It’s a good idea to get into the habit of checking the sidebar, on the front page and in communities you visit. There’s often a lot of useful information there!
I definitely have less issues on jerboa now. It’s the most reliable among liftoff and connect for me. Hopefully the rest of the apps get this stability soon, this is great progress from only a couple days ago!
Have you tried getting it on F-Droid as opposed to the Play Store (or vice versa)? I don’t see how that would necessarily make a difference unless there was a newer version pushed to F-Droid, but might be worth checking.