No, but the core concept had changed so much, between the firmware version when I bought it, and what it is now, that I'm not surprised if the upgrade is a buggy process.
It's a shame, because I only wanted a tenth of what it could do- I just wanted it to send text to a REST server. That's all! And I had it working! But I saw there was a major firmware update, and to make a long story short, KABOOM.
Early versions sent requests directly from devices and we found that to be problematic/inflexible for a variety of reasons.
Our new architecture uses the Willow Application Server (WAS) with a standard generic protocol to devices and handles the subtleties of the various command endpoints (Home Assistant, REST, OpenHAB, etc). This can be activated in WAS with the "WAS Command Endpoint" configuration option.
This approach also enables a feature we call Willow Auto Correct (WAC) that our users have found to be a game-changer in the open source voice assistant space.
I don't want to seem like I'm selling or shilling Willow, I just have a lot of experience with this application and many hard-learned lessons over the past two decades.
It's a shame, because I only wanted a tenth of what it could do- I just wanted it to send text to a REST server. That's all! And I had it working! But I saw there was a major firmware update, and to make a long story short, KABOOM.