From a6c817ebef82607c8c153a037675f685d8f9df6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: me-no-dev <hristo@espressif.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:12:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(wifi): Do not use persistent mode with ESP-Hosted

---
 libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiGeneric.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiGeneric.cpp b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiGeneric.cpp
index 0de8430f3be..5cf4ffbbf1d 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiGeneric.cpp
+++ b/libraries/WiFi/src/WiFiGeneric.cpp
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ bool wifiLowLevelInit(bool persistent) {
 
     wifi_init_config_t cfg = WIFI_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
 
+#if CONFIG_ESP_WIFI_REMOTE_ENABLED
+    // required for proper work when esp-hosted is used.
+    cfg.nvs_enable = false;
+    persistent = false;
+#endif
+
     if (!WiFiGenericClass::useStaticBuffers()) {
       cfg.static_tx_buf_num = 0;
       cfg.dynamic_tx_buf_num = 32;