7.1.8 HDRP config package is missing from the new registry, preventing us from installing HDRP 7.1.8 directly.
As pointed by Unity staff member on discord, 7.1.8 config was version bump and 7.1.7 should be functionally same, you can just install 7.1.7 HDRP config package first and then install 7.1.8 HDRP right after it and it should work.
This should be fixed / you should see 7.1.8 config package on PM now.
There’s some Unity personnel occasionally on the official unity discord server (discord.gg/unity) but it really boils down to right people noticing the issues and commenting back. There’s no official support that route, more about having some staff members there that may or may not reply to users troubles if they happen to be around.