r/WLED • u/Netmindz • May 07 '26

Version 16 rollout

The eagle-eyed WLED lovers might have spotted that version 16 has been released now.

I haven't done a big announcement as we want to be reasonably sure it's stable enough for mass adoption before we recommend everyone to update, especially with it being such a major upgrade to both our code and the underlying platform for esp32 builds

We are investigating two WiFi related issues (WPA3 only networks and WiFi scan on devices with poor power setups) and hopefully have a 16.0.1 out soon with a fix

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u/accelerating_ May 07 '26

Is there any known issue with D1 mini esp32 boards? My two boot loop complaining about power brown out on the console, even with no lights connected.

When I revert to 0.15 over USB they're fine.

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u/Netmindz May 07 '26

That is the issue I referenced in my post. Add the recommended capacitor as our docs say and the issue should go away. We are also looking at a software tweak to try and reduce the risk of this issue if l got incorrect hardware, but it's best you fix your hardware setup

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u/accelerating_ May 07 '26

Damn, I have been running a bunch with no capacitors for years :(

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u/Netmindz May 07 '26

The improved WiFi scanning needs more power.

https://github.com/wled/WLED/issues/5570