catalog: com.resolutiongames.abvriop.santacruz (from #46 )

Dashboard worker (agent v53) leaves a dashboard the player opened with the controller alone (v52 closed it 60 ms after each press, the game stayed paused); Into The Radius 2: focus_hold up to 2.5 s (the Frame dropped focus for 0.4 s and 1.0 s and Unreal paused each time), notes from the headset test
Dashboard at game start (agent v52): watch from the game's first submitted frame instead of the first pacing summary, which came ~8 s after Steam's "Resume game" menu (seen with Into The Radius 2); incremental log reads, 0.5 s checks
2026-10-06 17:00:43 +02:00 · 2026-10-05 21:57:44 +00:00 · 2026-10-05 15:58:50 -04:00 · 2026-10-05 15:46:54 -04:00 · 2026-10-05 15:43:06 -04:00 · 2026-10-05 14:55:23 -04:00
41 changed files with 1811 additions and 72 deletions
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ on:
    tags: ["v*"]
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      dev:
+        description: "Publish the bundles as the dev build (testers: Settings → Updates → Install the latest dev build)"
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      notes:
+        description: "What testers should try (shown before they install it)"
+        type: string
+        default: ""

 jobs:
  test:
@@ -50,6 +59,9 @@ jobs:
        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build libgtk-3-dev
      - run: uv sync --extra dev
+      - name: Dev build version (next patch + .dev<run number>; not committed)
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.dev
+        run: uv run --no-project python scripts/dev_version.py ${{ github.run_number }}
      - id: flet
        run: uv run python scripts/package.py
        continue-on-error: ${{ runner.os == 'macOS' || runner.arch == 'ARM64' }}
@@ -148,3 +160,43 @@ jobs:
            echo; cat packaging/release-footer.md; } > "$notes"  # short: the update dialog shows these notes
          gh release delete "$tag" --yes 2>/dev/null || true
          gh release create "$tag" out/* packaging/FramePort-selfsigned.cer --title "FramePort ${tag}" --notes-file "$notes"
+
+  dev-release:
+    # "Run workflow" with dev ticked: replaces the rolling `dev` pre-release (never shown by the automatic update check;
+    # testers install it from Settings → Updates). Same assets + SHA256SUMS as a release.
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.dev
+    needs: bundle
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v10.2.0
+      - id: version
+        run: echo "version=$(uv run --no-project python scripts/dev_version.py ${{ github.run_number }})" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          path: out
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - name: Wheel
+        run: uv build --wheel -o out && ls out
+      - name: Checksums
+        run: cd out && sha256sum * > SHA256SUMS.txt && cat SHA256SUMS.txt
+      - name: Publish the dev build
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          NOTES: ${{ inputs.notes }}
+        run: |
+          notes=$(mktemp)
+          last=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match 'v*' 2>/dev/null || true)
+          { echo "Dev build **${VERSION}** from commit ${GITHUB_SHA::7} ($(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)). For testing fixes before"
+            echo "the next release; you get that release as a normal update."; echo
+            if [ -n "$NOTES" ]; then echo "## Please test"; echo; echo "$NOTES"; echo; fi
+            if [ -n "$last" ]; then echo "## Changes since ${last}"; echo
+              git log --no-merges --format='- %s' "${last}..HEAD" | cut -c1-160 | head -40; fi; } > "$notes"
+          gh release delete dev --yes --cleanup-tag 2>/dev/null || true
+          gh release create dev out/* packaging/FramePort-selfsigned.cer --prerelease --target "$GITHUB_SHA" \
+            --title "FramePort dev build ${VERSION}" --notes-file "$notes"
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@ Read `docs/PLAYBOOK.md` (symptom → fix) before debugging a game, and `docs/FRA
    launch.sh logs `start/end <unix>` to `<anchor>/plays.log` (upgrade_launchers adds it; Proton launchers exec → start
    only) and shots are matched by time; thumbnails cached in `<data>/screenshots-cache/<frame>/`, shown by asset URL;
    delete leaves screenshots.vdf alone (Steam rewrites it at exit); game menu → "Screenshots" = `go("screenshots",
-    pkg)`); settings; welcome; activity panel).
+    pkg)`); settings; welcome; activity panel). Files, Screenshots and the Library share right-click menus
+    (one `ft.ContextMenu` per view, filled on right-click; on one of several selected items they act on the whole
+    selection, `C.menu_targets`) and click-and-drag multi-select (`C.DragSelect`: pan start/end on the area + item
+    hover events, which Flutter also sends with the button held; Flet can't report item positions, so no rubber band).
+    Selection bars sit below the list: above it, their appearing shifted the items mid-drag. Async handlers (they
+    await a FilePicker) must be coroutine functions or go through `page.run_task`: Flet doesn't await a lambda's
+    coroutine (the Files row Download button silently did nothing). `ui_smoke.py --fake-frame --gestures` drives real
+    mouse drags/right-clicks.
    User tags live in library entries (`tags`), filters in library setting `ui.library`.
    **Performance rules** (the app froze before): never put image bytes in controls — artwork is served by URL from the
    GUI assets dir (= user data dir; `ft.run(assets_dir=…)`), as thumbnails (`artwork/thumbs.py`, Pillow); the
@@ -162,7 +169,7 @@ Rick and Morty runs on the Frame via its catalog recipe (OpenVR, no Revive),
 - `agent/frameport_agent.py` — runs **on the Frame** (python3 stdlib only), JSON over SSH. Owns the install layout,
  launch.sh template, Steam shortcuts (binary VDF), launch tests. Bump `AGENT_VERSION` when changing it.
 - `bootstrap/bootstrap.sh` — one-time Frame setup served by the pairing server (sshd, app key, avahi service, Lepton).
- `catalog/games/<package>.yaml` — 38 recipes (34 verified 2026-09-28; Deadpool VR, 4XVR, NEX Player and AC Nexus's
+- `catalog/games/<package>.yaml` (installed apps also fetch these from GitHub `main`, see "Catalog updates") — 38 recipes (34 verified 2026-09-28; Deadpool VR, 4XVR, NEX Player and AC Nexus's
  90 Hz default confirmed later by the owner); `catalog/triage.yaml` — log signatures → fixes.
 - `native/` — sources of the prebuilt binaries in `artifacts/` (adapter, VrApi bridge patches, GL shim, stubs).
  `native/build.py` rebuilds them with NDK r27c (downloaded on demand into `native/.cache`, git-ignored; uses
@@ -509,11 +516,14 @@ picker at all: a FramePort fix would be an injected picker activity. Generated c
 Steam placeholder set (no Steam art at all) → fixed in artwork/steam.py.
 **Steam library failures (GitHub #21/#30):** on some Frames Steam never loads FramePort's shortcuts.vdf entries (same SteamOS build and arm64 beta client as the dev Frame; IDs correct; file written before Steam starts): Play → console_log `GameAction [AppID <id>] … RequestingLicense → UpdatingAppInfo → LaunchApp failed with AppError_9` (= "Game configuration unavailable", Steam treats the id as a store app). Cause unknown; agent v42/43 diagnostics: `launch` returns `steam` (started / error + code / silent from console_log), `collect_diag` adds `steam_library` (real Steam dir, beta, Steam start vs vdf write time, entries per account, devkit games) + `steam-console.txt` (incl. Steam's `logs/shortcuts.previous.txt` if present; steamclient.so has "LoadShortcuts: rejecting attempt to load shortcuts: invalid account ID"). **Fallback (agent v43):** when Play gets AppError_9 the agent registers the game through Steam's devkit interface (what Valve's Devkit Management Tool does, MIT: `devkit-1 steam://devkit-1/<~/.steam/steam.token>/create-shortcut?response=<file>&gameid=<id>&directory=~/devkit-game` written to ~/.steam/steam.pipe; answer file / `.error`; `~/devkit-game/<id>/launch.sh` = link to the game's launch.sh, `<id>-argv.json` ["launch.sh"] (relative to the folder), `<id>-settings.json` {steam_play 0, compat_tool ""}). Steam adds it live (no restart), picks its own appid (read back from shortcuts.vdf by DevkitGameID), shows it as a normal non-Steam game named "Devkit Game: <id>" (OpenVR 0, but VR works: owner-verified 2026-10-04), art copied to grid/<appid>*. Ids: letter first, then letters/digits/_ only (spaces, '-', leading digit → "missing/invalid arguments"). Later Plays use the devkit entry; uninstall (`devkit_unregister`, `delete-shortcut` live) and purge remove it. Verified on the dev Frame: register/launch/unregister; the AppError_9 trigger itself only in unit tests.
 **Exit game (GitHub #36, 2026-10-04):** `Apps.TerminateApp` (what Exit game calls; reachable for tests through Steam's CEF devtools on 127.0.0.1:8080, SharedJSContext, `Runtime.evaluate` — a stdlib websocket client is enough) closed both a normal shortcut and a devkit entry on the dev Frame within 1-3 s. SIGTERM to Steam's `reaper` alone left launch.sh + Lepton (setsid) + the container running (an earlier headset launch ran on for 87 min); SIGTERM to launch.sh cleans up in ~4 s. Agent v44: launch.sh's 2 s loop ends the game when its parent (the reaper) is gone; `upgrade_launchers` (from ensure_host_fixes) adds that to existing launchers in place. Which in-headset exit path fails is still unknown. Screenshots on the Frame: all under SteamVR's appid 250820 (`760/remote/250820/screenshots`, screenshots.vdf has creation time, no game).
-**SteamVR dashboard at game start (2026-10-04):** the dashboard (Resume game / controller / VR options) was open whenever a FramePort game started (also over Lepton's 2D launcher). Steam's UI exposes `SteamClient.OpenVR.VROverlay.{IsDashboardVisible,HideDashboard,ShowDashboard}` (CEF devtools, `steam_js` in the agent). Agent v44: launch.sh starts `_dashboard_worker` (waits for FrameBridge's first `pacing:` line in launch.log, then hides a visible dashboard for 25 s, at most 3 times; log `<base>/dashboard.log`; opt out with env FRAMEPORT_KEEP_DASHBOARD=1). Verified on the dev Frame (dashboard shown → 4XVR launched via Steam → hidden ~5 s after the first frames); not yet seen in the headset.
+**SteamVR dashboard at game start (2026-10-04):** the dashboard (Resume game / controller / VR options) was open whenever a FramePort game started (also over Lepton's 2D launcher). Steam's UI exposes `SteamClient.OpenVR.VROverlay.{IsDashboardVisible,HideDashboard,ShowDashboard}` (CEF devtools, `steam_js` in the agent). Agent v44: launch.sh starts `_dashboard_worker` (waits for FrameBridge's first `pacing:` line in launch.log, then hides a visible dashboard for 25 s, at most 3 times; log `<base>/dashboard.log`; opt out with env FRAMEPORT_KEEP_DASHBOARD=1). Verified on the dev Frame (dashboard shown → 4XVR launched via Steam → hidden ~5 s after the first frames); not yet seen in the headset. **Headset (ITR2, 2026-10-05): too late** — Steam shows its frame menu (`valve.steam.gamepadui.frame.menu`, vrwebhelper_systemui.txt `[PooledPopups] Showing`) ~0.3 s after the game's first submitted frame (FrameBridge `new layer:`), but the first `pacing:` summary comes ~8 s later; the owner had pressed Resume (`[HideDashboard] return_to_game`) before the worker looked. Agent v52: watches from the first `new layer:` line (incremental log reads, 0.5 s polls, 30 s window). Agent v53: stops for good once the player opens the dashboard with the controller (`toggle_dashboard_action` in vrwebhelper_systemui.txt since the worker started): v52 closed it 60 ms after each press, and the game, paused for it, stayed paused.
 **Space warp / ITR2 (2026-10-04):** Into The Radius 2 (UE5, `libUnreal.so` + OVRPlugin, Vulkan) uses Application SpaceWarp (extra swapchains `376x376 format=97` motion vectors + `format=129` depth); #35 reports flickering textures. OVRPort's `patch_disable_space_warp` has no effect on UE5, and hiding XR_FB_space_warp in FrameBridge's enumerate doesn't reach the game either: **OVRPort's dispatcher offers/enables XR_FB_space_warp itself**. FrameBridge `hide_space_warp` (per game, off) hides it and strips `XrCompositionLayerSpaceWarpInfoFB` (1000171000) from the projection views (log `hide_space_warp: removed space warp info`); the game still renders its MV swapchains. Test build installed on the dev Frame; flicker not yet checked in a headset. Heuristic: UE5 + OVRPlugin shows it as an option (off). `equirect_emul` is suggested for Unreal games whose graphics API isn't detected ("GLES or unknown"); on Vulkan it switches itself off (Myst/Riven/ITR2): harmless, but Unreal Vulkan detection is a known gap.
 **PR #34 (merged 2026-10-04, Lucas-Mathieu):** `native/adapter/audio_metadata.h` patches Meta XR Audio Wwise (only build ID e1619e7f…, Batman: Arkham Shadow 1.4.1) so queued audio metadata isn't freed while the current audio frame references it (smoke-bomb crash). Verified headless: installs ("metadata reclamation follows …"), 72 fps; we added a once-per-second scan limit. Outside PRs: review source, rebuild `artifacts/` ourselves, merge locally (contributor's commit kept), push main.
 **Heuristics eval (2026-10-04):** `scripts/eval_heuristics.py "<VR CyberDeck Portable>"` → 19/44 recipes exact, 322/352 fields (most diffs: `frame.unity_text_input` suggested where older catalog recipes lack it; the rest are runtime-only findings: use_alt, vk_shader_fix, focus_hold, sync_guard, multipass). `PATCHED/` copies aren't scored (already converted).
 **Power (0.9, agent v47):** sidebar bar above the Frame card: Sleep / Restart / Shut down, each confirmed (`app.frame_power`, a running game asks again). logind answers CanSuspend/CanReboot/CanPowerOff = "challenge" for an SSH session but "yes" inside a user unit, so agent `power` runs `systemctl suspend|reboot|poweroff` from a transient `systemd-run --user --on-active=3` timer (the command answers first). Restart verified on the device (back in ~84 s, new boot id).
+**Proton default (agent v51, owner's choice 2026-10-05):** the newest **stable** ARM64 Proton is the default for PC VR games (`pick_proton`: asked-for name/alias, else newest installed stable, else any stable). Agent v49-50 defaulted to Experimental; the owner's headset A/B with Rick and Morty (Experimental 69 % reprojected frames, stable felt much smoother) reverted it. The game page's Customize shows `pcvr.proton_tool` as a dropdown (Stable (default) / Experimental = alias `proton-experimental`); `ensure_proton` installs a chosen one (it asks once more for the runtime Steam only names after Proton is installed; Experimental installed unattended on the device in 53 s). A PC VR launch test that fails on stable suggests Experimental (`pipeline.PROTON_TOOL`, `proton_alternative_worth_trying`, button "Try Proton Experimental and reinstall"). Remaining Rick and Morty stutter on head turns = the game rendering below the refresh rate (reprojection), not Proton.
+**USB cable link (verified 2026-10-05, cabled to the dev PC):** `usb0` is a USB **NCM** gadget (configfs g1: `ncm.usb0` + `ffs.adb`, Valve 28de:2460) set up by `usb-ncm-gadget@usb0.service`, which only runs with `ConditionPathExists=|/etc/systemd/system/adbd.service.d/steamos-devkit-enabled` = **Developer Mode only**. `usb-ncm-dnsmasq@usb0` serves DHCP with fixed `dhcp-host` entries: Frame 10.86.200.233, PC **10.86.200.234** (`frame/usb.py` FRAME_USB_IP/PC_USB_IP). Windows 11 binds its built-in "UsbNcm Host Device" (no driver); WSL mirrored sees eth 10.86.200.234. USB is high-speed (USB 2.0): upload 36.9 MB/s vs 11.3 MB/s home Wi-Fi. Frame→PC over the cable worked without a firewall change. `scripts/usb_autotest.py` (Windows via powershell.exe from WSL), `frameport frame usb-check`. Wizard "Set up with a USB cable" (`PairingServer(host=PC_USB_IP)`; the real bootstrap ran end to end over USB). Discovery dedupes by SSH host key and prefers USB > Frame hotspot > network (`discovery.dedupe`); a lost address is re-found by key (`Frame.relocate`, tested with a dead saved address).
+**Catalog updates without a release (2026-10-05):** apps fetch `catalog/games/*.yaml` from GitHub `main` (`recommend/catalog.refresh_remote`: one API call `git/trees/main?recursive=1` + raw.githubusercontent downloads of changed blobs, cached as `catalog-gh-<sha>.yaml`, every 6 h; GUI at start + Settings → Data "Check now"; CLI background thread + `frameport catalog-update`). `catalog.load()` only reads the cache. A remote entry is skipped (`unusable_reason`) when it names a patch/adapter key this app doesn't register, has a field `CatalogEntry` doesn't know, or `min_app` > this version: add `min_app` (or rely on new patch ids) when a config needs an unreleased FramePort. Remote beats bundled unless the bundled entry has a later updated/verified date; the user's own entries still win as before. Off: setting `catalog.auto_update`, env FRAMEPORT_NO_CATALOG_UPDATE; FRAMEPORT_CATALOG_URL still overrides the source. So: **pushing a catalog change to main reaches users within 6 h** (their recipes follow via catalog_rev → Update on Frame).
 **Lepton storage (2026-09-30):** each app's /sdcard (= /storage/emulated/0 → `<base>/lepton-data/external`) has `Movies`/`Download`/`Documents` symlinked to the Frame's `~/Videos`/`~/Downloads`/`~/Documents` (liblepton/mounting.sh, only if they exist at start); agent v24 `storage_targets` reads that mapping. Android's MediaProvider canonicalises paths to /home/steamos/... and rejects every file ("doesn't appear under [/system/media...]"), `sm list-volumes` is empty: the media index never works, apps must browse folders. Lepton installs with `adb install -g` (runtime permissions granted, MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE too). Files: `install/files.py`, `frameport frame send|storage`, GUI Files tab (formerly Frame → Send files).
 **SteamVR per-app settings (2026-09-30):** editing steamvr.vrsettings while SteamVR runs is lost; the web API (127.0.0.1:27062 /app/setsettings) needs `x-steamvr-secret`. `native/vrsettings` = `fp_vrsettings.exe` (freestanding, OpenVR `FnTable:IVRSettings_003` as a Utility app, loads SteamVR's bin/win64/openvr_api.dll) sets them live and SteamVR persists them: section `steam.app.<shortcut appid>`, keys `preferredRefreshRate` (float) and `motionSmoothingOverride` (0 global, 1 on, 2 off, 3 always). Steam Link (vrlink) lists the Frame's rates 72/80/90/96/108/120/144 in vrserver.txt and follows the per-app preference ("host preferred N Hz"; whether the key is honoured is unverified in-headset yet). Judder metric: vrcompositor.txt session summary dropped + "Timed out. N total" (Stormland: 0 dropped but 313 timeouts in 2 min); fpsVR (`%LOCALAPPDATA%\fpsVR\*.json`, 0.1 ms histograms) gives p99 CPU/GPU ms. `pcvr.steamvr_tuning` (default on, PC only) applies on Play: highest rate whose budget ≥ p99×1.05, at least one step down, smoothing on.

@@ -531,6 +541,11 @@ tests, builds Windows x64 / macOS arm64 / Linux x64 bundles, signs, attests and
 `FramePort-selfsigned.cer`; notes = "What's new" from the annotated tag message + the short `packaging/release-footer.md`; owner: keep release
 notes short — a few "What's new" bullets, nothing long after them).
 Installed apps find the release themselves (self-update), so the notes are what users see in the update dialog.
+- **Dev builds (for testers, no release):** Actions → build → Run workflow (main), "dev" ticked, optional "notes"
+  (what to test). The bundles get version `<next patch>.dev<run number>` (`scripts/dev_version.py`, not committed) and
+  replace the rolling `dev` pre-release (`dev-release` job; same assets + SHA256SUMS). Automatic update checks ignore
+  pre-releases; testers use Settings → Updates → "Install the latest dev build…" (`updates.check_dev`,
+  `Updater.install_dev`). `parse_version` sorts 0.9.0 < 0.9.1.devN < 0.9.1, so testers get the next release normally.
 - **Release checklist:** bump `src/frameport/_version.py` (the only version; `scripts/package.py` fails a tag build
  whose tag ≠ `v<_version>`), commit, `git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "FramePort X.Y.Z" -m "<What's new, Markdown bullets>"`,
  push the commit and the tag. Never publish a release without its `SHA256SUMS.txt` (the updater refuses it) and keep
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ Install games that target the Meta Quest, Android, or general PCVR onto your **V
 3. **Add games → Scan a folder** with your game backups (APK + OBB, or PC VR game folders).
 4. Open a game → **Install on Frame**, then play it from the Frame's Steam library.

-Full guide, firewalls and troubleshooting: [docs/INSTALL.md](docs/INSTALL.md).
+Full guide, firewalls and troubleshooting: [docs/INSTALL.md](docs/INSTALL.md). Questions (e.g. how to lay out games
+with OBB files): [docs/FAQ.md](docs/FAQ.md).

 ## Type on Frame

@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 import zlib
+from types import SimpleNamespace

-AGENT_VERSION = 47
+AGENT_VERSION = 53
 HOME = os.path.expanduser("~")
 STEAM = os.path.join(HOME, ".local/share/Steam")
 ANCHORS = os.path.join(HOME, "Applications/quest-frame")
@@ -262,11 +263,17 @@ def compat_command(tool_dir, verb="waitforexitandrun", depth=0):


 def pick_proton(tools, wanted=None):
-    ready = [t for t in tools if t["installed"] and t["require_installed"]]
+    """The Proton build a game uses: the one asked for (name, display name or alias such as proton-experimental),
+    else the newest stable one (owner's choice 2026-10-05 after an A/B in the headset: Rick and Morty felt much
+    smoother on Proton 11 than on Experimental; a game that fails gets "try Proton Experimental" suggested).
+    Returned even when not installed yet: the installer installs it."""
+    def matches(t, w):
+        return w in (t["name"], t["display_name"]) or w in [a.strip() for a in t["aliases"].split(",")]
    if wanted:
-        return next((t for t in tools if wanted in (t["name"], t["display_name"]) or wanted in t["aliases"].split(",")),
-                    None)
-    return ready[0] if ready else (tools[0] if tools else None)
+        return next((t for t in tools if matches(t, wanted)), None)
+    stable = [t for t in tools if not t["experimental"]]
+    ready = [t for t in stable if t["installed"] and t["require_installed"]]
+    return (ready or stable or tools or [None])[0]


 def openxr_runtime():
@@ -1163,9 +1170,14 @@ def cmd_shortcut_status(args):
 def deployment(pkg):
    path = os.path.join(ANCHORS, pkg, "deployment.json")
    try:
-        return json.load(open(path))
+        dep = json.load(open(path))
    except (OSError, ValueError):
        return None
+    if not isinstance(dep, dict):
+        return None
+    dep.setdefault("base", os.path.dirname(path))
+    dep.setdefault("title", pkg)
+    return dep


 def cmd_list_installed(args):
@@ -1175,6 +1187,12 @@ def cmd_list_installed(args):
            dep = json.load(open(dep_path))
        except (OSError, ValueError):
            continue
+        # incomplete records (an interrupted install, another tool's files in this folder) are skipped or completed
+        # instead of failing every connection with a KeyError (GitHub #40)
+        if not isinstance(dep, dict) or not dep.get("package") or not dep.get("appid"):
+            continue
+        dep.setdefault("base", os.path.dirname(dep_path))
+        dep.setdefault("title", dep["package"])
        dep.setdefault("kind", "quest")
        dep["anchor"] = os.path.dirname(dep_path)  # its artwork/ feeds the Steam grid (shortcuts)
        if dep["kind"] == "linux":
@@ -2788,6 +2806,58 @@ def cmd_finalize_linux(args):
    return {"ok": True, "base": base, "appid": appid, "moved_files": moved, "missing_libraries": missing}


+def cmd_usb_link(args):
+    """What the Frame's USB network link (usb0) looks like, for "connect with a USB cable" (read only): its address
+    and state, the USB gadget functions behind it (ncm/ecm/rndis: decides which PCs need a driver), the USB speed,
+    whether the Frame gives the PC an address (NetworkManager "shared" = DHCP server, dnsmasq) and whether sshd
+    answers on it."""
+    def sh(cmd):  # a missing tool (nmcli, ss) leaves its field empty instead of failing the whole probe
+        try:
+            return run(cmd)
+        except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+            return SimpleNamespace(returncode=1, stdout="", stderr="")
+
+    def read(path):
+        try:
+            return open(path).read().strip()
+        except OSError:
+            return None
+    out = {"present": os.path.isdir("/sys/class/net/usb0")}
+    out["operstate"] = read("/sys/class/net/usb0/operstate")
+    out["carrier"] = read("/sys/class/net/usb0/carrier")
+    out["mac"] = read("/sys/class/net/usb0/address")
+    p = sh(["ip", "-j", "addr", "show", "usb0"])
+    try:
+        out["addresses"] = [f"{a['local']}/{a['prefixlen']}" for i in json.loads(p.stdout or "[]")
+                            for a in i.get("addr_info", [])]
+    except ValueError:
+        out["addresses"] = []
+    functions = []
+    for g in glob.glob("/sys/kernel/config/usb_gadget/*"):
+        functions += [f"{os.path.basename(g)}:{os.path.basename(f)}" for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(g, "functions/*"))]
+        out.setdefault("udc", read(os.path.join(g, "UDC")))
+        out.setdefault("gadget_ids", f"{read(os.path.join(g, 'idVendor'))}:{read(os.path.join(g, 'idProduct'))}")
+    out["functions"] = functions
+    out["speed"] = {os.path.basename(u): read(os.path.join(u, "current_speed")) for u in glob.glob("/sys/class/udc/*")}
+    nm = sh(["nmcli", "-t", "-f", "DEVICE,STATE,CONNECTION", "device"])
+    line = next((ln for ln in nm.stdout.splitlines() if ln.startswith("usb0:")), "")
+    out["nm"] = line
+    conn = line.split(":", 2)[2] if line.count(":") >= 2 else ""
+    if conn:
+        out["nm_ipv4_method"] = sh(["nmcli", "-g", "ipv4.method", "connection", "show", conn]).stdout.strip()
+    out["dhcp_servers"] = [ln for ln in sh(["pgrep", "-a", "dnsmasq|udhcpd|kea|dhcpd"]).stdout.splitlines()][:5]
+    out["leases"] = sorted(glob.glob("/var/lib/NetworkManager/dnsmasq-usb0*.leases") +
+                           glob.glob("/var/lib/misc/dnsmasq*.leases"))
+    neigh = sh(["ip", "-j", "neigh", "show", "dev", "usb0"])
+    try:
+        out["neighbours"] = [n.get("dst") for n in json.loads(neigh.stdout or "[]")]
+    except ValueError:
+        out["neighbours"] = []
+    out["sshd_listening"] = ":22 " in sh(["ss", "-ltn"]).stdout
+    out["devkit_mode"] = os.path.exists("/etc/steamos-devkit-enabled")
+    return out
+
+
 POWER_ACTIONS = {"sleep": "suspend", "restart": "reboot", "shutdown": "poweroff"}


@@ -3557,29 +3627,67 @@ def steam_js(expression, timeout=5):
                return res.get("value")


-def dashboard_worker(log, parent, wait_start=240, window=25):
-    """Close SteamVR's dashboard once the game's first VR frames are logged (FrameBridge's "pacing:" line), checking
-    for `window` seconds after that (Steam can open it a moment later; at most 3 times). Ends with the launcher."""
+FIRST_FRAME_MARKERS = (b"FrameBridge: new layer:", b"FrameBridge: pacing:")
+# SteamVR's dashboard UI logs a dashboard opened with the controller's button as "[ToggleDashboard]
+# toggle_dashboard_action"; Steam's own start-up menu comes without it (onShowOverlayRequestFromSteam / frame menu)
+USER_DASHBOARD_MARKER = b"toggle_dashboard_action"
+
+
+def user_opened_dashboard(log, pos):
+    """(opened, new position): whether the player opened the dashboard (controller button) since `pos` in SteamVR's
+    vrwebhelper_systemui.txt. A missing log answers no (the worker then behaves as before)."""
+    try:
+        with open(log, "rb") as f:
+            f.seek(0, 2)
+            end = f.tell()
+            if pos is None or pos > end:  # first look, or the log was rotated: only what comes from now on
+                return False, end
+            f.seek(pos)
+            return USER_DASHBOARD_MARKER in f.read(), end
+    except OSError:
+        return False, pos
+
+
+def dashboard_worker(log, parent, wait_start=240, window=30, poll=0.5, ui_log=None):
+    """Close SteamVR's dashboard (Steam's "Resume game" frame menu) that opens when the game submits its first VR
+    frame: watch from FrameBridge's first "new layer:" line (the first submitted frame; Steam showed the menu ~0.3 s
+    later with ITR2), checking every `poll` s for `window` s after it (at most 3 hides). Waiting for the first
+    "pacing:" summary (agent 44-51) was ~8 s too late: the owner had pressed Resume by then. Stops for good once the
+    player opens the dashboard with the controller (agent 52 closed it 60 ms after each press: the game had paused
+    for it and stayed paused). Ends with the launcher."""
+    if ui_log is None:
+        ui_log = os.path.join(STEAM, "logs/vrwebhelper_systemui.txt")
+    _, ui_pos = user_opened_dashboard(ui_log, None)
    def alive():
        try:
            os.kill(int(parent), 0)
            return True
        except (OSError, ValueError):
            return False
-    deadline = time.time() + wait_start
+    deadline, pos, tail = time.time() + wait_start, 0, b""
    while time.time() < deadline and alive():
        try:
            with open(log, "rb") as f:
-                if b"FrameBridge: pacing:" in f.read():
-                    break
+                f.seek(pos)
+                chunk = f.read()
+                pos += len(chunk)
+            text = tail + chunk
+            if any(m in text for m in FIRST_FRAME_MARKERS):
+                break
+            tail = text[-64:]  # a marker split across two reads
        except OSError:
            pass
-        time.sleep(1)
+        time.sleep(poll)
    else:
        print("no VR frames logged; dashboard left as it is")
        return
+    print(f"{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')} first VR frame")
    hidden, end = 0, time.time() + window
    while time.time() < end and hidden < 3 and alive():
+        user, ui_pos = user_opened_dashboard(ui_log, ui_pos)
+        if user:  # the player wants the dashboard (or the game's menu button opened it): never close it on them
+            print(f"{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')} dashboard opened with the controller: leaving it to the player")
+            return
        try:
            if steam_js("SteamClient.OpenVR.VROverlay.IsDashboardVisible()"):
                steam_js("SteamClient.OpenVR.VROverlay.HideDashboard()")
@@ -3588,7 +3696,7 @@ def dashboard_worker(log, parent, wait_start=240, window=25):
        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 (no devtools port, Steam restarting: leave it)
            print(f"steam ui: {exc}")
            return
-        time.sleep(1)
+        time.sleep(poll)


 COMMANDS = {n[4:]: f for n, f in globals().items() if n.startswith("cmd_")}
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package: com.CMGames.IntoTheRadius2
 title: Into The Radius 2
 status: issues
-notes: Flickering textures were reported; space warp is turned off to address them (not yet confirmed in a headset).
+notes: Space warp is turned off (no flickering textures in the headset); the headset's brief focus losses are hidden
+  (focus_hold, up to 2.5 s) because the game pauses on each. Loading a save can take over a minute.
 details: Unreal Engine 5 game that uses Meta's Application SpaceWarp (extra motion-vector and depth swapchains). OVRPort's
  patch_disable_space_warp doesn't reach Unreal Engine 5, so FrameBridge's hide_space_warp hides XR_FB_space_warp and
-  removes the space warp info from the eye images. Working config shared in GitHub issue 35.
+  removes the space warp info from the eye images. Working config shared in GitHub issue 35. In the headset
+  (2026-10-05) the Frame dropped focus for 0.4 s and 1.0 s within ten seconds and Unreal paused each time; loading a save
+  shows no frames for 40-80 s while the game's Sentry SDK (debug mode) logs its breadcrumbs.
 tested_version: 1.2.4
 engine: Unreal
 xr: OpenXR
@@ -13,8 +16,10 @@ alt_overport:
 adapter:
  equirect_emul: 1
  hide_space_warp: 1
+  focus_hold: 1
+  focus_hold_ms: 2500
 verified:
  date: '2026-10-04'
  issue: 35
-updated: '2026-10-04'
+updated: '2026-10-05'
 source_hint: Into The Radius 2
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package: com.resolutiongames.abvriop.santacruz
+title: palazzo_santacruz
+status: works
+notes: Played a few levels. Passthrough also works.
+tested_version: 3.7.6.10866-release
+engine: Unity
+xr: OpenXR
+frame:
+- frame.unity_text_input
+device:
+- device.text_input_window
+verified:
+  date: '2026-10-05'
+  known_good_sha256: 394214a68297c1e5b019dc4f65b145e7bd0e98604205616364e0c151c1afd894
+  app: 0.9.1
+  overport_cli: 1.2.5
+  frame_build: '20260922.6101926'
+  agent: 48
+  issue: 46
+source_hint: abvriop
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# FAQ
+
+## How should I lay out a game that has OBB files (an APK plus a data folder)?
+
+Give every game its own folder, put the APK in it, and put the game's data next to the APK in a folder named
+after the game's **package name** (the name the `.obb` files contain, e.g. `com.Armature.VR4`):
+
+```
+Games/                                  ← scan this folder (Add games → Scan a folder)
+├── Resident Evil 4/                    ← one folder per game (any name)
+│   ├── VR4.apk                         ← the APK (any file name)
+│   └── com.Armature.VR4/               ← the data folder: exactly the package name
+│       ├── main.203.com.Armature.VR4.obb
+│       └── patch.203.com.Armature.VR4.obb
+└── Beat Saber/
+    └── com.beatgames.beatsaber.apk     ← games without OBBs: just the APK
+```
+
+- **Data folder name:** the package name (`com.Armature.VR4` above), or `obb`. FramePort uses the first of the two
+  that exists and isn't empty.
+- **Everything in that folder is copied** to the game's `Android/obb/<package>/` on the Frame, subfolders included.
+  So games that ship raw data files instead of `.obb` files work the same way.
+- **One game per folder.** Several APKs in one folder count as one game; FramePort uses the first and keeps the others
+  as alternates.
+- **Scanning:** pick the folder that contains the game folders (`Games/` above) to add them all, or one game's folder
+  to add just that game. FramePort looks up to 5 levels deep.
+- **A single game:** Add games → Add an APK file… works with a lone APK too. Its data is found when the data folder sits next
+  to the APK, named as above.
+
+Not sure of the package name? Look at the OBB file names: `main.<version>.<package name>.obb`. Or add the APK
+first: the game's page shows the package name under **Details**.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Generated from [catalog/games](../catalog/games) by `scripts/compat_list.py`.
 | Arcsmith | Quest | ⚠️ Works with issues | Right eye distorts during movement (unresolved; swap, tracking, Valve layers, depth and pacing ruled out). |
 | Assassin's Creed Nexus | Quest | ⚠️ Works with issues | Some launch warning text is still upside down; the rest of the UI is fixed by flip emulation. |
 | I Am Cat | Quest | ⚠️ Works with issues | The view vibrates slightly, even when holding still. |
-| Into The Radius 2 | Quest | ⚠️ Works with issues | Flickering textures were reported; space warp is turned off to address them (not yet confirmed in a headset). |
+| Into The Radius 2 | Quest | ⚠️ Works with issues | Space warp is turned off (no flickering textures in the headset); the headset's brief focus losses are hidden (focus_hold, up to 2.5 s) because the game paus… |
 | Lucky's Tale | Quest | ⚠️ Works with issues | Runs out of memory within a few minutes and freezes the Frame until the game is killed. |
 | Myst | Quest | ⚠️ Works with issues | Minor graphical glitches on some objects. |
 | Phantom: Covert Ops | Quest | ⚠️ Works with issues | DLC/store button crashes (no Meta store). |
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ The Frame and the computer must be on the same network.
 and approve it on the Frame (Valve's own devkit pairing; it only sends this computer's key to the Frame). Install
 Lepton from the Steam Frame page afterwards if it's missing.

+### With a USB cable
+
+For networks that block the setup (guest Wi-Fi, firewalls, discovery not working), and for faster uploads:
+
+1. On the Frame, turn on **Developer Mode** (Settings → System → Developer Mode). The Frame's USB network only exists
+   in Developer Mode.
+2. Connect the Frame's USB-C port to the computer.
+3. In FramePort: **Steam Frame → Set up with a USB cable**. FramePort detects the cable and shows the setup command,
+   which reaches the computer over the cable. Already set up? It connects over the cable right away.
+
+The cable needs no driver on Windows 10/11, macOS or Linux, and the computer gets an address from the Frame
+automatically. Uploads use the cable whenever it's plugged in (about 37 MB/s, ~3× typical Wi-Fi), even when FramePort
+connected over Wi-Fi. Unplug it any time: FramePort finds the Frame on Wi-Fi again by itself.
+
 ### Firewalls

 If the setup command only says "timed out", a firewall on your computer blocks the Frame; the setup page
@@ -101,6 +115,12 @@ reality), showing only what matters for that game. Changes are kept with the gam

 ## Updating

+**Game configs** (the tested recipes in the catalog) update by themselves: FramePort checks GitHub every 6 hours for
+newly confirmed or fixed configs and uses them without a FramePort update; a game whose recipe changed then shows
+**Update on Frame**. Configs that need a newer FramePort are skipped until you update. Settings → Data shows the last
+check (**Check now**) and turns this off.
+
+
 FramePort checks for a new release at start and every 6 hours (it only downloads the release information). When one
 exists, the Library shows **Update now**: FramePort downloads the new version, verifies it against the release's
 `SHA256SUMS.txt` (on Windows also the signature), restarts and opens as the new version. Games, settings, signing keys
@@ -110,6 +130,10 @@ Settings → **Updates**: turn the check off, or turn on **Install updates autom
 installs at the next start). If FramePort's folder isn't writable, **Update now** opens the release page instead. The
 update log is `logs/update.log` in the data folder.

+**Dev builds:** when you're asked to test a fix before it's released, use Settings → Updates → **Install the latest
+dev build…**. It shows what to test, then installs like an update (same checks). Dev builds are less tested; the next
+release is offered to you as a normal update.
+
 Command line: `frameport update` (`--check` only checks, exit code 10 = update available; `--yes` doesn't ask).
 `FRAMEPORT_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1` turns all checks off.

@@ -150,8 +174,10 @@ work like for other games.

 The **Files** tab manages files on the Frame over the same connection as installs; no other transfer app is needed.
 Pick a location, browse folders, and use **Upload files** / **Upload folder**, **New folder**, or the download, rename
-and delete buttons on each entry. Tick several entries (or the box above the list for all) to download or delete them
-together. In the downloaded app you can also drag files and folders from Explorer / Finder / your file manager onto
+and delete buttons on each entry. Right-click an entry (or the empty space) for the same actions in a menu. Tick
+several entries (or the box above the list for all), or click and drag across them, to download or delete them
+together; a right-click on one of them then acts on all. The **Screenshots** tab and the **Library** work the same
+way: right-click for a menu, drag across cards to select several. In the downloaded app you can also drag files and folders from Explorer / Finder / your file manager onto
 the list to upload them into the open folder. Uploads and downloads run in the Activity panel, resume after an interruption and
 skip files that are already there.

@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ company = "FramePort"
 path = "src"
 module = "main"

+[tool.flet.macos]
+entitlement."com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write" = true
+
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 120
 target-version = "py311"
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Stamp a dev build's version into src/frameport/_version.py (CI only; never committed): the next patch release plus
+.dev<build number>, e.g. 0.9.0 -> 0.9.1.dev57. It sorts above the current release and below the next one, so
+testers on a dev build get the next release offered as a normal update.
+
+    python scripts/dev_version.py <build number>     # prints the stamped version
+"""
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+VERSION_FILE = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "src/frameport/_version.py"
+
+
+def dev_version(current: str, build: int) -> str:
+    base = re.match(r"(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)", current)
+    if not base:
+        raise ValueError(f"unexpected version {current!r}")
+    major, minor, patch = (int(x) for x in base.groups())
+    return f"{major}.{minor}.{patch + 1}.dev{int(build)}"
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    text = VERSION_FILE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    current = re.search(r'__version__\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"', text).group(1)
+    version = dev_version(current, int(sys.argv[1]))
+    VERSION_FILE.write_text(text.replace(f'"{current}"', f'"{version}"', 1), encoding="utf-8")
+    print(version)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
@@ -239,6 +239,35 @@ def driver(app: FramePortApp, steps: list[tuple[str, callable]], ready: threadin
        time.sleep(STEP_SECONDS)


+def find_button(root, text: str):
+    """The first button under `root` whose label is `text` (walks Flet's control tree)."""
+    seen, stack = set(), [root]
+    while stack:
+        c = stack.pop()
+        if c is None or id(c) in seen:
+            continue
+        seen.add(id(c))
+        label = getattr(c, "content", None)
+        if (label == text or getattr(c, "text", None) == text) and getattr(c, "on_click", None):
+            return c
+        for attr in ("controls", "content", "actions"):
+            v = getattr(c, attr, None)
+            if isinstance(v, list):
+                stack.extend(v)
+            elif v is not None and not isinstance(v, str):
+                stack.append(v)
+    return None
+
+
+def click_usb_setup(app) -> None:
+    app.navigate(1)
+    time.sleep(2)
+    button = find_button(app.body, "Set up with a USB cable")
+    print(f"usb button found: {button is not None}", flush=True)
+    if button:
+        button.on_click(None)
+
+
 def main() -> int:
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    ap.add_argument("--out", type=Path, required=True)
@@ -253,7 +282,11 @@ def main() -> int:
    ap.add_argument("--install-questions", nargs="+", metavar="PKG", default=None,
                    help="open the install questions for these games, then click each dialog's main button twice "
                         "(a double click must not duplicate dialogs); nothing is installed")
+    ap.add_argument("--usb-setup", action="store_true", help="click 'Set up with a USB cable' on the connect page "
+                    "(a Frame cabled to this PC) and screenshot what follows")
    ap.add_argument("--docs", action="store_true", help="only the screens used in the docs (Library, --game, Frame)")
+    ap.add_argument("--gestures", action="store_true", help="with --fake-frame: real mouse drags (drag-select) and "
+                    "right-clicks (menus) in Files, Screenshots and the Library; prints what got selected")
    ap.add_argument("--linux", action="store_true", help="add two pretend arm64 Linux apps and render their pages")
    args = ap.parse_args()
    if args.linux:
@@ -292,6 +325,51 @@ def main() -> int:
        steps.append(("screenshot-viewer", lambda a: a.screenshots_view.viewer(0)))
        steps.append(("type-on-frame", lambda a: (a.page.pop_dialog(), open_type_dialog(a))))
        steps.append(("power-confirm", lambda a: (a.page.pop_dialog(), a.frame_power("restart"))))
+    mouse: dict[str, callable] = {}  # step name -> mouse actions (Playwright page) after its screenshot
+    if args.gestures:
+        STEP_SECONDS = 14  # the mouse actions run after each step's screenshot, before the next step
+
+        def drag(*points):
+            def run(page):
+                page.mouse.move(*points[0])
+                time.sleep(0.5)
+                page.mouse.down()
+                for pt in points[1:]:
+                    page.mouse.move(*pt, steps=25)
+                    time.sleep(0.4)
+                page.mouse.up()
+            return run
+
+        def right_click(x, y):
+            return lambda page: (page.mouse.move(x, y), time.sleep(0.5), page.mouse.click(x, y, button="right"))
+
+        def report(label, view, extra=""):
+            def run(a):
+                v = getattr(a, view)
+                print(f"GESTURE {label}: selected={sorted(v.selected)} {extra and eval(extra)}", flush=True)
+            return run
+
+        def escape(page):
+            page.keyboard.press("Escape")
+        steps = [("files", lambda a: a.go("files")),
+                 ("files-dragged", report("files drag", "files_view")),
+                 ("files-menu", lambda a: None),
+                 ("files-space-menu", lambda a: None),
+                 ("screenshots", lambda a: a.go("screenshots")),
+                 ("screenshots-dragged", report("screenshots drag", "screenshots_view")),
+                 ("screenshots-menu", lambda a: None),
+                 ("library", lambda a: a.navigate(0)),
+                 ("library-dragged", report("library drag", "library_view", "a.library_view.select_mode")),
+                 ("library-undrag", report("library drag back", "library_view"))]
+        mouse = {"files": drag((900, 268), (900, 320), (900, 372)),          # the folder + 2 files
+                 "files-dragged": right_click(900, 320),                      # a selected one: "… 3 items"
+                 "files-menu": lambda page: (escape(page), time.sleep(0.5), right_click(900, 600)(page)),
+                 "files-space-menu": escape,
+                 "screenshots": drag((680, 280), (950, 280), (950, 430)),     # 3 shots
+                 "screenshots-dragged": right_click(950, 430),
+                 "screenshots-menu": escape,
+                 "library": drag((360, 300), (560, 300), (760, 300)),        # 3 cards, select mode on
+                 "library-dragged": drag((560, 300), (760, 300))}             # from a selected card: deselects 2
    if args.linux:
        def linux_filter(a, value):
            a.navigate(0)
@@ -304,6 +382,14 @@ def main() -> int:
                 ("linux-change-program", lambda a: a.choose_exe(LINUX_FOLDER)),
                 ("frame", lambda a: (a.page.pop_dialog(), a.navigate(1))),
                 ("linux-menu", lambda a: (a.navigate(0), time.sleep(3), a.library_view.open_menu(LINUX_APPIMAGE)))]
+    if args.usb_setup:
+        def continue_usb(a):
+            dialog = [d for d in a.page._dialogs.controls if d.open and type(d).__name__ == "AlertDialog"][-1]
+            button = find_button(dialog, "Done: look for the cable") or dialog.actions[-1]  # (label inside a Row)
+            print(f"dialog button found: {button is not None}", flush=True)
+            button.on_click(None)
+        steps = [("usb-explain", click_usb_setup), ("usb-continue", continue_usb),
+                 ("usb-wait", lambda a: time.sleep(8)), ("usb-after", lambda a: time.sleep(10))]
    if args.install_questions:
        queued: list[str] = []

@@ -395,6 +481,11 @@ def main() -> int:
                            time.sleep(1.5)
                        page.screenshot(path=str(args.out / f"{shot:02d}-{name}.png"))
                        shot += 1
+                        if name in mouse:
+                            mouse[name](page)
+                            time.sleep(2)
+                            page.screenshot(path=str(args.out / f"{shot:02d}-{name}-mouse.png"))
+                            shot += 1
                browser.close()
        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
            ERRORS.append("browser: " + traceback.format_exc())
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# ruff: noqa: E501  (the shell snippet for the Frame keeps its lines whole)
+"""Autonomous USB-cable test (Frame cabled to this PC): everything needed to decide on a "Connect with a USB cable"
+setup option, in one run, without touching the headset. Writes a Markdown report.
+
+    uv run python scripts/usb_autotest.py --out <report.md> [--no-speed]
+
+Checks: Windows (via powershell.exe from WSL, or directly): new network adapters, Valve USB devices (VID 28DE), the
+driver Windows bound and the USB class codes (NCM 02/0D, ECM 02/06, RNDIS E0 or EF/04); the adapter's IPv4 and
+network category; Frame side (over the normal connection): agent `usb_link`, the systemd units / NetworkManager
+connection behind usb0 (does it depend on Developer Mode?); Frame -> PC over the cable (the setup direction: a
+temporary listener on a pairing port); PC -> Frame SSH over the cable (same host key); upload speed USB vs normal.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import shutil
+import socket
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import threading
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "src"))
+
+PS_PATHS = ("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe", "powershell.exe", "powershell")
+LISTEN_PORT = 8766  # in FramePort's pairing range (8765-8767)
+
+
+def powershell() -> str | None:
+    for p in PS_PATHS:
+        if os.path.exists(p) or shutil.which(p):
+            return p
+    return None
+
+
+def ps(script: str, timeout: int = 60) -> str:
+    exe = powershell()
+    if not exe:
+        return "(no PowerShell)"
+    env = {k: v for k, v in os.environ.items() if k != "PSModulePath"}
+    try:
+        p = subprocess.run([exe, "-NoProfile", "-NonInteractive", "-Command", script], capture_output=True,
+                           text=True, timeout=timeout, env=env)
+        return (p.stdout + p.stderr).replace("\r", "").strip()
+    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError) as exc:
+        return f"(powershell failed: {exc})"
+
+
+WINDOWS = r"""
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+'== adapters'
+Get-NetAdapter -IncludeHidden | Select-Object Name,InterfaceDescription,Status,LinkSpeed,MacAddress |
+  Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String -Width 250
+'== Valve USB devices (VID 28DE)'
+Get-PnpDevice -PresentOnly | Where-Object { $_.InstanceId -match 'VID_28DE' } | ForEach-Object {
+  $d = $_
+  $compat = (Get-PnpDeviceProperty -InstanceId $d.InstanceId -KeyName 'DEVPKEY_Device_CompatibleIds').Data -join ' '
+  $svc = (Get-PnpDeviceProperty -InstanceId $d.InstanceId -KeyName 'DEVPKEY_Device_Service').Data
+  $drv = (Get-PnpDeviceProperty -InstanceId $d.InstanceId -KeyName 'DEVPKEY_Device_DriverDesc').Data
+  "{0} | {1} | status={2} | class={3} | service={4} | driver={5} | compat={6}" -f $d.FriendlyName, $d.InstanceId,
+    $d.Status, $d.Class, $svc, $drv, $compat
+}
+'== problem devices'
+Get-PnpDevice -PresentOnly | Where-Object { $_.Status -ne 'OK' -and $_.InstanceId -match 'USB' } |
+  Select-Object FriendlyName,Status,InstanceId | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String -Width 250
+'== IPv4 on 10.86.200.*'
+Get-NetIPAddress -AddressFamily IPv4 | Where-Object { $_.IPAddress -like '10.86.200.*' } |
+  Select-Object InterfaceAlias,IPAddress,PrefixLength,PrefixOrigin | Format-Table | Out-String
+'== network profiles'
+Get-NetConnectionProfile | Select-Object InterfaceAlias,NetworkCategory | Format-Table | Out-String
+'== SSH to the Frame over the cable (from Windows)'
+(Test-NetConnection 10.86.200.233 -Port 22 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue).TcpTestSucceeded
+'== FramePort firewall rules'
+Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName '*FramePort*' | Select-Object DisplayName,Enabled,Profile,Direction |
+  Format-Table | Out-String
+"""
+
+FRAME_UNITS = r"""
+echo "== units mentioning usb/gadget"; systemctl list-units --all --no-pager 2>/dev/null | grep -i -E 'gadget|usb' | head -20
+for u in $(systemctl list-unit-files --no-pager 2>/dev/null | grep -i -E 'gadget|usb' | awk '{print $1}' | head -8); do
+  echo "== $u"; systemctl cat "$u" --no-pager 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^#' | grep -v '^$' | head -30; done
+echo "== NetworkManager usb0"; nmcli -f GENERAL.CONNECTION,IP4.ADDRESS device show usb0 2>/dev/null
+c=$(nmcli -g GENERAL.CONNECTION device show usb0 2>/dev/null); [ -n "$c" ] && nmcli -f ipv4.method,ipv4.addresses,connection.autoconnect connection show "$c" 2>/dev/null
+echo "== configfs"; ls -la /sys/kernel/config/usb_gadget/ 2>&1 | head; ls /sys/kernel/config/usb_gadget/*/functions/ 2>&1 | head
+echo "== udc"; for u in /sys/class/udc/*; do echo "$u $(cat $u/current_speed 2>/dev/null) $(cat $u/state 2>/dev/null)"; done
+echo "== devkit"; ls -la /etc/steamos-devkit-enabled 2>&1
+"""
+
+
+def frame_to_pc(frame, pc_ips: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    """Can the Frame open a TCP connection to this PC over the cable (what the setup step needs)?"""
+    lines, got = [], []
+    srv = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    srv.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+    try:
+        srv.bind(("0.0.0.0", LISTEN_PORT))
+    except OSError as exc:
+        return [f"couldn't listen on {LISTEN_PORT}: {exc}"]
+    srv.listen(4)
+    srv.settimeout(1)
+
+    def accept():
+        end = time.time() + 20
+        while time.time() < end:
+            try:
+                conn, addr = srv.accept()
+                got.append(addr[0])
+                conn.sendall(b"HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\nframeport-usb-ok\n")
+                conn.close()
+            except OSError:
+                continue
+    t = threading.Thread(target=accept, daemon=True)
+    t.start()
+    for ip in pc_ips:
+        code, out, err = frame.run(f"curl -s --max-time 6 http://{ip}:{LISTEN_PORT}/ping || echo FAILED", timeout=20)
+        lines.append(f"Frame -> {ip}:{LISTEN_PORT}: {(out or err).strip()[:80]}")
+    t.join(timeout=22)
+    srv.close()
+    lines.append(f"connections seen from: {got or 'none'}")
+    return lines
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--out", type=Path, default=Path("usb-autotest.md"))
+    ap.add_argument("--no-speed", action="store_true")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+    from frameport.frame import usb
+    from frameport.frame.connection import saved_targets
+    from frameport.targets.frame_lepton import FrameLeptonTarget
+
+    report = [f"# USB cable autotest {time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')}", ""]
+
+    def section(title, text):
+        report.extend([f"## {title}", "```", text.strip() or "(nothing)", "```", ""])
+        print(f"--- {title}\n{text.strip()[:3000]}\n", flush=True)
+
+    section("Windows", ps(WINDOWS, timeout=120))
+    wsl = subprocess.run(["ip", "-4", "-o", "addr", "show"], capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
+    section("This side (WSL/Linux) IPv4", wsl)
+    frame = FrameLeptonTarget(saved_targets()[0], None).connect().frame
+    section("Frame units / NetworkManager / configfs", frame.run(FRAME_UNITS, timeout=60)[1])
+    result = usb.check(frame, measure=not args.no_speed)
+    section("frameport frame usb-check", json.dumps(result, indent=1, default=str))
+    ips = result.get("pc_addresses") or []
+    section("Frame -> PC over the cable (setup direction)", "\n".join(frame_to_pc(frame, ips)) if ips else
+            "skipped: this side has no address on the Frame's USB network")
+    args.out.write_text("\n".join(report), encoding="utf-8")
+    print(f"report: {args.out}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # The FramePort version: the single source (pyproject reads it via hatch; CI checks a release tag matches it).
-__version__ = "0.9.0"
+__version__ = "0.9.1"
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ def _update_hint() -> None:
    age = updates.cache_age()
    if age is None or age > updates.CHECK_EVERY:
        threading.Thread(target=updates.refresh_cache, daemon=True).start()
+        from .recommend import catalog as _catalog
+
+        threading.Thread(target=_catalog.refresh_remote, daemon=True).start()  # confirmed configs from GitHub main
    up = updates.cached_update()
    today = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
    if up and library.setting("update.cli_hint") != today:
@@ -227,6 +230,18 @@ def scan(path: Path = typer.Argument(..., help="a folder with game backups (APKs
        typer.echo(f"{g['package']:40} {g.get('title', '')[:34]:34} {r['status']:11} {r['source']}")


+@app.command("catalog-update")
+def catalog_update():
+    """Fetch confirmed game configs from the repo's main branch now (normally automatic, every 6 h)."""
+    from .recommend import catalog
+
+    n = catalog.refresh_remote(force=True)
+    st = catalog.remote_status()
+    typer.echo(f"{n} config(s) downloaded; {st['entries']} on GitHub main")
+    for pkg, why in sorted(st["skipped"].items()):
+        typer.echo(f"  skipped {pkg}: {why}")
+
+
@app.command("add-linux")
 def add_linux(path: Path = typer.Argument(..., help="an arm64 AppImage, a folder, or a .zip/.tar.gz with the app"),
              exe: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, help="the program to start (relative to the app's folder)")):
@@ -493,6 +508,16 @@ def frame_info(frame: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, help=FRAME_HELP)):
    typer.echo(json.dumps(_target(frame).describe(), indent=1, default=str))


+@frame_app.command("usb-check")
+def frame_usb_check(frame: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, help=FRAME_HELP),
+                    no_speed: bool = typer.Option(False, help="skip the upload speed test (2 × 128 MB)")):
+    """Check the USB cable link to the Frame: what the Frame presents, this PC's address on it, SSH over it and its
+    upload speed vs the normal connection (JSON)."""
+    from .frame import usb
+
+    typer.echo(json.dumps(usb.check(_target(frame).connect().frame, measure=not no_speed), indent=1, default=str))
+
+
@frame_app.command("controller-models")
 def frame_controller_models(frame: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, help=FRAME_HELP),
                            convert: bool = typer.Option(False, help="also convert them (cached on the Frame)")):
@@ -152,8 +152,41 @@ def browse(seconds: float = 4.0, scan: bool = True) -> list[Found]:
        known = {f.host for f in out}
        for ip in _scan(local_subnets(), known):
            out.append(Found(ip, ip, 22, "steamos", "scan", [ip]))
-    rank = {"frameport": 0, "devkit": 1, "saved": 2, "scan": 3}
-    return sorted(out, key=lambda f: (rank.get(f.source, 9), f.name, link_label(f.host) != "network", f.host))
+    out = dedupe(out)
+    return sorted(out, key=lambda f: (SOURCE_RANK.get(f.source, 9), f.name, LINK_RANK.get(f.via, 9), f.host))
+
+
+SOURCE_RANK = {"frameport": 0, "devkit": 1, "saved": 2, "scan": 3}
+LINK_RANK = {"USB": 0, "Frame hotspot": 1, "network": 2}  # fastest first (USB ~37 MB/s, hotspot ~85, but the hotspot
+# needs the PC on the Frame's Wi-Fi: when both answer, the cable is the deliberate choice)
+
+
+def dedupe(found: list[Found], key_of=None) -> list[Found]:
+    """One entry per Frame: entries whose SSH host key matches (the same device reached over home Wi-Fi, its hotspot
+    and USB, or found by mDNS, the saved list and the network scan) merge into one that uses the fastest link, keeps
+    the best-known source/name and lists the other addresses. Entries whose key can't be read stay as they are."""
+    if key_of is None:
+        from .connection import server_key
+
+        def key_of(f: Found):
+            k = server_key(f.host, f.port, timeout=3)
+            return k.get_base64() if k else None
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(16) as pool:
+        keys = list(pool.map(key_of, found))
+    groups: dict[str, list[Found]] = {}
+    out = []
+    for f, k in zip(found, keys, strict=True):
+        if k is None:
+            out.append(f)
+        else:
+            groups.setdefault(k, []).append(f)
+    for members in groups.values():
+        best = min(members, key=lambda f: (LINK_RANK.get(f.via, 9), f.host))
+        named = min(members, key=lambda f: (SOURCE_RANK.get(f.source, 9), f.source == "scan"))
+        addresses = list(dict.fromkeys([best.host] + [a for f in members for a in [f.host, *f.addresses]]))
+        out.append(Found(named.name if named.source != "scan" else best.name, best.host, best.port, named.user,
+                         named.source, addresses, {**best.properties, **named.properties}))
+    return out


 def local_ip_towards(host: str = "8.8.8.8") -> str:
@@ -102,11 +102,13 @@ class PairingServer:
    requests: int = 0  # requests from the network (right or wrong code): the Frame can reach us
    flag: Path | None = None  # WSL: the temporary firewall rule stays while this file exists
    hint: str = ""  # set by the UI when nothing reached us after HINT_AFTER seconds: what may block the Frame
+    host: str = ""  # the address the Frame uses to reach this PC; "" = the PC's address towards the internet. The USB
+    # setup uses the cable's fixed PC address (10.86.200.234), so no Wi-Fi, router or discovery is involved
    _httpd: http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer | None = None

    @property
    def url(self) -> str:
-        return f"http://{local_ip_towards()}:{self.port}"
+        return f"http://{self.host or local_ip_towards()}:{self.port}"

    @property
    def one_liner(self) -> str:
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""USB cable link to the Frame (usb0, a USB network gadget): one check that answers whether "connect with a USB
+cable" can work on this PC: what the Frame presents, whether this PC got an address on it, whether SSH answers
+over it (same host key), and how fast an upload is compared with the normal connection."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import io
+import os
+import re
+import socket
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+USB_IFACE = "usb0"
+FRAME_USB_IP, PC_USB_IP = "10.86.200.233", "10.86.200.234"  # fixed by the Frame's dnsmasq (dhcp-host by MAC)
+TEST_BYTES = 128 << 20
+
+
+def pc_usb_addresses(frame_ip: str) -> list[str]:
+    """This PC's IPv4 addresses in the same /24 as the Frame's USB address (Windows via ipconfig, else `ip`)."""
+    prefix = frame_ip.rsplit(".", 1)[0] + "."
+    texts = []
+    for cmd in (["ip", "-4", "-o", "addr", "show"], ["ipconfig"], ["ifconfig"], ["ipconfig.exe"]):
+        try:
+            texts.append(subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10).stdout)
+        except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+            continue
+    text = "\n".join(texts)
+    # interface addresses only (`ip`/ifconfig "inet X", ipconfig "IPv4 Address ... : X"): not broadcast/netmask values
+    found = re.findall(r"\binet\s+(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)", text) + \
+        re.findall(r"IPv4[^:\n]*:\s*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)", text)
+    return sorted({ip for ip in found if ip.startswith(prefix) and ip != frame_ip})
+
+
+def upload_speed(frame, size: int = TEST_BYTES) -> float:
+    """MB/s of one SFTP upload of `size` bytes to /tmp on the Frame (removed afterwards)."""
+    path = f"/tmp/frameport-speed-{os.getpid()}"
+    data = io.BytesIO(os.urandom(1 << 20) * (size >> 20))
+    start = time.time()
+    frame.sftp.putfo(data, path)
+    elapsed = time.time() - start
+    frame.run(f"rm -f {path}")
+    return size / elapsed / 1e6
+
+
+def check(frame, measure: bool = True) -> dict:
+    """{frame: <agent usb_link>, frame_ip, pc_addresses, reachable, same_frame, speed_usb, speed_default, notes}."""
+    info = frame.agent("usb_link", timeout=60)
+    out = {"frame": info, "platform": sys.platform, "notes": []}
+    ip = next((a.split("/")[0] for a in info.get("addresses") or []), None)
+    out["frame_ip"] = ip
+    if not info.get("present"):
+        out["notes"].append("The Frame has no usb0 link: is the cable in the Frame's USB-C port and the PC?")
+        return out
+    if not ip:
+        out["notes"].append("usb0 exists but has no address on the Frame (cable not connected to a PC?)")
+        return out
+    out["pc_addresses"] = pc_usb_addresses(ip)
+    if not out["pc_addresses"]:
+        out["notes"].append("This PC has no address on the Frame's USB network: no driver for the gadget "
+                            f"({', '.join(info.get('functions') or []) or 'unknown type'}) or no DHCP from the Frame")
+    try:
+        socket.create_connection((ip, frame.target.port), timeout=3).close()
+        out["reachable"] = True
+    except OSError:
+        out["reachable"] = False
+        out["notes"].append(f"SSH ({ip}:{frame.target.port}) doesn't answer over the cable from this PC")
+        return out
+    from .connection import Frame, FrameTarget
+
+    other = Frame(FrameTarget(ip, frame.target.user, frame.target.port), frame.password)
+    try:
+        other.connect(timeout=10)
+        out["same_frame"] = (other.client.get_transport().get_remote_server_key()
+                             == frame.client.get_transport().get_remote_server_key())
+        if measure:
+            out["speed_usb"] = round(upload_speed(other), 1)
+            out["speed_default"] = round(upload_speed(frame), 1)
+    finally:
+        other.close()
+    return out
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ def ensure_proton(frame: Frame, reporter: Reporter, tool: str | None = None, tim
    reporter.log(r.get("hint") or f"installing {r.get('tool')}")
    end = time.time() + timeout
    last = None
+    asked_runtime = False
    while time.time() < end:
        reporter.check_cancel()
        time.sleep(10)
@@ -292,6 +293,14 @@ def ensure_proton(frame: Frame, reporter: Reporter, tool: str | None = None, tim
            reporter.check("Proton installed", True, st["ready"]["display_name"])
            return st["ready"]
        dl = st.get("download") or {}
+        sug = st.get("suggested") or {}
+        if sug.get("installed") and not sug.get("require_installed") and not dl.get("total") and not asked_runtime:
+            # Steam names the runtime a Proton needs (e.g. Experimental) only once Proton itself is installed: ask
+            # for it now
+            asked_runtime = True
+            reporter.log("installing the Steam Linux Runtime this Proton needs")
+            frame.agent("install_proton", mode="unattended", tool=tool)
+            continue
        if dl.get("total"):
            reporter.progress(dl["done"] / dl["total"], f"downloading Proton {dl['done'] / 2**20:.0f}/"
                                                         f"{dl['total'] / 2**20:.0f} MiB")
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
 "Artwork: {value}": "",
 "As the game sends it": "",
 "Asked Steam to install Lepton": "",
+ "Asked to test a fix? Dev builds come before the next release.": "",
 "Assassin's Creed Nexus (build 207706 only): turns off application space warp and runs at 72 Hz.": "",
 "Assassin's Creed Nexus (build 207706 only): turns off application space warp and runs at 90 Hz.": "",
 "Assassin's Creed Nexus: smoother picture at 72 Hz (turns off Meta's frame-rate trick).": "",
@@ -151,6 +152,8 @@
 "Best guess": "",
 "Blit quads flagged XrCompositionLayerImageLayoutFB VERTICAL_FLIP upside down (Vulkan). Fixes UI panels and text that show upside down (e.g. Assassin's Creed Nexus).": "",
 "Browse and manage files on the Frame (Files tab): upload from this PC, download, rename, delete. Videos, Downloads and Documents are shared by every Quest game (/sdcard/Movies, /sdcard/Download, /sdcard/Documents); each installed game also has its own storage (its /sdcard). Apps find files by browsing folders. Video players that list only their own folder (e.g. 4XVR's Internal Storage = 4XPlayer): upload into that folder in the game's storage.": "",
+ "Build page": "",
+ "Cable connected.": "",
 "Can't reach your Frame. Make sure it's on, awake and on the same network, then try again.": "",
 "Can't run": "",
 "Cancel": "",
@@ -172,21 +175,23 @@
 "Check for new versions automatically": "",
 "Check for updates": "",
 "Check game files": "",
+ "Check now": "",
 "Check that the Frame and this computer are on the same network.": "",
 "Checking this PC…": "",
 "Checking tools…": "",
 "Choose PNG, JPEG or WebP images. Steam fills any missing shape from the ones you choose; FramePort never replaces your images automatically.": "",
- "Chooses which Proton version runs the game on the Frame.": "",
 "Choose…": "",
+ "Chosen by you.": "",
 "Clean up Frida leftovers in smali": "",
 "Cleans up graphics data that crashes some Unreal games on the Frame.": "",
 "Clear": "",
 "Clear android:debuggable": "",
 "Clear finished": "",
 "Clear search": "",
+ "Clear selection": "",
 "Clear tags": "",
 "Click here, then type. Everything you type goes to the Frame (Esc and shortcuts too).": "",
- "Click to open · right-click for quick actions": "",
+ "Click to open · right-click for quick actions · drag across cards to select several": "",
 "Close": "",
 "Close FramePort": "",
 "Collect and open GitHub": "",
@@ -195,6 +200,7 @@
 "Collect logs: {title}": "",
 "Command-line arguments for the game program. Games that support several VR runtimes pick one with an argument, e.g. Unreal's -hmd=OpenXR or -hmd=SteamVR, Unity's -vrmode OpenVR, or a game's own switch (-Runtime=OpenXRHMD). FramePort fills them in from the game files (the repack's VD.bat with the Oculus module swapped for OpenXR, else the engine's usual switch).": "",
 "Connect": "",
+ "Connect the Frame's USB-C port to this computer with a USB cable (a data cable, not a charge-only one).": "",
 "Connect your Frame": "",
 "Connect your Frame first": "",
 "Connect your Steam Frame": "",
@@ -212,6 +218,7 @@
 "Copy": "",
 "Copy all": "",
 "Copy failed; select the text instead": "",
+ "Copy folder path": "",
 "Copy log": "",
 "Copy OVRPlugin if VrApi is present": "",
 "Copy OVRPort libraries": "",
@@ -238,16 +245,21 @@
 "Declares Meta's permissions some mixed-reality games ask for, so they don't stop.": "",
 "Delete": "",
 "Delete {names}?": "",
+ "Delete {n} items…": "",
 "Delete {n} screenshot?": [
  "",
  ""
 ],
+ "Delete {n} screenshots…": "",
 "Deleted {n} screenshot": [
  "",
  ""
 ],
 "Deletes the rollback copies kept from each game's previous install and leftover uploads. The games and saves stay.": "",
+ "Delete…": "",
+ "Deselect": "",
 "Details": "",
+ "Dev builds let you test fixes before they're released. They're less tested than releases and may have bugs. You get the next release as a normal update (you have {version}).": "",
 "Developer Mode (on the Frame: Settings → System → Developer) lets FramePort find the Frame on your network and connect to it over SSH. The first-time setup command turns it on for you.": "",
 "Didn't finish ({value}): {error}": "",
 "Disable application space warp if used": "",
@@ -259,16 +271,21 @@
 "Don't pause on short interruptions": "",
 "done": "",
 "Done": "",
+ "Done: look for the cable": "",
 "Download": "",
 "Download all": "",
+ "Download all ({n})…": "",
 "Download selected": "",
 "Download to this PC": "",
+ "Download to this PC…": "",
 "Download to which folder on this PC?": "",
 "Download {name}": "",
+ "Download {n} items to this PC…": "",
 "Download {n} screenshot": [
  "",
  ""
 ],
+ "Download {n} screenshots…": "",
 "Downloaded when first needed": "",
 "Downloaded {n} file to {folder}": [
  "",
@@ -280,6 +297,7 @@
 ],
 "Downloading…": "",
 "Downloads": "",
+ "Download…": "",
 "Draws each eye separately; try it when one eye shows a grey or broken picture.": "",
 "Drop invalid layers": "",
 "Drop layers whose swapchain failed or whose extension isn't enabled.": "",
@@ -361,6 +379,7 @@
 "FramePort picked {value} to start this game, but there are other candidates. Check it before installing.": "",
 "FramePort runs in WSL with its default NAT network, which other devices can't reach. Set networkingMode=mirrored under [wsl2] in %UserProfile%\\.wslconfig, run wsl --shutdown and start FramePort again.": "",
 "FramePort saves a diagnostics zip (logs, recipe, device info; no game files, personal data removed) and opens a prefilled GitHub issue. Drag the zip into it, check the text, submit.": "",
+ "FramePort then finds the Frame on the cable by itself.": "",
 "FramePort updates and restarts after the current job": "",
 "FramePort was removed": "",
 "FramePort {version} is available": "",
@@ -384,6 +403,8 @@
 "Game": "",
 "Game arguments (select SteamVR / OpenXR)": "",
 "Game config files": "",
+ "Game configs are up to date": "",
+ "Game configs from GitHub: last checked {when}": "",
 "Game launch capacity": "",
 "Game not found": "",
 "Game settings": "",
@@ -405,6 +426,7 @@
 "GL shim only: hide GL_OVR_multiview so all passes use single-view shaders. For GLES games whose multiview shaders fail on single-view render targets (e.g. Path of the Warrior).": "",
 "GL shim: hide multiview": "",
 "Go to my library": "",
+ "Go to System and turn on \"Enable Developer Mode\". A Developer page appears in Settings; nothing else changes, your games and data stay as they are.": "",
 "Graphics": "",
 "Hide Android's navigation bar": "",
 "Hide log": "",
@@ -433,6 +455,8 @@
 "In your Steam library · launch settings changed — update it": "",
 "Install": "",
 "Install anyway": "",
+ "Install dev build": "",
+ "Install dev build {version}?": "",
 "Install it anyway to try it, e.g. with different patches.": "",
 "Install Lepton on the Frame": "",
 "Install missing": "",
@@ -442,6 +466,7 @@
 "Install Proton on the Frame?": "",
 "Install SteamVR from Steam to play PC VR games": "",
 "Install the alternate build (": "",
+ "Install the latest dev build…": "",
 "Install updates automatically (downloads in the background, installs when FramePort next starts)": "",
 "Install {len} on this PC": "",
 "Install {n} on Frame": "",
@@ -524,6 +549,7 @@
 "Logs details for debugging: composition layers and swapchains, focus changes, play-space creation, pointer vs grip poses, refresh rates. No effect on the game.": "",
 "Longer for headsets that briefly think they're off your head.": "",
 "Looking for Frames on your network…": "",
+ "Looking for the Frame on a USB cable (Developer Mode on, USB-C port connected to this computer).": "",
 "Looking for your Frame…": "",
 "Looking up the store description and screenshots…": "",
 "Low": "",
@@ -559,7 +585,9 @@
 "Needs the Oculus Platform (Meta Horizon app) for its license check, which the Frame doesn't have — it crashes at startup there. Play it on this PC.": "",
 "Needs Windows (or WSL on Windows)": "",
 "Neutralises Meta XR Audio's Quest-only calls (Unity/Wwise).": "",
+ "never": "",
 "New folder": "",
+ "New folder…": "",
 "New Frame? Run one command on it and FramePort does the rest. Did this once already? Your Frame appears under step 2.": "",
 "New name": "",
 "Next": "",
@@ -567,15 +595,18 @@
 "No activity": "",
 "no answer from the Frame": "",
 "No artwork could be downloaded from that {source} result; the current artwork stays. Try another one.": "",
+ "No dev build is published right now": "",
 "No folders to rescan yet: add games with Scan a folder": "",
 "No Frames found. New Frame? Use first-time setup (step 1). Otherwise make sure Developer Mode is on (Settings → System → Developer) and the Frame is on the same network.": "",
 "No games found in that folder": "",
 "No limit": "",
 "No matching files": "",
 "No new games in {name}": "",
+ "No notes.": "",
 "No release notes.": "",
 "No screenshots yet": "",
 "No Unreal crash reporter": "",
+ "No Wi-Fi needed: for networks that block the setup, and faster game uploads": "",
 "No: a 2D app": "",
 "None": "",
 "None found": "",
@@ -607,7 +638,9 @@
 "Offline": "",
 "Older workaround for upside-down quads: rotates them 180° (quads are single-sided; prefer flip_emul).": "",
 "On Frame": "",
+ "On the Frame, open Steam's Settings (Steam button → Settings).": "",
 "On the Frame, place Revive's runtime (FramePort's Revive, or the repack's bundled LibRevive) where the game's Oculus SDK looks for LibOVRRT so it can load a VR runtime (pure runtime substitution — what Revive's LoadLibrary hook does on Windows; that hook doesn't work under Proton on the Frame). It does NOT bypass the Oculus runtime signature check: a game that verifies the runtime's signature will still refuse it. Ignored on this PC (Revive's hook handles it there).": "",
+ "On the Frame: SteamVR dashboard → Launch a program → Desktop, then app menu → System → Konsole, and run (it reaches this computer over the USB cable):": "",
 "On the Frame: SteamVR dashboard → Launch a program → Desktop, then app menu → System → Konsole, and run:": "",
 "On this PC": "",
 "On this PC, launch the game through Revive's OpenVR backend, which talks straight to SteamVR — the original, most reliable Revive path. On by default for PC installs. Turn it off to use Revive's newer OpenXR backend instead. Ignored on the Frame (which always uses OpenXR).": "",
@@ -623,6 +656,7 @@
 "Opens a prefilled GitHub issue with this game's recipe, so it can join the built-in catalog (no account token needed; you review and submit it on GitHub). No game files or personal data are sent.": "",
 "Opens this player's storage on the Frame (Files tab): upload videos into the folder it lists": "",
 "OpenXR runtime": "",
+ "OR": "",
 "Or paste text to type it in one go": "",
 "Or turn on Developer Mode on the Frame (Settings → System → Developer): it then shows up under step 2. Open Settings → Developer → Pair new host on the Frame, click Connect there and approve FramePort. That way needs no connection into this computer.": "",
 "Override the guardian depth (0 = use guardian, min 1.5 m).": "",
@@ -748,6 +782,7 @@
 "Removes {title}'s game files from the Frame. Saves are kept; the Steam entry disappears after the next Steam restart.": "",
 "Rename": "",
 "Rename {name}": "",
+ "Rename…": "",
 "Replace application label and icon": "",
 "Replaces libvrapi.so with a VrApi→OpenXR bridge (Android-XR-Bridge/OVRPort fork, GPL-3.0, patched for the Frame: GLES sessions, cylinder→quad layers, sRGB format fallback, 30 s VR-mode deadline, emulated time conversion). Needed when the engine calls VrApi itself instead of through OVRPlugin (e.g. The Climb 2, Path of the Warrior); OVRPort cannot translate those.": "",
 "Report a problem": "",
@@ -816,6 +851,7 @@
 "Set by you.": "",
 "Set up the connection to your Steam Frame first": "",
 "Set up the Frame": "",
+ "Set up with a USB cable": "",
 "Sets Unity QualitySettings antiAliasing to 0. Unity's multisampled render-to-texture path can hang the Frame's GL driver ('zink: DEVICE LOST', e.g. Sniper Elite VR). Try it for GLES Unity games that freeze or crash the GPU.": "",
 "Settings": "",
 "shader cache: makes later starts load faster; rebuilt if deleted": "",
@@ -831,6 +867,8 @@
 "Show less": "",
 "Show log": "",
 "Show more": "",
+ "Show only screenshots not from a FramePort game": "",
+ "Show only this game's screenshots": "",
 "Show progress": "",
 "Show setup command": "",
 "Show Steam Frame controllers": "",
@@ -922,6 +960,7 @@
 "The Frame is shutting down.": "",
 "the Frame isn't connected": "",
 "The Frame isn't connected": "",
+ "The Frame only offers its USB connection in Developer Mode:": "",
 "The Frame refused that password. Check it, or run the first-time setup instead: Steam Frame → Show setup command.": "",
 "The Frame restarts in a few seconds; FramePort reconnects when it's back.": "",
 "The Frame turns off in a few seconds. Turn it on again with its power button.": "",
@@ -974,8 +1013,10 @@
 "Troubleshooting": "",
 "Try again": "",
 "Try now": "",
+ "Try Proton Experimental and reinstall": "",
 "Turn off only for games you play with your hands instead of controllers.": "",
 "Turn off space warp": "",
+ "Turn on Developer Mode first": "",
 "Turn the Frame off": "",
 "Turn this on if your copy is already patched: an APK is installed unchanged instead of being patched again. PC VR games are never modified on this PC; the Frame's copy only gets launch fixes.": "",
 "Turned around": "",
@@ -1019,6 +1060,7 @@
 "Update available": "",
 "Update failed: {exc}": "",
 "Update FramePort to {version}": "",
+ "Update game configs from GitHub automatically (confirmed configs arrive without a FramePort update)": "",
 "Update now": "",
 "Update on Frame": "",
 "Update on this PC": "",
@@ -1031,7 +1073,9 @@
 "Updates, tools, this PC and where FramePort keeps its data": "",
 "Updating works in the desktop app": "",
 "Upload files": "",
+ "Upload files…": "",
 "Upload folder": "",
+ "Upload folder…": "",
 "Upload to {label}": "",
 "Uploaded {n} file": [
  "",
@@ -1058,6 +1102,7 @@
 "Video players' virtual theatres and 360° videos would otherwise stay black.": "",
 "Videos": "",
 "Videos, documents, mods and saves on your Steam Frame": "",
+ "View": "",
 "View screenshot": "",
 "VR (OpenXR)": "",
 "VrApi → OpenXR adapter (OVRPort)": "",
@@ -1069,6 +1114,7 @@
 "Wait for the game's GPU before showing an image": "",
 "Waiting": "",
 "Waiting ({n})": "",
+ "Waiting for the cable…": "",
 "Waiting for the Frame": "",
 "Waiting for your Frame": "",
 "Waiting for your Frame… (code {code})": "",
@@ -1079,7 +1125,8 @@
 "Where it's installed": "",
 "Where this game's recipe came from: catalog (tested on a Frame), heuristics (suggested by FramePort) or user (changed by you).": "",
 "Which program starts {get}?": "",
- "Which Proton build runs the game on the Frame (a Steam compat tool name from the Frame's ARM64 compat list, e.g. proton_11-arm64 or proton-experimental-arm64). Empty = newest installed.": "",
+ "Which Proton build runs the game on the Frame: the stable Proton (the default: smoother in our tests) or Proton Experimental (gets Valve's ARM64 fixes first; try it when a game doesn't start or runs badly). Also takes any compat tool name from the Frame's ARM64 list.": "",
+ "Which Proton runs the game on the Frame: Stable is smoother; choose Experimental if the game doesn't start or runs badly.": "",
 "Wide cover": "",
 "wide, 1920 × 620": "",
 "Windows": "",
@@ -1104,6 +1151,7 @@
 "Yes": "",
 "Yes: uses the Frame's OpenXR runtime": "",
 "Yesterday": "",
+ "You already have the latest dev build ({version})": "",
 "You have the latest version as of the last check ({when}).": "",
 "You have {version}. {how}": "",
 "Your copy is used as it is (only the Frame's copy gets launch patches)": "",
@@ -1155,6 +1203,10 @@
  "",
  ""
 ],
+ "{n} game config was updated": [
+  "",
+  ""
+ ],
 "{n} game didn't work out": [
  "",
  ""
@@ -1168,6 +1220,10 @@
  ""
 ],
 "{n} lines, the last 4000 shown": "",
+ "{n} needs a newer FramePort": [
+  "",
+  ""
+ ],
 "{n} new game in {name}": [
  "",
  ""
@@ -202,10 +202,12 @@ class ProtonLog(_PcvrPatch):
 class ProtonTool(_PcvrPatch):
    id = "pcvr.proton_tool"
    title = "Proton version (Frame)"
-    description = ("Which Proton build runs the game on the Frame (a Steam compat tool name from the Frame's ARM64 "
-                   "compat list, e.g. proton_11-arm64 or proton-experimental-arm64). Empty = newest installed.")
+    description = ("Which Proton build runs the game on the Frame: the stable Proton (the default: smoother in our "
+                   "tests) or Proton Experimental (gets Valve's ARM64 fixes first; try it when a game doesn't start "
+                   "or runs badly). Also takes any compat tool name from the Frame's ARM64 list.")
    order = 40
-    params = [Param("tool", "str", "", "compat tool name")]
+    params = [Param("tool", "str", "", "proton-stable (default), proton-experimental, or a compat tool name")]
+    CHOICES = (("", "Stable (default)"), ("proton-experimental", "Experimental"))


 class ProtonEnv(_PcvrPatch):
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ SUMMARIES = {
    "pcvr.revive_openvr": "On this PC, runs Revive through SteamVR (works with more headsets).",
    "pcvr.xr_timefix": "Lets games written for newer OpenXR versions run on the Frame.",
    "pcvr.proton_log": "Writes a detailed Proton log for troubleshooting.",
-    "pcvr.proton_tool": "Chooses which Proton version runs the game on the Frame.",
+    "pcvr.proton_tool": "Which Proton runs the game on the Frame: Stable is smoother; choose Experimental if the "
+                        "game doesn't start or runs badly.",
    "pcvr.steamvr_tuning": "Picks a refresh rate and motion smoothing that suit the game on this PC.",
    "pcvr.proton_env": "Extra settings for Proton (for testing).",
 }
@@ -668,14 +668,30 @@ def test_game(package: str, target: Target, reporter: Reporter, seconds: int = 4
    for old in sorted(logs.glob(f"{package}-*.log"))[:-5]:  # keep the last 5 per game
        old.unlink(missing_ok=True)
    reporter.log(f"full launch log ({len((log or '').splitlines())} lines): {log_path}")
+    suggestions = useful_suggestions(package, result.suggestions())
+    if proton_alternative_worth_trying(package, result.verdict):
+        suggestions.append(PROTON_TOOL)
+        reporter.log("it failed on the stable Proton: the suggestion is to try Proton Experimental")
    summary = {"state": result.state, "verdict": result.verdict, "milestone": result.milestone, "fps": result.fps,
               "findings": [f.__dict__ for f in result.findings],
-               "suggestions": useful_suggestions(package, result.suggestions()),
+               "suggestions": suggestions,
               "time": time.time(), "target": target.label, "log_path": str(log_path)}
    library.upsert_game(package, last_test=summary)
    return summary


+PROTON_TOOL = "pcvr.proton_tool"  # as a suggestion: run the game with Proton Experimental instead of the stable one
+
+
+def proton_alternative_worth_trying(package: str, verdict: str | None) -> bool:
+    """A PC VR game failed its launch test on the stable Proton (the default): Proton Experimental is worth a try."""
+    entry = library.game(package) or {}
+    if not is_rift(entry) or verdict == "pass":
+        return False
+    chosen = ((entry.get("recipe") or {}).get("patches") or {}).get(PROTON_TOOL) or {}
+    return "experimental" not in (chosen.get("tool") or "")
+
+
 def useful_suggestions(package: str, suggestions: list[str]) -> list[str]:
    """Triage suggestions that would change something: not already on, and not conflicting with the recipe (e.g. no
    Revive for a repack that runs its own)."""
@@ -697,6 +713,10 @@ def apply_suggestions(package: str, suggestions: list[str]) -> Recipe:
    entry = library.game(package)
    recipe = library.recipe_from_dict(entry["recipe"])
    for pid in suggestions:
+        if pid == PROTON_TOOL:
+            recipe.patches[pid] = {"tool": "proton-experimental"}
+            recipe.reasons[pid] = "It failed on the stable Proton: trying Proton Experimental."
+            continue
        if pid.startswith("adapter."):
            from .patches.base import get

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@

 Sources, highest priority first:
  1. user entries   <user data>/catalog/games/*.yaml  (written by "Save as known-good" after a successful test)
-  2. remote catalog FRAMEPORT_CATALOG_URL (a folder URL serving index.json + <package>.yaml), cached; lets the
-                    catalog be updated without a new app release
+  2. remote catalog the repo's catalog/games on GitHub `main` (default; or FRAMEPORT_CATALOG_URL, a folder URL serving
+                    index.json + <package>.yaml): confirmed configs reach installed apps without a release. Fetched
+                    in the background (refresh_remote, at most every 6 h); loading only reads the cache. An entry that
+                    needs a newer FramePort (a patch, adapter setting or recipe field this version doesn't know, or
+                    min_app above this version) is skipped: the bundled entry stays.
  3. bundled        catalog/games/*.yaml in this repo
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ class CatalogEntry:
    as_is: bool = False  # Rift: the dump runs unchanged (e.g. a SteamVR build: no Revive)
    verified: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
    updated: str = ""  # date of the last maintainer change without a new headset test (e.g. a fix from a report)
+    min_app: str = ""  # oldest FramePort version this entry is for (remote entries for a newer app are skipped)
    source_hint: str = ""
    origin: str = "bundled"

@@ -96,10 +100,143 @@ def _load_dir(path: Path, origin: str) -> dict[str, CatalogEntry]:
 PACKAGE_RE = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*(\.[A-Za-z0-9_]+)+$")


+REMOTE_EVERY = 6 * 3600
+GITHUB_TREE = "https://api.github.com/repos/{repo}/git/trees/{ref}?recursive=1"
+GITHUB_RAW = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{repo}/{ref}/{path}"
+GITHUB_DIR = "catalog/games/"
+
+
+def _repo() -> str:
+    from .. import REPO_URL
+
+    return REPO_URL.removeprefix("https://github.com/").strip("/")
+
+
+def remote_enabled() -> bool:
+    """Automatic catalog updates from GitHub (Settings; FRAMEPORT_NO_CATALOG_UPDATE=1 turns them off)."""
+    from ..core import library
+
+    if os.environ.get("FRAMEPORT_NO_CATALOG_UPDATE"):
+        return False
+    try:
+        return bool(library.setting("catalog.auto_update", True))
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - no library yet
+        return True
+
+
+def unusable_reason(entry_dict: dict) -> str | None:
+    """Why this FramePort can't use a (remote) entry, or None: a recipe field, patch or adapter setting it doesn't
+    know (the entry was written for a newer FramePort), or min_app above this version."""
+    from .. import __version__
+    from ..patches import base
+    from ..updates import parse_version
+
+    unknown = [k for k in entry_dict if k not in CatalogEntry.__dataclass_fields__]
+    if unknown:
+        return f"unknown field(s) {', '.join(sorted(unknown))}"
+    if entry_dict.get("min_app") and parse_version(str(entry_dict["min_app"])) > parse_version(__version__):
+        return f"needs FramePort {entry_dict['min_app']}"
+    base.load_all()  # every patch registered (overport ids come from this app's OVRPort list)
+    known = set(base.REGISTRY)
+    ids = [i for key in ("overport_extra", "overport_remove", "alt_overport", "frame", "frame_remove", "device",
+                         "pcvr", "pcvr_remove") for i in (entry_dict.get(key) or [])]
+    ids += [f"adapter.{k}" for k in (entry_dict.get("adapter") or {})]
+    missing = [i for i in ids if isinstance(i, str) and i not in known]
+    return f"unknown patch(es) {', '.join(missing)}" if missing else None
+
+
+def _remote_index_path() -> Path:
+    return cache.cache_dir() / "catalog-github.json"
+
+
+def refresh_remote(force: bool = False) -> int:
+    """Fetch new/changed entries from GitHub main into the cache (one API call for the file list + one raw download
+    per changed file). Returns the number of files downloaded. Never raises (offline: the cache stays)."""
+    import json
+    import time
+
+    if not remote_enabled() or os.environ.get("FRAMEPORT_CATALOG_URL"):
+        return 0
+    idx_path = _remote_index_path()
+    try:
+        old = json.loads(idx_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    except (OSError, ValueError):
+        old = {}
+    if not force and time.time() - old.get("checked", 0) < REMOTE_EVERY:
+        return 0
+    repo, fetched = _repo(), 0
+    try:
+        tree = cache.http_get(GITHUB_TREE.format(repo=repo, ref="main"), timeout=20).json()
+        files = {t["path"][len(GITHUB_DIR):]: t["sha"] for t in tree.get("tree") or []
+                 if t.get("type") == "blob" and t.get("path", "").startswith(GITHUB_DIR)
+                 and t["path"].endswith(".yaml") and "/" not in t["path"][len(GITHUB_DIR):]}
+        for name, sha in files.items():
+            dest = cache.cache_dir() / f"catalog-gh-{sha}.yaml"
+            if dest.exists() or not PACKAGE_RE.match(name.removesuffix(".yaml")):
+                continue
+            text = cache.http_get(GITHUB_RAW.format(repo=repo, ref="main", path=GITHUB_DIR + name), timeout=20).text
+            cache.write_atomic(dest, text)
+            fetched += 1
+        for f in cache.cache_dir().glob("catalog-gh-*.yaml"):  # files gone from main (or old versions)
+            if f.name.removeprefix("catalog-gh-").removesuffix(".yaml") not in files.values():
+                f.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        cache.write_atomic(idx_path, json.dumps({"checked": time.time(), "files": files}))
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - offline / rate limited: keep what we have, try again next time
+        return 0
+    if fetched or files != old.get("files"):
+        load(refresh=True)
+    if not old.get("files"):  # the first download (a new install): nothing was "updated"
+        return 0
+    return fetched
+
+
+def remote_status() -> dict:
+    """{checked: time or None, entries: n, skipped: {package: reason}} for Settings."""
+    import json
+
+    try:
+        idx = json.loads(_remote_index_path().read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    except (OSError, ValueError):
+        idx = {}
+    load()
+    return {"checked": idx.get("checked"), "entries": len(idx.get("files") or {}), "skipped": dict(_skipped)}
+
+
+_skipped: dict[str, str] = {}
+
+
+def _load_github() -> dict[str, CatalogEntry]:
+    """Cached entries from GitHub main (no network here)."""
+    import json
+
+    try:
+        files = json.loads(_remote_index_path().read_text(encoding="utf-8")).get("files") or {}
+    except (OSError, ValueError):
+        return {}
+    out = {}
+    for sha in files.values():
+        path = cache.cache_dir() / f"catalog-gh-{sha}.yaml"
+        try:
+            d = yaml.safe_load(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        except (OSError, yaml.YAMLError):
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(d, dict) or not d.get("package"):
+            continue
+        reason = unusable_reason(d)
+        if reason:
+            _skipped[d["package"]] = reason
+            continue
+        try:
+            out[d["package"]] = CatalogEntry.from_dict(d, "remote")
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+            continue
+    return out
+
+
 def _load_remote() -> dict[str, CatalogEntry]:
    base = os.environ.get("FRAMEPORT_CATALOG_URL")
    if not base:
-        return {}
+        return _load_github() if remote_enabled() else {}
    base = base.rstrip("/") + "/"
    index = cache.cached_json("catalog-index.json", base + "index.json", max_age=6 * 3600, fallback=[])
    out = {}
@@ -109,7 +246,12 @@ def _load_remote() -> dict[str, CatalogEntry]:
        text = cache.cached_text(f"catalog-{pkg}.yaml", f"{base}{pkg}.yaml", max_age=6 * 3600)
        if text:
            try:
-                out[pkg] = CatalogEntry.from_dict(yaml.safe_load(text), "remote")
+                d = yaml.safe_load(text)
+                reason = unusable_reason(d)
+                if reason:
+                    _skipped[pkg] = reason
+                    continue
+                out[pkg] = CatalogEntry.from_dict(d, "remote")
            except Exception:
                pass
    return out
@@ -122,7 +264,11 @@ def load(refresh: bool = False) -> dict[str, CatalogEntry]:
    global _cache
    if _cache is None or refresh:
        entries = _load_dir(catalog_dir() / "games", "bundled")
-        entries.update(_load_remote())
+        _skipped.clear()
+        for pkg, e in _load_remote().items():
+            # main is normally ahead of the bundled copy; a source checkout or dev build may be ahead of main
+            if pkg not in entries or _when(e) >= _when(entries[pkg]):
+                entries[pkg] = e
        for pkg, e in _load_dir(user_catalog_dir(), "user").items():
            if not _newer(entries.get(pkg), e):  # the user's own recipe, unless a maintained one was verified later
                entries[pkg] = e
@@ -130,6 +276,10 @@ def load(refresh: bool = False) -> dict[str, CatalogEntry]:
    return _cache


+def _when(e: CatalogEntry) -> str:
+    return max(str(e.updated or ""), str(e.verified.get("date") or ""))
+
+
 def _newer(maintained: CatalogEntry | None, user: CatalogEntry) -> bool:
    """True when the bundled/remote entry was verified after the user's (e.g. a fix for a config the user shared)."""
    if maintained is None:
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class FramePortApp:
        threading.Thread(target=self._poll, daemon=True).start()
        threading.Thread(target=self._backfill_covers, daemon=True).start()
        self.updater.start()
+        self.run_bg(self._refresh_catalog)  # confirmed game configs from GitHub main (no release needed)

    # ================================================================== shell
    def _on_window_event(self, e) -> None:
@@ -509,7 +510,9 @@ class FramePortApp:
                                       lambda e: self.share_config_dialog(job.package)))
        if summary and summary.get("suggestions") and job.package:
            sugg = summary["suggestions"]
-            out.append(C.primary(tr("Apply the suggested patches and reinstall"), ft.Icons.HEALING_ROUNDED,
+            label = (tr("Try Proton Experimental and reinstall") if sugg == [pipeline.PROTON_TOOL]
+                     else tr("Apply the suggested patches and reinstall"))
+            out.append(C.primary(label, ft.Icons.HEALING_ROUNDED,
                                 lambda e: (pipeline.apply_suggestions(job.package, sugg),
                                            self.install(job.package, getattr(job, "to", "frame")))))
        if job.package and job.state != "running" and library.game(job.package):
@@ -1462,6 +1465,20 @@ class FramePortApp:
            return tr("{title}: analyzed again").format(title=self._title(pkg))
        self.submit(tr("Analyze {title} again").format(title=self._title(pkg)), run, pkg, "task")

+    def _refresh_catalog(self, force: bool = False) -> int:
+        """New/changed confirmed configs from the repo's main branch; games following the catalog get them (their
+        page then offers Update on Frame). Quiet unless something changed or `force` (Settings → Check now)."""
+        from ..recommend import catalog
+
+        n = catalog.refresh_remote(force=force)
+        if n:
+            library.load()  # re-derives recipes whose catalog entry changed
+            self.refresh_view()
+            self.toast(tr_n("{n} game config was updated", "{n} game configs were updated", n))
+        elif force:
+            self.toast(tr("Game configs are up to date"))
+        return n
+
    def frame_power(self, action: str, force: bool = False) -> None:
        """Sleep / restart / shut down the Frame (agent `power`, run a few seconds later so the answer arrives)."""
        heading = {"sleep": tr("Put the Frame to sleep?"), "restart": tr("Restart the Frame?"),
@@ -1746,6 +1763,8 @@ class FramePortApp:
                self.frame_info = None
                # reachable, but it doesn't let FramePort in: the Frame page points at the first-time setup
                self._not_paired = isinstance(exc, FrameNotPaired)
+                if not isinstance(exc, (FrameNotPaired, OSError)):  # unexpected: keep the traceback for reports
+                    applog.log.exception("connect to %s failed", target.label)
                if not quiet:
                    self.toast(tr("Couldn't connect: {exc}").format(exc=explain(exc)), error=True)
            if self.route[0] in ("frame", "library", "game", "welcome"):
@@ -399,6 +399,56 @@ def menu_items(actions: list[tuple | None]) -> list[ft.PopupMenuItem]:
    return out


+def menu_targets(clicked, selected) -> list:
+    """What a right-click acts on: the whole selection when the clicked item is part of a selection of several (as in
+    a file manager), else just that item. `selected` keeps its order."""
+    selected = list(selected)
+    return selected if clicked in selected and len(selected) > 1 else [clicked]
+
+
+class DragSelect:
+    """Click-and-drag multi-select ("paint" selection) for a grid or list, without knowing where items are on screen.
+
+    The area's GestureDetector calls start() on pan start and end() on pan end; each item calls hover(key, inside)
+    from its hover (enter/exit) event, which Flutter also sends while the mouse button is held. A drag selects every
+    item it passes over, or deselects them when it started on a selected item. No Flet in here (tested directly)."""
+
+    def __init__(self, is_selected, set_selected, can_select=lambda key: True, on_start=None):
+        self.is_selected, self.set_selected, self.can_select = is_selected, set_selected, can_select
+        self.on_start = on_start
+        self.under = None      # the item the pointer is over
+        self.active = False
+        self.mode = True       # select (True) or deselect (False) during this drag
+        self.touched: set = set()
+
+    def hover(self, key, inside: bool) -> None:
+        if inside:
+            self.under = key
+            if self.active:
+                self._apply(key)
+        elif self.under == key:
+            self.under = None
+
+    def start(self, e=None) -> None:
+        if self.on_start:
+            self.on_start()
+        under = self.under if self.under is not None and self.can_select(self.under) else None
+        self.mode = not self.is_selected(under) if under is not None else True
+        self.active, self.touched = True, set()
+        if under is not None:
+            self._apply(under)
+
+    def end(self, e=None) -> None:
+        self.active = False
+
+    def _apply(self, key) -> None:
+        if key in self.touched or not self.can_select(key):
+            return
+        self.touched.add(key)
+        if self.is_selected(key) != self.mode:
+            self.set_selected(key, self.mode)
+
+
 def is_media_player(g: dict) -> bool:
    """A video player (360° layers in its recipe or analysis, e.g. 4XVR): its page offers "Add videos" up front."""
    patches = ((g.get("recipe") or {}).get("patches") or {})
@@ -124,6 +124,48 @@ class Updater:
                     C.ghost(tr("Release page"), ft.Icons.OPEN_IN_NEW_ROUNDED, lambda e: page.launch_url(up.page)),
                     C.primary(tr("Update now"), ft.Icons.SYSTEM_UPDATE_ROUNDED, go)]))

+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- dev builds
+    def install_dev(self) -> None:
+        """Settings → "Install the latest dev build": the rolling `dev` pre-release the maintainer publishes for
+        testing a fix before a release (CI "Run workflow", dev build)."""
+        def work():
+            up = updates.check_dev()
+            if not up:
+                self.app.toast(tr("No dev build is published right now"), error=True)
+                return
+            if up.version == __version__:
+                self.app.toast(tr("You already have the latest dev build ({version})").format(version=up.version))
+                return
+            self.app.page.run_thread(lambda: self._confirm_dev(up))
+        self.app.run_bg(work)
+
+    def _confirm_dev(self, up: updates.Update) -> None:
+        page = self.app.page
+        notes = up.notes.strip() or tr("No notes.")
+
+        def go(e):
+            page.pop_dialog()
+            self.found = up
+            self.install()
+        page.show_dialog(ft.AlertDialog(
+            title=ft.Text(tr("Install dev build {version}?").format(version=up.version), color=T.TEXT,
+                          weight=ft.FontWeight.W_600),
+            bgcolor=T.SURFACE_2,
+            content=ft.Container(ft.Column([
+                C.callout(C.body(tr("Dev builds let you test fixes before they're released. They're less tested "
+                                    "than releases and may have bugs. You get the next release as a normal update "
+                                    "(you have {version}).").format(version=__version__), T.TEXT), "warn"),
+                ft.Container(ft.Markdown(notes, selectable=True, extension_set=ft.MarkdownExtensionSet.GITHUB_WEB,
+                                         md_style_sheet=_notes_style(),
+                                         on_tap_link=lambda e: page.launch_url(e.data)),
+                             padding=T.S3, border_radius=T.RADIUS_SM, bgcolor=T.SURFACE,
+                             border=ft.Border.all(1, T.BORDER)),
+            ], spacing=T.S3, scroll=ft.ScrollMode.AUTO, tight=True, horizontal_alignment=ft.CrossAxisAlignment.STRETCH),
+                width=T.px(560), height=T.px(min(440, 190 + 26 * len(notes.splitlines())))),
+            actions=[C.ghost(tr("Cancel"), on_click=lambda e: page.pop_dialog()),
+                     C.ghost(tr("Build page"), ft.Icons.OPEN_IN_NEW_ROUNDED, lambda e: page.launch_url(up.page)),
+                     C.primary(tr("Install dev build"), ft.Icons.SCIENCE_OUTLINED, go)]))
+
    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- installing
    def install(self) -> None:
        up = self.found or updates.ready_update_info()
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ class FilesView:
                       C.meta("")], horizontal_alignment=ft.CrossAxisAlignment.CENTER, tight=True),
            left=0, right=0, top=0, bottom=0, alignment=ft.Alignment.CENTER, bgcolor=T.soft("#000000", 0.7),
            border_radius=T.RADIUS, border=ft.Border.all(2, T.ACCENT), visible=False)
+        # click and drag across rows to select them (C.DragSelect)
+        self.drag = C.DragSelect(lambda p: p in self.selected, self._toggle,
+                                 can_select=lambda p: any(x.path == p and self._selectable(x) for x in self.entries))
+        # one right-click menu for the listing: filled with the clicked entry's actions (or the folder's) when it opens
+        self.menu = ft.ContextMenu(content=ft.GestureDetector(
+            content=C.card(self.listing, padding=T.px(4), expand=True), expand=True,
+            on_secondary_tap_down=lambda e: self.open_menu(None, e.global_position),
+            on_pan_start=self.drag.start, on_pan_end=self.drag.end),
+            secondary_trigger=None, tertiary_trigger=None, expand=True)
        self.root = None

    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- building
@@ -130,9 +139,10 @@ class FilesView:
                        self.toolbar,
                        ft.Row([self.select_all, ft.Container(self.where, expand=True), self.hidden_switch],
                               vertical_alignment=ft.CrossAxisAlignment.CENTER),
+                        self._drop_area(ft.Stack([self.menu, self.drop_hint], expand=True)),
+                        # below the list (as in the Library): above it, its appearing pushed the rows down in the
+                        # middle of a drag-select
                        self.sel_bar,
-                        self._drop_area(ft.Stack([C.card(self.listing, padding=T.px(4), expand=True),
-                                                  self.drop_hint], expand=True)),
                        self.status,
                    ], spacing=T.S2, expand=True),
                ], spacing=T.S4, expand=True, vertical_alignment=ft.CrossAxisAlignment.STRETCH),
@@ -304,7 +314,7 @@ class FilesView:
        info = (("folder" if e.is_dir else human(e.size)) + (tr(" · link") if e.link else "")
                + (f" · {when}" if when else ""))
        actions = [C.icon_btn(ft.Icons.DOWNLOAD_ROUNDED, tr("Download to this PC"),
-                              lambda ev, x=e: self.download([x]))]
+                              lambda ev, x=e: self._download_later([x]))]
        if not self._protected(e):
            actions += [C.icon_btn(ft.Icons.DRIVE_FILE_RENAME_OUTLINE_ROUNDED, tr("Rename"),
                                   lambda ev, x=e: self.rename(x)),
@@ -313,14 +323,79 @@ class FilesView:
                            on_change=lambda ev, p=e.path: self._toggle(p, ev.control.value),
                            disabled=self._protected(e))
        self.checks[e.path] = check
-        return ft.Container(
+        row = ft.Container(
            ft.Row([check,
                    ft.Icon(file_icon(e.name, e.is_dir), size=T.px(20), color=T.ACCENT if e.is_dir else T.TEXT_2),
                    ft.Column([C.body(e.name, T.TEXT, weight=ft.FontWeight.W_500, max_lines=1,
                                      overflow=ft.TextOverflow.ELLIPSIS), C.meta(info)], spacing=0, expand=True),
                    *actions], spacing=T.S3),
            padding=ft.Padding(T.S3, T.px(6), T.S2, T.px(6)), border_radius=T.RADIUS_SM, ink=e.is_dir,
-            on_click=(lambda ev, p=e.path: self.cd(p)) if e.is_dir else None)
+            on_click=(lambda ev, p=e.path: self.cd(p)) if e.is_dir else None,
+            on_hover=lambda ev, p=e.path: self.drag.hover(p, ev.data in (True, "true")))
+        return ft.GestureDetector(content=row, on_secondary_tap_down=lambda ev, x=e: self.open_menu(x,
+                                                                                                    ev.global_position))
+
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- right-click menu
+    def menu_actions(self, e) -> list[tuple | None]:
+        """[(label, icon, handler) | None] for a right-click on entry `e` (None = on the folder's empty space). With
+        several entries selected and `e` among them, the actions act on the whole selection."""
+        if e is None:
+            return [(tr("Upload files…"), ft.Icons.UPLOAD_FILE_ROUNDED, self.upload_files),
+                    (tr("Upload folder…"), ft.Icons.DRIVE_FOLDER_UPLOAD_ROUNDED, self.upload_folder),
+                    (tr("New folder…"), ft.Icons.CREATE_NEW_FOLDER_OUTLINED, lambda ev: self.new_folder()),
+                    None,
+                    *([(tr("Select all"), ft.Icons.SELECT_ALL_ROUNDED, lambda ev: self._select_all())]
+                      if any(self._selectable(x) for x in self.entries) else []),
+                    (tr("Copy folder path"), ft.Icons.CONTENT_COPY_ROUNDED,
+                     lambda ev: self.app.copy(self._shown_path(self.path))),
+                    (tr("Refresh"), ft.Icons.REFRESH_ROUNDED, lambda ev: self.load())]
+        by_path = {x.path: x for x in self.entries}
+        items = [by_path[p] for p in C.menu_targets(e.path, [x.path for x in self.entries if x.path in self.selected])]
+        several = len(items) > 1
+        deletable = [x for x in items if not self._protected(x)]
+        out: list[tuple | None] = []
+        if not several and e.is_dir:
+            out.append((tr("Open"), ft.Icons.FOLDER_OPEN_ROUNDED, lambda ev: self.cd(e.path)))
+        out.append((tr("Download {n} items to this PC…").format(n=len(items)) if several
+                    else tr("Download to this PC…"), ft.Icons.DOWNLOAD_ROUNDED,
+                    lambda ev: self._download_later(items)))
+        if not several and not self._protected(e):
+            out.append((tr("Rename…"), ft.Icons.DRIVE_FILE_RENAME_OUTLINE_ROUNDED, lambda ev: self.rename(e)))
+        if not several:
+            out.append((tr("Copy path"), ft.Icons.CONTENT_COPY_ROUNDED, lambda ev: self.app.copy(self._shown_path(
+                e.path))))
+        out.append(None)
+        if several:
+            out.append((tr("Clear selection"), ft.Icons.CLOSE_ROUNDED, lambda ev: self._clear_selection()))
+        elif self._selectable(e):
+            on = e.path in self.selected
+            out.append((tr("Deselect") if on else tr("Select"),
+                        ft.Icons.CHECK_BOX_OUTLINE_BLANK_ROUNDED if on else ft.Icons.CHECK_BOX_OUTLINED,
+                        lambda ev: self._toggle(e.path, not on)))
+        if deletable:
+            out += [None, (tr("Delete {n} items…").format(n=len(deletable)) if len(deletable) > 1 else tr("Delete…"),
+                           ft.Icons.DELETE_OUTLINE_ROUNDED, lambda ev: self.delete(deletable))]
+        return out
+
+    def open_menu(self, e, position=None) -> None:
+        if not self.loc:
+            return
+        self.menu.items = C.menu_items(self.menu_actions(e))
+        C.update(self.menu)
+        self.app.page.run_task(self.menu.open, global_position=position)
+
+    def _shown_path(self, path: str) -> str:
+        """The path as games see it (/sdcard/…) where the location has one, else the Frame's own path."""
+        android = (self.loc or {}).get("android")
+        if not android:
+            return path
+        rel = posixpath.relpath(path, self.loc["path"])
+        return android if rel == "." else posixpath.join(android, rel)
+
+    def _download_later(self, items: list) -> None:
+        """Start the (async: it asks for a folder) download from a plain click handler: Flet only awaits handlers
+        that are coroutine functions themselves, not lambdas returning a coroutine."""
+        self.app.page.run_task(self.download, items)

    def cd(self, path: str) -> None:
        self.path = path
@@ -343,6 +418,10 @@ class FilesView:
        self.selected.clear()
        self._render_listing()

+    def _select_all(self) -> None:
+        self.selected = {x.path for x in self.entries if self._selectable(x)}
+        self._render_listing()
+
    def _selectable(self, e) -> bool:
        return not self._protected(e)

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class FrameView:

        pair_box = ft.Column(spacing=T.S3)

-        def pair(e):
+        def pair(e, host: str = ""):
            from ...frame.connection import FrameTarget
            from ...frame.pairing import PairingServer

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class FrameView:

            def on_paired(info):
                app.connect(FrameTarget(info["host"], info["user"], 22, info["name"]))
-            server = app.pairing = PairingServer(on_paired=on_paired).start()
+            server = app.pairing = PairingServer(on_paired=on_paired, host=host).start()
            show_command()

            def check_network():
@@ -210,12 +210,92 @@ class FrameView:
                    show_command()
            app.run_bg(check_network)

+        def usb_explain(e):
+            """The Frame turns its USB network on only in Developer Mode: say how first (Valve's labels on the current
+            Frame OS: Settings → System → Enable Developer Mode), then watch for the cable."""
+            def close():  # this dialog itself: pop_dialog() closes the topmost overlay, which may be a toast
+                dlg.open = False
+                C.update(dlg)
+
+            def go(ev):
+                close()
+                usb_setup(ev)
+            steps = [
+                tr("On the Frame, open Steam's Settings (Steam button → Settings)."),
+                tr("Go to System and turn on \"Enable Developer Mode\". A Developer page appears in Settings; nothing "
+                   "else changes, your games and data stay as they are."),
+                tr("Connect the Frame's USB-C port to this computer with a USB cable (a data cable, not a charge-only "
+                   "one)."),
+            ]
+            dlg = ft.AlertDialog(
+                title=ft.Text(tr("Turn on Developer Mode first"), weight=ft.FontWeight.W_600),
+                content=ft.Container(ft.Column([
+                    C.body(tr("The Frame only offers its USB connection in Developer Mode:"), T.TEXT),
+                    *[ft.Row([ft.Container(ft.Text(str(i), weight=ft.FontWeight.W_700, color=T.ACCENT),
+                                           width=T.px(24), height=T.px(24), border_radius=T.px(12),
+                                           bgcolor=T.ACCENT_SOFT, alignment=ft.Alignment.CENTER),
+                              C.body(text, T.TEXT_2, expand=True)], spacing=T.S3,
+                             vertical_alignment=ft.CrossAxisAlignment.START)
+                      for i, text in enumerate(steps, 1)],
+                    C.meta(tr("FramePort then finds the Frame on the cable by itself.")),
+                ], spacing=T.S3, tight=True), width=T.px(480)),
+                bgcolor=T.SURFACE_2, shape=ft.RoundedRectangleBorder(radius=T.RADIUS),
+                actions=[C.ghost(tr("Cancel"), on_click=lambda ev: close()),
+                         C.primary(tr("Done: look for the cable"), ft.Icons.USB_ROUNDED, go)])
+            app.page.show_dialog(dlg)
+
+        def usb_setup(e):
+            """Setup over a USB-C cable: no Wi-Fi, router, discovery or network firewall involved (the Frame's USB
+            network gives this PC the fixed address 10.86.200.234). The Frame enables its USB network only in
+            Developer Mode, so that comes first."""
+            from ...frame import usb
+            from ...frame.connection import FrameTarget, server_key
+
+            status = ft.Row([ft.ProgressRing(width=T.px(14), height=T.px(14), stroke_width=T.px(2), color=T.ACCENT),
+                             C.meta(tr("Waiting for the cable…"))], spacing=T.S2)
+            pair_box.controls = [
+                C.body(tr("Looking for the Frame on a USB cable (Developer Mode on, USB-C port connected to this "
+                          "computer)."), T.TEXT),
+                status,
+            ]
+            C.update(pair_box)
+            token = object()
+            app._usb_setup = token
+
+            def watch():
+                for _ in range(600):  # up to 20 minutes
+                    if app._usb_setup is not token or app.route[0] != "frame":
+                        return
+                    if usb.PC_USB_IP in usb.pc_usb_addresses(usb.FRAME_USB_IP) and server_key(usb.FRAME_USB_IP,
+                                                                                                timeout=3):
+                        break
+                    time.sleep(2)
+                else:
+                    return
+                status.controls = [ft.Icon(ft.Icons.USB_ROUNDED, size=T.px(16), color=T.OK),
+                                   C.meta(tr("Cable connected."), T.OK)]
+                C.update(status)
+                target = FrameTarget(usb.FRAME_USB_IP, "steamos", 22)
+                try:  # already set up for FramePort: just connect over the cable
+                    from ...frame.connection import Frame
+
+                    Frame(target, None).connect(timeout=10).close()
+                    app.connect(target)
+                    return
+                except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - not set up yet: show the setup command for the cable
+                    pass
+                app.page.run_thread(lambda: pair(None, host=usb.PC_USB_IP))
+            app.run_bg(watch)
+
        def show_command(update=True):
            """The setup command of the running pairing server: also when the page is redrawn (connection checks,
            discovery), which used to close it."""
            line = app.pairing.one_liner
+            over_usb = bool(getattr(app.pairing, "host", ""))
            pair_box.controls = [
                C.body(tr("On the Frame: SteamVR dashboard → Launch a program → Desktop, then app menu → System → "
+                          "Konsole, and run (it reaches this computer over the USB cable):") if over_usb else
+                       tr("On the Frame: SteamVR dashboard → Launch a program → Desktop, then app menu → System → "
                          "Konsole, and run:"), T.TEXT),
                ft.Container(ft.Row([ft.Text(line, font_family="monospace", selectable=True, size=T.px(12),
                                             color=T.TEXT, expand=True),
@@ -240,7 +320,7 @@ class FrameView:
                              "there and approve FramePort. That way needs no connection into this computer.")),
                ], spacing=T.S2), "warn"))
            if update:
-                pair_box.update()
+                C.update(pair_box)  # (a redraw of the page may have replaced it)

        if app.pairing and app.pairing.running:
            show_command(update=False)
@@ -288,7 +368,13 @@ class FrameView:
            *([offline] if offline else []),
            step(1, tr("First-time setup"), tr("New Frame? Run one command on it and FramePort does the rest. Did this "
                                               "once already? Your Frame appears under step 2."),
-                 C.primary(tr("Show setup command"), ft.Icons.TERMINAL_ROUNDED, pair), pair_box,
+                 ft.Row([C.primary(tr("Show setup command"), ft.Icons.TERMINAL_ROUNDED, pair),
+                         C.meta(tr("OR"), weight=ft.FontWeight.W_600),
+                         C.secondary(tr("Set up with a USB cable"), ft.Icons.USB_ROUNDED, usb_explain,
+                                     tooltip=tr("No Wi-Fi needed: for networks that block the setup, and faster "
+                                                "game uploads"))], wrap=True, spacing=T.S3,
+                        vertical_alignment=ft.CrossAxisAlignment.CENTER),
+                 pair_box,
                 help="first_time_setup"),
            step(2, tr("Already set up: on your network"), tr("Frames in Developer Mode show up here."), found,
                 help="developer_mode"),
@@ -531,6 +531,18 @@ class GameView:
                save(state["recipe"])
            return handler

+        def choose(pid, key):
+            def handler(e):
+                r = state["recipe"]
+                value = e.control.value or ""
+                if value:  # a non-default choice is stored as the patch's parameter
+                    r.patches[pid] = {key: value}
+                    r.reasons[pid] = tr("Chosen by you.")
+                else:
+                    r.patches.pop(pid, None)
+                save(r)
+            return handler
+
        def set_param(pid, key):
            def handler(e):
                r = state["recipe"]
@@ -571,6 +583,22 @@ class GameView:
                        plain_reason(reason, p.default_on)
                    sub.insert(0, C.meta(shown, T.ACCENT))
                extra = None
+                choices = getattr(p, "CHOICES", None)
+                if choices:  # a plain choice instead of a switch + text field (e.g. Proton: Experimental / Stable)
+                    current = recipe.params(p.id).get(p.params[0].key, "") if on else ""
+                    keys = [k for k, _label in choices]
+                    if current not in keys:  # a tool name typed under technical details
+                        choices = (*choices, (current, current))
+                    rows.append(ft.Container(ft.Row([
+                        ft.Column([C.body(tr(p.title), T.TEXT, weight=ft.FontWeight.W_500), *sub],
+                                  spacing=T.px(3), expand=True),
+                        ft.Dropdown(value=current, width=T.px(280), dense=True, border_color=T.BORDER,
+                                    text_size=T.T_BODY,
+                                    options=[ft.DropdownOption(key=k, text=tr(label)) for k, label in choices],
+                                    on_select=choose(p.id, p.params[0].key)),
+                    ], spacing=T.S3), padding=ft.Padding(T.S4, T.px(10), T.S4, T.px(10)), border=ft.Border(
+                        top=ft.BorderSide(1, T.BORDER))))
+                    continue
                if not technical:
                    pass
                elif cat == "adapter":
@@ -203,7 +203,14 @@ class LibraryView:
        self.filters = ft.Container()
        self.hint = ft.Container(visible=False)
        # one right-click menu for every card: filled with that game's actions when it opens (open_menu)
-        self.menu = ft.ContextMenu(content=self.grid, secondary_trigger=None, tertiary_trigger=None, expand=True)
+        # click and drag across cards to select them (turns on select mode; C.DragSelect)
+        self.drag = C.DragSelect(lambda pkg: pkg in self.selected,
+                                 lambda pkg, on: self.toggle_selected(pkg) if (pkg in self.selected) != on else None,
+                                 can_select=lambda pkg: pkg in self.cards,
+                                 on_start=lambda: None if self.select_mode else self.set_select_mode(True))
+        self.menu = ft.ContextMenu(content=ft.GestureDetector(content=self.grid, expand=True,
+                                                              on_pan_start=self.drag.start, on_pan_end=self.drag.end),
+                                   secondary_trigger=None, tertiary_trigger=None, expand=True)
        self.body = ft.Container(self.menu, expand=True)
        add = ft.PopupMenuButton(
            content=ft.Container(ft.Row([ft.Icon(ft.Icons.ADD_ROUNDED, color=T.ON_ACCENT, size=T.px(18)),
@@ -594,11 +601,13 @@ class LibraryView:
            border_radius=T.RADIUS, bgcolor=T.SURFACE, border=ft.Border.all(1, T.BORDER), expand=True,
            scale=1.0, animate_scale=ft.Animation(140, ft.AnimationCurve.EASE_OUT),
            shadow=card_shadow(),
-            tooltip=ft.Tooltip(message=tr("Click to open · right-click for quick actions"), wait_duration=1500),
+            tooltip=ft.Tooltip(message=tr("Click to open · right-click for quick actions · drag across cards to "
+                                          "select several"), wait_duration=1500),
            on_click=lambda e: self.toggle_selected(pkg) if self.select_mode else app.open_game(pkg))

        def hover(e):
            on = e.data in (True, "true")
+            self.drag.hover(pkg, on)
            tile.scale = 1.03 if on else 1.0
            tile.border = ft.Border.all(1, T.ACCENT if on else T.BORDER)
            tile.shadow = card_shadow(on)
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ class ScreenshotsView:
            bgcolor=T.ACCENT_SOFT, visible=False)
        self.grid = ft.Column(spacing=T.S3, scroll=ft.ScrollMode.AUTO, expand=True)
        self.status = C.meta("")
+        # one right-click menu for the grid: filled with the clicked screenshot's actions (or the tab's) when it opens
+        # click and drag across screenshots to select them (C.DragSelect)
+        self.drag = C.DragSelect(lambda p: p in self.selected, self._toggle)
+        self.menu = ft.ContextMenu(content=ft.GestureDetector(
+            content=C.card(self.grid, padding=T.S3, expand=True), expand=True,
+            on_secondary_tap_down=lambda e: self.open_menu(None, e.global_position),
+            on_pan_start=self.drag.start, on_pan_end=self.drag.end),
+            secondary_trigger=None, tertiary_trigger=None, expand=True)
        self.root = None

    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- building
@@ -106,8 +114,8 @@ class ScreenshotsView:
                              tr("Screenshots on the Frame can be shown once FramePort is connected to it."),
                              C.primary(tr("Connect"), ft.Icons.LINK_ROUNDED, lambda e: app.go("frame")))], expand=True)
        if self.root is None:
-            self.root = ft.Column([app.top_bar(heading, sub), self.toolbar, self.sel_bar,
-                                   C.card(self.grid, padding=T.S3, expand=True), self.status],
+            # the selection bar below the grid (as in the Library): above it, it pushed the cards down mid-drag
+            self.root = ft.Column([app.top_bar(heading, sub), self.toolbar, self.menu, self.sel_bar, self.status],
                                  spacing=T.S3, expand=True, horizontal_alignment=ft.CrossAxisAlignment.STRETCH)
        if package is not None and filter_key(package) != self.filter:
            self.filter = filter_key(package)
@@ -216,13 +224,70 @@ class ScreenshotsView:
                                                          end=ft.Alignment.BOTTOM_CENTER,
                                                          colors=[ft.Colors.TRANSPARENT, T.soft("#000000", 0.8)]),
                               border_radius=ft.BorderRadius(0, 0, T.RADIUS_SM, T.RADIUS_SM))
-        return ft.Container(
+        tile = ft.Container(
            ft.Stack([C.art_fill(self._thumb_url(s), radius=T.RADIUS_SM, placeholder_icon=ft.Icons.IMAGE_OUTLINED,
                                 left=0, right=0, top=0, bottom=0),
                      caption, ft.Container(check, left=0, top=0)]),
            width=T.px(256), height=T.px(144), border_radius=T.RADIUS_SM, ink=True,
            tooltip=f"{s.get('title') or ''} · {day_label(s.get('time'))} {when}",
-            on_click=lambda e, i=i: self.viewer(i))
+            on_click=lambda e, i=i: self.viewer(i),
+            on_hover=lambda e, p=s["path"]: self.drag.hover(p, e.data in (True, "true")))
+        return ft.GestureDetector(content=tile, on_secondary_tap_down=lambda e, s=s: self.open_menu(s,
+                                                                                                  e.global_position))
+
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- right-click menu
+    def menu_actions(self, s: dict | None) -> list[tuple | None]:
+        """[(label, icon, handler) | None] for a right-click on screenshot `s` (None = on the grid's empty space). With
+        several screenshots selected and `s` among them, the actions act on the whole selection."""
+        if s is None:
+            if not self.shots:
+                return [(tr("Refresh"), ft.Icons.REFRESH_ROUNDED, lambda e: self.load())]
+            return [(tr("Download all ({n})…").format(n=len(self.shots)), ft.Icons.DOWNLOAD_ROUNDED,
+                     lambda e: self._later(self.download, list(self.shots))),
+                    (tr("Select all"), ft.Icons.SELECT_ALL_ROUNDED, lambda e: self._select_all()),
+                    *([(tr("Clear selection"), ft.Icons.CLOSE_ROUNDED, lambda e: self._clear_selection())]
+                      if self.selected else []),
+                    None, (tr("Refresh"), ft.Icons.REFRESH_ROUNDED, lambda e: self.load())]
+        by_path = {x["path"]: x for x in self.shots}
+        shots = [by_path[p] for p in C.menu_targets(s["path"], [x["path"] for x in self.shots
+                                                                if x["path"] in self.selected])]
+        several = len(shots) > 1
+        out: list[tuple | None] = []
+        if not several:
+            out.append((tr("View"), ft.Icons.OPEN_IN_FULL_ROUNDED, lambda e: self.viewer(self.shots.index(s))))
+        out.append((tr("Download {n} screenshots…").format(n=len(shots)) if several else tr("Download…"),
+                    ft.Icons.DOWNLOAD_ROUNDED, lambda e: self._later(self.download, shots)))
+        key = filter_key(s.get("package") or "")
+        if not several and self.filter == ALL and key in {o.key for o in self.dropdown.options}:
+            out.append((tr("Show only this game's screenshots") if s.get("package")
+                        else tr("Show only screenshots not from a FramePort game"),
+                        ft.Icons.FILTER_ALT_OUTLINED, lambda e: self._filter_to(key)))
+        out.append(None)
+        if several:
+            out.append((tr("Clear selection"), ft.Icons.CLOSE_ROUNDED, lambda e: self._clear_selection()))
+        else:
+            on = s["path"] in self.selected
+            out.append((tr("Deselect") if on else tr("Select"),
+                        ft.Icons.CHECK_BOX_OUTLINE_BLANK_ROUNDED if on else ft.Icons.CHECK_BOX_OUTLINED,
+                        lambda e: self._toggle(s["path"], not on)))
+        out += [None, (tr("Delete {n} screenshots…").format(n=len(shots)) if several else tr("Delete…"),
+                       ft.Icons.DELETE_OUTLINE_ROUNDED, lambda e: self.delete(shots))]
+        return out
+
+    def open_menu(self, s: dict | None, position=None) -> None:
+        self.menu.items = C.menu_items(self.menu_actions(s))
+        C.update(self.menu)
+        self.app.page.run_task(self.menu.open, global_position=position)
+
+    def _later(self, coro_fn, *args) -> None:
+        """Run an async action (it asks for a folder) from a plain click handler: Flet only awaits handlers that
+        are coroutine functions themselves."""
+        self.app.page.run_task(coro_fn, *args)
+
+    def _filter_to(self, key: str) -> None:
+        self.dropdown.value = key
+        C.update(self.dropdown)
+        self.set_filter(key)

    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- selection
    def _toggle(self, path: str, on: bool) -> None:
@@ -242,6 +307,14 @@ class ScreenshotsView:
                C.update(check)
        self._update_selection()

+    def _select_all(self) -> None:
+        self.selected = {s["path"] for s in self.shots}
+        for check in self.checks.values():
+            if not check.value:
+                check.value = True
+                C.update(check)
+        self._update_selection()
+
    def _clear_selection(self) -> None:
        self.selected.clear()
        for check in self.checks.values():
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import flet as ft
 from ... import REPO_URL, __version__, i18n, pipeline
 from ...core.paths import user_data_dir
 from ...errors import explain
-from ...i18n import fmt_size, tr
+from ...i18n import fmt_size, tr, tr_n
 from ...recommend import catalog
 from .. import components as C
 from .. import theme as T
@@ -133,8 +133,38 @@ class SettingsView:
            C.switch(tr("Install updates automatically (downloads in the background, installs when FramePort "
                            "next starts)"), value=bool(library.setting("update.auto_install", False)),
                      on_change=auto_install),
+            ft.Row([C.meta(tr("Asked to test a fix? Dev builds come before the next release."), expand=True),
+                    C.ghost(tr("Install the latest dev build…"), ft.Icons.SCIENCE_OUTLINED,
+                            lambda e: app.updater.install_dev())],
+                   vertical_alignment=ft.CrossAxisAlignment.CENTER),
        ], spacing=T.S3)

+    def catalog_updates(self) -> ft.Control:
+        """Settings → Data: confirmed game configs from GitHub main (recommend/catalog.refresh_remote)."""
+        import time
+
+        from ...core import library
+        from ...recommend import catalog
+
+        app = self.app
+        st = catalog.remote_status()
+        when = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M", time.localtime(st["checked"])) if st["checked"] else tr("never")
+        line = tr("Game configs from GitHub: last checked {when}").format(when=when)
+        if st["skipped"]:
+            line += " · " + tr_n("{n} needs a newer FramePort", "{n} need a newer FramePort", len(st["skipped"]))
+
+        def toggle(e):
+            library.set_setting("catalog.auto_update", bool(e.control.value))
+        return ft.Column([
+            ft.Row([C.meta(line, expand=True),
+                    C.ghost(tr("Check now"), ft.Icons.SYNC_ROUNDED,
+                            lambda e: app.run_bg(lambda: app._refresh_catalog(force=True)))],
+                   vertical_alignment=ft.CrossAxisAlignment.CENTER),
+            C.switch(tr("Update game configs from GitHub automatically (confirmed configs arrive without a "
+                        "FramePort update)"), value=bool(library.setting("catalog.auto_update", True)),
+                     on_change=toggle),
+        ], spacing=T.S2)
+
    def appearance(self) -> ft.Control:
        from ...core import library

@@ -210,6 +240,7 @@ class SettingsView:
                                                       lambda e: app.copy(data))]), "data_folder"),
                C.kv(tr("Catalog"), tr("{len} known-good recipes (bundled, remote and yours)")
                     .format(len=len(catalog.load())), "catalog"),
+                self.catalog_updates(),
            ], spacing=T.S2))),
            # text above, buttons below (side by side, the buttons squeezed the text in a narrow window)
            C.section(tr("Problems and feedback"), C.card(ft.Column([
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ _log = logging.getLogger("frameport.updates")

 REPO = REPO_URL.removeprefix("https://github.com/").strip("/")
 LATEST_API = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{REPO}/releases/latest"
+DEV_API = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{REPO}/releases/tags/dev"  # the rolling pre-release CI publishes on demand
 CHECK_EVERY = 6 * 3600          # seconds between automatic checks
 ASSETS = {"win32": "FramePort-windows-x64.zip", "darwin": "FramePort-macos-arm64.zip",
          "linux": "FramePort-linux-x64.tar.gz", "linux-arm64": "FramePort-linux-arm64.tar.gz"}  # never rename
@@ -63,11 +64,15 @@ class Update:

 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- versions
 def parse_version(text: str) -> tuple:
-    """(major, minor, patch, final) from "v1.2.3" / "1.2.3-rc1"; pre-releases sort before the final release."""
+    """(major, minor, patch, final, dev) from "v1.2.3" / "1.2.3-rc1" / "1.2.4.dev57": pre-releases and dev builds sort
+    before the final release, dev builds among themselves by build number."""
    m = re.match(r"v?(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?(?:\.(\d+))?(.*)$", (text or "").strip())
    if not m:
-        return (0, 0, 0, 0)
-    return (int(m.group(1)), int(m.group(2) or 0), int(m.group(3) or 0), 0 if m.group(4).strip() else 1)
+        return (0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    rest = m.group(4).strip()
+    dev = re.match(r"[.-]?dev(\d+)", rest)
+    return (int(m.group(1)), int(m.group(2) or 0), int(m.group(3) or 0), 0 if rest else 1,
+            int(dev.group(1)) if dev else 0)


 def is_newer(candidate: str, current: str = __version__) -> bool:
@@ -81,16 +86,24 @@ def platform_asset() -> str | None:
    return ASSETS.get(key)


-def update_from_release(release: dict, asset_name: str | None = None) -> Update | None:
-    """The Update a GitHub "latest release" JSON describes (None for drafts/pre-releases or unusable data)."""
-    if (not isinstance(release, dict) or release.get("draft") or release.get("prerelease")
+def update_from_release(release: dict, asset_name: str | None = None, dev: bool = False) -> Update | None:
+    """The Update a GitHub "latest release" JSON describes (None for drafts/pre-releases or unusable data). dev=True:
+    the rolling `dev` pre-release, whose version comes from its wheel (frameport-0.9.1.dev57-py3-none-any.whl)."""
+    if (not isinstance(release, dict) or release.get("draft") or (release.get("prerelease") and not dev)
            or not release.get("tag_name")):
        return None
    assets = {a.get("name"): a.get("browser_download_url") for a in release.get("assets") or [] if isinstance(a, dict)}
    asset_name = asset_name if asset_name is not None else platform_asset()
-    wheel = next((u for n, u in assets.items() if n and n.endswith(".whl")), None)
+    wheel_name = next((n for n in assets if n and n.endswith(".whl")), None)
+    wheel = assets.get(wheel_name) if wheel_name else None
    tag = release["tag_name"]
-    return Update(version=tag.lstrip("v"), tag=tag, notes=release.get("body") or "", page=release.get("html_url") or "",
+    version = tag.lstrip("v")
+    if dev:
+        m = re.match(r"frameport-([^-]+)-", wheel_name or "")
+        if not m:
+            return None
+        version = m.group(1)
+    return Update(version=version, tag=tag, notes=release.get("body") or "", page=release.get("html_url") or "",
                  asset=asset_name if asset_name in assets else None, asset_url=assets.get(asset_name),
                  sums_url=assets.get(SUMS), wheel_url=wheel, published=release.get("published_at") or "")

@@ -116,6 +129,16 @@ def check(force: bool = False) -> Update | None:
    return up


+def check_dev() -> Update | None:
+    """The latest dev build (Settings → "Install the latest dev build"), or None when none is published or GitHub
+    can't be reached. Returned even when it isn't newer: the caller says so."""
+    try:
+        data = cache.cached_json("app-dev-release.json", DEV_API, max_age=0)
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+        return None
+    return update_from_release(data, dev=True) if data else None
+
+
 def refresh_cache() -> None:
    """Fetch the latest release into the cache only (no settings written: safe in a CLI background thread)."""
    try:
@@ -103,9 +103,17 @@ def test_cleanup_refuses_outside_paths(monkeypatch, tmp_path):


 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PC VR under Proton
-def fake_steam_tools(a, tmp_path):
-    """A Steam library with an ARM64 Proton (needing a runtime) installed, like the Frame's."""
+def fake_steam_tools(a, tmp_path, experimental=False):
+    """A Steam library with an ARM64 Proton (needing a runtime) installed, like the Frame's; experimental=True also
+    installs Proton Experimental (chosen per game; the default is the stable one)."""
    apps = tmp_path / ".local/share/Steam/steamapps"
+    if experimental:
+        (apps / "common/Proton - Experimental (ARM64)").mkdir(parents=True)
+        (apps / "common/Proton - Experimental (ARM64)/toolmanifest.vdf").write_text(
+            '"manifest"\n{\n  "commandline" "/proton %verb%"\n  "require_tool_appid" "4185400"\n}\n')
+        (apps / "appmanifest_4427310.acf").write_text(
+            '"AppState"\n{\n\t"appid"\t\t"4427310"\n\t"name"\t\t"Proton Experimental (ARM64)"\n'
+            '\t"StateFlags"\t\t"4"\n\t"installdir"\t\t"Proton - Experimental (ARM64)"\n}\n')
    (apps / "common/Proton 11.0 (ARM64)").mkdir(parents=True)
    (apps / "common/SteamLinuxRuntime_4-arm64").mkdir(parents=True)
    (apps / "common/Proton 11.0 (ARM64)/toolmanifest.vdf").write_text(
@@ -131,6 +139,8 @@ def test_proton_status_and_command(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
    a = load_agent(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
    apps = fake_steam_tools(a, tmp_path)
    st = a.cmd_proton_status({})
+    assert st["ready"]["name"] == "proton_11-arm64" and st["suggested"]["name"] == "proton_11-arm64"  # stable
+    st = a.cmd_proton_status({"tool": "proton-stable-arm64"})
    assert st["ready"]["name"] == "proton_11-arm64"
    assert [t["name"] for t in st["tools"]] == ["proton_11-arm64", "proton-experimental-arm64"]  # stable first
    cmd = a.compat_command(st["ready"]["dir"])
@@ -146,7 +156,8 @@ def test_install_proton_request_mode(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
    monkeypatch.setattr(a.subprocess, "Popen", lambda args, **k: calls.append(args))
    r = a.cmd_install_proton({"tool": "proton-experimental-arm64"})
    assert r["requested"] == [4427310] and calls == [["steam", "-ifrunning", "steam://install/4427310"]]
-    assert a.cmd_install_proton({})["installed"] is True
+    assert a.cmd_install_proton({"tool": "proton-stable-arm64"})["installed"] is True
+    assert a.cmd_install_proton({})["installed"] is True  # the default: the stable one, already installed


 def test_stub_manifest(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
@@ -161,7 +172,7 @@ def test_stub_manifest(monkeypatch, tmp_path):

 def test_pcvr_install_flow(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
    a = load_agent(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
-    fake_steam_tools(a, tmp_path)
+    fake_steam_tools(a, tmp_path, experimental=True)
    monkeypatch.setattr(a, "pcvr_pids", lambda base: [])
    prep = a.cmd_prepare_pcvr({"package": "rift.space_game", "title": "Space Game"})
    inc = Path(prep["incoming"])
@@ -179,7 +190,7 @@ def test_pcvr_install_flow(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
                 "xrlayer": {"XR_APILAYER_FRAMEPORT_timefix.json": len(layer_json), "libxr_frameport_timefix.so": 3}}
    r = a.cmd_finalize_pcvr({"package": "rift.space_game", "title": "Space Game", "exe": "Space Game.exe",
                             "manifests": manifests, "env": {"PROTON_LOG": "1", "bad key": "x"}, "xr_layer": True})
-    assert r["ok"] and r["proton"] == "proton_11-arm64"
+    assert r["ok"] and r["proton"] == "proton_11-arm64"  # the default: stable, also with Experimental installed
    launch = Path(prep["anchor"]) / "launch.sh"
    text = launch.read_text()
    assert subprocess.run(["bash", "-n", str(launch)]).returncode == 0
@@ -321,7 +332,7 @@ def test_pcvr_launcher_oculus_hmd_helper(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
    import pytest

    a = load_agent(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
-    fake_steam_tools(a, tmp_path)
+    fake_steam_tools(a, tmp_path, experimental=True)
    monkeypatch.setattr(a, "pcvr_pids", lambda base: [])

    def install(pkg, helper=True, revive=True, oculus_hmd=True):
@@ -1142,6 +1153,54 @@ def test_dashboard_worker_hides_dashboard_after_first_frames(monkeypatch, tmp_pa
    assert calls.count("SteamClient.OpenVR.VROverlay.HideDashboard()") == 3  # at most three times


+def test_dashboard_worker_starts_at_the_first_submitted_frame(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """Steam's "Resume game" menu opens at the game's first frame (ITR2: 0.3 s after FrameBridge's "new layer:"); the
+    first "pacing:" summary comes ~8 s later, after the player had pressed Resume. The log grows while it waits."""
+    a = load_agent(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
+    log = tmp_path / "launch.log"
+    log.write_text("Lepton starting\nI FrameBridge: xrCreateSwapchain 2016x1728\nI FrameBridge: new la")
+    pieces = ["yer: type=35 swapchain=0x0\n"]  # the marker split across two reads
+
+    def sleep(s):
+        if pieces:
+            with open(log, "a") as f:
+                f.write(pieces.pop(0))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(a.time, "sleep", sleep)
+    clock = iter(range(0, 10000))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(a.time, "time", lambda: next(clock))
+    calls = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(a, "steam_js", lambda expr, timeout=5: calls.append(expr) or expr.endswith("Visible()"))
+    a.dashboard_worker(str(log), os.getpid(), wait_start=10, window=4)
+    assert "SteamClient.OpenVR.VROverlay.HideDashboard()" in calls
+
+
+def test_dashboard_worker_leaves_a_dashboard_the_player_opened(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """ITR2 (agent 52): the player's controller button opened the dashboard and the worker closed it 60 ms later; the
+    game had paused for it and stayed paused. After a toggle_dashboard_action the worker must stop for good."""
+    a = load_agent(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
+    log, ui = tmp_path / "launch.log", tmp_path / "vrwebhelper_systemui.txt"
+    log.write_text("I FrameBridge: new layer: type=35\n")
+    ui.write_text("| [Dashboard] [ToggleDashboard] toggle_dashboard_action (an earlier session)\n")
+    visible = iter([True, False, False, True, True])
+    calls = []
+
+    def js(expr, timeout=5):
+        calls.append(expr)
+        return next(visible, True) if expr.endswith("Visible()") else None
+    monkeypatch.setattr(a, "steam_js", js)
+    steps = iter(range(10000))
+
+    def sleep(s):
+        if next(steps) == 2:  # the player presses the dashboard button
+            with open(ui, "a") as f:
+                f.write("| [Dashboard] [ToggleDashboard] toggle_dashboard_action bSourceIsVRLinkRemote false\n")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(a.time, "sleep", sleep)
+    clock = iter(range(0, 10000))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(a.time, "time", lambda: next(clock))
+    a.dashboard_worker(str(log), os.getpid(), wait_start=10, window=50, ui_log=str(ui))
+    assert calls.count("SteamClient.OpenVR.VROverlay.HideDashboard()") == 1  # Steam's start-up menu only
+
+
 def test_dashboard_worker_waits_for_vr_frames(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
    a = load_agent(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
    monkeypatch.setattr(a.time, "sleep", lambda s: None)
@@ -1220,3 +1279,29 @@ def test_power_schedules_systemctl_in_a_user_timer(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
    assert a.cmd_power({"action": "sleep", "force": True})["action"] == "sleep"
    with pytest.raises(a.AgentError):
        a.cmd_power({"action": "format"})
+
+
+def test_incomplete_deployment_records_dont_break_listing(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """GitHub #40: a deployment.json without "base" made every connection fail with KeyError: 'base'."""
+    a = load_agent(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
+    good = tmp_path / "Applications/quest-frame/com.x.ok"
+    good.mkdir(parents=True)
+    (good / "deployment.json").write_text(json.dumps({"package": "com.x.ok", "appid": 5}))  # no base / title
+    junk = tmp_path / "Applications/quest-frame/other"
+    junk.mkdir(parents=True)
+    (junk / "deployment.json").write_text(json.dumps({"name": "something else"}))
+    games = a.cmd_list_installed({})["games"]
+    assert [g["package"] for g in games] == ["com.x.ok"] and games[0]["base"] == str(good)
+    assert a.deployment("com.x.ok")["base"] == str(good)
+
+
+def test_proton_defaults_to_stable(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    a = load_agent(monkeypatch, tmp_path)
+    stable = {"name": "proton_11-arm64", "display_name": "Proton 11.0-2 (ARM64)", "aliases": "proton-stable-arm64,"
+              "proton-stable", "experimental": False, "installed": True, "require_installed": True}
+    exp = {"name": "proton-experimental-arm64", "display_name": "Proton Experimental (ARM64)",
+           "aliases": "proton-experimental", "experimental": True, "installed": False, "require_installed": True}
+    assert a.pick_proton([stable, exp])["name"] == "proton_11-arm64"
+    assert a.pick_proton([exp, stable])["name"] == "proton_11-arm64"  # whatever the order
+    assert a.pick_proton([stable, exp], "proton-experimental")["name"] == "proton-experimental-arm64"  # by alias
+    assert a.pick_proton([exp])["name"] == "proton-experimental-arm64"  # only Experimental offered
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+"""Confirmed game configs from GitHub main (recommend/catalog.refresh_remote): fetched without a release, skipped when
+they need a newer FramePort."""
+import json
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import pytest
+
+from frameport.recommend import catalog
+
+GOOD = ("package: com.x.good\ntitle: Good\nstatus: works\nframe:\n- frame.unity_text_input\n"
+        "verified:\n  date: '2099-01-01'\n")
+FUTURE_PATCH = "package: com.x.future\ntitle: Future\nstatus: works\nframe:\n- frame.not_yet_released\n"
+FUTURE_FIELD = "package: com.x.field\ntitle: Field\nstatus: works\nlinux_runtime: x\n"
+FUTURE_APP = "package: com.x.app\ntitle: App\nstatus: works\nmin_app: 99.0.0\n"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def github(monkeypatch):
+    files = {"catalog/games/com.x.good.yaml": ("s1", GOOD), "catalog/games/com.x.future.yaml": ("s2", FUTURE_PATCH),
+             "catalog/games/com.x.field.yaml": ("s3", FUTURE_FIELD), "catalog/games/com.x.app.yaml": ("s4", FUTURE_APP),
+             "catalog/triage.yaml": ("s5", "x: 1\n")}
+    calls = []
+
+    def http_get(url, timeout=20, **kw):
+        calls.append(url)
+        if "git/trees" in url:
+            return SimpleNamespace(json=lambda: {"tree": [{"path": p, "type": "blob", "sha": s}
+                                                          for p, (s, _t) in files.items()]})
+        path = url.split("/main/", 1)[1]
+        return SimpleNamespace(text=files[path][1])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(catalog.cache, "http_get", http_get)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("FRAMEPORT_CATALOG_URL", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("FRAMEPORT_NO_CATALOG_UPDATE", raising=False)
+    return files, calls
+
+
+def test_remote_configs_are_used_and_newer_app_configs_skipped(github):
+    files, calls = github
+    assert catalog.refresh_remote(force=True) == 0  # the first download: nothing "updated" (no toast)
+    entries = catalog.load(refresh=True)
+    assert entries["com.x.good"].origin == "remote"
+    st = catalog.remote_status()
+    assert set(st["skipped"]) == {"com.x.future", "com.x.field", "com.x.app"}
+    assert "frame.not_yet_released" in st["skipped"]["com.x.future"]
+    assert "com.x.future" not in entries and "com.x.app" not in entries
+    # a second check downloads nothing new (only the file list), and only after 6 h unless forced
+    calls.clear()
+    assert catalog.refresh_remote() == 0 and calls == []
+    assert catalog.refresh_remote(force=True) == 0 and len(calls) == 1
+
+
+def test_changed_and_removed_files(github):
+    files, _ = github
+    catalog.refresh_remote(force=True)
+    files["catalog/games/com.x.good.yaml"] = ("s9", GOOD.replace("status: works", "status: issues"))
+    del files["catalog/games/com.x.app.yaml"]
+    assert catalog.refresh_remote(force=True) == 1
+    assert catalog.load(refresh=True)["com.x.good"].status == "issues"
+    assert not list(catalog.cache.cache_dir().glob("catalog-gh-s4.yaml"))  # removed from main: removed here
+
+
+def test_offline_keeps_the_cache(github, monkeypatch):
+    catalog.refresh_remote(force=True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(catalog.cache, "http_get", lambda *a, **k: (_ for _ in ()).throw(OSError("offline")))
+    assert catalog.refresh_remote(force=True) == 0
+    assert catalog.load(refresh=True)["com.x.good"].origin == "remote"
+
+
+def test_turned_off(github, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("FRAMEPORT_NO_CATALOG_UPDATE", "1")
+    assert catalog.refresh_remote(force=True) == 0
+    assert "com.x.good" not in catalog.load(refresh=True)
+    assert json.dumps(catalog.remote_status())  # still reports (never checked)
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+"""Right-click menus in the Files and Screenshots tabs: what they offer, and that a right-click on one of several
+selected items acts on the whole selection (as in a file manager)."""
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+from frameport.install.files import Entry
+from frameport.ui import components as C
+from frameport.ui.views.files import FilesView
+from frameport.ui.views.screenshots import ALL, ScreenshotsView
+
+
+class FakeApp(SimpleNamespace):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(copied=[], page=SimpleNamespace(run_task=lambda fn, *a, **k: None))
+
+    def copy(self, text):
+        self.copied.append(text)
+
+
+def labels(actions):
+    return [a[0] if a else "—" for a in actions]
+
+
+def test_menu_targets_selection_or_single():
+    assert C.menu_targets("a", ["a", "b"]) == ["a", "b"]
+    assert C.menu_targets("c", ["a", "b"]) == ["c"]  # outside the selection: only the clicked item
+    assert C.menu_targets("a", ["a"]) == ["a"]
+
+
+def files_view():
+    v = FilesView(FakeApp())
+    v.loc = {"id": "videos", "label": "Videos", "path": "/home/x/Videos", "android": "/sdcard/Movies"}
+    v.path = "/home/x/Videos/trips"
+    v.entries = [Entry("clips", "/home/x/Videos/trips/clips", True, 0, 0),
+                 Entry("a.mp4", "/home/x/Videos/trips/a.mp4", False, 10, 0),
+                 Entry("b.mp4", "/home/x/Videos/trips/b.mp4", False, 20, 0)]
+    return v
+
+
+def test_files_menu_single_entry_and_folder_space():
+    v = files_view()
+    folder = labels(v.menu_actions(v.entries[0]))
+    assert folder[:4] == ["Open", "Download to this PC…", "Rename…", "Copy path"]
+    assert "Select" in folder and folder[-1] == "Delete…"
+    actions = v.menu_actions(v.entries[1])
+    assert "Open" not in labels(actions)
+    dict((a[0], a[2]) for a in actions if a)["Copy path"](None)
+    assert v.app.copied == ["/sdcard/Movies/trips/a.mp4"]  # as games see it
+    space = labels(v.menu_actions(None))
+    assert space[:3] == ["Upload files…", "Upload folder…", "New folder…"] and "Refresh" in space
+
+
+def test_files_menu_on_a_selection_acts_on_all_of_it():
+    v = files_view()
+    v.selected = {v.entries[1].path, v.entries[2].path}
+    multi = labels(v.menu_actions(v.entries[2]))
+    assert "Download 2 items to this PC…" in multi and "Delete 2 items…" in multi
+    assert "Rename…" not in multi and "Clear selection" in multi
+    assert "Download to this PC…" in labels(v.menu_actions(v.entries[0]))  # not in the selection: just that one
+
+
+def test_files_menu_keeps_lepton_links_safe():
+    v = files_view()
+    v.loc = {"id": "app:x", "label": "Game", "path": "/base/external", "android": "/sdcard"}
+    v.path = "/base/external"
+    link = Entry("Movies", "/base/external/Movies", True, 0, 0, link=True)
+    v.entries = [link]
+    got = labels(v.menu_actions(link))
+    assert "Rename…" not in got and "Delete…" not in got and "Select" not in got
+
+
+def screenshots_view():
+    v = ScreenshotsView(FakeApp())
+    v.shots = [{"path": f"/s/{i}.jpg", "package": "com.x" if i < 2 else "", "title": "X", "time": 1} for i in range(3)]
+    v._fill_dropdown()
+    return v
+
+
+def test_screenshots_menu():
+    v = screenshots_view()
+    v.games = [{"package": "com.x", "title": "X", "count": 2}, {"package": "", "count": 1}]
+    v._fill_dropdown()
+    one = labels(v.menu_actions(v.shots[0]))
+    assert one[:3] == ["View", "Download…", "Show only this game's screenshots"] and one[-1] == "Delete…"
+    assert "Show only screenshots not from a FramePort game" in labels(v.menu_actions(v.shots[2]))
+    v.filter = "com.x"
+    assert not any("Show only" in x for x in labels(v.menu_actions(v.shots[0])))
+    v.filter = ALL
+    v.selected = {v.shots[0]["path"], v.shots[1]["path"]}
+    multi = labels(v.menu_actions(v.shots[1]))
+    assert "Download 2 screenshots…" in multi and "Delete 2 screenshots…" in multi and "View" not in multi
+    assert labels(v.menu_actions(None))[:2] == ["Download all (3)…", "Select all"]
+
+
+def test_drag_select_paints_a_selection():
+    sel = set()
+    d = C.DragSelect(lambda k: k in sel, lambda k, on: (sel.add if on else sel.discard)(k),
+                     can_select=lambda k: k != "locked")
+    d.hover("a", True)       # just hovering: nothing happens
+    assert sel == set()
+    d.start()                # press on "a" and drag
+    for k in ("b", "locked", "c"):
+        d.hover(k, True)
+    d.hover("b", True)       # passing an item again doesn't flip it back
+    d.end()
+    assert sel == {"a", "b", "c"}
+    d.hover("d", True)       # after the drag: hover only
+    assert "d" not in sel
+
+
+def test_drag_select_from_a_selected_item_deselects():
+    sel = {"a", "b", "c"}
+    d = C.DragSelect(lambda k: k in sel, lambda k, on: (sel.add if on else sel.discard)(k))
+    d.hover("b", True)
+    d.start()
+    d.hover("c", True)
+    d.end()
+    assert sel == {"a"}
+
+
+def test_drag_select_from_empty_space_selects_and_calls_on_start():
+    sel, started = set(), []
+    d = C.DragSelect(lambda k: k in sel, lambda k, on: (sel.add if on else sel.discard)(k),
+                     on_start=lambda: started.append(1))
+    d.hover("a", True)
+    d.hover("a", False)      # left the item: the drag starts on empty space
+    d.start()
+    d.hover("x", True)
+    assert sel == {"x"} and started == [1]
@@ -78,3 +78,17 @@ def test_bundles_contain_the_translations():
    """Both packaging paths ship locales/*.json (flet build packages src/; PyInstaller needs --add-data)."""
    text = (ROOT / "scripts" / "package.py").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
    assert "src/frameport/locales" in text and "frameport/locales" in text
+
+
+def test_tr_n_calls_dont_pass_n_twice():
+    """tr_n formats with n itself: tr_n(..., n, n=n) raises TypeError at runtime (0.9.2 pre-release check)."""
+    import ast
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    bad = []
+    for path in (Path(__file__).parents[1] / "src/frameport").rglob("*.py"):
+        for node in ast.walk(ast.parse(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))):
+            if isinstance(node, ast.Call) and getattr(node.func, "id", None) == "tr_n" and \
+                    any(k.arg == "n" for k in node.keywords):
+                bad.append(f"{path.name}:{node.lineno}")
+    assert not bad, bad
@@ -106,3 +106,15 @@ def test_linux_recipes_dont_follow_the_catalog(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
    data["settings"]["recipes.app_version"] = "0.0.0"  # as after an app update
    library._follow_catalog(data)
    assert data["games"][g["package"]]["recipe"]["as_is"] is True
+
+
+def test_failed_pc_game_on_stable_suggests_experimental_proton():
+    from frameport.core import library
+
+    library.upsert_game("rift.x", kind="rift", recipe={"package": "rift.x", "patches": {}},
+                        installs={"frame": {"result": {"proton": "proton_11-arm64"}}})
+    assert pipeline.proton_alternative_worth_trying("rift.x", "fail")
+    assert not pipeline.proton_alternative_worth_trying("rift.x", "pass")
+    recipe = pipeline.apply_suggestions("rift.x", [pipeline.PROTON_TOOL])
+    assert recipe.patches[pipeline.PROTON_TOOL] == {"tool": "proton-experimental"}
+    assert not pipeline.proton_alternative_worth_trying("rift.x", "fail")  # already on Experimental
@@ -254,3 +254,27 @@ def test_platform_asset_picks_the_arm64_linux_bundle(monkeypatch):
    assert updates.platform_asset() == "FramePort-linux-arm64.tar.gz"
    monkeypatch.setattr(updates.platform, "machine", lambda: "x86_64")
    assert updates.platform_asset() == "FramePort-linux-x64.tar.gz"
+
+
+def test_dev_build_versions_sort_between_releases():
+    import importlib.util
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("dev_version", Path(__file__).parents[1] / "scripts/dev_version.py")
+    mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+    assert mod.dev_version("0.9.0", 57) == "0.9.1.dev57"
+    pv = updates.parse_version
+    assert pv("0.9.0") < pv("0.9.1.dev57") < pv("0.9.1.dev58") < pv("0.9.1")
+    assert updates.is_newer("0.9.1", "0.9.1.dev58") and not updates.is_newer("0.9.0", "0.9.1.dev58")
+
+
+def test_dev_release_is_only_read_on_request():
+    release = {"tag_name": "dev", "prerelease": True, "html_url": "https://example/dev", "body": "try X",
+               "assets": [{"name": "frameport-0.9.1.dev57-py3-none-any.whl", "browser_download_url": "w"},
+                          {"name": "FramePort-windows-x64.zip", "browser_download_url": "z"},
+                          {"name": "SHA256SUMS.txt", "browser_download_url": "s"}]}
+    assert updates.update_from_release(release, "FramePort-windows-x64.zip") is None  # automatic checks skip it
+    up = updates.update_from_release(release, "FramePort-windows-x64.zip", dev=True)
+    assert up.version == "0.9.1.dev57" and up.asset_url == "z" and up.sums_url == "s" and up.notes == "try X"
+    assert updates.update_from_release({**release, "assets": []}, dev=True) is None  # no wheel: no version
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""USB cable link check (frame/usb.py): finding this PC's address on the Frame's USB network."""
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+from frameport.frame import usb
+
+
+def test_pc_usb_addresses_from_ipconfig(monkeypatch):
+    ipconfig = ("Ethernet adapter Ethernet 3:\n   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.86.200.234\n"
+                "Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:\n   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.20\n")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(usb.subprocess, "run",
+                        lambda cmd, **k: SimpleNamespace(stdout=ipconfig if cmd[0] == "ipconfig" else ""))
+    assert usb.pc_usb_addresses("10.86.200.233") == ["10.86.200.234"]
+
+
+def test_pc_usb_addresses_ignores_broadcast(monkeypatch):
+    ip = "7: eth3    inet 10.86.200.234/29 brd 10.86.200.239 scope global eth3\n"
+    monkeypatch.setattr(usb.subprocess, "run", lambda cmd, **k: SimpleNamespace(stdout=ip if cmd[0] == "ip" else ""))
+    assert usb.pc_usb_addresses("10.86.200.233") == ["10.86.200.234"]
+
+
+def test_check_reports_missing_usb_link():
+    frame = SimpleNamespace(agent=lambda cmd, **k: {"present": False})
+    out = usb.check(frame)
+    assert out["notes"] and "usb0" in out["notes"][0]
+
+
+def test_discovered_frames_are_deduplicated_by_host_key():
+    from frameport.frame.discovery import Found, dedupe
+
+    found = [Found("frame", "192.168.1.30", source="devkit", addresses=["frame.local"]),
+             Found("192.168.1.30", "192.168.1.30", source="scan"),
+             Found("My Frame", "10.86.200.233", source="saved"),
+             Found("frame", "10.35.78.1", source="devkit"),
+             Found("other", "192.168.1.40", source="devkit")]
+    keys = {"192.168.1.30": "A", "10.86.200.233": "A", "10.35.78.1": "A", "192.168.1.40": "B"}
+    out = dedupe(found, key_of=lambda f: keys.get(f.host))
+    assert len(out) == 2
+    frame = next(f for f in out if f.host != "192.168.1.40")
+    assert frame.host == "10.86.200.233" and frame.via == "USB"  # the fastest link wins
+    assert frame.source == "devkit" and frame.name == "frame"  # the best-known source/name is kept
+    assert {"192.168.1.30", "10.35.78.1"} <= set(frame.addresses)
+    # an entry whose key can't be read isn't merged away
+    assert len(dedupe([Found("x", "1.2.3.4")], key_of=lambda f: None)) == 1
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
github-actions[bot]	4910440f56	catalog: com.resolutiongames.abvriop.santacruz (from #46 )	2026-10-05 21:57:44 +00:00
spoopyghosty0	44a056095d	Dashboard worker (agent v53) leaves a dashboard the player opened with the controller alone (v52 closed it 60 ms after each press, the game stayed paused); Into The Radius 2: focus_hold up to 2.5 s (the Frame dropped focus for 0.4 s and 1.0 s and Unreal paused each time), notes from the headset test	2026-10-05 15:58:50 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	6037b13e88	Dashboard at game start (agent v52): watch from the game's first submitted frame instead of the first pacing summary, which came ~8 s after Steam's "Resume game" menu (seen with Into The Radius 2); incremental log reads, 0.5 s checks	2026-10-05 15:46:54 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	c3a34ace99	Files, Screenshots and Library: right-click menus (Files and Screenshots; on one of several selected items they act on the whole selection) and click-and-drag multi-select in all three; selection bars moved below the lists so they don't shift items mid-drag; the Files row Download button works again (Flet never awaited it); ui_smoke --gestures drives real mouse drags and right-clicks	2026-10-05 15:43:06 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	05843633a7	Proton: the stable one is the default again (agent v51), Experimental suggested when a PC VR game fails; USB setup: "OR" between the two setup buttons and a Developer Mode pop-up first; tr_n crash in the catalog toast/Settings fixed; no "configs updated" toast on the first download	2026-10-05 14:55:23 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	5198f704e9	Game configs update without a release: installed apps fetch catalog/games from GitHub main every 6 h (one API call + changed files only; background, cache-only loading; Settings → Data: last check, Check now, off switch; `frameport catalog-update`). Configs that need a newer FramePort (unknown patch, adapter setting or field, or min_app above this version) are skipped	2026-10-05 14:31:21 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	eeee7d2b84	Merge pull request #43 from GreySyntax/patch-1 Add missing macOS file entitlement	2026-10-05 14:28:52 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	772c26d91a	Connect with a USB cable: wizard "Set up with a USB cable" (live cable detection; setup command over the cable via the Frame's fixed PC address 10.86.200.234; connects right away when already set up), discovered Frames de-duplicated by SSH host key preferring USB > Frame hotspot > network, USB check fixes. Verified on the device: NCM driver-free on Windows 11, DHCP from the Frame, Frame->PC over the cable, the real setup end to end over USB, 36.9 vs 11.3 MB/s, re-finding a lost address	2026-10-05 14:24:48 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	db0a78ccc3	FAQ: how to lay out games with OBB files (data folder named after the package, one folder per game)	2026-10-05 13:58:43 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	01d764e05c	scripts/usb_autotest.py: one autonomous USB-cable test (Windows adapters/driver/USB class via powershell.exe from WSL, the Frame's gadget units and NetworkManager setup, Frame -> PC over the cable, SSH + upload speed over USB vs Wi-Fi), Markdown report	2026-10-05 13:52:32 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	0c5c1638ed	USB cable link check: agent v50 `usb_link` (usb0 state/addresses, gadget functions, USB speed, DHCP from the Frame, sshd) and `frameport frame usb-check` (this PC's address on it, SSH over the cable with the same host key, upload speed vs the normal link) — for deciding on a USB connection option in the setup wizard	2026-10-05 13:41:41 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	a49cfb0b57	PC VR games default to Proton Experimental (agent v49), with Stable one click away: Customize shows the Proton version as a dropdown, and a launch test that fails on Experimental suggests "Try the stable Proton and reinstall". Installing asks again for the runtime Steam names only after Proton is installed	2026-10-05 13:35:26 -04:00
Jordan	0f975d2233	Add missing macOS file entitlement Without this entitlement the app is unable to show the file picker dialogue.	2026-10-05 16:27:38 +01:00
spoopyghosty0	ccff9ab486	FramePort 0.9.1	2026-10-05 08:42:45 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	f2cf7db507	Dev builds on demand: CI "Run workflow" (dev ticked, optional notes for testers) publishes the rolling `dev` pre-release with version <next patch>.dev<run>; Settings → Updates → "Install the latest dev build…" installs it like an update (automatic checks still ignore it; the next release is offered normally)	2026-10-05 08:30:05 -04:00
spoopyghosty0	2f740bbb41	Agent v48: incomplete deployment records (no base/appid) no longer break every connection with KeyError: 'base' (GitHub #40 ); the app logs unexpected connect errors with their traceback	2026-10-05 08:21:21 -04:00