get.videolan.org regularly times out from GitHub-hosted runners and
Claude Code web sandboxes, taking the desktop CI build down with it
even though the failure is unrelated to the change under review.
Wire a -PskipVlcSetup=true (env: AMETHYST_SKIP_VLC=true) opt-out in
desktopApp/build.gradle.kts that disables the vlcDownload, upxDownload,
and vlcSetup tasks. Pass it from build.yml so PR CI no longer gates on
VLC reachability, and export the env from the CCW session-start hook.
Release packaging (create-release.yml) intentionally does not set the
flag, so shipped artifacts still bundle VLC.
Claude
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