📦 PS5 BackPork Kitchen — v2.2.5 (Emergency Stability Fix)

Release Type: Emergency Fix
Focus: Startup crash prevention, network safety, and patch pipeline corrections.

🚑 Fixes

• Fixed startup crash caused by DNS / hostname resolution failures during update and asset checks
• Added exception handling for all network-dependent startup services
• Prevented JIT crash dialog — app now continues safely in offline mode
• Hardened async startup workflow

🔁 Auto-Failover

• Added graceful failover for remote resource checks
• Improved retry and fallback handling
• Better logging when mirrors or endpoints are unavailable

📦 PKG Manager & ELF Inspector

• Remote PKG installer
• Fixed SDK comparison logic (patch only when current SDK > target SDK)
• Restored correct decrypt → inspect → patch pipeline
• Fixed skip-only scenarios caused by merge regression
• Improved patched/skipped reporting

🌐 Online Services

• Cover art, remote installer, and download services now fail safely
• Added timeout and connection error handling
• No crash when servers are unreachable

🔍 Tools & UI

• Improved Hex Viewer file safety checks
• Stabilized background service initialization
• Reduced UI blocking during remote checks

✅ Recommended update for all users.