Initial Setup Loop #4023
Description
The Problem
I flashed the latest Firmware on my ESP32, set the SD card up with the latest directory as well. Initial setup went through completely, really intuitive and awesome. But when I finish the setup in step 7 and reboot, it boots into the initial setup again, what feels wrong. Also the MQTT integration to home assistant does not show up any value after 15 minutes.
Version
16.1.0
Logfile
[0d00h04m38s] 2026-01-13T21:20:43 <WRN> [OTA] Reboot in 5sec
[0d00h00m00s] 2026-01-13T20:20:51 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[0d00h00m00s] 2026-01-13T20:20:51 <INF> [MAIN] ==================== Start ======================
[0d00h00m00s] 2026-01-13T20:20:51 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[0d00h00m00s] 2026-01-13T20:20:51 <INF> [SDCARD] Basic R/W check started...
[0d00h00m00s] 2026-01-13T20:20:51 <INF> [SDCARD] Basic R/W check successful
[0d00h00m00s] 2026-01-13T20:20:51 <INF> [MAIN] PSRAM size: 8388608 byte (8MB / 64MBit)
[0d00h00m00s] 2026-01-13T20:20:51 <INF> [MAIN] Total heap: 4377019 byte
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T20:20:53 <INF> [MAIN] Camera info: PID: 0x26, VER: 0x42, MIDL: 0x7f, MIDH: 0xa2
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T20:20:54 <INF> [SNTP] TimeServer not defined, using default: pool.ntp.org
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T20:20:54 <INF> [SNTP] Configuring NTP Client...
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [SNTP] Time zone set to CET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [SNTP] time zone: +0100 Delta to UTC: 3600 seconds
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [SNTP] Time is already set: 2026-01-13 21:20:54
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [MAIN] CPU frequency: 160 MHz
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [SDCARD] Folder/file presence check started...
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [SDCARD] Folder/file presence check successful
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [MAIN] Tag: 'v16.1.0', Release: v16.1.0 (Commit: a1ccda2), Date/Time: 2026-01-11 22:38, Web UI: Release: v16.1.0 (Commit: a1ccda2)
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [MAIN] Reset reason: Via esp_restart
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [WLANINI] SSID: BoWa
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [WLANINI] Password: XXXXXXXX
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [WLANINI] RSSIThreshold: -75
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [MAIN] WLAN config loaded, init WIFI...
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [WIFI] Automatic interface config --> Use DHCP service
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [WIFI] Set hostname to: watermeter
[0d00h00m03s] 2026-01-13T21:20:54 <INF> [WIFI] Init successful
[0d00h00m06s] 2026-01-13T21:20:57 <INF> [WIFI] Connected to: BoWa, RSSI: -53
[0d00h00m07s] 2026-01-13T21:20:58 <INF> [WIFI] Assigned IP: 192.168.1.134
[0d00h00m23s] 2026-01-13T21:21:14 <INF> [MAIN] Device info: CPU cores: 2, Chip revision: 301
[0d00h00m23s] 2026-01-13T21:21:14 <INF> [MAIN] SD card info: Name: SD32G, Capacity: 30436MB, Free: 30410MB
[0d00h00m25s] 2026-01-13T21:21:16 <INF> [MAIN] Initialization completed successfullyExpected Behavior
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