{
 "id": "wifi-ap-stale-state-degrades-tcp-throughput-after",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "WiFi AP stale state degrades TCP throughput after 10\u201320 cold boots; monitor and switch AP if needed",
 "symptom": "First 5\u201310 cold boots show consistent TCP connect time (~403 ms for optimized path) and stable payload delivery (1.5 ms for 2.3 KB QVGA JPEG). After 10\u201320 boots on the same AP, TCP connect latency rises to 3\u201320 seconds; roughly 50% of connection attempts fail with timeout or RST.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-cam",
  "esp32-s3"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "arduino",
  "esp-idf"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Measure ESP32 WiFi association time and data throughput over multiple cold boots to characterize boot performance",
 "date": "2026-08-25",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}