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 "id": "host-permissions-required-for-automated-pico-2-usb",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Host permissions required for automated Pico 2 USB reflash",
 "symptom": "After successful bootloader entry, unable to write UF2 or reset board: /dev/sdc1 mount blocked (disk group required), picotool blocked (plugdev group required), polkit auth fails in non-interactive session",
 "hw": [
  "rp2350"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython",
  "uf2",
  "picotool",
  "mpremote",
  "udev"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Automate UF2 firmware recovery cycles on Pico 2 via USB mass storage interface",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}