esp32c3: why MIE is not cleared in MSTATUS

[jsmith56x]

Hi,

I'm debugging the FreeRTOS code and I have found that at the early phase MIE can not clear. Could somebody explain why? See the screenshot. The project is a working 'sample_project' in ESP-IDE using ESP-IDF-5.3.1

It does not matter, I place a BP after this point 2-3 step beyond, the MSTATUS is still 9.

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[MicroController]

Pretty sure disabling/enabling interrupts works as intended. Probably just a 'debugging artifact'.