v0.16.2

A small reliability release: catalog sync errors now say exactly what failed, and the update check no longer breaks on odd characters in release titles.

## Catalog sync

- **Clear sync errors (#1570):** when a catalog fails validation, "Last sync problem" on the Premium page and `freeapi.log` now name the exact entry and field (for example `models[977] limits is missing`) instead of just "catalog payload has unexpected shape". Refs #1566.

The Premium sync failure reported in #1566 was caused by one malformed row in the 2026-10-17 live catalog, and it was fixed on the catalog side on 2026-10-18 (live `2026.10.18.ff2e06ec`). You don't need this release to recover: Premium installs on any version pick up the fixed catalog on their next sync, or straight away with **Premium → Check for updates**. The catalog signer now refuses to publish a catalog the app would reject.

## Updates

- **Update check hardening (#1572):** an out-of-range or invalid numeric entity in a GitHub release title no longer turns `/api/update/check` into a 502.

## Updating

Download the installer for your platform below, or pull `ghcr.io/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi:v0.16.2` (`latest` also points here). Existing keys and profiles are retained. No database migrations in this release.

**Full changelog:** https://github.com/tashfeenahmed/freellmapi/compare/v0.16.1...v0.16.2

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