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After a long wait, Ballast <https://github.com/copper-leaf/ballast/releases/tag/4.1.0|4.1.0> is now released! There are no significant changes in this release and should be backward-compatible with previous versions, but does include a few small additions and bugfixes, along with support for Kotlin 1.9.22.

The biggest new feature in Ballast 4.1.0 is the addition of a new <https://copper-leaf.github.io/ballast/wiki/modules/ballast-schedules/|Scheduling module>, allowing you to send Inputs to your VM at a regular intervals. This can be helpful for regularly refreshing data in a VM, but is also precise enough to be used for applications like a stopwatch. Additionally, these same schedules can also be used to configure <https://copper-leaf.github.io/ballast/wiki/modules/ballast-schedules/#android-workmanager|Android’s WorkManager> (though WorkManager support is still highly experimental)

And example project showing usage of both in-process scheduling and WorkManager is available <https://github.com/copper-leaf/ballast/tree/main/examples/schedules|here>