[Bug]: Connecting to ESP devices with WiFi over 2.4.1 causes the device to go into a bootloop

[GMart]

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What happened?

This does not happen if I directly connect to the IP address. If I use client.meshtastic.org, it hangs. If I use the Android app, the device immediately reboots, and will continue to reboot as long as the app is trying to connect to the device.

App Version

2.4.11 or 2.4.12

Phone

Galaxy S 21+, Android 14

Device

Any: I have tried Heltec VME290, E213, and Wireless paper, to name a few. However 2.4.3 works fine on the Heltec Wireless Stick Lite V3.

Firmware

2.4.3 or 2.5.0

Relevant log output

INFO | ??:??:?? 13 [RangeTestModule] Range Test Module - Disabled

INFO | ??:??:?? 13 [WifiConnect] Reconnecting to WiFi access point UnitG4

INFO | ??:??:?? 18 [Screen] Done with boot screen...

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 18 [Screen] showing standard frames

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 18 [Screen] Showing 0 module frames

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 18 [Screen] Total frame count: 103

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 18 [Screen] Added modules. numframes: 0

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 18 [Screen] Finished building frames. numframes: 5

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 18 [Screen] determineMode(): refresh=FULL, reason=FLAGGED_COSMETIC, frameFlags=0x7

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 18 [Screen] Updating E-Paper... done

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 18 [Screen] Async full-refresh begins (dropping frames)

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 18 [Screen] refresh=SKIPPED, reason=EXCEEDED_RATELIMIT_FAST, frameFlags=0x3

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 18 WiFi-Event 4: Connected to access point

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 20 WiFi-Event 7: Obtained IP address: 192.168.0.40

INFO | ??:??:?? 20 Starting WiFi network services

INFO | ??:??:?? 20 mDNS responder started

INFO | ??:??:?? 20 mDNS Host: Meshtastic.local

INFO | ??:??:?? 20 Starting NTP time client

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 20 Initializing Web Server ...

INFO | ??:??:?? 20 Starting Secure Web Server...

INFO | ??:??:?? 20 Starting Insecure Web Server...

INFO | ??:??:?? 20 Web Servers Ready! :-)

INFO | ??:??:?? 20 API server listening on TCP port 4403

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 20 [WifiConnect] Updating NTP time from meshtastic.pool.ntp.org

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 20 [WifiConnect] NTP Request Success - Setting RTCQualityNTP if needed

DEBUG | ??:??:?? 20 [WifiConnect] Upgrading time to quality NTP

DEBUG | 14:24:15 20 [WifiConnect] Read RTC time as 1726842255

DEBUG | 14:24:16 21 [EInkDynamicDisplay] Async full-refresh complete

DEBUG | 14:24:17 22 [Screen] determineMode(): refresh=FAST, reason=NO_OBJECTIONS, fastRefreshCount=0, frameFlags=0x3

DEBUG | 14:24:17 22 [Screen] Updating E-Paper... done

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[andrekir]

I can't reproduce this. any chance you can grab the serial logs showing a reboot? does reverting to an older release of the Android app resolve the issue?

[GMart]

I can try again, but that serial log is what I get. The log just stops when I connect via Wifi. I can try an older release of Android, will try later.

[todd-herbert]

Better to test this with Wireless Paper than VME290, if possible. Wireless Paper has a separate USB serial IC, but VME290 is using the native ESP32 serial, so if there's an error, it just dies before it has time to print debugging info.