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#11036 build boot loops on Feather ESP32-S3 #11052

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CircuitPython version and board name

Adafruit CircuitPython 10.3.0-alpha.2-26-gd55fa461ca on 2026-06-09; Adafruit QT Py ESP32-S3 4MB Flash 2MB PSRAM with ESP32S3
Adafruit CircuitPython 10.3.0-alpha.2-27-gc955e48361 on 2026-06-10; Adafruit Feather ESP32S3 4MB Flash 2MB PSRAM with ESP32S3

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No code.py/boot.py needed

Behavior

Edit: **NB This error actually happens starting with #11036 instead of 11048 as previously reported **

Board led flashes blue approx 5 times and then repeats.

No CIRCUITPY drive shows up

When/If serial shows i.e. if unplugging and replugging USB the following boot loop output is shown:

ESP-ROM:esp32s3-20210327
Build:Mar 27 2021
rst:0xc (RTC_SW_CPU_RST),boot:0x8 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
Saved PC:0x403832a2
SPIWP:0xee
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fce2820,len:0x1854
load:0x403c8700,len:0x4
load:0x403c8704,len:0x124c
load:0x403cb700,len:0x30c0
entry 0x403c8a64
I (26) boot: ESP-IDF v5.3.2 2nd stage bootloader
I (26) boot: compile time Jul  3 2025 10:51:09
I (26) boot: Multicore bootloader
I (29) boot: chip revision: v0.2
I (33) boot: efuse block revision: v1.3
I (38) qio_mode: Enabling default flash chip QIO
I (43) boot.esp32s3: Boot SPI Speed : 80MHz
I (48) boot.esp32s3: SPI Mode       : QIO
I (52) boot.esp32s3: SPI Flash Size : 4MB
I (57) boot: Enabling RNG early entropy source...
I (63) boot: Partition Table:
I (66) boot: ## Label            Usage          Type ST Offset   Length
I (73) boot:  0 nvs              WiFi data        01 02 00009000 00005000
I (81) boot:  1 otadata          OTA data         01 00 0000e000 00002000
I (88) boot:  2 ota_0            OTA app          00 10 00010000 002c0000
I (96) boot:  3 uf2              factory app      00 00 002d0000 00040000
I (103) boot:  4 ffat             Unknown data     01 81 00310000 000f0000
I (111) boot: End of partition table
I (115) boot: Reset Reason = 12
I (119) boot: Reset hint = 4
I (122) esp_image: segment 0: paddr=00010020 vaddr=3c160020 size=440e4h (278756) map
I (173) esp_image: segment 1: paddr=0005410c vaddr=3fc9ea00 size=0617ch ( 24956) load
I (177) esp_image: segment 2: paddr=0005a290 vaddr=40374000 size=05d88h ( 23944) load
I (183) esp_image: segment 3: paddr=00060020 vaddr=42000020 size=157d70h (1408368) map
I (397) esp_image: segment 4: paddr=001b7d98 vaddr=40379d88 size=14c60h ( 85088) load
I (414) esp_image: segment 5: paddr=001cca00 vaddr=50001fd0 size=00024h (    36) load
I (414) esp_image: segment 6: paddr=001cca2c vaddr=600fe000 size=00060h (    96) load
I (431) boot: Loaded app from partition at offset 0x10000
I (431) boot: Disabling RNG early entropy source...
ESP-ROM:esp32s3-20210327
Build:Mar 27 2021
rst:0xc (RTC_SW_CPU_RST),boot:0x8 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
Saved PC:0x403832a2
SPIWP:0xee
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fce2820,len:0x1854
load:0x403c8700,len:0x4
load:0x403c8704,len:0x124c
load:0x403cb700,len:0x30c0
entry 0x403c8a64

And repeats.

If it matters, this is connected to a Mac OSX Tahoe 26.5.1

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I tried both with and without settings.toml present and didn't seem to change symptoms.

Also checked with QtPy ESP32-S3 NOPSRAM same symptoms. The previous earlier PR build #11046 works fine.

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