# Where does WLED pull the OTA update from?

**URL:** <https://wled.discourse.group/t/where-does-wled-pull-the-ota-update-from/14852>\
**Category:** Non-WLED\
**Created:** [September 17, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/where-does-wled-pull-the-ota-update-from/14852 "2025-09-17T19:03:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![mr\_chef1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/mr_chef1/32/9837_2.png) [@mr\_chef1](https://wled.discourse.group/u/mr_chef1)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/where-does-wled-pull-the-ota-update-from/14852/1 "2025-09-17T19:03:41Z")

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I’m making my own firmware for the ESP8266, its a smart device program with a few features for a project of mine, and I’m trying to add OTA updates to it, and I was wondering where WLED pulls updates from for OTA?

is it GitHub it pulls from, a custom URL, or maybe something else?

any help is appreciated, thanks!

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**Author:** ![netmindz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/netmindz/32/304_2.png) [@netmindz](https://wled.discourse.group/u/netmindz)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/where-does-wled-pull-the-ota-update-from/14852/2 "2025-09-19T10:10:39Z")

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It never pulls an OTA, it’s only ever pushed to it by the manual OTA, WLED Native app or Home Assistant integration

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**Author:** ![mr\_chef1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/mr_chef1/32/9837_2.png) [@mr\_chef1](https://wled.discourse.group/u/mr_chef1)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/where-does-wled-pull-the-ota-update-from/14852/3 "2025-09-19T16:10:57Z")

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I mean the device, when the ESP running WLED pulls for an OTA update, how does it work?

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**Author:** ![dedehai](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/dedehai/32/7265_2.png) [@dedehai](https://wled.discourse.group/u/dedehai)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/where-does-wled-pull-the-ota-update-from/14852/4 "2025-09-19T16:42:05Z")

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it will never pull an OTA update. its pushed.