QSPI is not a valid peripheral option for external flash programming (Generic)

[jle]

Please help. Why is QSPI not a valid peripheral option?

Environment: SDK v3.0.0, nRF Connect for VS Code  v2025.5.92 , VS Code 1.99.3, Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS 

Code copied verbatum from sample:  ./ncs/v3.0.0/nrf/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_lbs

Configuration: Board target: nrf5340dk/nrf5340/cpuapp/ns, Sytem Build : Build system default

Build appears to succeed.

Erase and Flash to Board fails:

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

-Joe

[khelmutlord]

Please try running the command “nrfutil self-upgrade,” this fixed the issue for a colleague. 

[jle]

Thanks, but the problem remains.

: nrfutil self-upgrade
nrfutil is already the newest version (8.0.0) 

[khelmutlord]

Also try running “nrfutil upgrade”

[jle]

That resolved the issue. Thank you for a the very quick, and helpful, reposnses.