PlatformIO UPLOAD button does only build, but no upload to device

[beegee-tokyo]

Environment:

PlatformIO
Version Home 0.3.0·Core 3.5.0a15

Plattform:
Espressif32 Version 0.10.0
Espressif32_stage Version bcfaefd

Framework:
Arduino

How to recreate

Any ESP32 project (or example) will show the problem.
Select project
Press UPLOAD button (or select from Menu PlatformIO->Upload
==> Build starts
==> After build is finished nothing else happens, last message is:

Calculating size .pioenvs\esp32dev\firmware.elf
text       data     bss     dec     hex filename
415909    72348   27160  515417   7dd59 .pioenvs\esp32dev\firmware.elf
 [SUCCESS] Took 2.70 seconds

#Workaround
Open PlatformIO terminal and enter
platformio run --target upload
to build and upload

Additional info

When building for ESP8266 or Arduino Uno the behavior of PlatformIO UPLOAD button is as expected.

[YannikW]

I notices the same problem with ESP8266.

Try to add tagets = upload to you projects platformio.ini, this works for me.

[beegee-tokyo]

@YannikW thanks for the tip, that works. But now all buttons try to upload. so not the final solution

[ivankravets]

What is your OS? Atom or VSCode?

[ivankravets]

If Atom, please open PlatformIO IDE Settings and Check “Use Development version of IDE”. Please wait for a while. Restart.

[beegee-tokyo]

@ivankravets
I switched to development version of IDE. After a while I got a message to restart PlatformIO.
After restart I created a new project outside of the default location.
Now pushing "CLEAN" gives me error:

PlatformIO: Failed to run a command: clean
Please make sure that "build" package is installed and activated.

Pushing "UPLOAD" gives me error:

PlatformIO: Failed to run a command: upload
Please make sure that "build" package is installed and activated.

Pushing "BUILD" gives me error :

PlatformIO: Failed to run a command: build
Please make sure that "build" package is installed and activated. 

Existing projects still works.
Creating new project in default folder still works.

Maybe I am doing something wrong. My usual steps:

1. Create empty directory in my project directory (which is e.g. B:\Projects\ESP32\Test)
2. From PlatformIO Home select New Project
3. Select board Espressif ESP32 Dev Module
4. Select Framework Arduino
5. Uncheck Location: O Use default location
6. Navigate to B:\Projects\ESP32\Test in the folder structure shown
7. Select folder Test
8. Click Finish and wait for message from PlatformIO

What I am doing right now to get around this problem is to create a project in the default project folder. Then I copy the folder that PlatformIO created to my prefered location and rename the folder to the prefered project name.
Then I add the folder manually with File->Add Project Folder. By doing this the buttons work as they should.
I tried to compare the project folder in the default location and the newly created one in my folder and cannot see any difference.

[ivankravets]

Please open PIO IDE Terminal and type pio upgrade, should be PIO Core 3.5.0b1.

Now, close all projects in Atom (right click, remove from TreeView). Also, remove %HOME_DIR%/.platformio/homestate.json file. Restart IDE.

Now all should work. Please confirm.

[beegee-tokyo]

Tried to pio upgrade. First error message:

PS C:\Users\beegee> pio upgrade
Updating tool-pioplus                    @ 0.10.11        [0.10.13]
Uninstalling tool-pioplus @ 0.10.11:    Please manually remove file `C:\SPB_Data\.platformio\packages\tool-pioplu
s\pioplus.exe`
Error: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\platformio\__main__.py", line 120, in main
    cli(None, None, None)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 700, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 680, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1027, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))

  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 873, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 508, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\platformio\commands\upgrade.py", line 28, in cli
    update_core_packages(silent=True)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\platformio\managers\core.py", line 91, in update_core_
packages
    pm.update(name, requirements, only_check=only_check)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\platformio\managers\core.py", line 53, in update
    result = PackageManager.update(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\platformio\managers\package.py", line 732, in update
    self.uninstall(pkg_dir, trigger_event=False)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\platformio\managers\package.py", line 673, in uninstal
l
    util.rmtree_(pkg_dir)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\platformio\util.py", line 638, in rmtree_
    return rmtree(path, onerror=_onerror)

  File "C:\Python27\Lib\shutil.py", line 252, in rmtree
    onerror(os.remove, fullname, sys.exc_info())
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\platformio\util.py", line 636, in _onerror
    raise e
WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\SPB_Data\\.platformio\\packages\\tool-pioplus\\pioplus.exe'

============================================================

An unexpected error occurred. Further steps:

* Verify that you have the latest version of PlatformIO using
  `pip install -U platformio` command

* Try to find answer in FAQ Troubleshooting section
  http://docs.platformio.org/page/faq.html

* Report this problem to the developers

  https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues

============================================================

As suggested in the error message, I manually removed C:\SPB_Data\.platformio\packages\tool-pioplus\pioplus.exe then tried pio upgrade again. Next error message:

PS C:\Users\beegee> pio upgrade
Please wait while upgrading PlatformIO ...
Error: ['c:\\users\\beegee\\.platformio\\penv\\scripts\\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', '--no-cache-dir', 'install', '-
-upgrade', 'https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/archive/develop.zip']
Collecting https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/archive/develop.zip
  Downloading https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/archive/develop.zip (198kB)
Requirement already up-to-date: arrow<1 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from platformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: bottle<0.13 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from platformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: click<6,>=5 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from platformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: colorama in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from platformio==3.5.0b1)

Requirement already up-to-date: lockfile<0.13,>=0.9.1 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from platformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: pyserial!=3.3,<4,>=3 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (fromplatformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: requests<3,>=2.4.0 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from platformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: semantic_version>=2.5.0 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from platformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: python-dateutil in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from arrow<1->platformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: urllib3<1.23,>=1.21.1 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from requests<3,>=2.4.0->platformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: idna<2.7,>=2.5 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from requests<3,>=2.4.0->platformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: chardet<3.1.0,>=3.0.2 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from requests<3,>=2.4.0->platformio==3.5.0b1)
Requirement already up-to-date: certifi>=2017.4.17 in c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages (from requests<3,>=2.4.0->platformio==3.5.0b1)
Collecting six>=1.5 (from python-dateutil->arrow<1->platformio==3.5.0b1)
  Downloading six-1.11.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: platformio, six
  Found existing installation: platformio 3.5.0b1
    Uninstalling platformio-3.5.0b1:
      Successfully uninstalled platformio-3.5.0b1
  Running setup.py install for platformio: started
    Running setup.py install for platformio: finished with status 'done'

  Found existing installation: six 1.10.0
    Uninstalling six-1.10.0:
      Successfully uninstalled six-1.10.0
  Rolling back uninstall of six

Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 342, in run
    prefix=options.prefix_path,
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 784, in install
    **kwargs
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 851, in install
    self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
    isolated=self.isolated,

  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 247, in move_wheel_files
    prefix=prefix,
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pip\locations.py", line 140, in distutils_scheme
    d = Distribution(dist_args)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 321, in __init__
    _Distribution.__init__(self, attrs)
  File "C:\Python27\Lib\distutils\dist.py", line 287, in __init__
    self.finalize_options()
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 389, in finalize_options  ep.require(installer=self.fetch_build_egg)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2324, in require  items = working_set.resolve(reqs, env, installer, extras=self.extras)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 862, in resolve
    new_requirements = dist.requires(req.extras)[::-1]
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2568, in requires  dm = self._dep_map
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2815, in _dep_map  self.__dep_map = self._compute_dependencies()
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2824, in _compute_dependencies  for req in self._parsed_pkg_info.get_all('Requires-Dist') or []:
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2806, in _parsed_pkg_info  metadata = self.get_metadata(self.PKG_INFO)
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1468, in get_metadata  value = self._get(self._fn(self.egg_info, name))
  File "c:\users\beegee\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1577, in _get
    with open(path, 'rb') as stream:
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'c:\\users\\beegee\\.platformio\\penv\\lib\\site-packages\\six-1.10.0.dist-info\\METADATA'


* Upgrade using `pip install -U platformio`
* Try different installation/upgrading steps:
  http://docs.platformio.org/page/installation.html

So I did pip install -U platformio which told me that I am already up to date?????

Next try of pio upgrade just said:

You're up-to-date!
`PlatformIO 3.5.0b1 is currently the newest version available.`

So I closed PlatformIO and deleted $HOME_DIR%/.platformio/homestate.json

Next start of PlatformIO the 'PlatformIO Home' tab is empty beside of a spinning busy icon.

I tried a 'pio update' and I saw a 'Updating contrib-piohome @ 0.3.1 [Fixed]' line.

But after restarting PlatformIO I still get the same empty 'PlatformIO Home' tab.

Next I went to 'PlatformIO->Settings' and saw that 'Use built-in PlatformIO Core' was unchecked. I changed it, but still getting an empty 'PlatformIO Home' tab.

Giving up at this point and will try a fresh clean install.
Will give a feedback after the new installation is finished.

[beegee-tokyo]

New installation finished, still having the problem with the empty 'PlatformIO Home' tab.
Trying 'pio home' in terminal throws

PS C:\Users\beegee> pio home
PlatformIO Plus (https://pioplus.com) v0.10.13
CorePackageManager: Installing contrib-piohome @ >=0.3.2,<2
Error: Detected unknown package 'contrib-piohome'

[beegee-tokyo]

Solved that problem with downloading the contrib-piohome package manually and unpack it in packages folder. There is no version 0.3.2 available on bintray, only 0.3.1, I guess that might be the problem because in core.py it requests version 0.3.2.

But for the projects created outside of the default directory I still get the build errors like

PlatformIO: Failed to run a command: clean
Please make sure that "build" package is installed and activated.

I checked that I am on developer IDE and latest core version.

When I open a terminal and use
platformio run --target clean
platformio run --target -D
platformio run --target upload
it works as expected.

[ivankravets]

Fixed, just run pio update. Should be PIO Home 0.3.2

[ivankravets]

1. Please be sure that you use PIO Core 3.5.0b1 and PIO Home 0.3.2
2. Close/remove all projects from Atom
3. Close Atom
4. Remove %HOME_DIR%/.platformio/homestate.json file
5. Start Atom and open project. Now, all should work.

[beegee-tokyo]

Confirmation
After another pio upgrade

PS C:\Users\beegee> pio upgrade
Please wait while upgrading PlatformIO ...
PlatformIO has been successfully upgraded to 3.5.0b2
Release notes: http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/history.html

The PIO Home screen shows
Home 0.3.2·Core 3.5.0b1

Creating a new project outside of the default location works now as expected. Clean, Build and Upload buttons work as excpected.

Thank you.

[Jeremaiha-xmetix]

Had the very same issue, even when operating Arduino's native IDE.
Apparently, reset pin was connected (accidentally) and does prevent upload new code.