ESP-MQTT Configuration not present in menuconfig (IDFGH-14248)

[MarcelloDelDino]

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• I have read the documentation ESP-IDF Programming Guide and the issue is not addressed there.
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General issue report

Hi Team,

I am trying to implement the esp-iot-aws reference example working for my existing project.
https://github.com/FreeRTOS/iot-reference-esp32
That project worked alredy fine on my Board.

Unfortunately, it is crashing with my existing project and the implemented blocks from the reference.
By comparing my sdkconfig file with the one from the reference example I saw that "ESP-MQTT Configuration" is missing.
The rest is identical (Except the Thing Name obviously).

That configuration will not be shown on idf.py menuconfig -> Component config.
How can I activate that?

Best regards,
Marcel

ESP-IDF v5.3.1-dirty
VSCode 1.96.0
MacBook Air M2

[nopnop2002]

How can I activate that?

You can find ESP-MQTT configuration here.
This is a standard item for any project.

[MarcelloDelDino]

On my project it will not show up, but I am using the sdkconfig.defaults from the iot reference project.
Additionally I updated to esp-idf v5.3.2, even after reconfigure and build it did not show up.

For example on the iot reference project I can see the MQTT Configuration.

Also I created a python script that compares two files and outputs any differences.
I compared as follows: file 1 = my project sdkconfig / file 2 iot reference example sdkconfig.
Before executing the script I deleted the build folder and sdkconofig file on both projects and did reconfigure + build.

[nopnop2002]

Do you have this file in your environment?

$ ls esp-idf/components/mqtt/esp-mqtt/Kconfig
esp-idf/components/mqtt/esp-mqtt/Kconfig

If the file does not exist, the following components may not have been cloned completely:

https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/tree/master/components/mqtt

This file is included in esp-mqtt@cac1552.

[MarcelloDelDino]

Yes, I do have this in my environment.

% ls esp/v5.3.2/esp-idf/components/mqtt/esp-mqtt/Kconfig esp/v5.3.2/esp-idf/components/mqtt/esp-mqtt/Kconfig

[nopnop2002]

This seems like a vscode specific issue.

If possible, use vanilla esp-idf on bash.

idf.py menuconfig

[MarcelloDelDino]

On the shared screenshots I was doing that.
I entered idf.py menuconfig on the system terminal, not the build in Terminal of VSCode.

Also I deleted the esp-idf installation completely and installed it manually according to the getting started guide.
https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/stable/esp32/get-started/linux-macos-setup.html

[MarcelloDelDino]

I managed now to get the Parameters into my project by manually adding the path ${IDF_PATH}/components/mqtt/esp-mqtt into the root CMakeLists.txt as EXTRA_COMPONENTS_DIR.

But I do not understand why I needed to do this, because this should be included by default.

[nopnop2002]

But I do not understand why I needed to do this, because this should be included by default.

Yes, that's correct.

What version of esp-idf did you install?

Did you disable [. esp-idf/export.sh] before installing?
If you want to update esp-idf, you need an environment where export.sh is not being executed.

[MarcelloDelDino]

I did that now by restarting the computer, deleting the IDF-PATH and tools.
After that installed esp-idf.
Additionally I created a brand new project and inserted all my necessary project files to the new project.
But I did not add ${IDF_PATH}/components/mqtt/esp-mqtt into the root CMakeLists.txt as EXTRA_COMPONENTS_DIR.
Still the same issue.

I created another project as well, which has nothing to do with the other one, there I can see the ESP-MQTT Configuration on idf.py menunconfig. Even though it is not using MQTT at all.
SO it has to be something I am doing at my project.