Playdate crashed while idle

SDK Bug Reports
1

I saw my playdate just spontaneously crashed on its own from locked state. It reboots automatically after a few seconds, so I would have missed it if I didn't notice the screen flash. crashlog.txt said it happened 8 times recently, pasted below (I can't be sure if the earlier entries were the same kind of crash, but the last two were definitely the same crash-while-idle problem since I saw them happen):

--- crash at 2026/08/13 20:44:03---
build:057d750f-3.1.1-release.210171-gitlab-runner
   r0:20010ef8    r1:20010f1c     r2:20796164    r3: 226e6f69
  r12:90183db8    lr:00000000     pc:24061da2   psr: 210d0000
 cfsr:00000400  hfsr:40000000  mmfar:00000000  bfar: 00000000
rcccsr:00000000
heap allocated: 1588704
Lua totalbytes=0 GCdebt=0 GCestimate=0 stacksize=0

--- crash at 2026/08/14 00:08:15---
build:057d750f-3.1.1-release.210171-gitlab-runner
   r0:90161f00    r1:70697a6e     r2:656c6967    r3: 20010f40
  r12:2000728a    lr:240622cb     pc:240622ce   psr: 910d0000
 cfsr:00000400  hfsr:40000000  mmfar:00000000  bfar: 00000000
rcccsr:00000000
heap allocated: 1529408
Lua totalbytes=0 GCdebt=0 GCestimate=0 stacksize=0

--- crash at 2026/08/14 00:29:27---
build:057d750f-3.1.1-release.210171-gitlab-runner
   r0:6966222c    r1:2403ee5f     r2:300002cc    r3: 6966222c
  r12:0000000a    lr:2403ee5f     pc:2406233a   psr: 61000000
 cfsr:00008200  hfsr:40000000  mmfar:f966ee98  bfar: f966ee98
rcccsr:00000000
heap allocated: 1851616
Lua totalbytes=0 GCdebt=0 GCestimate=0 stacksize=0

--- crash at 2026/08/14 00:50:35---
build:057d750f-3.1.1-release.210171-gitlab-runner
   r0:00000001    r1:00000559     r2:00010000    r3: 00000001
  r12:00000002    lr:24050fb5     pc:24050fba   psr: 61070000
 cfsr:00000400  hfsr:40000000  mmfar:00000000  bfar: 00000000
rcccsr:00000000
heap allocated: 1283968
Lua totalbytes=0 GCdebt=0 GCestimate=0 stacksize=0

--- crash at 2026/08/14 01:11:46---
build:057d750f-3.1.1-release.210171-gitlab-runner
   r0:00000000    r1:00000559     r2:00010000    r3: 00000001
  r12:240df730    lr:24093f47     pc:24050fac   psr: 010f0000
 cfsr:00000400  hfsr:40000000  mmfar:00000000  bfar: 00000000
rcccsr:00000000
heap allocated: 1283968
Lua totalbytes=0 GCdebt=0 GCestimate=0 stacksize=0

--- crash at 2026/08/14 01:32:55---
build:057d750f-3.1.1-release.210171-gitlab-runner
   r0:00000006    r1:00000559     r2:00010000    r3: 00000001
  r12:240df730    lr:24050fb5     pc:240c73d2   psr: 610f0000
 cfsr:00000400  hfsr:40000000  mmfar:00000000  bfar: 00000000
rcccsr:00000000
heap allocated: 1283968
Lua totalbytes=0 GCdebt=0 GCestimate=0 stacksize=0

--- crash at 2026/08/14 01:54:09---
build:057d750f-3.1.1-release.210171-gitlab-runner
   r0:00000000    r1:00000559     r2:00010000    r3: 00000001
  r12:00000002    lr:2408efbd     pc:24094800   psr: 010d0000
 cfsr:00000400  hfsr:40000000  mmfar:00000000  bfar: 00000000
rcccsr:00000000
heap allocated: 1283968
Lua totalbytes=0 GCdebt=0 GCestimate=0 stacksize=0

--- crash at 2026/08/14 02:15:17---
build:057d750f-3.1.1-release.210171-gitlab-runner
   r0:00000001    r1:24017a80     r2:24013ab1    r3: 00000001
  r12:240df730    lr:24017b49     pc:240c77a8   psr: 01050000
 cfsr:00000400  hfsr:40000000  mmfar:00000000  bfar: 00000000
rcccsr:00000000
heap allocated: 1283968
Lua totalbytes=0 GCdebt=0 GCestimate=0 stacksize=0
2

Had this happen to me too! Currently on version 3.0.4. Strangely I'm also getting a crash when attempting to update, which could be related ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

3

Also just had this, running 3.1.1. Now any time I open the Settings app, it crashes a few seconds later.

edit: seems to be just crash looping on its own every few minutes now if I leave it alone

4

Same here, woke up to this (that's a RevA and RevB - both on 3.1.1):

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5

Systems seem to work otherwise, except selecting the 'boot to data disk' option to get a crash log immediately crashes to e0 again.

6

I'm on v3.1.1, updated shortly after it was released. Haven't had any issues until today (noticed the PD sitting at the crash screen this morning): now it's crashing repeatedly. It may have been happening all along and I'm just noticing it at the right time.

It looks like any time the system tries to fire up wifi, it'll crash?

The easiest loop to reproduce:

  • System > System Update > light on the sleep button turns white -> crash
7

I'm also on 3.1.1 and it seems like the "Settings" and "Game Library" are the ones that crash on my device.

8

As @SamSpudd and @Kirkpad were discussing in Discord:

I'm not sure, so don't quote me on this, but I believe it may be some cloudflare anti-bot schenanigans. Potentially since they upped bot detection through them, all requests going through them (from PeeDees, for example), are getting flagged, not served valid 'this didn't work' errors, and crashing
I've just been doing some digging to what the playdate requests, and yep, a request went to a Cloudflare IP before it crashed, so it's literally calls there that is breaking it.
The call to 'whatever.panic.com' now heads to Cloudflare first before dying

Interesting so maybe they put the CloudFlare DDoS protection in the right place but it overdid it lmao

9

I'm also experiencing this, I'm on 3.0.4

Turning off Wi-Fi seems to have stopped the crashing. Had to forget the network, as Settings > Wi-Fi > Disconnect was also triggering the crash.

According to the crashlog the crashes started at around midnight CET August 14th and happened every 22 minutes (not counting the ones I triggered by interacting with the device) - looks very similar to crashlog I also have from version 2.7.6 from August 2025

10

I have exactly the same problem too!

Enter the settings system, and in a few seconds

After booting, it says to press the A button

The same crash keeps happening again.

11

This appears to have been resolved for me; I'm able to go into settings, check for an update -> no crash.

Gives credence to the notion that it had to do with something on the server side/cloudflare.

12

Fixed now for me too, see OS hard-faults every ~21 minutes on 3.1.1, reproducible by running a manual system update - #2 by willco

13

believe this is fixed as shared on Reddit see Brief official update regarding current crashing issues