diff --git a/src/playground/data/config.clj b/src/playground/data/config.clj
index 19b8836..66073f5 100644
--- a/src/playground/data/config.clj
+++ b/src/playground/data/config.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (ns playground.data.config
   (:require [cheshire.core :as json]
             [clj-http.client :as http]
+            [clojure.string :as string]
             [playground.utils.utils :as utils]))
 
 
@@ -33,12 +34,32 @@
 (defonce *anychart-versions (atom []))
 
 
+(defn- gh-names
+  "Fetch the :name field from a GitHub list endpoint (branches/tags)."
+  [url]
+  (->> (http/get url) :body (#(json/parse-string % true)) (map :name)))
+
+
+(defn- tag->version
+  "Strip the leading v from semver release tags (v8.14.1 -> 8.14.1) so the
+   cdn.anychart.com/releases/<v>/ URLs resolve; leave aliases like v7/v8 as-is."
+  [name]
+  (string/replace name #"^v(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)$" "$1"))
+
+
 (defn update-anychart-versions []
+  ;; ACWEB-6: include release TAGS (v8.8.0..v8.14.1), not just branches, so the
+  ;; editor's AnyChart-version selector shows the full release list. Tags are
+  ;; v-prefixed but CDN release paths are bare, so strip the v from semver tags.
+  ;; NOTE: per_page=100 single page (engine has ~24 branches / ~50 tags); add
+  ;; pagination if either ever exceeds 100.
   (try
-    (let [data (http/get "https://api.github.com/repos/AnyChart/AnyChart/branches?per_page=100")
-          branches (json/parse-string (:body data) true)
-          branches (map :name branches)]
-      (reset! *anychart-versions branches))
+    (reset! *anychart-versions
+            (distinct
+              (concat
+                (gh-names "https://api.github.com/repos/AnyChart/AnyChart/branches?per_page=100")
+                (map tag->version
+                     (gh-names "https://api.github.com/repos/AnyChart/AnyChart/tags?per_page=100")))))
     (catch Exception _ (reset! *anychart-versions '()))))
 
 
diff --git a/src/playground/generator/core.clj b/src/playground/generator/core.clj
index 6ccc0c1..68f3e9d 100644
--- a/src/playground/generator/core.clj
+++ b/src/playground/generator/core.clj
@@ -162,7 +162,11 @@
     (timbre/info "Delete repos: " (pr-str (map :name deleted-repos)))
     (doseq [repo deleted-repos]
       (delete-repo db repo))
-    (let [result (map #(check-repository generator db % (get-repo-by-name-fn @% db-repos)) repos)]
+    ;; ACWEB-6: force realization — check-repository must run for every repo
+    ;; (sets :git, triggers startup sync). The notifier is a no-op stub, so the
+    ;; lazy `map` was never realized → check-repository never ran → repos had
+    ;; :git nil and no startup sync. `doall` decouples the sync from the notifier.
+    (let [result (doall (map #(check-repository generator db % (get-repo-by-name-fn @% db-repos)) repos))]
       (notifier/complete-sync notifier
                               (remove :e result)
                               (filter :e result)))))