{
 "id": "an-exception-on-rp2350-core-1-deadlocks-core",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "An exception on RP2350 core 1 deadlocks core 0 forever, and a bare acquire() leaks the lock",
 "symptom": "A thread on core 1 raised, and core 0 spun waiting for a completion flag that was never set \u2014 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",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}