ConnorYoh 8bc37bf5ae Desktop: Fallback to local backend if self-hosted server is offline (#5880)
* Adds a fallback mechanism so the desktop app routes tool operations to
the local bundled backend when the user's self-hosted Stirling-PDF
server goes offline, and disables tools in the UI that aren't supported
locally.

* `selfHostedServerMonitor.ts` independently polls the self-hosted
server every 15s and exposes which tool endpoints are unavailable when
it goes offline
* `operationRouter.ts` intercepts operations destined for the
self-hosted server and reroutes them to the local bundled backend when
the monitor reports it offline
* `useSelfHostedToolAvailability.ts` feeds the offline tool set into
useToolManagement, disabling affected tools in the UI with a
selfHostedOffline reason and banner warning

- `SelfHostedOfflineBanner `is a dismissable (session-only) gray bar
shown at the top of the UI when in self-hosted mode and the server goes
offline. It shows:
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Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services.

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