chore(release): prep 4.5.2 — suspend #65 VOD wedge detector while paused

One bug fix, no public API change. #65: the 4.2.2 backpressure wedge-breaker
misread an ordinary user pause (>~24s) of bridged-audio loopback-HLS content
as a producer wedge and re-anchored against a player that cannot advance,
leaving a permanent wedge that needed a force-quit. Wedge detection now gates
on play intent (timeControlStatus), so a pause never trips it while a genuine
starved wedge still does. Reported independently by rrgomes and reckloon.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XZTEfmztPE8hAdjHdBr9BH

Author: superuser404notfound

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ the public-API contract.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [4.5.2] — 2026-06-26
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **A user pause was misread as a backpressure wedge, deadlocking the loopback-HLS VOD path (#65).** The 4.2.2 wedge-breaker re-anchors the producer when the consumer's fetch target freezes. A paused AVPlayer freezes that target legitimately (it issues no forward fetch by design), so a pause longer than ~24 s on a bridged-audio loopback-HLS title (TrueHD, DTS-HD MA, or any codec that routes through the FLAC/EAC3 bridge) tripped the breaker. The re-anchor loop then ran against a player that cannot advance, exhausted its attempts, and left the producer re-anchored ahead of a buffer stranded behind the playhead, a state resume could not recover (force-quit required). Wedge detection now gates on play intent: it tracks `timeControlStatus` and suspends while the player is paused, so a pause of any length never trips it and the window after resume starts fresh. A genuine starved wedge (the player wants to play but is buffer-starved, `waitingToPlay`) still trips, and the seek-deadline reconcile gets the same pause guard so a paused scrub is not mistaken for a starved seek. Thanks to rrgomes and reckloon for the independent captures and the precise root-cause analysis.
+
+([release notes](https://github.com/superuser404notfound/AetherEngine/releases/tag/4.5.2))
+
 ## [4.5.1] — 2026-06-26
 
 ### Fixed

README.md

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Subtitle cues land in raw source PTS; render the overlay against `player.sourceT
 Install via Swift Package Manager:
 
 ```swift
-.package(url: "https://github.com/superuser404notfound/AetherEngine", from: "4.5.1")
+.package(url: "https://github.com/superuser404notfound/AetherEngine", from: "4.5.2")
 ```
 
 Two complementary samples ship in `Examples/`:
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ Browse all of this as a searchable site at **[aetherengine.superuser404.de](http
 AetherEngine uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org). The public API surface — every `public` declaration in `Sources/AetherEngine/` — is the stability contract. **Major** removes / renames public symbols or breaks adopters; **Minor** adds public API or codec / format support; **Patch** fixes bugs with no public API change. `internal` types are not part of the contract.
 
 ```swift
-.package(url: "https://github.com/superuser404notfound/AetherEngine", from: "4.5.1")
+.package(url: "https://github.com/superuser404notfound/AetherEngine", from: "4.5.2")
 ```
 
-Pin to `.upToNextMinor(from: "4.5.1")` for stricter teams that prefer to opt into minor bumps explicitly.
+Pin to `.upToNextMinor(from: "4.5.2")` for stricter teams that prefer to opt into minor bumps explicitly.
 
 ## Requirements