Fails to flash when partition size is 16M (ESPTOOL-586)

[robbietree8]

Operating System

macOS 12.6.2

Esptool Version

v4.5-dev/1d34837725d6be5e8ae32bbcd59982a7cc5fc857

Python Version

Python 3.10.3

Chip Description

esp32s3

Device Description

No response

Hardware Configuration

No response

How is Esptool Run

macOS iTerm2

Full Esptool Command Line that Was Run

esptool.py --chip esp32s3 --port ${port} --baud 460800 --no-stub --trace write_flash --flash_size=detect -fm dio 0 firmware.bin

Esptool Output

since the trace output is too large, I'm pasting last 20 lines of trace log:

    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff | ................
    ffffffffffffffff ffc0             | ..........
TRACE +0.009 Read 1 bytes: c0
TRACE +0.000 Read 14 bytes: 0103040084dbdc067801050000c0
TRACE +0.000 Received full packet: 0103040084c0067801050000

A fatal error occurred: Failed to write to target Flash after seq 16384 (result was 01050000: Requested resource not found)

More Information

partitions.csv

# Name,   Type, SubType, Offset,  Size, Flags
# Note: if you change the phy_init or app partition offset, make sure to change the offset in Kconfig.projbuild
nvs,      data, nvs,     ,        0x4000,
otadata,  data, ota,     ,        0x2000,
phy_init, data, phy,     ,        0x1000,
ota_0,    app,  ota_0,   ,        1M,
ota_1,    app,  ota_1,   ,        1M,
storage,  data, spiffs,  ,          16M, 
storage2,  data, spiffs,  ,      1M, 

When I change size of storage from 16M to 10M, flash works fine.

Other Steps to Reproduce

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I Have Read the Troubleshooting Guide

• I confirm I have read the troubleshooting guide.

[dobairoland]

Hi @robbietree8. Thanks, we are aware of this issue. Please follow #795 or #745 to get notified when this will be solved.