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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Trouble getting MCUboot + signing working with NCS v3.1.0 (app won’t start)</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/124722/trouble-getting-mcuboot-signing-working-with-ncs-v3-1-0-app-won-t-start</link><description>Hi, I’m trying to enable signing with MCUboot in my NCS v3.1.0 project, but I can’t get the app to start once I turn on signing. The build succeeds, I flash build/merged.hex, the app doesn&amp;#39;t run. Without signing it runs fine. Any guidance would be much</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:18:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/124722/trouble-getting-mcuboot-signing-working-with-ncs-v3-1-0-app-won-t-start" /><item><title>RE: Trouble getting MCUboot + signing working with NCS v3.1.0 (app won’t start)</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/550460?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:18:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:8391874f-89be-4aa6-916b-3517c255260b</guid><dc:creator>DanielNG</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi, you don&amp;#39;t need these in mcuboot/prj.conf. Please refer to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://academy.nordicsemi.com/courses/nrf-connect-sdk-intermediate/lessons/lesson-9-bootloaders-and-dfu-fota/topic/exercise-2-dfu-over-usb-adding-external-flash/"&gt;Exercise 2 - DFU with custom keys - Nordic Developer Academy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre class="ui-code" data-mode="text"&gt;mcuboot/prj.conf

CONFIG_BOOT_SIGNATURE_TYPE_RSA=y
CONFIG_BOOT_SIGNATURE_KEY_FILE=&amp;quot;/opt/nordic/ncs/v3.1.0/apps/myapp/keys/root-rsa-2048.pem&amp;quot;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can keep your sysbuild config.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please add some mcuboot logging and send over the logs if you are still having issue (create a sysbuild/mcuboot.conf and add CONFIG_LOG=y)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>