If you are looking at firmware update logs on your side you will see 1st attempts on two different plugs. You should see respective successes as such.
You will also see 2nd attempts as the definition of insanity in computing is to keep trying the same thing more than once. For both plugs your side came back and said, "you got the most current one, idiot".
EDIT ADD: For what it's worth I have done other firmware upgrades via HE in the past, I think the last was on one of the Ikea devices.
OK - the short version and conclusion of this story.
@mike.maxwell , @Gerry-Innr . and INNR Staff worked together to help me revive two "zombied" INNR 244 plugs that (through no fault of my own for once) ended up getting the wrong firmware. Don't bother asking the details, sh_t happens.
The key line here is "worked together" ...and for that both INNR and Hubitat get a gold star.
As of this moment I believe all subsequent attempts to update the INNR 244 plug firmware should go without any hitch due to the version or HE serving it to your plug. I guess you can say I served as guinea pig for future INNR 244 updaters.
So how does that line go? - Move along folks, nothing to see here.
Thanks all.
P.S. This pretty much OT crashed the original Topic of this thread, maybe some posts up it should be decoupled and put off on it's own?