Electron enters safe mode after dfu but not with ota

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@Erhughes1944

How was I supposed to know to update? Just when bad things start happening? Do it everyday? Did I miss a notification?

Yes, obviously

@GreyMonkey

The only reason for explaining all this, is it seems like a strange way for this (update) to be announced. Ie devices to end up in safe mode because of some code incompatibility. What is the official channel for updates to be announced?

This very forum and that post contains all the info
Particle Device OS Updates Thread - #22 by BDub

Another way to know if there is a new system firmware is to look in the target drawer in Particle Build (aka Web IDE)

If you select as specific target version (rather than Default (x.y.z)) then you will see if there is a discrepancy between your current version and the most recent (Default (x.y.z))