{
 "id": "xiao-esp32-s3-native-usb-halt-is-not",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "XIAO ESP32-S3 native USB halt is not software-recoverable",
 "symptom": "Board is USB-enumerated and present but unresponsive to control transfers; all serial writes timeout at 3.003 s; kernel retry loops add 5 s command-ring commands; board does not self-recover and requires power-cycle.",
 "hw": [
  "xiao-esp32s3"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp-idf",
  "micropython"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Avoid software lock when testing xHCI with a halted ESP32-S3 native USB device",
 "date": "2026-08-28",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}