D-Link R32 boots into recovery after sysupgrade

Describe the bug

sysupgrade causes the router to only boot into recovery

OpenWrt version

r0-285bdd2

OpenWrt release

SNAPSHOT

OpenWrt target/subtarget

mediatek/mt7622

Device

D-Link EAGLE PRO AI R32 A1

Image kind

Self-built image

Steps to reproduce

Upgrade using sysupgrade to SNAPSHOT r0-285bdd2, self-built. Tried various settings (saving config or not, etc), same result.
Upgraded several routers from SNAPSHOT r26671-e3afc7047b, one had a later build from around August with kernel 6.6.47, I didn't save the exact commit.

Actual behaviour

Router boots to recovery no matter what I try. The only way forward is to flash the recovery image using the recovery web interface.

Expected behaviour

Successful sysupgrade

Additional info

This happened on 5 different routers.

Diffconfig

CONFIG_TARGET_mediatek=y
CONFIG_TARGET_mediatek_mt7622=y
CONFIG_TARGET_mediatek_mt7622_DEVICE_dlink_eagle-pro-ai-r32-a1=y
CONFIG_BIND_ENABLE_DOH=y
# CONFIG_KERNEL_BTRFS_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_CIFS_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_EXT4_FS_SECURITY is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_F2FS_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_F2FS_FS_SECURITY is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_HFSPLUS_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_HFS_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_JFFS2_FS_SECURITY is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_JFS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_NFS_ACL_SUPPORT is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_REISER_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_UBIFS_FS_SECURITY is not set
# CONFIG_KERNEL_XFS_POSIX_ACL is not set
CONFIG_LIBCURL_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_LIBCURL_FILE=y
CONFIG_LIBCURL_FTP=y
CONFIG_LIBCURL_HTTP=y
CONFIG_LIBCURL_MBEDTLS=y
CONFIG_LIBCURL_NGHTTP2=y
CONFIG_LIBCURL_NO_SMB="!"
CONFIG_LIBCURL_PROXY=y
CONFIG_LIBCURL_UNIX_SOCKETS=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_ENGINE=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_ASM=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_CHACHA_POLY1305=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_CMS=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_DEPRECATED=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_ERROR_MESSAGES=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_IDEA=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_MDC2=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_PSK=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_SEED=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_SRP=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_TLS13=y
CONFIG_OPENSSL_WITH_WHIRLPOOL=y
# CONFIG_PACKAGE_apk-mbedtls is not set
CONFIG_PACKAGE_bind-host=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_bind-libs=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_cgi-io=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_curl=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ddns-scripts=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ddns-scripts-cloudflare=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ddns-scripts-services=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ip-tiny=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-crypto-kpp=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-crypto-lib-chacha20=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-crypto-lib-chacha20poly1305=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-crypto-lib-curve25519=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-crypto-lib-poly1305=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-udptunnel4=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-udptunnel6=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-wireguard=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_libatomic=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_libcurl=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_liblua=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_liblucihttp=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_liblucihttp-lua=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_liblucihttp-ucode=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_libnghttp2=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_libopenssl=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_libpthread=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_librt=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_libubus-lua=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_liburcu=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_libuv=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_lua=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-app-ddns=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-app-firewall=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-app-package-manager=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-base=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-lib-base=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-lib-ip=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-lib-jsonc=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-lib-nixio=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-lib-uqr=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-light=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-lua-runtime=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-mod-admin-full=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-mod-dashboard=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-mod-network=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-mod-status=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-mod-system=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-proto-ipv6=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-proto-ppp=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-proto-wireguard=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-theme-bootstrap=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_opkg=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_resolveip=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_rpcd=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_rpcd-mod-file=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_rpcd-mod-iwinfo=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_rpcd-mod-luci=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_rpcd-mod-rrdns=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_rpcd-mod-ucode=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ucode-mod-html=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ucode-mod-lua=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ucode-mod-math=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_uhttpd=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_uhttpd-mod-ubus=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_wgddns=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_wireguard-tools=y
# CONFIG_USE_APK is not set
# CONFIG_USE_FS_ACL_ATTR is not set
CONFIG_USE_GC_SECTIONS=y
CONFIG_USE_LTO=y

Terms

• I am reporting an issue for OpenWrt, not an unsupported fork.

Start by reproducing sysupgrade on the D-Link EAGLE PRO AI R32 A1 using the mediatek/mt7622 target and compare the supplied diffconfig with a known-working build. Investigate why the upgraded image enters recovery instead of booting; done means a self-built SNAPSHOT image completes sysupgrade and boots normally on the affected routers.