ESP32 can't connect to wifi after soft reset

[pwilga]

Working on the https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-mqtt/blob/master/mqtt_as/range.py example

It seems that on MP 1.22.1 mqtt_as can't establish Wifi connection after soft reboot:

MPY: soft reboot
Connection failed. Wi-Fi connect timed out
MicroPython v1.22.1 on 2024-01-05; Generic ESP32 module with ESP32
Type "help()" for more information.
>>>

The issue seems to be in the wifi_connect() method

    async def wifi_connect(self, quick=False):
     ....

        else:
            s.active(True)
            ...
            s.connect(self._ssid, self._wifi_pw)

            for _ in range(
                60
            ): 

                await asyncio.sleep(1)

                if s.isconnected():
                    break
                if ESP32:

                    if s.status() != network.STAT_CONNECTING:  # 1001  # t's still in the STAT_IDLE state ! (so status is 1000)
                        break

To solve the issue I have added following state checks:

                if ESP32:
                    if s.status() not in [
                         network.STAT_CONNECTING,
                         network.STAT_IDLE,
                    ]: 
                        break

I'm not sure whether it should be fixed in that way (rely on the IDLE state might be tricky?)

import machine
machine.reset()

works just fine (without any changes)

[pwilga]

retested on micropython 1.21.0 - works without any issues

[peterhinch]

Evidently we were bot working on this for the last few hours :) I made the same discovery in response to #132 and pushed an update which does something similar.

[pwilga]

indeed, awesome thank you !