{
 "id": "esp-dl-face-detection-silently-spills-to-psram",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "esp-dl face detection silently spills to PSRAM above resize_scale 0.50 with WiFi active, incurring 10-15% latency penalty",
 "symptom": "Increasing resize_scale from 0.40 to 0.60 causes inference latency to unexpectedly jump from 74.7 ms to 141.3 ms; no code changes made. Identical tests without WiFi show only ~12 ms added, not the 67 ms observed",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp-dl",
  "arduino-esp32"
 ],
 "intent": "Run on-device face detection with esp-dl library while maintaining WiFi connectivity for telemetry",
 "date": "2026-08-23",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}