In the last 2 weeks - I've had 5 devices just 'drop' for no reason I can see. The process of adding and rediscovering devices seems different in that it says 'found previous device' but it never allows me to click on the device that was found and go to that device like it used to (you get good at memorizing these steps I guess!).
iPhone has just stopped properly updating its presence.
A few device just 'slowed'. They used to be snappy but now they're is delays on a few rules and overall performance just 'feels' slower - the vibe is off.
The latest 2-3 updates - after not having any for a long time, the screen said 'updating' and it took about 15 minutes. It used to take about 4. Again - it's the vibe which I know will Frustrate anyone who reads this who will no doubt want to reach out and throttle me.
My hub had been ultra stable for nearly 3 months with weeks of no problems whatsoever, now it's back to literally daily problems I have to check up - watchdog reports are showing some random, rarely seen devices not reporting - presence on iphone (both owntracks AND hubitat) have to be tickled manually and bulbs are not getting CT right in groups.
My feeling is this is routes related. As a pure Zigbee user I'm going back to some of the old tricks - rebooting my hub every week, turning it hard off for 20 mins to cause the zigbee routers to beacon and manually watching load/db and mem as well as opening and closing all rules to be sure they have had a 'Done' button issued lately.
I'll report back in a day or so as I don't visit HE comms much anymore.
Sounds like you may have a device going bad and disrupting your mesh.
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Don't forget that 2.4Ghz wifi and ZigBee overlap.
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I am having the exact same problem. The only thing I changed was adding an Aqara humid/temp sensor and changing the batteries on a dreaded Sonoff motion sensor. Ever since once then I have motion sensors stuck, lights refusing to turn off, things slow down, presence doesn't work, but I did switch to a Pixel 6 from a Samsung.
My initial thought was that Aqara sensor, but I've put it back on the mesh and it works fine. My thoughts than turned dark when I looked at the GD sonoff motion sensor and it's near dozen brothers. I absolutely hate Sonoff these days. I've always had to throw out their sensors when the batteries go or weird stuff happens. Well weird stuff is happening and I really don't want to pitch out so many sensors.
Anyways your not alone. Few more weeks and I'll have to either give up on home automation or move to Home Assistant or something, I'm done taking showers with my phone's flash as my light source.
well. Hub reboot completed. Hub is 'snappy' again. Powered down completely, waited 20 mins. then started back up.
The Iphone status both with HE and Owntracks is still incorrect - have asked GF to reboot phone. she hates me ever asking stuff like that but oh well. emergency and all.
Went through every rule - found one small problem - I don't have a device called 'nullKitchen Echo Show 10" '... deleted action, and reentered it.
Overall seems good again - at the moment. i have to fire up my xctu to review my routes - which I've learned tend to 'settle down' after a short period. my Zigbee net comes back to life very nicely but it does update and change over about a 24 hr period I've documented.
Regarding possible wifi interference, I've had no changes to Wifi AP's and router - but I went and checked anyway and still down at channel 6 on all 3 WiFi AP's/router. I run at channel x14 (20) on my Hub - nothing has changed inadvertently there but thanks for tickling me to go check.
I did turn the power off on my old c5 - it was on and nearby - just to remove any potential issues.
We'll see how long it holds up before I find something not working again...
** update - that lasted about 45 minutes. One door contact sensor (A LinkIND) showed open when closed. Battery monitor's all said it was okay - 69%. I swapped the battery anyway and it came instantly back to life. But it's still screwy : on one screen it reports 192 on another it says 0.
***** Update - so I see someone else JUST posted elsewhere that his battery report on LinkIND is gone haywire. I have 4 of these units. Had not had a problem with them - they've been installed for 4-6 months, all of them. Maybe a battery lvl reporting problem in the driver?
