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feat(prodtest): log Tropic initialization errors

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Martin Pastyřík

92/100 · Strong
feat(prodtest): log Tropic initialization errors

Initialize Tropic on demand in prodtest so that lt_init() failures can be
reported with their libtropic error reason.

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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit changes how the Trezor hardware wallet's production-test firmware initializes the Tropic secure chip. Previously, the chip was initialized automatically at boot and failures were silently ignored. Now, initialization is done on-demand inside each production-test command, and any failure is reported back with a detailed error reason. This is primarily a diagnostic improvement for factory testing, not a fix for an exploitable security vulnerability in end-user firmware.

Recommended action

No immediate action required for end users. For manufacturing/QA, verify that the new `PRODTEST_ERR_TROPIC_INIT` error is correctly surfaced in production logs and that on-demand init does not introduce race conditions during parallel or repeated prodtest commands. Review whether removal of `tropic_wait_for_ready()` affects any hardware variants with slower Tropic boot timing.

Security signals we found

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Change from silent boolean init failure to explicit error-code reporting

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Removal of boot-time Tropic initialization in production-test firmware

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Deletion of `tropic_wait_for_ready()` polling loop

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Addition of new prodtest error code `PRODTEST_ERR_TROPIC_INIT`

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On-demand initialization pattern reduces early-boot failure surface in prodtest

Risk score

Why this scored 22/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 4/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 2/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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