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Associate II
September 12, 2026
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Need help with random target hold under reset issue

  • September 12, 2026
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I am trying to build a STM32L0 based low powered project , i am hitting target hold under reset randomly and when i left it power off for few hours its back to working . idk why its happening randomly

 

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vedantggAuthor
Associate II
September 12, 2026

I am getting this log - 

STMicroelectronics ST-LINK GDB server. Version 7.11.0

Copyright (c) 2025, STMicroelectronics. All rights reserved.

 

Starting server with the following options:

Persistent Mode : Disabled

Logging Level : 1

Listen Port Number : 61234

Status Refresh Delay : 15s

Verbose Mode : Disabled

SWD Debug : Enabled

InitWhile : Enabled

 

Target Held under Reset

 

Error in initializing ST-LINK device.

Reason: Target held under reset.

 

AScha.3
Super User
September 12, 2026

What program to connect ?

Which st-link ? genuine ?

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try with CubeProgrammer , mode : soft.reset, hot plug

so:

Check, what your program doing, see in | CPU | , PC etc.

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vedantggAuthor
Associate II
September 12, 2026

Thanks for the comment  , but i fix the issue by shorting nrst to vcc with 10k resistor