Runout 0.4.1 development — faster FLAC discovery and reliable sessions

Runout 0.4.1 development fixes public Soulseek search and connection handling, with Seeker-informed discovery and a guided retro interface.

What changed

• Stream FLAC search results as peers respond. Protect new peer connections from search-burst eviction, consume native result deltas, cache identities/path components and reduce repeated ranking work.
• Keep your account through temporary network loss. Reconnect automatically when policy permits; distinguish app background pause, rejected credentials and another client using the same ID.
• Search local songs/albums/artists without an account. Combine them with Soulseek results, filter quality/availability and sort by match, availability or quality. Preview a peer's full FLAC folder before confirming an album download.
• Guided offline/Soulseek setup explains download storage, optional sharing and app-only/background connection tradeoffs. Consent and sharing folders are remembered per account. Folder pickers preserve the connection.
• Cancel pending needle playback when changing records; start a searched local song on its correct record side.
• Keep the vinyl player home, with Home/Library/Discover/Messages navigation, a mini player and global account/download access.
• Retain Internet Archive Friday Drops and FLAC validation throughout. Both download providers still require a connected Soulseek account; offline playback remains free of login.
• Update architecture, developer/contributor notes, Android flow tooling and performance/live-check instructions.

Install

Download Runout-0.4.1-development.apk and verify it with the attached SHA-256 file. It supports Android 9+ and ARM64, ARMv7, x86-64 and x86. It installs as Runout Dev (app.runout.dev) alongside the original app, or updates the preceding development build when signed with the same certificate.

Start with Listen offline or Set up Soulseek. Another client using the same Soulseek ID will be disconnected when you connect. An unused username creates an account, including a typo; Soulseek has no password reset and does not encrypt credentials or messages in transit.

Verification and limits

The attached verification report records JVM/Compose tests, native tests, Android integration/performance checks and explicit public-network observations. Device benchmarks measure warm metadata processing; they do not measure network latency or establish a speed comparison with Seeker. Public search and transfer success still depend on peers and reachability.

This is a development pre-release, debug-signed and using experimental client version 177/1. Production signing and a suitable production client identifier remain. GitHub source archives correspond to the tagged source commit. Original Runout and third-party notices remain in the repository and APK. No pull request is opened for this release.