Set up Memfault OTA releases with MCUboot on a Zephyr device and monitor fleet update progress

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Verified steps

  1. Enable OTA support in your Zephyr project: set CONFIG_MEMFAULT_ZEPHYR_FOTA_BACKEND_MCUBOOT=y; ensure MCUboot is configured as the bootloader with a secondary (DFU) flash partition
  2. Build and sign the firmware image with imgtool.py using your private signing key; the signed binary is the artifact to upload to Memfault
  3. Upload the OTA artifact to Memfault: in the console go to Software > OTA Releases, create a release, and attach the signed firmware binary for the target hardware version
  4. Create a Cohort in Memfault and assign devices to it; deploy the release to the cohort and set a rollout percentage to stage the update gradually
  5. On the device, call the Memfault OTA check API (memfault_ota_check_for_update) at boot or on a schedule; if an update is available, download it to the MCUboot secondary partition and call boot_request_upgrade()
  6. After reboot MCUboot swaps to the new image; the device must call boot_write_img_confirmed() after self-validation to make the update permanent, or MCUboot will revert to the previous image

Known gotchas

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