From ff508d54f7938d200ce0c29a14e6cdb44547b183 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: agessaman <adam@gessaman.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 17:31:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: firmware notes mention ota branch channel switching

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 firmware-notes.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/firmware-notes.html b/firmware-notes.html
index a6d5a78616c..bf3032944a5 100644
--- a/firmware-notes.html
+++ b/firmware-notes.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<b>MQTT Observer v1.17.1</b><ul><li>Based on MeshCore 1.17.1</li><li>Up to 6 MQTT broker slots with built-in community presets</li><li>Presets include Analyzer, MeshMapper, MeshRank, Waev, Meshomatic, CascadiaMesh, TennMesh, NashMesh, IdahoMesh, and more</li><li>JWT (Ed25519) and username/password authentication</li><li>Web config portal on the device, plus serial console (115200 baud)</li><li>Over-the-air updates within the channel you flashed</li><li>Neighbor discovery uplink on supported boards</li></ul><p>See <a target='_blank' href='https://github.com/agessaman/MeshCore/blob/observer-firmware/MQTT_IMPLEMENTATION.md'>setup guide</a> for configuration instructions.</p>
+<b>MQTT Observer v1.17.1</b><ul><li>Based on MeshCore 1.17.1</li><li>Up to 6 MQTT broker slots with built-in community presets</li><li>Presets include Analyzer, MeshMapper, MeshRank, Waev, Meshomatic, CascadiaMesh, TennMesh, NashMesh, IdahoMesh, and more</li><li>JWT (Ed25519) and username/password authentication</li><li>Web config portal on the device, plus serial console (115200 baud)</li><li>Over-the-air updates; switch release channel with <code>ota branch prod|beta</code> (beta to production from v1.18)</li><li>Neighbor discovery uplink on supported boards</li></ul><p>See <a target='_blank' href='https://github.com/agessaman/MeshCore/blob/observer-firmware/MQTT_IMPLEMENTATION.md'>setup guide</a> for configuration instructions.</p>

From 7a855310bd8349275805aab0246cc0e7e7efaa5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: agessaman <adam@gessaman.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:24:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: update firmware notes for v1.18.0

Bump the header to 1.18.0 and drop the 'beta to production from v1.18' caveat now that both channels are on 1.18; ota branch only saves the choice, so name ota update too.
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 firmware-notes.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/firmware-notes.html b/firmware-notes.html
index bf3032944a5..94a39c330d1 100644
--- a/firmware-notes.html
+++ b/firmware-notes.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<b>MQTT Observer v1.17.1</b><ul><li>Based on MeshCore 1.17.1</li><li>Up to 6 MQTT broker slots with built-in community presets</li><li>Presets include Analyzer, MeshMapper, MeshRank, Waev, Meshomatic, CascadiaMesh, TennMesh, NashMesh, IdahoMesh, and more</li><li>JWT (Ed25519) and username/password authentication</li><li>Web config portal on the device, plus serial console (115200 baud)</li><li>Over-the-air updates; switch release channel with <code>ota branch prod|beta</code> (beta to production from v1.18)</li><li>Neighbor discovery uplink on supported boards</li></ul><p>See <a target='_blank' href='https://github.com/agessaman/MeshCore/blob/observer-firmware/MQTT_IMPLEMENTATION.md'>setup guide</a> for configuration instructions.</p>
+<b>MQTT Observer v1.18.0</b><ul><li>Based on MeshCore 1.18.0</li><li>Up to 6 MQTT broker slots with built-in community presets</li><li>Presets include Analyzer, MeshMapper, MeshRank, Waev, Meshomatic, CascadiaMesh, TennMesh, NashMesh, IdahoMesh, and more</li><li>JWT (Ed25519) and username/password authentication</li><li>Web config portal on the device, plus serial console (115200 baud)</li><li>Over-the-air updates; switch release channel with <code>ota branch prod|beta</code>, then <code>ota update</code></li><li>Neighbor discovery uplink on supported boards</li></ul><p>See <a target='_blank' href='https://github.com/agessaman/MeshCore/blob/observer-firmware/MQTT_IMPLEMENTATION.md'>setup guide</a> for configuration instructions.</p>