Thanks for the clarification.
I’m aware that this issue was introduced in ESP-IDF 5.5 (I mention that in the original post).

My main problem is how to proceed with new firmware when I already have a large number of devices in the field.

If I create a new partition table with NVS ≥ 0x3000, it ...

Hi everyone,
I’m upgrading to ESP-IDF 5.5 and ran into an issue with the new NVS size requirement.

Context:
ESP-IDF 5.5 now requires the NVS partition to be at least 0x3000.
All my already deployed devices use an NVS partition of only 0x2000.
NVS is used only for system data (e.g., Wi-Fi ...