ESPHome 'ota' requires a 'platform' key but it was not specified.

With the update to ESPHome greater 2024.06, some of my devices couldn’t be updated as they showed the following error: 1 'ota' requires a 'platform' key but it was not specified. The solution was to edit the config file where i originally had a section like this: 1 2 ota: password: !secret esphome_ota_password Which, since the merge of a specific PR  into 2024.06 has to look like that (also described here  ): ...

ESPHome: failed to execute 'open' on 'serialport': failed to open serial port.

Recently i wanted to flash another Wemos D1 Mini but actually had no chance to do it from my Windows 10 PC. Symptom: 1 failed to execute 'open' on 'serialport': failed to open serial port. Solution 1: Downgrade the Driver of the Serial Port to an older one  as described here  . Solution 2: Change the Baud-Rate of the Serial Port via the Device Manager. Right click on the USB serial port > Properties > Port setting > change the bits per second from 9600 to 115200. ...