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 {
-    "version": "8",
-    "display": "Beta-8",
-    "file": "A-Team-Android_ROM_Builder-Beta-8.7z",
-    "notes": "tweak updater flow"
+    "version": "9",
+    "display": "Beta-9",
+    "file": "A-Team-Android_ROM_Builder-Beta-9.7z",
+    "notes": "start with unpopulated hosts.conf unless app is being updated, add resource monitor for ssh connection, make some routines more robust"
 }