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OTA update fails in CC3200
Hi All,
We are using the Dropbox API to do an OTA upgrade. We have a webclient application running on the TI microcontroller CC3200. We are using the Drop Box API from 2017 onwards, and it is working fine. When we tested the OTA functionality yesterday, it was unable to receive the CDN file URL.
It is able to receive the file information from Dropbox but is unable to get the temporary link from Dropbox.
Do you know what is causing this issue? Is there any recent API upgrade that has failed to respond?
Please help us to fix this issue ASAP.
TI CC3200 logs:
sl_extLib_OtaRun: call OtaClient_ConnectServer OTA server=api.dropbox.com
OtaClient_ConnectServer: http_connect_server api.dropbox.com
0 OTA run = 0
sl_extLib_OtaRun: OtaClient_UpdateCheck, vendorStr=Vid01_Pid00_Ver0302100000
OtaClient_UpdateCheck: call http_build_request /1/metadata/auto/
CdnDropbox_SendReqDir: uri=/2/files/list_folder
metadata file=/Vid01_Pid00_Ver0302100000/f80_sys_mcuimgA.bin, size=142888
sl_extLib_OtaRun: OtaClient_UpdateCheck, numUpdates=1
0 OTA run = 0
sl_extLib_OtaRun: OtaClient_GetNextUpdate: file=/Vid01_Pid00_Ver0302100000/f80_sys_mcuimgA.bin, size=142888
OtaClient_ResourceMetadata: call http_build_request /1/media/auto
OtaClient_ResourceMetadata: file flags=80,metadata flags=80
CdnDropbox_SendReqFileUrl: uri=/2/files/get_temporary_link
0 OTA run = 0
sl_extLib_OtaRun: ResourceMetadata CDN file URL = f=
CdnClient_ConnectByUrl: ERROR, http_extract_domain_by_url, status=-1
sl_extLib_OtaRun ERROR: Failed on CdnClient_ConnectByUrl
0 OTA run = -6
OTA run = -6
OTA: Error with OTA server
Regards,
Sundar
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Hi Greg,
Thank you for the clarification.
I have posted your message in the TI forum
I have asked to remove the extra line and test the issue.
Regards,
Sundar
Hi Greg,
TI confirms that removing the new line resolves the issue.
Once you make those changes in production, our devices will do an OTA update without any code modification on the client side. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Regards,
Sundar
Haha... They don't understand still that it's a bug... and they care about how to keep this bug. 🤷
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
sundares80 Thanks for confirming that. I've raised this to the team to ask that they change the server to accept requests with the extra new line. Again though, please note that I can't promise if/when such a change would be deployed. I'll follow up here with any updates on that.
Also, as Здравко noted, please be aware that the client behavior of sending this extra new line is a bug. If the team deploys a change on the server to accommodate malformed requests with the extra new line like this, such a change should not be considered permanent, and so clients should be updated to not send the extra new line.
I'd also like to thank Здравко again for going above and beyond to debug this!
Hi Greg,
Thank you for the update. Please let us know once you deploy the changes
Regards,
Sundar
- Greg-DB
sundares80 I will follow up here with any news on this, but again just to be clear, at this point I cannot say if the team will or won't be deploying any changes for this.
Hi Greg,
I really appriciate your help in finding the RCA for the issue. We don't have any control over the client's device (100K IOT device). The Dropbox API service is the only way to connect to the device. As I mentioned before, this is the highest priority issue in our organization. Since OTA functionality worked before and not working now, few of our customers continuousely started asking for the update. It is affecting the entire business. So please escalate as much as possible and deploy the changes.
Regards,
Sundar
- Greg-DB
Thanks for the context!
Hi Greg,
We have over 100k of our devices installed globally used by 1000’s of hospitals, pharmacies, food processing and other businesses. The ability for us to update the firmware with OTA functionality using Dropbox is critical for us and clients. As discussed, the function is not working now due to your recent update on the Dropbox API server. We have been waiting for Dropbox to fix the API issue for almost a month, but there is no update from Dropbox. This issue has been escalated to our executives and SensoScientific CTO is questioning when it will be fixed. Can you escalate and schedule a call with your executive/management to further discuss this issue and timing of the resolution. We are trying to address this before it becomes a legal issue and proceeding.
Regards,
Sundar
- Greg-DB
Thanks for the note. This is still open with the relevant team in engineering on our side. I'll follow up here once I have any update for you.
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