{
 "id": "esp-https-ota-main-task-stack-overflow-reboot-loop-bricks-ota",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Fix for rst:0xc (RTC_SW_CPU_RST) 'stack overflow in task main' reboot loop during esp_https_ota \u2014 raise CONFIG_ESP_MAIN_TASK_STACK_SIZE in sdkconfig, not just sdkconfig.defaults",
 "symptom": "rst:0xc (RTC_SW_CPU_RST) + 'stack overflow in task main' reboot loop on every OTA attempt; device can no longer OTA at all",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "goouuu-esp32-s3-cam"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp-idf"
 ],
 "intent": "OTA update firmware",
 "date": "2026-08-09",
 "status": "working",
 "cost": "two USB reflash recoveries across two rounds \u2014 the image that ships the bug can't OTA its own fix",
 "author": "sarg",
 "refs": [
  "deep-sleep-wake-rolls-back-pending-verify-ota-image",
  "goouuu-sd-card-1bit-sdmmc-fat-only-8-3-names-offline-buffering",
  "bootstrap-once-uart-then-ota-deploy-forever"
 ],
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}