Using OWUT with Resize ROOTFS option results in device configuration loss (default settings).

[JustAnotherEndUser]

I used OWUT to upgrade a configured x86/64 device from OpenWRT version 24.10.0-rc4 (with default partition size) to 24.10.0-rc5 with the rootfs expansion option.
Specifically, I ran: 'owut upgrade -S 1024'
Although the version upgrade succeeded, upon reboot I noticed that the previous configuration was cleared. ( All settings were back to default, such as LAN IP, blank root password, http was not enabled for LuCI, etc. )
I had made a backup on rc4 immediately before upgrading, so was able to easily restore settings.
The configuration loss was likely a result of the partition resize process.
I am reporting this in hopes that there is a possible future workaround, or at least as an informational addition to the OWUT documentation / FAQ. Thank you.

[obsy]

Did you read https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/sysupgrade.owut#expanding_root_file_system ?

[efahl]

His issue is resolved, but I asked @JustAnotherEndUser to log this to track improvements that at least reduce the need to dig out the wiki article, and best case fix the issues with sysupgrade that cause loss of config when upgrading.

[efahl]

@dangowrt Quick question: would I be correct in saying that if I detect /sys/class/block/mtdblock* on an OpenWrt device, then its root file system cannot be expanded?

I'm on sort of a side quest to this issue; I would like to suppress --rootfs-size from appearing in owut's options on devices where it makes no sense, and poking around, that looks like a candidate. Are there devices with no mtdblock but instead have only ubiblock devices serving my purpose (i.e., should I look for both)? Are there others? (My hardware selection is quite limited, so I'm sort of guessing on all of this.)

[Pix13]

@efahl do you think your last commits could cause my actual issue ?

On BPI-R4, upgraded 24 rc6 to rc7 with -S 1024
Now i wand to upgrade to final release i only type "owut upgrade" and it gives me the error:

root@HomelanR4:~# owut upgrade
owut - OpenWrt Upgrade Tool 2025.01.25~2bf45d50-r1 (/usr/bin/owut)
<blah blah>
Request:
  Version 24.10.0 r28427-6df0e3d02a (kernel 6.6.73)
ERROR: This device does not have a resizeable root partition, do not use '--rootfs-size'.

[Pix13]

Replying to myself: indeed it was the issue, i installed directly fro the repo the latest comit ( that includes the revert rootfs stuff) and the upgrade is running

[dioni21]

Can this be closed? I'm not sure after reading the previous feature request.

[efahl]

I've sort of been using it as a reminder to figure out that stuff above, specifically how to tell if we're on a device on which the --rootfs-size parameter applies.

Also it would be nice to get the x86 platform.sh fixed so it doesn't whack configs on resizing (armsr does things right somehow, so it's got to be possible).

Since those are two lingering and related issues, I've been leaving this open...