Implement firmware OTA update logic on an ESP32 using ESP-IDF's native OTA API with dual ota_0/ota_1 partitions
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Steps
Partition the flash with ota_0 and ota_1 app partitions plus an otadata partition (2 flash sectors, 0x2000 bytes) to track which slot is active
Call esp_ota_begin() to open a handle to the inactive partition before writing new firmware
Stream the downloaded firmware image into esp_ota_write() (or esp_ota_write_with_offset() for out-of-order chunks) as it arrives
Call esp_ota_end() to finalize and validate the written image
Call esp_ota_set_boot_partition() to mark the newly written partition as the one to boot from on next reset, then reboot
Known gotchas
if writing fails partway through, esp_ota_end() rejects an incomplete or corrupt image -- don't call esp_ota_set_boot_partition() unless esp_ota_end() succeeded
for the common HTTPS-download case, esp_https_ota() wraps begin/write/end/set-boot-partition into one call -- reimplementing the native sequence is only needed for non-HTTP transports or custom resumption logic
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