xtaskcreate error (IDFGH-12716)

[cyberumut]

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General issue report

every time I try to start a task I get an insufficient memory error I have enough memory space as shown in the picture 4.7MB PSRAM 263BYTE INTERNAL RAM

[Alvin1Zhang]

Would you please help share more details as per the template? Thanks.

[ESP-Marius]

Since PSRAM memory comes with some restrictions, task stacks by default allocate from internal memory. But it is possible provide a PSRAM stack manually with xTaskCreateStatic if CONFIG_SPIRAM_ALLOW_STACK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY is enabled.

[cyberumut]

Since PSRAM memory comes with some restrictions, task stacks by default allocate from internal memory. But it is possible provide a PSRAM stack manually with xTaskCreateStatic if CONFIG_SPIRAM_ALLOW_STACK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY is enabled.

yes already enabled

[ESP-Marius]

yes already enabled

As I said:

Since PSRAM memory comes with some restrictions, task stacks by default allocate from internal memory. But it is possible provide a PSRAM stack manually with xTaskCreateStatic

[ESP-Marius]

Marking this one as resolved, please reopen it if there is still any outstanding issues.