Thank you. I’m still looking for an official technical clarification from Espressif, as this impacts an active PCB design decision.
Could Espressif please confirm, explicitly, whether the ESP32-E22:

can run custom ESP-IDF application firmware, or
is limited to host-managed radio/coproc operation ...

Has anyone received clarification on whether the ESP32-E22 supports custom ESP-IDF firmware?

I'm designing a product that pairs an ESP32-P4 with an ESP32-E22. The E22 would handle Wi-Fi connectivity, OTA updates, and cloud telemetry — running custom application firmware built with ESP-IDF (FreeRTOS ...