remove panic on uarte overrun

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/embassy-nrf/CHANGELOG.md b/embassy-nrf/CHANGELOG.md
index 0244dedab..9e8d29f67 100644
--- a/embassy-nrf/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/embassy-nrf/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 <!-- next-header -->
 ## Unreleased - ReleaseDate
 - changed: apply trimming values from FICR.TRIMCNF on nrf53/54l
+- changed: do not panic on BufferedUarte overrun
 
 ## 0.8.0 - 2025-09-30
 
diff --git a/embassy-nrf/src/buffered_uarte.rs b/embassy-nrf/src/buffered_uarte.rs
index 4c946497d..ec104788f 100644
--- a/embassy-nrf/src/buffered_uarte.rs
+++ b/embassy-nrf/src/buffered_uarte.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ impl<U: UarteInstance> interrupt::typelevel::Handler<U::Interrupt> for Interrupt
                 r.errorsrc().write_value(errs);
 
                 if errs.overrun() {
-                    panic!("BufferedUarte overrun");
+                    #[cfg(feature = "defmt")]
+                    defmt::warn!("BufferedUarte overrun");
                 }
             }