Adding New Firmwares

In case we are about to release both Suite and firmwares we want to add the signed binaries during the Freeze so QA has the whole thing to test.

Binaries and release definitions are stored in packages/connect-common/files/firmware/* in the same folder structure as they are in https://github.com/trezor/webwallet-data deployed on https://data.trezor.io.

Latest and intermediary firmware binaries are bundled in suite-desktop and suite-web so the whole onboarding process in desktop app – including FW installation – can be completed offline. It means that only the latest and intermediary Firmware binaries are currently available in Suite (both web and desktop). There is no fallback on https://data.trezor.io.

Package @trezor/connect-common is a public NPM package used as dependency of @trezor/connect.

Add firmwares

  1. Complete the firmware release process including firmware signing.

  2. Add firmwares to packages/connect-common/files/firmware/* and modify its releases.json file. See Firmware releases.json files structure for an explanation and 90bb548 for an example.

  3. Remove older binaries so they are not bundled in the desktop app any more, but always keep:

    See #4262 for explanation.

  4. Test it locally (at least by running yarn build:libs to rebuild connect files and yarn suite:dev to use/copy them).

  5. Freeze Suite. At this moment you are all good to Freeze and forward to QA. They should be able to test Suite in its wholeness along with the new firmwares.

Release for 3rd party users of @trezor/connect

After Suite is released, distribute new firmware by releasing new @trezor/connect with an updated @trezor/connect-common package.

Follow instructions on how to release a new version of @trezor/connect.

Firmware releases.json files structure

Firmware releases.json files provide data about all available firmware versions and they are used to offer the correct firmware version for the user to update depending on the current version of firmware, bootloader and bridge. See the table below for a description of every param.

Those releases.json files are bundled inside @trezor/connect in /static/connect/data folder. Therefore, suite-web takes if from https://suite.trezor.io/web/static/connect/data/firmware/{deviceModel}/releases.json?r={timestamp to prevent caching} and suite-desktop has it on file:///static/connect/data/firmware/{deviceModel}/releases.json. Neither the suite-web nor the suite-desktop take it from https://data.trezor.io.

keytypeexample valuedescription
requiredbooleanfalseIf true, user will be forced to update older FW in order to continue using Suite.
version[number, number, number][1, 11, 1]Firmware version. Has to be unique.
bootloader_version[number, number, number][1, 11, 0]Bootloader version. If you are adding new firmwares, ask & verify if there is new BL included (by running it on the device and checking the version shown)
min_firmware_version[number, number, number][1, 6, 2]Minimal supported FW version. See getInfo for the usage.
min_bootloader_version[number, number, number][1, 5, 0]Minimal supported bootloader version. See getInfo for the usage.
urlstringfirmware/t1b1/trezor-t1b1-1.11.1".bin"Where to find the binary. Depends on the filename. While adding new FW, keep the structure, just update the version number. suite-web downloads binaries from https://data.trezor.io, suite-desktop has them bundled.
url_bitcoinonlystringfirmware/t1b1/trezor-t1b1-1.11.1-bitcoinonly.bin"Same as url, just for Bitcoin only FW.
fingerprintstring"f7c60d0b8c2853afd576867c6562aba5ea52bdc2ce34d0dbb8751f52867c3665"Fingerprint of FW binary. Run trezorctl firmware-update -f {path-to-the-bin} to retrieve it (you don't have to confirm the update on device unless you want to). Look for Firmware fingerprint: row.
fingerprint_bitcoinonlystring"8e17b95b5d302f203de3a8fe27959efd25e3d5140ac9b5e60412f1b3f624995d"Same as fingerprint, just for Bitcoin only FW.
notesstringhttps://blog.trezor.io/trezor-suite-and-firmware-updates-may-2022-b1af60742291"Link to blog with info about the changes in this FW version. You could find it on internal Notion page for the release even before it's published.
changelogstring"* Remove Lisk.\n* Re-enabled Firo support."Short description of main changes, displayed to the user on FW update page. Split lines by * sign. You can find it on internal Notion page for the release.