Treats driver index cache older than 7 days as stale to trigger re-downloads and avoid outdated metadata.
Improves resiliency by falling back to a refresh when the cache timestamp can’t be read, and adds clearer logging for cache age and refresh decisions.
Adds best-effort Surface System SKU resolution and persists it into driver mappings to reduce model-name ambiguity during deployment.
Speeds up Microsoft model discovery by using a local cache and updates cached Download Center details during driver downloads to keep the UI responsive.
Prefers System SKU-based rule selection for Microsoft devices, falling back to legacy model-string matching when SKU data is unavailable.
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