
+
 - `apps folders add [<folder>]` adds the folder (it listed and added nothing); a template config is added with a note,
   a folder without a config is refused with the reason and the fix (pitfall 81).
 - MCP: the plugin's `.mcp.json` no longer spawns a plugin path that may be gone (ENOENT, CONNECTION_CLOSED): it falls
diff --git a/apps/desktop/package.json b/apps/desktop/package.json
index 1efa684..6276d92 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/package.json
+++ b/apps/desktop/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@storebound/desktop",
-  "version": "0.8.15",
+  "version": "0.8.16",
   "private": true,
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index f96a802..0d16247 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -4010,7 +4010,7 @@ checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "storebound-desktop"
-version = "0.8.15"
+version = "0.8.16"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index a91836f..dda0034 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "storebound-desktop"
-version = "0.8.15"
+version = "0.8.16"
 description = "storebound desktop: every game's releases on both stores in one window"
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 109d583..d51f8da 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "storebound",
   "mainBinaryName": "storebound-desktop",
-  "version": "0.8.15",
+  "version": "0.8.16",
   "identifier": "dev.storebound.desktop",
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../dist",
diff --git a/gemini-extension.json b/gemini-extension.json
index 72f1757..136c778 100644
--- a/gemini-extension.json
+++ b/gemini-extension.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "storebound",
-  "version": "0.8.15",
+  "version": "0.8.16",
   "description": "Take a mobile app or game from nothing to Submit for review on Google Play and the App Store: app records, listings in every language, in-app products and subscriptions with regional prices, every questionnaire (Data safety, App access and demo accounts, account deletion, IARC, target audience, ads, App Privacy, age rating, export compliance), privacy, icons, screenshots and previews, validate, TestFlight, release management, and after launch: crash vitals, review replies, price sheets, store analytics, Product Page Optimization. Agent Skills plus a Bun CLI and MCP server (storebound); you press Submit. CRTkafa's own toolchain, open-sourced.",
   "contextFileName": "GEMINI.md",
   "mcpServers": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf2b2c4..01bca1a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "storebound",
-  "version": "0.8.15",
+  "version": "0.8.16",
   "description": "Take a mobile app or game from nothing to Submit for review on Google Play and the App Store: app records, listings in every language, in-app products and subscriptions with regional prices, every store questionnaire (incl. account deletion and App Review demo accounts), privacy, icons, screenshots and previews, TestFlight. After launch: crash vitals, review replies, price sheets, analytics and Product Page Optimization. One config, a CLI (Node 20+ or Bun), an MCP server and Agent Skills for your AI coding agent.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "CRTkafa",