CIRCUITPY is read-only: [Errno 30] Cannot write last_app.txt using default MacroPad code

[ChrisCopter]

Hi,
I'm using an Adafruit MacroPad RP2040 with CircuitPython 9.2.0, and I'm running the default "MacroPad Hotkeys" setup from the official guide ([macropad-hotkeys-guide](https://learn.adafruit.com/macropad-hotkeys/project-code)).

The MacroPad loads and runs code fine, but whenever the running script tries to write to last_app.txt, I get this error:

save_last_app: ERROR writing file: [Errno 30] Read-only file system

❌ Things I’ve already tried:

Using multiple data-capable USB cables and ports
Reinstalling CircuitPython 9.2.0 .uf2 from circuitpython.org
Running erase-circuitpy.uf2 to reset the storage
Reloading the code.py and macros setup from Adafruit’s example repo
Confirming that the MacroPad boots into CIRCUITPY, not MACROPADBOOT
Confirming that the code.py executes, buttons work, and encoder functions

✅ What works:

Code executes (code.py is running)
Encoder switches apps
apps folder and macro .py files load and display correctly

❌ What’s broken:

last_app.txt is not created
Any open("/last_app.txt", "w") call fails with [Errno 30] Read-only file system
CIRCUITPY appears mounted, but it is not writable

Questions:
Is this a known issue with CircuitPython 9.2 on MacroPad RP2040?
Could this indicate a problem with internal flash storage or USB mass storage handling?
Any other steps to re-enable write access to CIRCUITPY?

Here is my code.py for troubleshooting
code.txt

Thanks a lot in advance for any guidance!

[dhalbert]

CIRCUITPY is read-only to your program, unless you mount it as read-write in boot.py. This is because CIRCUITPY is normally read/write to the host computer. If both the computer and your program could write to CIRCUITPY, it would easily become corrupted: there is no locking support in the FAT filesystem to guard against two simultaneous writers. See https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-essentials/circuitpython-storage for an intro to this.