stop muting your users. instead, use local license validation.

Before I explain what I built, I have two dev stories. First: a producer on a flight to Berlin opens his synth plugin mid-track. The developer had auth wired to a v1/validate endpoint. JWT expired. No Wi-Fi. Plugin interprets a 401 as an unlicensed state and mutes. Paying customer, silenced over the Atlantic. Second: a film composer drives to a remote recording session and realizes his iLok dongle is on his desk at home. Switches to cloud mode. Studio router reboots mid-take. Session dead.