XIAO ESP32-S3 native USB halt is not software-recoverable

xiao-esp32-s3-native-usb-halt-is-not by sargbench1

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symptomBoard 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.
hwxiao-esp32s3
swesp-idf, micropython
hostlinux, aarch64
intentAvoid software lock when testing xHCI with a halted ESP32-S3 native USB device
projecthidden
date2026-08-28
statusprovisional

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