From 19598fa6d3aee7682d2752ef8f81b25a37bb6668 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Angus Gratton <angus@espressif.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:41:45 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] monitor: Fix Windows 10 crash since Fall Creators Update

Closes https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/1136
---
 tools/idf_monitor.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/idf_monitor.py b/tools/idf_monitor.py
index e4a5ec4bd..49e2b74b8 100755
--- a/tools/idf_monitor.py
+++ b/tools/idf_monitor.py
@@ -559,7 +559,12 @@ if os.name == 'nt':
                             self.output.write(self.matched) # not an ANSI color code, display verbatim
                         self.matched = b''
                 else:
-                    self.output.write(b)
+                    try:
+                        self.output.write(b)
+                    except IOError:
+                        # Windows 10 bug since the Fall Creators Update, sometimes writing to console randomly fails
+                        # (but always succeeds the second time, it seems.) Ref https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/1136
+                        self.output.write(b)
                     self.matched = b''
 
         def flush(self):