diff --git a/backend/config.py b/backend/config.py
index 5c801ec..d9d5dc8 100644
--- a/backend/config.py
+++ b/backend/config.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # Local file storage
     built_melodies_storage_path: str = "./storage/built_melodies"
     firmware_storage_path: str = "./storage/firmware"
+    # xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line for server-side crash decoding (firmware/elf_store.py).
+    # Empty = look it up on PATH; if absent, the console shows a copy-paste command instead.
+    addr2line_path: str = ""
     flash_assets_storage_path: str = "./storage/flash_assets"
     melody_binaries_storage_path: str = "./storage/melody_binaries"
     melody_download_base_url: str = "http://melodies.bellsystems.net/download"
diff --git a/backend/firmware/elf_store.py b/backend/firmware/elf_store.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d92d1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/firmware/elf_store.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+"""Firmware ELF symbol store + server-side crash decoding (firmware F-070).
+
+Crash reports carry `elf_sha256`: the first 16 hex chars of the SHA-256 of the
+crashing build's firmware.elf. ELFs uploaded here are stored under that same
+key, so a crash can be matched to its exact build and its PC/backtrace
+addresses decoded to function + file:line with xtensa addr2line.
+
+Decoding is optional: it needs a matching ELF AND the xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line
+binary in the backend container (settings.addr2line_path, or on PATH). When
+either is missing the console falls back to a copy-paste addr2line command.
+"""
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from config import settings
+from shared.exceptions import NotFoundError, ValidationError
+
+ADDR2LINE_NAME = "xtensa-esp32-elf-addr2line"
+_SHA_PREFIX = re.compile(r"^[0-9a-f]{16}$")
+_MAX_ADDRESSES = 40
+
+
+def _elf_dir() -> Path:
+    return Path(settings.firmware_storage_path) / "elf"
+
+
+def elf_sha_prefix(data: bytes) -> str:
+    return hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()[:16]
+
+
+def _check_sha(sha: str) -> str:
+    sha = (sha or "").lower()
+    if not _SHA_PREFIX.match(sha):
+        raise ValidationError("elf_sha256 must be 16 hex characters.")
+    return sha
+
+
+def addr2line_path() -> str | None:
+    configured = getattr(settings, "addr2line_path", "") or ""
+    if configured and Path(configured).is_file():
+        return configured
+    return shutil.which(ADDR2LINE_NAME)
+
+
+def validate_elf(data: bytes) -> None:
+    if not data.startswith(b"\x7fELF"):
+        raise ValidationError("Not an ELF file — upload the firmware.elf from the build, not the .bin.")
+
+
+def save_elf(data: bytes, filename: str | None, uploaded_by: str | None,
+             firmware: dict | None = None) -> dict:
+    """Store an ELF keyed by its sha256 prefix. Re-uploading the same file is a
+    no-op overwrite. `firmware` optionally records which release it belongs to."""
+    validate_elf(data)
+    sha = elf_sha_prefix(data)
+    d = _elf_dir()
+    d.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    (d / f"{sha}.elf").write_bytes(data)
+    meta = {
+        "elf_sha256": sha,
+        "filename": filename or "firmware.elf",
+        "size": len(data),
+        "uploaded_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+        "uploaded_by": uploaded_by,
+        "firmware": firmware,
+    }
+    (d / f"{sha}.json").write_text(json.dumps(meta), encoding="utf-8")
+    return meta
+
+
+def get_elf_info(sha: str) -> dict:
+    """Whether a matching ELF exists and whether the decoder is installed —
+    the crash view uses this to pick decode-in-console vs. copy-command."""
+    sha = _check_sha(sha)
+    meta_path = _elf_dir() / f"{sha}.json"
+    meta = None
+    if (_elf_dir() / f"{sha}.elf").is_file():
+        try:
+            meta = json.loads(meta_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        except (OSError, ValueError):
+            meta = {"elf_sha256": sha}
+    return {
+        "elf_sha256": sha,
+        "exists": meta is not None,
+        "meta": meta,
+        "decoder_available": addr2line_path() is not None,
+    }
+
+
+def decode(sha: str, addresses: list[int]) -> list[dict]:
+    """Run addr2line -pfiaC over the addresses. Returns one entry per address:
+    {"address": "0x400D8A3F", "frames": ["func at file:line", "(inlined by) ..."]}."""
+    sha = _check_sha(sha)
+    elf = _elf_dir() / f"{sha}.elf"
+    if not elf.is_file():
+        raise NotFoundError("ELF")
+    tool = addr2line_path()
+    if tool is None:
+        raise ValidationError(f"{ADDR2LINE_NAME} is not installed on the server.")
+
+    addrs = [a for a in addresses if isinstance(a, int) and 0 <= a <= 0xFFFFFFFF][:_MAX_ADDRESSES]
+    if not addrs:
+        return []
+    hex_addrs = [f"0x{a:08X}" for a in addrs]
+    proc = subprocess.run(
+        [tool, "-pfiaC", "-e", str(elf), *hex_addrs],
+        capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=20,
+    )
+    if proc.returncode != 0:
+        raise ValidationError(f"addr2line failed: {proc.stderr.strip()[:300]}")
+
+    # With -a each address starts a new block "0x400d8a3f: func at file:line";
+    # -i adds " (inlined by) ..." continuation lines under it.
+    results: list[dict] = []
+    for line in proc.stdout.splitlines():
+        if not line.strip():
+            continue
+        m = re.match(r"^(0x[0-9a-fA-F]+):\s*(.*)$", line)
+        if m:
+            results.append({"address": f"0x{int(m.group(1), 16):08X}", "frames": [m.group(2).strip()]})
+        elif results:
+            results[-1]["frames"].append(line.strip())
+    return results
diff --git a/backend/firmware/router.py b/backend/firmware/router.py
index 953092a..166cb57 100644
--- a/backend/firmware/router.py
+++ b/backend/firmware/router.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from auth.models import TokenPayload
 from auth.dependencies import require_permission
 from firmware.models import FirmwareVersion, FirmwareListResponse, FirmwareMetadataResponse, UpdateType
-from firmware import service
+from firmware import service, elf_store
 from database.postgres import get_pg_session
 from shared.audit import log_action
 
@@ -29,10 +29,15 @@ async def upload_firmware(
     release_note: Optional[str] = Form(None),
     bespoke_uid: Optional[str] = Form(None),
     file: UploadFile = File(...),
+    elf_file: Optional[UploadFile] = File(None),
     _user: TokenPayload = Depends(require_permission("manufacturing", "add")),
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_pg_session),
 ):
     file_bytes = await file.read()
+    elf_bytes = await elf_file.read() if elf_file and elf_file.filename else None
+    if elf_bytes is not None:
+        # Validate before the release is created, so a wrong file doesn't leave a half-done upload.
+        elf_store.validate_elf(elf_bytes)
     fw = service.upload_firmware(
         hw_type=hw_type,
         channel=channel,
@@ -44,11 +49,48 @@ async def upload_firmware(
         release_note=release_note,
         bespoke_uid=bespoke_uid,
     )
+    if elf_bytes is not None:
+        elf_store.save_elf(elf_bytes, elf_file.filename, _user.name or _user.email,
+                           firmware={"id": fw.id, "hw_type": hw_type, "channel": channel, "version": version})
     await log_action(db, _user.sub, _user.name or _user.email, "CREATE", "firmware",
                      fw.id, f"{hw_type} v{version} ({channel})")
     return fw
 
 
+# ── Firmware ELF symbols (crash decoding, F-070) ─────────────────────────────
+# Registered before the /{hw_type}/... routes. Viewing/decoding is gated on
+# mqtt:view like the crash data itself; uploading is a firmware-release action.
+
+class ElfDecodeRequest(BaseModel):
+    addresses: list[int]
+
+
+@router.post("/elf", status_code=201)
+async def upload_elf(
+    file: UploadFile = File(...),
+    _user: TokenPayload = Depends(require_permission("manufacturing", "add")),
+):
+    data = await file.read()
+    return elf_store.save_elf(data, file.filename, _user.name or _user.email)
+
+
+@router.get("/elf/{elf_sha256}")
+def get_elf_info(
+    elf_sha256: str,
+    _user: TokenPayload = Depends(require_permission("mqtt", "view")),
+):
+    return elf_store.get_elf_info(elf_sha256)
+
+
+@router.post("/elf/{elf_sha256}/decode")
+def decode_addresses(
+    elf_sha256: str,
+    body: ElfDecodeRequest,
+    _user: TokenPayload = Depends(require_permission("mqtt", "view")),
+):
+    return {"elf_sha256": elf_sha256.lower(), "results": elf_store.decode(elf_sha256, body.addresses)}
+
+
 @router.get("", response_model=FirmwareListResponse)
 def list_firmware(
     hw_type: Optional[str] = Query(None),
@@ -114,10 +156,14 @@ async def edit_firmware(
     release_note: Optional[str] = Form(None),
     bespoke_uid: Optional[str] = Form(None),
     file: Optional[UploadFile] = File(None),
+    elf_file: Optional[UploadFile] = File(None),
     _user: TokenPayload = Depends(require_permission("manufacturing", "add")),
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_pg_session),
 ):
     file_bytes = await file.read() if file and file.filename else None
+    elf_bytes = await elf_file.read() if elf_file and elf_file.filename else None
+    if elf_bytes is not None:
+        elf_store.validate_elf(elf_bytes)
     fw = service.edit_firmware(
         doc_id=firmware_id,
         channel=channel,
@@ -129,6 +175,10 @@ async def edit_firmware(
         bespoke_uid=bespoke_uid,
         file_bytes=file_bytes,
     )
+    if elf_bytes is not None:
+        elf_store.save_elf(elf_bytes, elf_file.filename, _user.name or _user.email,
+                           firmware={"id": firmware_id, "hw_type": fw.hw_type if fw else None,
+                                     "channel": fw.channel if fw else None, "version": fw.version if fw else None})
     await log_action(db, _user.sub, _user.name or _user.email, "UPDATE", "firmware",
                      firmware_id, f"{fw.hw_type} v{fw.version} ({fw.channel})" if fw else firmware_id)
     return fw