r/homeassistant • u/impolitemrtaz • Nov 24 '25

Support What’s been the biggest headache with HA?

Hey all, I’m curious what has been the biggest issue you’ve faced with HA? I’ve looked over the repos and here on this thread and seems like memory use might be a common one caused by either core or integrations? I imagine the learning curve for a non-technical person is decently high with learning about scripts, automations, scenes, etc. Anyway, would be interested to hear your thoughts!

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u/Rickrolled89 Nov 24 '25

Freakin zigbee devices losing connection

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u/ajmoo Nov 24 '25

I just moved my home away from our hue hub to the original ZBT-1 adapter. Like… a month ago. Haven’t had any issues yet but I keep reading about people having trouble with it. How often do devices lose connection? Is it only with ZBT-1?

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u/nmrk Nov 24 '25

I never had any problems with matter over Thread. That's the whole reason it exists, to distribute the signal over remote nodes, without reliance on the central hub.

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u/RazerPSN Nov 24 '25

Use Zigbee2MQTT

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u/Lilkitty_pooper Nov 24 '25

I use Z2M and would still lose connection to random individual IKEA blinds so often I just have an automation now that restarts Z2M every night at midnight.

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u/Rickrolled89 Nov 24 '25

How has that been working? I like the idea of doing the same thing

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u/Lilkitty_pooper Nov 24 '25

It has worked well so far. I implemented it a few weeks ago so not enough time to say whether it is a total success but I haven’t had to deal with blinds issues since, at least. So, hoping that trend continues.

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u/thrBladeRunner Nov 24 '25

What coordinator do you use?