I setup HA last year and added a few HUE motion sensors via node-red and HA UI. I couldn’t quite dedicate the time to learn so I gave up on HA. One thing I noticed is that motion detection and lights turning on was near instantaneous.
This year, I dove in and setup HA and learned all about it. I noticed there is a small delay in motion detection and lights turning on. Not a HUGE deal but definitely noticeable. I thought maybe it was because I am not using node-red anymore and only HA
The problem then started getting worse…
I am dealing with a weird “issue” of sluggish performance and failed automations. When I say failed, there is absolutely nothing in the logs, logbooks or traces of the automations.
The weird part is I can’t figure out a pattern or issue. Sometimes, they just don’t work. If our front door opens 100 times a day, the TTS announcement happens probably 95 times. During those 5 times, I look at the logs, the sensor, the speaker. All seem fine but no mention of the trigger or door opening.
I do not have many complicated automations or an excessive amount of devices/entities. I assume most people here have a lot.
1.) Motion sensor at the entrance turns on lights (fails 1/10 times)
2.) Front door open = TTS announcement on a nearby speaker (fails randomly too)
3.) Stairs motion sensor, turns on light for 30 seconds, then off. (fails sometimes as well)
Setup details:
HA on Unraid VM
The server itself is quite beefy. The home network is also quite overkill too.
My question is, what do I do to troubleshoot? No info in the logs helps, logbook just doesn’t show those devices as triggering. The devices aren’t losing connection to wifi or their hubs.
My unraid VM Is used as a plex server running more than few docker containers. It is filling up on space - could this be an issue? (I can’t remember what I allocated HA, but HA UI says 50% of storage is used up)
I am lost and need some guidance