updated to the latest firmware last night through the dji fly app and now APAS just feels completely different. like i was flying in a fairly tight spot between some trees this morning, same spot ive flown probably 20 times, and it was stopping way earlier than it used to. not crashing or anything but it was stopping like 6 feet before it normally would and just hovering there refusing to go forward.

checked the settings and everything looks the same, obstacle avoidance is still on normal not on the aggressive setting or whatever they call it. didnt change anything in the app. wondering if they quietly changed the APAS behavior in this update because i cant find any changelog that actually explains what they changed, dji's release notes are basically useless as always. anyone else notice this or did something get reset that im not seeing

yeah dji changelog is a joke, they just write 'improved stability and performance' and call it a day. ive seen a few people mention the obstacle sensing feeling more conservative after updates before. my guess is they adjusted the braking distance thresholds, probably after some incident reports or something. annoying when you have spots dialed in and then an update changes the behavior without warning.

worth checking if your sensor calibration got reset, sometimes updates do that. go into the safety menu and see if it prompts you to recalibrate the vision sensors. long shot but ive had that happen once on the air 2s after an update.

same thing happend to me with the air 3 a few months back, turned out one of my downward sensors had a smudge on it and the update somehow made the system more sensitive to dirty sensors. wiped them off and it was back to normal. probably not your issue but worth checking before you assume its the firmware