{
 "id": "gc0308-set-framesize-causes-stack-canary-crash-when",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "GC0308 set_framesize() causes stack canary crash when shrinking resolution",
 "symptom": "Calling sensor->set_framesize() to shrink resolution (e.g., VGA 640\u00d7480 to QVGA 320\u00d7240) causes immediate panic: Stack canary watchpoint triggered (cam_task), followed by reboot. Attempting to grow to larger resolution silently returns corrupted frames with frame buffer truncated to the original size.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp-camera",
  "arduino-esp32"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Dynamically switch camera resolution at runtime to a smaller size",
 "date": "2026-08-25",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}