Hi, today I got my "Plug and Make" Kit and the experience of setting it up under Linux is quite underwhelming tbh. I managed to deal with the other problems, but I'm stuck now at the step where I'm supposed to upload the template (Plug and Make Getting Started) to my Arduino ( Arduino | Account Sett…

Thanks for pointing that out! The other post is about compiling though, if I understood it correctly. I don't have an issue with compiling

Hi @ferlnand , we just released an update to Arduino Cloud containing changes in the template flow that should fix the issue you’ve encountered. Please let me know if you still have problems applying templates!

Hi, thanks for the reply. Now it just says "OTA upload is not available with your current plan". I'm confused why.

Hi @ferlnand . Are you using the "Free" Arduino Cloud plan? If so, this is expected. The OTA upload feature is not available when using the "Free" plan. You must upgrade to the "Maker" plan in order to use that feature: https://cloud.arduino.cc/plans#:~:text=Over-the-air%20updates But you can still…

Hi, thanks for the explanation. Yes, I'm using the free plan. Is having a "Maker" plan a prerequisite for the setup guide of the plug and make? Because there it says " * Have your Wi-Fi® network credentials close at hand." and "if issues persist, revisit the previous step to re-import the template a…

[image] ferlnand: Is having a "Maker" plan a prerequisite for the setup guide of the plug and make? No. [image] ferlnand: Because there it says " * Have your Wi-Fi® network credentials close at hand." and "if issues persist, revisit the previous step to re-import the template and double-…

Yep, got it! The confusing part was just, that ota was selected by default and it tried to do the upload via ota (and failed, which I understand now why).

Template upload failed (ota api)

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JohnLincoln August 21, 2025, 8:49pm 2

This is the second topic today about problems uploading templates to the Plug and Make Kit.

The other one is arduino-r4-wifi-sketch-is-not-compiling.

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Template upload failed (ota api)

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