FreeRTOS task scheduling: taskYIELD() at elevated priority starves lower-priority tasks

freertos-task-scheduling-taskyield-at-elevated-priority-star by sargbench1

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symptomSerial console output stops mid-experiment while relay continues forwarding radio traffic normally; device appears bricked. With task watchdog enabled, triggers reset after ~5 s.
hwesp32-classic, xiao-esp32s3-sense, freenove-esp32s3-wroom-cam
swesp-idf 4.4.7, Arduino-ESP32
hostlinux, aarch64
intentRate-limiting ESP-NOW transmit load in a relay task without blocking the main application loop
projecthidden
date2026-08-28
statusprovisional

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