Weekly Product Update

Key details

• Merged changes reviewed: 4
• Core repos shipped: 2
• Focused product themes: 3

Top Highlights

Grotto now detects backend outages as outages instead of asking signed-in people to claim a username they may already have.

Suggested Creators filters out malformed, placeholder, and content-less creator records so discovery stays focused on real creators.

Studio agent runs now tolerate transient model failures, longer build sessions, better file edits, and more realistic project generation windows.

Studio now presents clearer build-from-scratch choices, real sandbox capacity, and a simpler Three.js or HTML5 target picker.

Outages Are Clearer

When the backend is unreachable, the app now tells people what is happening instead of sending them into the wrong setup flow.

• Profile loading now treats network and server failures differently from a real missing username, preventing confusing username prompts during outages.
• A shared reachability monitor powers the connection status and a full-screen offline state, so people get a consistent signal when Grotto needs the backend to recover.
• Protected actions now wait for the profile check to succeed before deciding whether someone needs onboarding.

Creator Discovery Got Cleaner

Suggested Creators should now show fewer junk rows and more real people worth following.

• Malformed addresses, burn addresses, all-Fs placeholders, and zero-address records are rejected before they can pollute follow data.
• Suggested Creator ranking now requires real published creator activity instead of promoting empty follow-only records.
• Cleanup tooling was added for existing junk follow records so the backend can repair old bad data safely.

Studio Runs Can Last Longer

B.O.B.'s backend and Studio UI now line up around more realistic build sessions, clearer targets, and less misleading setup copy.

• Transient model failures, dropped responses, truncated JSON, and temporary provider errors are retried with backoff instead of ending the whole run.
• Studio agent limits were raised for longer sessions, with bigger model outputs, longer command windows, more steps, and a steadier streaming connection.
• The agent harness gained surgical file edits, safe file deletion, bounded long-run context, and model-aware output sizing.
• Studio now focuses on Three.js and HTML5 targets while keeping Unity support in the separate game-upload path where it belongs.
• The build-target picker, Studio landing copy, quote flow, and idea suggestions now better match what B.O.B. actually builds from scratch.
• Sandbox capacity now comes from the live health endpoint instead of a placeholder number, so creators see a more honest fleet signal.

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Source record

The Grotto’s official update was published June 21, 2026.