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@github-actions github-actions released this 18 Sep 13:35
· 27 commits to master since this release

New Features

  • ESP32-C5: Added full support
  • ESP32-C61: Added full support
  • ESP32-P4: Enabled USB-Serial/JTAG in flasher stub
  • ESP32-P4: Updated eFuse table
  • ESP32-P4: Added ECO1 magic number
  • ESP32-P4: Added external spi flash connection restriction checks
  • ESP32-P4: Added wafer and pkg_version fields
  • ESP32-C5-beta3: Added preview support
  • ESP32-S3: Clear boot control register on hard reset to avoid going back to download mode
  • Added a new read_flash_sfdp command to read the flash chip SFDP register
  • Added serial port filtering and selection by VID/PID/Name
  • Added advisory port locking
  • Added new ROM bootloader flash error definitions
  • Added an option to retry connecting to the chip in a loop
  • Automatically reconnect if a serial port disconnects during reset
  • write_flash: Retry flashing if the chip disconnects during writing data
  • write_flash: Added image binary SHA digest recalculation if fields change
  • flash_id: Print flash voltage
  • get_security_info: Print key_purpose fields
  • loader: Enabled usage of context managers for esp instances
  • espefuse: Added support to extend eFuse table by user CSV file
  • espefuse: Added eFuse dump formats: joint(default) and split(new)
  • espefuse: Added incompatible eFuse settings check for ESP32-S3
  • espefuse: Allow eFuse filtering based on command line arguments
  • espefuse: Added a check for correctness of written data
  • espefuse: Updated adc_info command for all chips
  • espefuse: Enabled operation with coding scheme == 3
  • espefuse: Updated eFuses of ESP32-C6 and ESP32-H2
  • espefuse: Postpone burning of some eFuses to the very end
  • espefuse: Improved help for burn_efuse cmd
  • espefuse: check_error --recover chip even if there are errors
  • espsecure: Added support for secure boot v2 using ECDSA-P384 signatures
  • cli: Added support for autocompletions

Bug Fixes

  • ESP32: Fixed ROM not attaching in-package flash chips
  • ESP32-D0WDR2-V3: Print correct chip name
  • write_flash: Verify if files will fit against the real flash size to prevent writing past flash end
  • write_flash: Erase non-aligned bytes with --no-stub
  • bin_image: Added a check for ELF file segment when saving RAM segments
  • elf2image: Added ELF flags to merge condition
  • merge_bin: Treat files starting with a colon as raw files
  • image_info: Index image segments from 0 instead of 1
  • read_flash: Added flash size arg to enable reading past 2MB without stub
  • read_flash: Flush transmit buffer less often to increase throughput
  • remote_ports: Disabled the reset sequence when a socket is used
  • bitstring: Restricted bitstring dependency to fix 32-bit compatibility
  • USB-OTG: Pass error message to an exception if a reset cannot be performed
  • espefuse: Use stub class if stub flasher is running
  • espefuse: Fix pem file reading in burn_key of ECDSA_KEY
  • ram_only_header: Do not append SHA256
  • ram_only_header: Pad flash segments to the next boundary
  • ram_only_header: Sort segments
  • secure_download_mode: Disable secure boot detection and print more info
  • intelhex: Catch unicode decode errors when converting hex to binary
  • Fixed glitches on RTS line in no_reset mode on Windows
  • Disable resetting on unsupported serial ports

Code Refactoring

  • Migrated esp_rfc2217_server into a standalone subpackage

Thanks to @befeleme, @klondi, @gnought, @greendoescode, @BoryaGames, @andrewleech, @bryghtlabs-richard, @2opremio, and others for contributing to this release!

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