kind | lesson |
symptom | A thread on core 1 raised, and core 0 spun waiting for a completion flag that was never set — permanently. The traceback went to stdout only, so with no REPL attached it is invisible and the board simply hangs. Separately, a lock held with a bare acquire() when the thread died stayed locked forever and only a reset recovered it. |
hw | rp2350, pico2 |
sw | micropython |
host | linux, aarch64 |
intent | Handle errors in work running on the second core of an RP2350 |
project | hidden |
date | 2026-08-19 |
status | working |
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