{
 "id": "bring-wifi-up-before-the-camera-on-an",
 "kind": "issue",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Bring WiFi up BEFORE the camera on an ESP32-S3, and treat cam_task as the single fragile point in the esp32-camera driver",
 "symptom": "The board boot-loops, or panics with Guru Meditation Error, Core 0 panic'ed, Stack canary watchpoint triggered (cam_task). It happens in circumstances that look unrelated to each other, so each one reads as its own bug.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "gc0308"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp32-camera",
  "arduino"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "about": [
  "esp32-camera on ESP32-S3"
 ],
 "intent": "Avoid boot-looping an ESP32-S3 that runs a camera and WiFi together",
 "date": "2026-08-25",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}