1.30.3

This is a patch release, fixing build errors and one bug.

🛠️ Changed

• Zephyr:

  • Update the RRAM coredump storage backend implementation to support the
    Nordic nRF54LM20 (and other Nordic nRF54L series chips) when not using
    partition manager to assign flash regions (i.e. using device tree fixed
    partitions). See
    ports/zephyr/common/memfault_rram_backed_coredump.c
    for details, and how to enable the coredump storage backend.

  • Fix a compilation error when CONFIG_MEMFAULT_METRICS_THREADS_DEFAULTS=n.

  • Remove an error log statement from
    memfault_platform_thread_metrics.c.
    Previously this would log as
    <err> mflt: No thread name registered for 0x2000eae8, for example, but was
    not useful in many cases, and is not an error in any case.

🐛 Fixed

• ESP-IDF:

  • Fix a compilation issue when building the ESP32 sample app
    for an ESP32-C6 with MEMFAULT_DISABLE= set (i.e.
    MEMFAULT_DISABLE=1 idf.py set-target esp32c6 build). This only impacts the
    sample application.

• Zephyr:

  • Disable invoking LOG_PANIC() during fault handling by default. When
    deferred logging is used (CONFIG_LOG_MODE_DEFERRED=y), triggering a panic
    flush from fault context may result in some log backends
    (CONFIG_SHELL_LOG_BACKEND for example) to double-fault, which results in
    failed coredump captures. This specifically can happen when running a
    non-secure application with TF-M, and passing back from a secure fault
    handler using CONFIG_TFM_ALLOW_NON_SECURE_FAULT_HANDLING=y. Users who are
    comfortable enabling this can re-enable LOG_PANIC() with
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_FAULT_HANDLER_LOG_PANIC=y.

  • Remove an unnecessary depends on PARTITION_MANAGER_ENABLED in the
    MEMFAULT_COREDUMP_STORAGE_RRAM Kconfig setting. This feature only requires
    a partition labeled memfault_coredump_partition, but does not require
    partition manager specifically (which is a Nordic nRF-Connect SDK feature,
    not a Zephyr feature). Thanks to
    @JordanYates for reporting this issue in
    #96!

1.30.2

This is a patch release, including only a change to boolean Kconfig prompts so
they comply with Kconfig requirements in the nRF-Connect SDK.

1.30.1

This is a patch release, fixing one bug and applying a minor code quality
improvement to the Python tooling files.

🐛 Fixed

• nRF-Connect SDK:

  • Fixed an issue where panic logs generated from ISRs caused a double fault
    for Nordic nRF91 users where CONFIG_LOG_MODE_IMMEDIATE=n and
    MEMFAULT_LOG_TIMESTAMPS_ENABLE is 1.

• General:

  • Added Python type annotations to the files in the tasks directory.

1.30.0

This is a minor release. Highlights:

• Added active task stack collection control in Zephyr
• Changed mount point selection for filesystem metric to look up from Zephyr
  device tree fstab entries
• Fixed potential WiFi stack overflow on nRF70 series devices during HTTP
  uploads

📈 Added

• Zephyr

  • Add Kconfig option
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_COREDUMP_ACTIVE_TASK_STACK_SIZE_TO_COLLECT to control how
    much of the active task stack is collected in coredumps. This can be used to
    prioritize capturing details about the running task when coredump storage
    space is limited. Defaults to
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_COREDUMP_STACK_SIZE_TO_COLLECT for backwards
    compatibility.

  • Add the mflt_http workqueue thread to the default set of threads tracked
    with max stack usage metrics. The default thread metrics can be controlled
    with CONFIG_MEMFAULT_METRICS_THREADS_DEFAULTS.

🛠️ Changed

• Zephyr

  • Replace use of deprecated API bt_hci_cmd_create() with
    bt_hci_cmd_alloc() for Zephyr 4.2+.

  • Enable FileSystem_BytesFree metric by default only when fstab is present
    in the device tree. If present, the mount point is now automatically
    detected from checking fstab nodes. Manual configuration of the mount point
    via CONFIG_MEMFAULT_FS_BYTES_FREE_VFS_PATH still takes precedence when
    set. If not using fstab, set CONFIG_MEMFAULT_FS_BYTES_FREE_METRIC=y to
    enable collection.

🐛 Fixed

• nRF-Connect SDK:

  • Increase the default value of
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_HTTP_DEDICATED_WORKQUEUE_STACK_SIZE to 4kB when uploading
    via WiFi on the nRF70 series. This avoids potential stack overflows caused
    while performing periodic uploads via HTTP. Thanks to
    @chshzh for reporting this and proposing a fix
    in #95!

1.29.0

This is a minor release. Highlights:

• Added 9 new built-in metrics for BLE devices for Zephyr projects 🎉
• Added a session metrics API to deactivate a session
• Fixed a bug where thread state was missing from small coredumps in ESP-IDF

📈 Added

• General:

  • Add a new Session Metric API: MEMFAULT_METRICS_SESSION_RESET(), which can
    be used to deactivate an active session instead of ending it with
    MEMFAULT_METRICS_SESSION_END(). This will discard the metrics in the
    specified session.

• nRF-Connect SDK:

  • Added an implementation for storing coredumps in RRAM, for SOCs that support
    it (nRF54L series for example). Enable with
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_COREDUMP_STORAGE_RRAM=y. Requires a partition manager
    entry named memfault_coredump_partition.

  • Also added a coredump storage implementation for MRAM, specifically
    targeting the nRF54H series of devices. Enable with
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_COREDUMP_STORAGE_MRAM=y. Requires adding a fixed partition
    entry named memfault_coredump_partition, for example via a devicetree
    overlay.

    For the nrf54h20dk_nrf54h20_cpuapp, the following sample overlay reduces
    the default size of the storage_partition and adds the necessary
    memfault_coredump_partition entry:

    &mram1x {
      partitions {
        storage_partition: partition@1a4000 {
          reg = <0x1a4000 DT_SIZE_K(20)>;
        };
        memfault_coredump_partition: partition@1b4000 {
          reg = <0x1a9000 DT_SIZE_K(20)>;
        };
      };
    };

  • Added example definition and usage of custom reboot reasons in the nRF9160
    app. These reboot reasons can be triggered with a new shell command:
    app reboot_custom <expected|unexpected>

🛠️ Changed

• nRF-Connect SDK:

  • Moved the default statement setting CONFIG_MEMFAULT_HTTP_USES_MBEDTLS=n
    when CONFIG_NRF_MODEM_LIB=y into the Memfault SDK Kconfig file. This
    default currently exists in NCS in a symbol re-definition but will be
    removed in the next version of NCS (v3.2 expected).

• Zephyr:

  • The default implementation of memfault_zephyr_get_device_id(), used to
    populate the Device Serial, will use the hwinfo_get_device_id() value by
    default if CONFIG_HWINFO is enabled. Previously this also required
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_REBOOT_REASON_GET_HWINFO=y, and would default to
    {BOARD}-testserial when that was not enabled.

  • Add several new built-in BLE metrics:

    • bt_gatt_mtu_size
    • bt_connection_remote_info
    • bt_connection_event_count
    • bt_connection_interval
    • bt_connection_latency
    • bt_connection_timeout
    • bt_connection_rssi
    • bt_connected_time_ms
    • bt_disconnect_count

    These metrics are enabled by default when CONFIG_BT=y and
    CONFIG_BT_CONN=y.

• ESP-IDF:

  • Support CONFIG_ESP_HTTPS_OTA_ENABLE_PARTIAL_DOWNLOAD optional HTTP client
    parameters in upcoming ESP-IDF v6
    (this change
    made them optionally declared).

  • Update the post-link steps to be compatible with upcoming ESP-IDF build
    changes for ESP-IDF > 5.5.

🐛 Fixed

• ESP-IDF

  • Fixed a bug where some FreeRTOS symbols needed for thread awareness were
    missing from coredumps if the coredump storage was too small.

1.28.0

This is a minor update release. Highlights:

• added a new test command for simulating hangs in ISRs
• improved NMI exception capture
• fixed a build issue in the nRF-Connect SDK port

📈 Added

• Zephyr:

  • Add a new test command, mflt test isr_hang, which will cause a busy loop
    hang inside a k_timer, which normally is executing from an ISR context.
    The system will only exit this condition if there is a watchdog or other
    higher-priority interrupt capable of preempting the k_timer ISR. The
    qemu sample app is updated to enable a watchdog
    which generates an NMI exception, caught by Memfault.

  • Added a debug print when uploading data using
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_HTTP_PERIODIC_UPLOAD that shows the bytes sent:

    [00:09:45.821,000] <dbg> mflt: memfault_platform_log: Uploaded 118 bytes of Memfault data

    Only enabled when debug level prints are enabled for Memfault
    (CONFIG_MEMFAULT_LOG_LEVEL_DBG=y).

🛠️ Changed

• Zephyr:

  • NMI exceptions are now properly handled. Prior to this change, a coredump
    was captured on NMI exceptions but the MSP context was not fully unwound and
    the NVIC state was not included in the trace data.

  • Add a new Kconfig option,
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_COREDUMP_NVIC_INTERRUPTS_TO_COLLECT, which controls the
    existing memfault_platform_config.h setting
    MEMFAULT_NVIC_INTERRUPTS_TO_COLLECT for Cortex-M targets. The default now
    is to collect all NUM_IRQS as defined by Zephyr, which on many platforms
    will increase from the previous default of 32. This improves the
    out-of-the-box information at the cost of 44 bytes in coredump storage
    consumed per additional 32 interrupts. Some example deltas shown below,
    including the byte delta in the stored coredump:

    Platform	Previous Default	New Default	Byte Delta
    nRF52840	32	64 (*48, rounded up to nearest multiple of 32)	+44
    nRF91	32	96 (*65 rounded up)	+88
    nRF53	32	96 (*69 rounded up)	+88
    STM32F407	32	96 (*82 rounded up)	+88
    STM32H7B0	32	160 (*155 rounded up)	+176
    STM32H563	32	160 (*155 rounded up)	+176

    To restore the previous default, set
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_COREDUMP_NVIC_INTERRUPTS_TO_COLLECT=32.

• nRF-Connect SDK:

  • Fix a build issue impacting some nRF54 series chips related to reboot reason
    decoding. Thanks to @grochu for providing the
    fix in #94 🎉!

1.27.0

📈 Added

• General:

  • Add a reference software watchdog port for the STM32L4 series LPTIM
    peripheral. Users of the STM32 HAL can now compile in the reference port and
    the MemfaultWatchdog_Handler. The handler will save a coredump so the full
    system state can be recovered when a watchdog takes place. More details can
    be found in
    ports/include/memfault/ports/watchdog.h.

  • Add CLI commands wdg_enable, wdg_disable, and wdog_update <timeout_ms>
    for testing a software watchdog port. These commands are disabled by default
    and can be enabled for platforms using the minimal shell/console with
    MEMFAULT_DEMO_CLI_WATCHDOG.

• Zephyr:

  • Add a new Kconfig option, CONFIG_MEMFAULT_HTTP_MAX_MESSAGES_TO_SEND, which
    controls the max number of messages that will be sent in a single invocation
    of memfault_zephyr_port_post_data() or similar APIs. The default is 100,
    which is suitable for most applications. Before this change, the limit was
    hard coded to 5 messages, which was too low for systems with infrequent
    upload intervals.

  • Support building for native_sim on arm64 hosts (specifically, the
    native_sim/native/64 target), in addition to x86 hosts.

🛠️ Changed

• Zephyr:

  • Improve the default implementation of
    memfault_platform_sanitize_address_range() to include all memory
    accessible by the kernel. This enables collection of heap-allocated task
    control blocks, which was previously unsupported. Users with discontiguous
    memory regions should provide their own implementation, as before.

  • Prioritize the thread bookkeeping array when collecting thread information
    in a coredump (when CONFIG_MEMFAULT_COREDUMP_COLLECT_TASKS_REGIONS=y, the
    default). This improves the quality of the processed coredump if the
    coredump region is too small to collect all stacks for all threads in the
    system (impacts systems with many threads and limited coredump storage
    space).

  • Add a new Kconfig option, CONFIG_MEMFAULT_HTTP_PACKETIZER_BUFFER_SIZE,
    which controls the size of the intermediate buffer used when reading data
    from the underlying data source (coredump storage, log buffer, CDR, etc)
    when uploading data to Memfault via HTTP. The default size is 128 bytes, and
    1024 bytes on nRF91x series SOCs to better support modem trace CDR upload.
    Thanks to @DematteisGiacomo for submitting this in
    #92.

• ESP-IDF:

  • Handle deprecated Deep Sleep API calls for upcoming ESP-IDF v5.5 and v6.

  • Supporting building with the Memfault CLI commands disabled,
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_CLI_ENABLED=n. Thanks to @finger563 for reporting this
    issue and providing a fix in
    #93 🎉!

🐛 Fixed

• Zephyr:

  • Fix an issue where the socket file descriptor can potentially be leaked when
    the connection terminated unexpectedly during an HTTP chunk upload. Thanks
    to @DematteisGiacomo for submitting this in
    #92.

1.26.1

This is a minor fix release, addressing one future compatibility issue with the
Zephyr port.

🛠️ Changed

• Zephyr:

  • Apply a compatibility fix for upcoming Zephyr 4.2.0, fixing the size of the
    net_mgmt callback mgmt_event parameter. Thanks to @rlubos for providing
    the fix in #91
    🎉!

1.26.0

This is a feature release, primarily addressing future compatibility changes for
the next nRF-Connect SDK release.

📈 Added

• Zephyr:

  • Add support for the ESP32 chip on Zephyr, adding to the existing support for
    ESP32-S3 and ESP32 C series chips.

  • Add support for building the Memfault SDK on the native_sim board. Note
    that Memfault does not support reboot tracking or coredumps on this target,
    but other features are supported.

🛠️ Changed

• General:

  • Add a MEMFAULT_ENABLE_WARNING(warning) macro complementing the existing
    MEMFAULT_DISABLE_WARNING(warning) macro. This macro is only implemented
    for GCC + Clang.

• Zephyr:

  • Remove the External Module logic, used to support multiple Zephyr versions,
    and instead use the normal Zephyr module Kconfig path specifier. There
    should be no user-facing changes from this change. It addresses an issue
    with Kconfig symbol linting.

  • In the Zephyr QEMU sample app, add
    the --param=min-pagesize=0x1000 compiler option, which will catch
    dereferences to low memory addresses. This is only for static analysis
    purposes and does not affect any behavior.

• ESP-IDF:

  • The heartbeat metrics timer is now enabled by default when
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_DEEP_SLEEP_SUPPORT=y. Version 1.25.0, which added deep
    sleep support, had disabled the normal heartbeat metrics timer by default.
    The default behavior can be overridden with the Kconfig option
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_METRICS_HEARTBEAT_TIMER_ENABLE.

• nRF-Connect SDK:

  • Replace use of LTE_LC_ON_CFUN with NRF_MODEM_LIB_ON_CFUN for nRF-Connect
    SDK v2.8.0+. This deprecated API is scheduled to be removed in the next
    nRF-Connect SDK release.

1.25.0

This is a feature release of the Memfault Firmware SDK. The main new feature
released in this version is support for tracking metrics through deep sleep on
ESP32 devices. Full release notes are below.

📈 Added

• Zephyr:

  • Add a new choice config CONFIG_MEMFAULT_REBOOT_REASON_GET. By default,
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_REBOOT_REASON_GET_HWINFO=y, which is supported by
    imply CONFIG_HWINFO in the overarching MEMFAULT symbol. This default
    enables better reboot reasons out-of-the-box via Zephyr's hwinfo module.
    The fall-back option is CONFIG_MEMFAULT_REBOOT_REASON_GET_BASIC, which
    provides a simple implementation. As before, users can override the default
    implementations with CONFIG_MEMFAULT_REBOOT_REASON_GET_CUSTOM=y.

  • Add a new Kconfig setting, CONFIG_MEMFAULT_ENABLE_REBOOT_DIAG_DUMP, to
    print the reboot reason code on system boot, for debugging purposes. This
    feature is enabled by default. It can be disabled with
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_ENABLE_REBOOT_DIAG_DUMP=n.

  • Add a boot_time_ms metric, which tracks how long the system takes to boot
    the application. Can be disabled with CONFIG_MEMFAULT_METRICS_BOOT_TIME=n.

  • Add new builtin Wi-Fi metrics, enabled by default when CONFIG_WIFI=y, and
    can be disabled with CONFIG_MEMFAULT_METRICS_WIFI=n:

    • wifi_beacon_interval
    • wifi_dtim_interval
    • wifi_frequency_band
    • wifi_primary_channel
    • wifi_security_type
    • wifi_sta_rssi
    • wifi_standard_version
    • wifi_twt_capable
    • wifi_tx_rate_mbps (Zephyr 4.1.0+ only)

    These add on top of the existing Zephyr Wi-Fi metrics:

    • wifi_ap_oui
    • wifi_connected_time_ms
    • wifi_disconnect_count

  • Add an option to upload logs by default when using
    MEMFAULT_HTTP_PERIODIC_UPLOAD, controlled with the Kconfig symbol
    MEMFAULT_HTTP_PERIODIC_UPLOAD_LOGS. This can also be controlled at runtime
    with the included API
    memfault_zephyr_port_http_periodic_upload_logs(bool enable)

  • Add a new Kconfig option, CONFIG_MEMFAULT_PLATFORM_TIME_SINCE_BOOT_CUSTOM,
    to provide a custom implementation of
    memfault_platform_get_time_since_boot_ms() in your application. The
    default is an implementation using k_uptime_get().

• ESP-IDF:

  • Add a boot_time_ms metric, which tracks how long the system takes to boot
    the application. Can be disabled with CONFIG_MEMFAULT_METRICS_BOOT_TIME=n.

  • Add support for tracking metrics across ESP32 deep sleep cycles, enabled
    with the Kconfig CONFIG_MEMFAULT_DEEP_SLEEP_SUPPORT=y. To utilize this
    feature, these functions must be called by the application:

    • memfault_platform_deep_sleep_save_state()

      Must be called just prior to entering deep sleep
      (esp_deep_sleep_start())

    • memfault_platform_deep_sleep_restore_state()

      Must be called before memfault_platform_boot() in the application
      startup sequence.

    This feature includes built-in metrics for tracking deep sleep:

    • deep_sleep_time_ms - time spent in deep sleep
    • active_time_ms - time spent out of deep sleep
    • deep_sleep_wakeup_count - number of times the device woke up from deep
      sleep

    There are several Kconfig options for controlling the deep sleep feature,
    including controlling the heartbeat trigger and HTTP periodic upload. See
    menuconfig "Memfault deep sleep support" or
    ports/esp_idf/memfault/Kconfig for
    details.

  • Add new metrics tracking flash usage:

    • flash_spi_erase_bytes
    • flash_spi_write_bytes
    • flash_spi_total_size_bytes

  • Add capture of the ESP-IDF Task Watchdog stuck task list in coredumps. This
    is enabled by default if ESP-IDF Task Watchdog is enabled, and can be
    disabled with the Kconfig
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_COREDUMP_CAPTURE_TASK_WATCHDOG=n.

🛠️ Changed

• nRF Connect SDK:

  • CONFIG_MEMFAULT_REBOOT_REASON_GET_CUSTOM is now a choice in the new choice
    config CONFIG_MEMFAULT_REBOOT_REASON_GET. As a result, it will be the
    default choice if CONFIG_MEMFAULT_NRF_CONNECT_SDK=y instead of being
    imply-ed by CONFIG_MEMFAULT_NRF_CONNECT_SDK to work around the
    restriction that choice configs cannot be selected. As before, users can
    override this behavior with CONFIG_MEMFAULT_REBOOT_REASON_GET_CUSTOM=n.

• ESP-IDF:

  • Rename CONFIG_MEMFAULT_TIME_SINCE_BOOT_CUSTOM ->
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_PLATFORM_TIME_SINCE_BOOT_CUSTOM. A new ESP-IDF port choice
    Kconfig CONFIG_MEMFAULT_PLATFORM_TIME_SINCE_BOOT now supports 3 settings
    for platform time since boot:

    1. MEMFAULT_PLATFORM_TIME_SINCE_BOOT_ESP_TIMER default, suitable for most
       applications
    2. MEMFAULT_PLATFORM_TIME_SINCE_BOOT_DEEP_SLEEP applicable for deep-sleep
       applications
    3. MEMFAULT_PLATFORM_TIME_SINCE_BOOT_CUSTOM disable builtin
       implementations and implement a custom
       memfault_platform_get_time_since_boot_ms()

  • Renamed the spi_flash_chip_id metric (added in 1.23.0) to
    flash_spi_manufacturer_id.

  • Renamed the wifi_auth_mode metric to wifi_security_type to more
    accurately indicate the property being measured.

• General:

  • Add the demo component to the default set of components added to an
    Eclipse project when using the
    eclipse_patch.py utility. The default
    components can be overridden with the --components argument.

  • Coredumps no longer include the device serial by default. The uploading
    serial (passed to the chunks endpoint) is instead used to identify the
    device associated with the coredump. Enabling
    #define MEMFAULT_EVENT_INCLUDE_DEVICE_SERIAL 1 in
    memfault_platform_config.h will include the device serial in coredumps.

🐛 Fixed

• ESP-IDF:

  • Remove debug logging from memfault_platform_time_get_current(). When log
    timestamps are enabled, and debug level logs are enabled, this function can
    infinitely recurse.

  • Fix Memfault Build ID insertion when
    CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_BUILD_SIGNED_BINARIES=y. Previously, the build ID was
    inserted at the wrong build step, resulting in a missing build ID in the
    flashable image.

• Zephyr:

  • Remove debug logging from the RTC-backed
    memfault_platform_time_get_current() (enabled when
    CONFIG_MEMFAULT_SYSTEM_TIME_SOURCE_RTC=y). When log timestamps are
    enabled, logging from this function can result in infinite recursion under
    certain conditions.

  • Update the west module allowlist to include cmsis_6 in the
    Zephyr QEMU Sample App. The cmsis_6
    module is now used for TF-M and Cortex-M as of
    this PR.

  • Update the Memfault Zephyr logging backend to properly capture log lines
    when CONFIG_LOG_MODE_IMMEDIATE=y on Zephyr 3.7.0+.

• Wiced:

  • Fix broken symlinks in the Wiced example.