diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 18d49d9..c2c07f3 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ independent. Matching versions identify a release; they do not mean an old clien
 must stop working when the server advances. Keep `/v1` backwards compatible and
 deploy additive server changes before distributing a client that needs them.
 
-For the initial internal test, the coordinated version is `1.0.0`, Android build
-`1`. The server package's old `0.1.0` metadata is corrected to match its API and
-client. No reader version or reader implementation is changed by this policy.
+For the initial internal test, the coordinated version is `0.0.1`, Android build
+`1`. This marks an early testing release. No reader version or reader implementation
+is changed by this policy.
 
 ## Prepare a release
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ From the workspace root, on clean release branches:
 
 ```sh
 python3 tools/release.py check
-python3 tools/release.py bump 1.0.1 --android-build 2
+python3 tools/release.py bump 0.0.2 --android-build 2
 python3 tools/release.py check
 ```
 
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ new server or publish a Play release. Dependency-only edits to a manifest do not
 release. Manual workflow dispatch on `master` bootstraps the first build or retries
 an unreleased commit. Existing released tags cannot be reassigned to a different
 commit. Android codes are committed and monotonic, never workflow counters.
+Before a repository has any release tags, its initial version can be reset without
+increasing an unused Android code. Once releases exist, the gate enforces increases.
 
 ## First-device-test setup
 
diff --git a/client b/client
index 448ec19..3ca5cc4 160000
--- a/client
+++ b/client
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 448ec19f4de7e4aeec821d5891008679bc781968
+Subproject commit 3ca5cc4bda6ce882d865bf14cb7396655f6f9d45
diff --git a/release.json b/release.json
index dd43912..a59ab89 100644
--- a/release.json
+++ b/release.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
   "android_build_number": 1
 }
diff --git a/server b/server
index ba285df..7162fb6 160000
--- a/server
+++ b/server
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ba285dfe60011f5a0a4cc4f9ee88f7f391b85fad
+Subproject commit 7162fb672a13a1e16419f695e0b23000ef1601b2