From bafdeb4275d3aea96494e97e016b8d593b89b08f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin <vidplace7@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:30:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] CI: Unified ESP32 OTA firmware + manifests (#9258)

---
 .github/workflows/build_firmware.yml | 41 +++++++++++++++-------------
 bin/platformio-custom.py             |  5 +++-
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_firmware.yml b/.github/workflows/build_firmware.yml
index 19381e211..2777d86cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_firmware.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_firmware.yml
@@ -29,23 +29,6 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
           repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
 
-      - name: Set OTA firmware source and target
-        if: startsWith(inputs.platform, 'esp32')
-        id: ota_dir
-        env:
-          PIO_PLATFORM: ${{ inputs.platform }}
-        run: |
-          if [ "$PIO_PLATFORM" = "esp32s3" ]; then
-            echo "src=firmware-s3.bin" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "tgt=release/bleota-s3.bin" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          elif [ "$PIO_PLATFORM" = "esp32c3" ] || [ "$PIO_PLATFORM" = "esp32c6" ]; then
-            echo "src=firmware-c3.bin" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "tgt=release/bleota-c3.bin" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          elif [ "$PIO_PLATFORM" = "esp32" ]; then
-            echo "src=firmware.bin" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "tgt=release/bleota.bin" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
       - name: Build ${{ inputs.platform }}
         id: build
         uses: meshtastic/gh-action-firmware@main
@@ -53,8 +36,28 @@ jobs:
           pio_platform: ${{ inputs.platform }}
           pio_env: ${{ inputs.pio_env }}
           pio_target: build
-          ota_firmware_source: ${{ steps.ota_dir.outputs.src || '' }}
-          ota_firmware_target: ${{ steps.ota_dir.outputs.tgt || '' }}
+
+      - name: ESP32 - Download Unified OTA firmware
+        # Currently only esp32 and esp32s3 use the unified ota
+        if: inputs.platform == 'esp32' || inputs.platform == 'esp32s3'
+        id: dl-ota-unified
+        env:
+          PIO_PLATFORM: ${{ inputs.platform }}
+          PIO_ENV: ${{ inputs.pio_env }}
+          OTA_URL: https://github.com/meshtastic/esp32-unified-ota/releases/latest/download/mt-${{ inputs.platform }}-ota.bin
+        working-directory: release
+        run: |
+          curl -L -o "mt-$PIO_PLATFORM-ota.bin" $OTA_URL
+
+      - name: ESP32-C* - Download BLE-Only OTA firmware
+        if: inputs.platform == 'esp32c3' || inputs.platform == 'esp32c6'
+        id: dl-ota-ble
+        env:
+          PIO_ENV: ${{ inputs.pio_env }}
+          OTA_URL: https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware-ota/releases/latest/download/firmware-c3.bin
+        working-directory: release
+        run: |
+          curl -L -o bleota-c3.bin $OTA_URL
 
       - name: Job summary
         env:
diff --git a/bin/platformio-custom.py b/bin/platformio-custom.py
index 90d733ca7..7481500db 100644
--- a/bin/platformio-custom.py
+++ b/bin/platformio-custom.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def manifest_gather(source, target, env):
     manifest_ran = True
     out = []
     board_platform = env.BoardConfig().get("platform")
+    board_mcu = env.BoardConfig().get("build.mcu").lower()
     needs_ota_suffix = board_platform == "nordicnrf52"
     check_paths = [
         progname,
@@ -69,7 +70,9 @@ def manifest_gather(source, target, env):
         f"{progname}.uf2",
         f"{progname}.factory.uf2",
         f"{progname}.zip",
-        lfsbin
+        lfsbin,
+        f"mt-{board_mcu}-ota.bin",
+        "bleota-c3.bin"
     ]
     for p in check_paths:
         f = env.File(env.subst(f"$BUILD_DIR/{p}"))