diff --git a/tutorials/esp32/minimal/CMakeLists.txt b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..965466a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# The following lines of boilerplate have to be in your project's
+# CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+project(mongoose-esp32-minimal)
diff --git a/tutorials/esp32/minimal/Makefile b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..232eec2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+THISDIR = $(realpath $(CURDIR))
+ROOTDIR = $(realpath $(CURDIR)/../../..)
+DOCKER ?= docker run --rm $(DA) -v $(ROOTDIR):$(ROOTDIR) -w $(THISDIR) espressif/idf
+CMD ?= idf.py build
+PORT ?= /dev/ttyUSB0
+
+all: example
+
+example:
+	true
+
+build: Makefile $(wildcard main/*)
+	$(DOCKER) $(CMD)
+
+flash:
+flash: CMD = idf.py flash
+flash: DA = --device $(PORT)
+flash: build
+
+clean:
+	test -d build && $(DOCKER) rm -rf build sdkconfig || true
+
+.PHONY: build
diff --git a/tutorials/esp32/minimal/README.md b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc28263a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# ESP32 minimal crash capture
+
+ESP-IDF already captures the ESP32 equivalent of an ARM HardFault. Use the
+ESP-IDF panic handler and ESP-IDF core dump support instead of replacing the
+low-level exception path.
+
+The panic handler captures the architecture-specific fault frame:
+
+- Xtensa targets: PC, PS, A0..A15, SAR, EXCCAUSE, EXCVADDR, loop registers, and
+  backtrace.
+- RISC-V targets: MEPC, RA, SP, MSTATUS, MCAUSE, MTVAL, MHARTID, GPRs, and
+  backtrace.
+
+Fatal classes include CPU exceptions, interrupt watchdog, task watchdog, cache
+errors, brownout, stack overflow, heap corruption, UBSAN checks, and assertions.
+
+This example enables core dump to flash. No filesystem is involved: ESP-IDF
+writes directly to a raw partition table entry of type `data`, subtype
+`coredump`.
+
+```csv
+coredump, data, coredump,, 128K
+```
+
+At panic time, ESP-IDF serializes the crash state into that raw flash partition.
+On the next boot, the application can read it with the user-mode coredump APIs:
+
+```c
+esp_reset_reason();
+esp_core_dump_get_panic_reason(reason, sizeof(reason));
+esp_core_dump_get_summary(summary);
+esp_core_dump_image_get(&addr, &size);
+esp_core_dump_image_erase();
+```
+
+This example exposes:
+
+- `/api/crash`: JSON metadata: reset reason, panic reason, crashed task, PC, and
+  coredump size.
+- `/api/crash.bin`: raw ESP-IDF coredump image, suitable for offline decoding
+  with the application ELF.
+
+The raw coredump can include task stacks, TCBs, selected memory regions, and
+therefore customer-private data. Production upload must treat it as sensitive
+diagnostic material.
+
+## Wizard integration notes
+
+The Wizard ESP-IDF template should keep its existing `mongoose_init()` /
+`mongoose_poll()` structure and register the crash endpoints as custom API
+handlers. The relevant ESP-IDF pieces from this tutorial are:
+
+```ini
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE_TO_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_DATA_FORMAT_ELF=y
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_MAX_TASKS_NUM=16
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_STACK_SIZE=2048
+```
+
+The ESP-IDF component needs `espcoredump` and `esp_partition`.
+
+Wizard's current 4 MB OTA partition table leaves `0x10000` bytes after SPIFFS,
+so a 64 KB coredump partition fits without changing the app or SPIFFS sizes.
+The 128 KB partition used by this tutorial requires shrinking SPIFFS or one of
+the app slots.
+
+```csv
+coredump, data, coredump,, 64K
+```
+
+The WiFi code is not materially related to crash capture. Apart from where the
+credentials come from, the differences are retry policy, temporary event handler
+lifetime, WPA2/PMF station config, and whether the password is logged. Wizard
+can keep its existing WiFi code for this feature.
diff --git a/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/CMakeLists.txt b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..647593e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c"
+                            "wifi.c"
+                            "../../../../mongoose.c"
+                       INCLUDE_DIRS "."
+                                    "../../../.."
+                       REQUIRES esp_event
+                                esp_netif
+                                esp_partition
+                                esp_wifi
+                                esp_timer
+                                espcoredump
+                                nvs_flash
+                                app_update)
+component_compile_options(-DHTTP_URL="http://0.0.0.0:80")
diff --git a/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/main.c b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbcfe6a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Cesanta Software Limited
+// All rights reserved
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "esp_core_dump.h"
+#include "esp_err.h"
+#include "esp_partition.h"
+#include "esp_system.h"
+#include "mongoose.h"
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
+#define WIFI_SSID "YOUR_WIFI_NETWORK_NAME"  // SET THIS!
+#define WIFI_PASS "YOUR_WIFI_PASSWORD"      // SET THIS!
+
+#ifndef HTTP_URL
+#define HTTP_URL "http://0.0.0.0:80"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE_TO_FLASH
+#define CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE_TO_FLASH 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_DATA_COREDUMP
+#define ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_DATA_COREDUMP 0x03
+#endif
+
+struct crash_download {
+  const esp_partition_t *partition;
+  size_t offset;
+  size_t size;
+  size_t sent;
+};
+
+static void crash_json(struct mg_connection *c) {
+#if CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE_TO_FLASH
+  esp_core_dump_summary_t summary;
+  char reason[200] = "";
+  size_t address = 0, size = 0;
+  esp_err_t err = esp_core_dump_image_get(&address, &size);
+  esp_err_t sr = err == ESP_OK ? esp_core_dump_get_summary(&summary) : err;
+  esp_err_t rr = err == ESP_OK ? esp_core_dump_get_panic_reason(
+                                     reason, sizeof(reason)) : err;
+
+  mg_http_reply(c, 200, "Content-Type: application/json\r\n",
+                "{%m:%s,%m:%d,%m:%u,%m:%u,%m:%m,%m:%m,%m:%d,%m:%d,%m:%m}\n",
+                MG_ESC("present"), err == ESP_OK ? "true" : "false",
+                MG_ESC("reset_reason"), (int) esp_reset_reason(),
+                MG_ESC("address"), (unsigned) address, MG_ESC("size"),
+                (unsigned) size, MG_ESC("panic_reason"),
+                MG_ESC(rr == ESP_OK ? reason : ""), MG_ESC("task"),
+                MG_ESC(sr == ESP_OK ? summary.exc_task : ""), MG_ESC("pc"),
+                sr == ESP_OK ? (int) summary.exc_pc : 0, MG_ESC("error"),
+                (int) err, MG_ESC("binary"), MG_ESC("/api/crash.bin"));
+#else
+  mg_http_reply(c, 501, "Content-Type: application/json\r\n",
+                "{%m:false,%m:%d,%m:%m}\n", MG_ESC("present"),
+                MG_ESC("reset_reason"), (int) esp_reset_reason(),
+                MG_ESC("error"), MG_ESC("coredump to flash is disabled"));
+#endif
+}
+
+static void crash_send(struct mg_connection *c) {
+#if CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE_TO_FLASH
+  struct crash_download *d = (struct crash_download *) c->fn_data;
+  while (d != NULL && d->sent < d->size && c->send.len < 2048) {
+    uint8_t buf[512];
+    size_t left = d->size - d->sent;
+    size_t len = left > sizeof(buf) ? sizeof(buf) : left;
+    esp_err_t err = esp_partition_read(d->partition, d->offset + d->sent, buf,
+                                       len);
+    if (err != ESP_OK) {
+      MG_ERROR(("esp_partition_read: %s", esp_err_to_name(err)));
+      c->is_draining = 1;
+      return;
+    }
+    mg_send(c, buf, len);
+    d->sent += len;
+  }
+  if (d != NULL && d->sent >= d->size) {
+    free(d);
+    c->fn_data = NULL;
+    c->is_draining = 1;
+  }
+#else
+  (void) c;
+#endif
+}
+
+static void crash_bin(struct mg_connection *c) {
+#if CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE_TO_FLASH
+  const esp_partition_t *p = esp_partition_find_first(
+      ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_DATA, ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_DATA_COREDUMP, NULL);
+  struct crash_download *d;
+  size_t address = 0, size = 0, offset = 0;
+  esp_err_t err = esp_core_dump_image_get(&address, &size);
+
+  if (err != ESP_OK) {
+    mg_http_reply(c, 404, "Content-Type: application/json\r\n",
+                  "{%m:%m}\n", MG_ESC("error"), MG_ESC(esp_err_to_name(err)));
+  } else if (p == NULL || address < p->address ||
+             address + size > p->address + p->size) {
+    mg_http_reply(c, 500, "Content-Type: application/json\r\n",
+                  "{%m:%m}\n", MG_ESC("error"),
+                  MG_ESC("invalid coredump partition"));
+  } else if ((d = (struct crash_download *) calloc(1, sizeof(*d))) == NULL) {
+    mg_http_reply(c, 500, "Content-Type: application/json\r\n",
+                  "{%m:%m}\n", MG_ESC("error"), MG_ESC("out of memory"));
+  } else {
+    offset = address - p->address;
+    d->partition = p;
+    d->offset = offset;
+    d->size = size;
+    c->fn_data = d;
+    mg_printf(c,
+              "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+              "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n"
+              "Content-Length: %u\r\n"
+              "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"esp32-coredump."
+              "bin\"\r\n"
+              "\r\n",
+              (unsigned) size);
+    crash_send(c);
+  }
+#else
+  mg_http_reply(c, 501, "Content-Type: application/json\r\n",
+                "{%m:%m}\n", MG_ESC("error"),
+                MG_ESC("coredump to flash is disabled"));
+#endif
+}
+
+static void http_ev_handler(struct mg_connection *c, int ev, void *ev_data) {
+  if (ev == MG_EV_HTTP_MSG) {
+    struct mg_http_message *hm = (struct mg_http_message *) ev_data;
+    if (mg_match(hm->uri, mg_str("/api/crash.bin"), NULL)) {
+      crash_bin(c);
+    } else if (mg_match(hm->uri, mg_str("/api/crash"), NULL)) {
+      crash_json(c);
+    } else {
+      mg_http_reply(c, 200, "", "Hi from Mongoose\n");
+    }
+  } else if (ev == MG_EV_POLL && c->fn_data != NULL) {
+    crash_send(c);
+  } else if (ev == MG_EV_CLOSE && c->fn_data != NULL) {
+    free(c->fn_data);
+    c->fn_data = NULL;
+  }
+}
+
+void app_main(void) {
+  void wifi_init(const char *ssid, const char *pass);
+  wifi_init(WIFI_SSID, WIFI_PASS);
+
+  struct mg_mgr mgr;
+  mg_log_set(MG_LL_INFO);
+  mg_mgr_init(&mgr);
+  MG_INFO(("Mongoose version : v%s", MG_VERSION));
+  MG_INFO(("Listening on     : %s", HTTP_URL));
+  mg_http_listen(&mgr, HTTP_URL, http_ev_handler, NULL);
+
+  for (;;) mg_mgr_poll(&mgr, 1000);
+}
diff --git a/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/mongoose_config.h b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/mongoose_config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3282da6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/mongoose_config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#define MG_ARCH MG_ARCH_ESP32
+
+#define MG_TLS MG_TLS_NONE
diff --git a/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/wifi.c b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/wifi.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..010cba45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/main/wifi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Code taken from the ESP32 IDF WiFi station Example
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include "esp_event.h"
+#include "esp_log.h"
+#include "esp_system.h"
+#include "esp_wifi.h"
+#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
+#include "freertos/event_groups.h"
+#include "freertos/task.h"
+#include "nvs_flash.h"
+
+#include "lwip/err.h"
+#include "lwip/sys.h"
+
+#include "mongoose.h"
+
+static EventGroupHandle_t s_wifi_event_group;
+
+/* The event group allows multiple bits for each event, but we only care about
+ * two events:
+ * - we are connected to the AP with an IP
+ * - we failed to connect after the maximum amount of retries */
+#define WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT BIT0
+#define WIFI_FAIL_BIT BIT1
+
+static int s_retry_num = 0;
+
+static void event_handler(void *arg, esp_event_base_t event_base,
+                          int32_t event_id, void *event_data) {
+  if (event_base == WIFI_EVENT && event_id == WIFI_EVENT_STA_START) {
+    esp_wifi_connect();
+  } else if (event_base == WIFI_EVENT &&
+             event_id == WIFI_EVENT_STA_DISCONNECTED) {
+    if (s_retry_num < 10) {
+      esp_wifi_connect();
+      s_retry_num++;
+      MG_INFO(("retry to connect to the AP"));
+    } else {
+      xEventGroupSetBits(s_wifi_event_group, WIFI_FAIL_BIT);
+    }
+    MG_ERROR(("connect to the AP fail"));
+  } else if (event_base == IP_EVENT && event_id == IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP) {
+    ip_event_got_ip_t *event = (ip_event_got_ip_t *) event_data;
+    MG_INFO(("IP ADDRESS:" IPSTR, IP2STR(&event->ip_info.ip)));
+    s_retry_num = 0;
+    xEventGroupSetBits(s_wifi_event_group, WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT);
+  }
+}
+
+void wifi_init(const char *ssid, const char *pass) {
+  esp_err_t ret = nvs_flash_init();
+  if (ret == ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES ||
+      ret == ESP_ERR_NVS_NEW_VERSION_FOUND) {
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(nvs_flash_erase());
+    ret = nvs_flash_init();
+  }
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(ret);
+
+  s_wifi_event_group = xEventGroupCreate();
+
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_init());
+
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_loop_create_default());
+  esp_netif_create_default_wifi_sta();
+
+  wifi_init_config_t cfg = WIFI_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_init(&cfg));
+
+  esp_event_handler_instance_t instance_any_id;
+  esp_event_handler_instance_t instance_got_ip;
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_instance_register(
+      WIFI_EVENT, ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID, &event_handler, NULL, &instance_any_id));
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_instance_register(
+      IP_EVENT, IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP, &event_handler, NULL, &instance_got_ip));
+
+  wifi_config_t c = {.sta = {.threshold = {.authmode = WIFI_AUTH_WPA2_PSK},
+                             .pmf_cfg = {.capable = true, .required = false}}};
+  snprintf((char *) c.sta.ssid, sizeof(c.sta.ssid), "%s", ssid);
+  snprintf((char *) c.sta.password, sizeof(c.sta.password), "%s", pass);
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_mode(WIFI_MODE_STA));
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_config(WIFI_IF_STA, &c));
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_start());
+  MG_DEBUG(("wifi_init_sta finished."));
+
+  EventBits_t bits = xEventGroupWaitBits(s_wifi_event_group,
+                                         WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT | WIFI_FAIL_BIT,
+                                         pdFALSE, pdFALSE, portMAX_DELAY);
+
+  if (bits & WIFI_CONNECTED_BIT) {
+    MG_INFO(("connected to ap SSID:%s", ssid));
+  } else if (bits & WIFI_FAIL_BIT) {
+    MG_ERROR(("Failed to connect to SSID:%s", ssid));
+  } else {
+    MG_ERROR(("UNEXPECTED EVENT"));
+  }
+
+  /* The event will not be processed after unregister */
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_instance_unregister(
+      IP_EVENT, IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP, instance_got_ip));
+  ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_instance_unregister(
+      WIFI_EVENT, ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID, instance_any_id));
+  vEventGroupDelete(s_wifi_event_group);
+}
diff --git a/tutorials/esp32/minimal/partitions.csv b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/partitions.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9624a6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/partitions.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Name,   Type, SubType, Offset,  Size, Flags
+nvs,      data, nvs,     ,        0x6000
+phy_init, data, phy,     ,        0x1000
+factory,  app,  factory, ,        1M
+coredump, data, coredump,,        128K
diff --git a/tutorials/esp32/minimal/sdkconfig.defaults b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/sdkconfig.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89d7695f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/esp32/minimal/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM=y
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM_FILENAME="partitions.csv"
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_FILENAME="partitions.csv"
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE_TO_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_DATA_FORMAT_ELF=y
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_MAX_TASKS_NUM=16
+CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_STACK_SIZE=2048