diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/nightly.yml b/.gitea/workflows/nightly.yml
index 45832ae..41ea65f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           AUTOPKG_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
           AUTOPKG_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_TOKEN || github.token }}
           AUTOPKG_REPLACE: ${{ github.event.inputs.replace }}
+          AUTOPKG_SKIP_PGP: "1" # Womp womp
           PKG: ${{ matrix.pkg }}
         run: |
           # -E keeps AUTOPKG_*; force HOME to builder's so cargo/git/etc. can write their caches
diff --git a/autopackage.py b/autopackage.py
index 4012ee7..34f62de 100644
--- a/autopackage.py
+++ b/autopackage.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import shlex
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import time
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.request
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -257,16 +258,33 @@ def auth_header(cfg: Config) -> str:
 
 
 def http_request(url: str, method: str, cfg: Config,
-                 data: Optional[bytes] = None) -> tuple:
-    req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, method=method)
-    req.add_header("Authorization", auth_header(cfg))
-    if data is not None:
-        req.add_header("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
-    try:
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
-            return resp.status, resp.read().decode("utf-8", "replace")
-    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
-        return e.code, e.read().decode("utf-8", "replace")
+                 data: Optional[bytes] = None, retries: int = 4) -> tuple:
+    last_err: Optional[Exception] = None
+    for attempt in range(1, retries + 1):
+        req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, method=method)
+        req.add_header("Authorization", auth_header(cfg))
+        if data is not None:
+            req.add_header("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
+        try:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=300) as resp:
+                return resp.status, resp.read().decode("utf-8", "replace")
+        except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+            body = e.read().decode("utf-8", "replace")
+            # Retry transient server errors; return everything else as-is.
+            if e.code in (500, 502, 503, 504) and attempt < retries:
+                last_err = e
+            else:
+                return e.code, body
+        except (urllib.error.URLError, ConnectionError, TimeoutError, OSError) as e:
+            # Network-level failures (e.g. connection reset by peer) -> retry.
+            last_err = e
+            if attempt >= retries:
+                raise
+        backoff = min(2 ** attempt, 30)
+        print(f"  {method} {url} failed ({last_err}); "
+              f"retry {attempt}/{retries - 1} in {backoff}s")
+        time.sleep(backoff)
+    raise RuntimeError(f"{method} {url} failed after {retries} attempts: {last_err}")
 
 
 def delete_version(filename: str, cfg: Config) -> None:
@@ -323,6 +341,8 @@ def build_config(args: argparse.Namespace) -> Config:
     makepkg_cmd = ["makepkg", "-s", "--noconfirm", "--needed"]
     if args.cleanbuild:
         makepkg_cmd.append("--cleanbuild")
+    if args.skip_pgp:
+        makepkg_cmd.append("--skippgpcheck")
     if args.sign:
         makepkg_cmd.append("--sign")
 
@@ -361,6 +381,11 @@ def main(argv: List[str]) -> int:
                          "(used to build the CI matrix)")
     ap.add_argument("--cleanbuild", action="store_true",
                     help="Pass --cleanbuild to makepkg")
+    ap.add_argument("--skip-pgp", action="store_true",
+                    default=env("AUTOPKG_SKIP_PGP", "") not in ("", "0", "false"),
+                    help="Skip source PGP signature checks (sha256sums still "
+                         "verified). Useful when upstream signing keys aren't in "
+                         "the build keyring.")
     ap.add_argument("--sign", action="store_true",
                     help="Sign packages (makepkg --sign) and upload .sig files")
     ap.add_argument("--keep-going", action="store_true",
diff --git a/ggml-git-latest-commit/.gitkeep b/ggml-git-latest-commit/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000