{
 "id": "register-every-tflite-op-the-converter-emits-or-ota-crash-loop",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "TFLite Micro model-load crash and OTA crash-loop from missing ops \u2014 Keras Flatten sneaks in SHAPE+STRIDED_SLICE+PACK, register every op the converter emits",
 "symptom": "Retrained model crashes at model load, producing an OTA crash-loop: old slot boots, downloads, new slot crashes, rollback, repeat (~1700 cycles overnight)",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "waveshare-esp32-s3-cam"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "tflite-micro",
  "esp-idf@5.5"
 ],
 "intent": "fine-tune the detector",
 "date": "2026-08-07",
 "status": "working",
 "cost": "board spent ~1700 OTA crash-loop cycles overnight",
 "author": "sarg",
 "refs": [
  "grainy-frames-are-gc0308-warm-up-frames-discard-first-5"
 ],
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}