ESP32-E Array doesn't contain initialised values

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I have a large program I'm working on for a FIREBEETLE ESP32-E with a 2-dimensional array declared and initiated globally at the top of the code. when I accessed the array the code didn't function as expected, I printed the values to console and the contents was garbage.

So I created a simple sketch below with a single dimension array to try to see where I was going wrong....but the problem persisted in this simple sketch?!?!?

int times[] =  {0,130,255,255}; 


void setup() {
  
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println("Array Test");
  times[0] =  0; // I added to see if setting a value here made a difference

}

void loop() {
  
  int one = times[0];
  int two = times[1];
  
  Serial.print("Direct access to 1st Value is: ");
  Serial.println(times[0],DEC);
  Serial.print("Direct access to 2nd Value is:");
  Serial.println(times[1],DEC);
  Serial.print("accessing int one: ");
  Serial.println(one);
  Serial.print("accessing int two ");
  Serial.println(two);
  
  delay(2000);
}

The code in the main loop prints this to console:

Direct access to 1st Value is: 620773686
Direct access to 2nd Value is:-1306523032
accessing int one: 620773686
accessing int two -1306523032

It doesn't seem to matter where I try setting array values, they always come back wrong.
If I declare the array as being length 4, that doesn't help.
if I declare the array as "const int" then the value are correct, but this doesn't help me as I need to change the values.

If I try running this same simple sketch on a Arduino 33 IOT then the code works fine resulting in the expected values printed to console:

Direct access to 1st Value is: 0
Direct access to 2nd Value is: 130
accessing int one: 0
accessing int two 130

Am I missing something(pretty sure that I am), or could this be a board library bug?

Hopefully someone can help point me in the right direction.

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It works as expected if you name the array something besides "times". Can't tell you why.

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Well cover me in bowls of food and call me a Lazy Susan!
That's absurd!

Thanks for the assistance!

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