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A connected-vehicle fleet needs over-the-air firmware updates. What must the architecture guarantee, and why is this unlike a server deployment?

A firmware update bricked 4% of a deployed fleet. Each recovery requires a site visit. What went wrong and what prevents recurrence?

A staged over-the-air rollout reaches 100% over two weeks. What happens to the 12% of devices that were offline for the whole window and come back three weeks later on the old firmware?

An OTA firmware update has bricked 3% of a 50,000-device fleet. What do you do, and what should have prevented it?

Design over-the-air updates for devices where a failed update means a physical service visit.