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Add software OTA

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api

Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by locating the existing firmware OTA MQTT requests and attribute readings, using the linked ThingsBoard OTA documentation for the firmware-versus-software distinction. Done means software OTA follows the same process with /sw/ paths instead of /fw/.

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Description

enhancement

At this time, it is only possible to perform firmware updates, not software updates: https://thingsboard.io/docs/user-guide/ota-updates/#firmware-vs-software
From what I have seen, the process is the same; it would be enough to replace /fw/ with /sw/ in the MQTT requests and in the attribute readings.

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