so this has been bugging me for a while and i finally decided to post about it. updated to the latest firmware on my Air 2S maybe two weeks ago ? cant remember the exact version number but it was whatever pushed in late october ? and ever since then my return to home behavior feels off

like it still works, it comes home, but the altitude it climbs to before coming back seems higher than what i have set. i have it set to 40 meters and i swear its climbing closer to 55-60 before it starts the return. havent measured it precisely but it just looks and feels wrong compared to before the update

anyone else seeing this or am i just losing my mind. i checked the DJI fly app settings and the value is still showing 40m so its not like it reset or anything. kinda dont want to roll back firmware because that process is annoying but starting to think about it

yeah there were a few people on the facebook group talking about something similar after that update. one theory was that if obstacle avoidance detects anything during the RTH initiation it temporarily bumps the climb altitude as a safety margin, which might be new behavior they added. could explain why it looks higher than expected even though the setting didnt change

honestly i'd log a flight with something like airdata and look at the actual altitude telemetry to see whats really happening vs what it looks like visually. eyes can be pretty unreliable for judging altitude especially if youre used to a certain visual cue

DJI has been doing this thing lately where they quietly change behavior in firmware without documenting it properly and it drives me insane. the release notes are always like "performance improvements and bug fixes" which tells you nothing. id definitely check airdata or whatever logging app you use to get the actual numbers before assuming its broken