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Updating meant opening the web flasher and a USB cable, or finding ElegantOTA's own page by hand. The Configuration tab did link to an updater, but through an iframe pointing at http://fpvgate.local/update, which only works on a network where that name resolves: never over USB, and not on many home networks either. The gate now identifies itself. FPVGATE_BOARD_ID names the board at compile time, matching the PlatformIO environment names that are also the release directory names, with an explicit "unknown" for anything unrecognised so a build cannot silently claim to be another board. /api/system/info reports that alongside the version, the chip, and the measured sizes of the firmware slot and the filesystem partition. Sizes are reported as measured rather than as a layout version, so an updater compares an image against the space that actually exists instead of tracking which partition table shipped when. That is what lets the UI refuse a 3.875MB filesystem image on a device still holding a 1MB partition, before writing anything, rather than failing part way through. The panel checks both files against those sizes, then uploads the filesystem first and the firmware second. Order matters: the reverse leaves new firmware running against an old web UI if the second upload fails, which is harder to recover from. ElegantOTA's auto-reboot is now off and the UI restarts the device once at the end through /api/system/reboot, which defers the restart so the response is delivered before the connection drops. If /api/system/info is missing - older firmware - the panel disables itself and points at the web flasher instead. Updating without knowing the board or the partition sizes is how a device gets bricked, so it refuses rather than guesses. No MD5 is sent, although ElegantOTA accepts one. Web Crypto does not implement MD5, so it would mean carrying a hash implementation for marginal benefit over what TCP and the ESP32's own image validation already catch. Worth revisiting if updates are ever served from somewhere less trusted than the local network. Builds on FPVGateAIO, ESP32S3 and FPVGateSolo. jest 47/47.
The update panel could only take files the user had already downloaded. It now lists published builds and fetches them itself, so updating is choosing a version and pressing a button. The browser does the downloading and hands the bytes to the gate. That matters because the gate usually has no internet of its own: as an access point it has no upstream, and over USB it is deliberately given no default route. Both fpvgate.xyz and the GitHub releases API send Access-Control-Allow-Origin, which was checked before any of this was built, since the whole design depends on it. Only builds that exist for this board are offered, using the identifier the device reports rather than anything inferred, and the path layout follows the same v1.7.3 rule the web flasher uses. Older releases are filtered out rather than resolving to files that are not there. Both parts are downloaded before anything is written: fetching the firmware, flashing it, then failing to fetch the filesystem would leave the device mismatched. Two real faults were found by testing this rather than by reading it. Downloads were checked against Content-Length, which fails every time on a host that serves gzipped. The header carries the compressed length while the blob is decompressed, so a 4MB filesystem read as "4063232 of 248812 bytes" and the update refused to start. A curl check had missed it because curl does not ask for gzip by default and a browser always does. The check is now against the device's own reported partition size, which a filesystem image always matches exactly, plus a floor for anything too small to be an image at all. Static assets were served with max-age=600. After an update the browser would serve the previous script.js against the new index.html for up to ten minutes, which presents as a broken page rather than a stale one. They are now served no-cache, which still caches but revalidates, so a 304 costs nothing on a link this short. An earlier attempt to fix this with a cache-busting query string on the reload is deliberately not here: it would refresh the page while leaving its scripts cached, which is the mismatch itself rather than a fix for it. The panel is now source, version and one button at rest. Release notes and the run log are collapsed, progress stays out of the layout until an update is running, and the log opens itself only on failure. The source tabs are gone; downloading is the panel rather than an option within it, and supplying files by hand is a link. Notes and hints no longer use the theme accent colour, which made prose read as links.
An eight hour run reported a 98.3% USB failure rate. The gate was fine: WiFi served 6039 requests and 814MB from the same device across the same period with no failures at all. The device restarted seven minutes in, its USB adapter re-enumerated, and the host address the gate had handed out ceased to exist. Every subsequent request then failed at bind time with "address not valid in its context", before a packet was ever sent. So a single event was reported as 982 failures, and the transport was marked down for eight hours while it was very likely reachable the whole time. Binding to a source address was defensive and turns out to be unnecessary: on a directly connected subnet the routing table already sends 192.168.7.1 out of the USB adapter, which is why a browser reaches the gate with no such configuration. It is kept for unusual routing setups, but it is no longer able to sink a run. When the bound address disappears the binding is dropped for good and the request retried on whatever route exists, with the fact reported in the summary because it means the adapter reset. Verified against the device by binding to an address that does not exist on this host: the request succeeds, the binding is abandoned and the event recorded, while a valid binding is left untouched. The runbook now says plainly that --bind is optional and names the host's own address rather than the gate's, which was the source of the confusion.
The harnesses in tools/ are run from the repo root and write their log and JSON report next to wherever they were started, so every soak or race-day run left files behind. Nine had accumulated. Log names vary per run, so the rule covers root-level .log and _console.txt files rather than trying to enumerate them, plus the report names the tools default to. Only the repo root is matched, so logs committed deliberately elsewhere in the tree are unaffected. Existing output has been moved to .dev/test-runs/ rather than deleted: the overnight run it contains is still being analysed.
The guard refusing an image too large for the partition it targets was the one piece of the update path never exercised. It is also the piece that matters most during the 1.8.0 rollout: it is what stops a device still holding the old 1MB filesystem partition being handed a 3.875MB image, which would otherwise fail part way through the write. The test extracts checkOtaSizes from data/script.js and runs the real implementation rather than restating it, so it breaks if the guard changes. Covers the rollout case specifically, an oversized firmware image, both failing at once, exact-size images which must be accepted since a filesystem image is always precisely the size of its partition, and the case where the device reported no sizes at all, where the panel disables itself and the guard should not invent failures on top.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request adds a browser-based OTA firmware update flow, device system APIs, board identifiers, responsive firmware-panel styling, OTA size-guard tests, and recovery for lost USB source bindings in the reliability checker. ChangesOTA firmware update
Reliability check recovery
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant SettingsModal
participant OtaFlow
participant Webserver
participant Device
SettingsModal->>OtaFlow: Load device information
OtaFlow->>Webserver: GET /api/system/info
Webserver-->>OtaFlow: Return partition sizes
OtaFlow->>OtaFlow: Validate selected images
OtaFlow->>Webserver: Upload filesystem
OtaFlow->>Webserver: Upload firmware
OtaFlow->>Webserver: POST /api/system/reboot
Webserver->>Device: Restart after response
OtaFlow->>Webserver: Poll for recovery
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Some USB reliability runs cannot recover after re-enumeration, while unsupported or incompletely identified devices can start unsafe OTA updates. These issues should be fixed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Full details: Docstring CoverageExplanation Docstring coverage is 39.39% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 33 functions across 6 files. (4 skipped: 4 unsupported.)
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In `@data/script.js`:
- Around line 7462-7464: Update loadOtaVersions and its callers so successful
OTA release responses are cached separately from the rendered compatible-release
list, avoiding a new OTA_RELEASES_API request on each openSettingsModal call.
Track cache success even when the release data is empty, refresh pre-release
data when the pre-release toggle changes, and do not use otaReleases.length as
the cache guard; always re-render the list after toggle changes.
- Around line 7440-7512: Require positive effective app and filesystem partition
sizes in loadOtaDeviceInfo before enabling otaStartBtn, and keep it disabled
when either size is unavailable or non-positive. Update checkOtaSizes and the
entry points runOtaUpdate and otaUpload to block both local and downloaded
updates unless both partition sizes are valid, rather than skipping missing
limits.
In `@lib/WEBSERVER/webserver.cpp`:
- Line 1040: Update loadOtaDeviceInfo and startOtaUpdate so a board value of
"unknown" keeps otaStartBtn disabled and rejects the update before
collectOtaFiles is called. Preserve the existing /api/system/info status
response and normal OTA behavior for recognized boards.
In `@tools/reliability_check.py`:
- Around line 431-432: Remove the unused f-string prefixes from the adjacent log
string literals in the reliability-check logging code, preserving the existing
message text and concatenation.
- Line 153: Update _attempt to return the bind OSError’s structured errno and
any applicable winerror alongside its diagnostic text, then update get’s
source-address error handling to branch on those values while retaining the
existing textual checks. Ensure EADDRNOTAVAIL/errno 99 triggers clearing
self.bind and the unbound retry.
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| function loadOtaDeviceInfo() { | ||
| const box = document.getElementById("otaDeviceInfo"); | ||
| const button = document.getElementById("otaStartBtn"); | ||
| if (!box) return Promise.resolve(null); | ||
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| return fetch("/api/system/info") | ||
| .then((r) => { | ||
| if (!r.ok) throw new Error("HTTP " + r.status); | ||
| return r.json(); | ||
| }) | ||
| .then((info) => { | ||
| otaDeviceInfo = info; | ||
| const fsSize = info.filesystem ? info.filesystem.size : null; | ||
| const appSize = info.app ? info.app.updateSize || info.app.size : null; | ||
| box.innerHTML = | ||
| `<span class="ota-device-name">${info.board || "unknown board"}</span>` + | ||
| `<span class="ota-device-sizes">${info.version || "?"}</span>` + | ||
| `<span class="ota-device-sizes">· ${formatBytes(appSize)} + ${formatBytes(fsSize)}</span>`; | ||
| if (info.board === "unknown") { | ||
| showOtaWarning(i18n.t("settings.firmware.warn_unknown_board")); | ||
| } | ||
| if (button) button.disabled = false; | ||
| // The version list depends on knowing the board, so it is only fetched | ||
| // once the device has said what it is. | ||
| loadOtaVersions(); | ||
| return info; | ||
| }) | ||
| .catch((err) => { | ||
| console.error("Could not read device info:", err); | ||
| // Older firmware has no /api/system/info. Updating without knowing the | ||
| // board or the partition sizes is exactly how a device gets bricked, so | ||
| // this path stays disabled rather than guessing. | ||
| box.textContent = i18n.t("settings.firmware.info_unavailable"); | ||
| if (button) button.disabled = true; | ||
| return null; | ||
| }); | ||
| } | ||
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| function showOtaWarning(message) { | ||
| const el = document.getElementById("otaWarning"); | ||
| if (!el) return; | ||
| el.textContent = message; | ||
| el.style.display = message ? "block" : "none"; | ||
| } | ||
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| // Refuses an image that cannot fit the partition it is destined for. Without | ||
| // this the write fails part way through, which for the firmware slot means a | ||
| // device that will not boot. | ||
| function checkOtaSizes(firmwareFile, filesystemFile) { | ||
| const problems = []; | ||
| if (!otaDeviceInfo) return problems; | ||
| const appSize = otaDeviceInfo.app | ||
| ? otaDeviceInfo.app.updateSize || otaDeviceInfo.app.size | ||
| : null; | ||
| const fsSize = otaDeviceInfo.filesystem ? otaDeviceInfo.filesystem.size : null; | ||
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| if (firmwareFile && appSize && firmwareFile.size > appSize) { | ||
| problems.push( | ||
| i18n.t("settings.firmware.err_too_big_app", { | ||
| size: formatBytes(firmwareFile.size), | ||
| max: formatBytes(appSize), | ||
| }) | ||
| ); | ||
| } | ||
| if (filesystemFile && fsSize && filesystemFile.size > fsSize) { | ||
| problems.push( | ||
| i18n.t("settings.firmware.err_too_big_fs", { | ||
| size: formatBytes(filesystemFile.size), | ||
| max: formatBytes(fsSize), | ||
| }) | ||
| ); | ||
| } | ||
| return problems; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Keep OTA disabled when required partition sizes are unavailable.
/api/system/info can return HTTP 200 without usable app.updateSize/app.size or filesystem.size values. loadOtaDeviceInfo() enables otaStartBtn for any successful response. checkOtaSizes() then skips each limit when its effective size is absent or non-positive. Both local files and downloaded files can reach runOtaUpdate() and otaUpload() without size validation. Require positive effective sizes for both partitions before enabling or starting either update flow.
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Context: box.innerHTML =
<span class="ota-device-name">${info.board || "unknown board"}</span> +
<span class="ota-device-sizes">${info.version || "?"}</span> +
<span class="ota-device-sizes">· ${formatBytes(appSize)} + ${formatBytes(fsSize)}</span>
Note: [CWE-79] Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting').
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In `@data/script.js` around lines 7440 - 7512, Require positive effective app and
filesystem partition sizes in loadOtaDeviceInfo before enabling otaStartBtn, and
keep it disabled when either size is unavailable or non-positive. Update
checkOtaSizes and the entry points runOtaUpdate and otaUpload to block both
local and downloaded updates unless both partition sizes are valid, rather than
skipping missing limits.
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| // The version list depends on knowing the board, so it is only fetched | ||
| // once the device has said what it is. | ||
| loadOtaVersions(); |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Cache the release list between settings modal opens.
Each successful /api/system/info request from openSettingsModal() calls loadOtaVersions(), which sends a new unauthenticated request to OTA_RELEASES_API. A rate-limit or fetch failure becomes [], so the panel displays “No compatible builds for this board.”
Cache successful release data separately from the rendered list. Refresh the pre-release data when the pre-release toggle changes. Do not use otaReleases.length as the cache guard, because an empty failure result is not a successful cache and toggle changes must update the rendered list. This can cause a user-visible firmware selection failure, so it is a minor availability issue rather than only a performance nitpick.
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In `@data/script.js` around lines 7462 - 7464, Update loadOtaVersions and its
callers so successful OTA release responses are cached separately from the
rendered compatible-release list, avoiding a new OTA_RELEASES_API request on
each openSettingsModal call. Track cache success even when the release data is
empty, refresh pre-release data when the pre-release toggle changes, and do not
use otaReleases.length as the cache guard; always re-render the list after
toggle changes.
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| server.on("/api/system/info", HTTP_GET, [this](AsyncWebServerRequest *request) { | ||
| JsonDocument doc; | ||
| doc["version"] = FPVGATE_VERSION_STRING(); | ||
| doc["board"] = FPVGATE_BOARD_ID; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Disable OTA when the board is unknown.
/api/system/info already returns board: "unknown". loadOtaDeviceInfo() only shows a warning and then enables otaStartBtn. The online source rejects unknown boards through otaBuildUrls(), but the local-file branch of collectOtaFiles() bypasses that check and sends the selected image to ElegantOTA, which has no application-specific board check here. An image for another board may therefore be written and leave the device unbootable.
Keep otaStartBtn disabled and reject startOtaUpdate() before collectOtaFiles() when the board is "unknown". Changing the endpoint status is not required because the response already exposes the unsupported state.
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In `@lib/WEBSERVER/webserver.cpp` at line 1040, Update loadOtaDeviceInfo and
startOtaUpdate so a board value of "unknown" keeps otaStartBtn disabled and
rejects the update before collectOtaFiles is called. Preserve the existing
/api/system/info status response and normal OTA behavior for recognized boards.
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| return ok, total, dt, err, body | ||
| # WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL on Windows, EADDRNOTAVAIL elsewhere: the source | ||
| # address itself is gone, which is a host problem, not a device one. | ||
| if "10049" in err or "EADDRNOTAVAIL" in err or "not valid in its context" in err: |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Preserve the source-address error code in _attempt.
_attempt returns the bind OSError only as text. On Linux, EADDRNOTAVAIL can appear as OSError: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address. The checks in get match neither form, so this path can leave self.bind set and skip the unbound retry. Return errno (and winerror where applicable) with the diagnostic text, then branch on that structured value.
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In `@tools/reliability_check.py` at line 153, Update _attempt to return the bind
OSError’s structured errno and any applicable winerror alongside its diagnostic
text, then update get’s source-address error handling to branch on those values
while retaining the existing textual checks. Ensure EADDRNOTAVAIL/errno 99
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| log(f" the bound source address disappeared during the run, so the " | ||
| f"adapter re-enumerated; binding was dropped and requests continued") |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Remove the unused f-string prefixes.
The checked-in ruff.toml selects all F rules and does not ignore F541. These strings contain no replacement fields, so Ruff flags both prefixes. Remove the f prefixes.
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Updating a gate meant a cable and the web flasher, or finding ElegantOTA's own
page by hand. The Configuration tab did link to an updater, but through an
iframe pointing at
http://fpvgate.local/update, which only works where thatname resolves: never over USB, and not on many home networks either.
Configuration → System Setup → Firmware now lists published builds, fetches
the one you pick, and installs it.
The gate can identify itself
FPVGATE_BOARD_IDnames the board at compile time for all eight targets, with anexplicit
"unknown"so an unrecognised build cannot quietly claim to be anotherboard.
/api/system/inforeports that alongside the version, the chip, and themeasured sizes of the firmware slot and filesystem partition.
Sizes are measured rather than expressed as a layout version, so an updater
compares an image against the space that actually exists instead of tracking
which partition table shipped when. That is what lets the panel refuse a 3.875MB
filesystem image on a device still holding a 1MB partition — before writing
anything, rather than failing part way through.
Downloads happen in the browser
The gate usually has no internet of its own: as an access point it has no
upstream, and over USB it is deliberately given no default route. So the browser
fetches from fpvgate.xyz and hands the bytes to the gate. Both that host and the
GitHub releases API send
Access-Control-Allow-Origin, which was verified beforeany of this was built, since the whole design depends on it.
Only builds that exist for this board are offered, and the path layout follows
the same v1.7.3 rule the web flasher uses, so older releases are filtered out
rather than resolving to files that are not there. Both parts download before
anything is written: fetching the firmware, flashing it, then failing to fetch
the filesystem would leave the device mismatched.
Ordering and reboots
Filesystem first, firmware second, one restart at the end. The reverse leaves new
firmware running against an old web UI if the second upload fails, which is
harder to recover from. ElegantOTA's auto-reboot is now off — it would restart
between the two uploads — and
/api/system/rebootdefers the restart so theresponse is delivered before the connection drops.
Two faults found by testing rather than reading
Content-Length is unusable on a gzipping host. The header carries the
compressed length while the downloaded blob is decompressed, so a 4MB filesystem
read as "4063232 of 248812 bytes" and the update refused to start. A curl check
had missed it because curl does not ask for gzip by default and a browser always
does. The check is now against the device's own reported partition size, which a
filesystem image always matches exactly.
Static assets were served with
max-age=600. After an update the browserserved the previous
script.jsagainst the newindex.htmlfor up to tenminutes, which presents as a broken page rather than a stale one. They are now
served
no-cache, which still caches but revalidates. A cache-busting querystring is deliberately not used: it refreshes the page while leaving its
scripts cached, which is the mismatch itself rather than a fix for it.
Verified on hardware
An AIO, over USB networking:
/api/system/inforeporting correctly, a local-fileupdate from
1.8.0-devto1.8.0-dev-2, and a download-and-install ofv1.8.0-beta-2from fpvgate.xyz. Builds on FPVGateAIO and ESP32S3, jest 47/47.Not yet exercised: the oversized-image refusal. It is the guard protecting
existing 1MB-partition devices during the 1.8.0 rollout and is so far only
verified by reading the code.
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