0.67.0 weird outbound connection

After upgrading to 0.67.0 I also notice a new; curious; outbound connection from my HA instance to the internet.

It is not a constant connection but wakes up every few minutes for a couple seconds.

I am not running any IP cameras; ring; or such. I do not use HA Cloud.

I do have Ecobee, Pollen, iOS app, HomeKit and DarkSky running but have for many versions without seeing this traffic. Firewall very clearly shows it starting same day as the 0.67.0 upgrade.

The curious entry is: li572-106.members.linode.com

Anyone else see similar or some ideas on how to track down who’s initiating it?

I suspect this is something fairly innocuous. I just checked the IP details of https://li572-106.members.linode.com/ using the functions available at https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool. A port scan of the address shows SSH, HTTP, and HTTPS all open (probably some sort of webserver linux box?), so a quick browse reveals a certificate with Common name and Certificate Alternative Subject Names of darksky.net, which is a weather service.

Of course it could be a dodgy site, with a certificate designed to mislead (but it is signed by Digicert, who should have checked ownership of darksky.net), but I would suggest you look at any weather information that HA is consuming - that will most likely explain your connections.

Regards,
Paul

Thanks for tracking it down; I went brain dead and never bothered to browse it to see if a cert was present. Perhaps DarkSky has added another server or moved; just interesting it was around the same time as the 67 upgrade. Or perhaps they do sticky sessions and I got a new server assigned during the upgrade downtime…

Thanks for this!