Nitrokey 3C NFC update from v1.8.2 to v1.8.3 fails: Invalid component in firmware version: 0.5.0rc1

Nitrokeys FIDO2 / Nitrokey 3
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When I try to update my Nitrokey 3C NFC from v1.8.2 to v1.8.3 using the Nitrokey App v2.6.0 on Windows 11 Pro, it shows the following error message:

Nitrokey 3 update failed: Invalid component in firmware version: 0.5.0rc1

What’s wrong and how can I fix it? :slight_smile:

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It worked fine using nitropy nk3 update, so it probably was/is a bug in the NitroKey App:

PS C:\Users\foo> nitropy nk3 update
Command line tool to interact with Nitrokey devices 0.11.4
Do you want to download the firmware version v1.8.3? [Y/n]:
Download v1.8.3: 100%|…| 1.04M/1.04M [00:00<00:00, 5.22MB/s]
Current firmware version:  v1.8.2
Updated firmware version:  v1.8.3

Please do not remove the device or insert any other Nitrokey devices during the update. Doing so may damage the device.
Do you want to perform the firmware update now? [y/N]: y

Please press the touch button to reboot the device into bootloader mode …

Perform firmware update: 100%|…| 525k/525k [00:05<00:00, 89.5kB/s]
Finalize upgrade: 100%|…| 100/100 [00:02<00:00, 44.95%/s]
Firmware version:   v1.8.3
Init status:        ok
Free blocks (int):  4
Free blocks (ext):  465
Variant:            LPC55
PS C:\Users\foo>

Maybe 0.5.0rc1 was referring to an old pre-release version of the piv-authenticator Trussed app …?

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same problem here , using linux zorin OS

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this is what i’ve got using nitropy :

nitropy nk3 update
Command line tool to interact with Nitrokey devices 0.11.4
Do you want to download the firmware version v1.8.3? [Y/n]: y
Download v1.8.3: 100%|█████████████████████| 1.04M/1.04M [00:00<00:00, 2.03MB/s]
Current firmware version: v1.8.2
Updated firmware version: v1.8.3

Please do not remove the device or insert any other Nitrokey devices during the update. Doing so may damage the device.
Do you want to perform the firmware update now? [y/N]: y

Please press the touch button to reboot the device into bootloader mode …

Critical error:
An unhandled exception occurred
Exception encountered: SPSDKConnectionError()

Critical error occurred, exiting now
Unexpected? Is this a bug? Would you like to get support/help?

  • Please check if you have udev rules installed:
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Here the same Problem under Tuxedo OS