Atom Echo works for a while after restart, but then stops responding

Did a ton more debugging and long-term testing. I found that disabling the captive portal and re-enabling the high perf network resulted in more stability.

The biggest boost to stability seemed to be disabling all references to switching between the on-device wakeword and wakeword available in HA. To be clear, this config now hardcodes the device to using the wakeword in HA, with no option to change it.

The latest config now looks like this:

esphome:
  name: echo
  friendly_name: echo


esp32:
  board: m5stack-atom
  cpu_frequency: 240MHz
  framework:
    type: esp-idf

# Enable logging
logger:


# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
    key: ""

ota:
  - platform: esphome
    password: ""

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password


#captive_portal:

#network:
#  enable_high_performance: false

button:
  - platform: factory_reset
    id: factory_reset_btn
    name: Factory reset

i2s_audio:
  - id: i2s_audio_bus
    i2s_lrclk_pin: GPIO33
    i2s_bclk_pin: GPIO19

microphone:
  - platform: i2s_audio
    id: echo_microphone
    i2s_din_pin: GPIO23
    adc_type: external
    pdm: true
    sample_rate: 16000
    correct_dc_offset: true

speaker:
  - platform: i2s_audio
    id: echo_speaker
    i2s_dout_pin: GPIO22
    dac_type: external
    bits_per_sample: 16bit
    sample_rate: 16000
    channel: right
    buffer_duration: 240ms

media_player:
  - platform: speaker
    name: None
    id: echo_media_player
    announcement_pipeline:
      speaker: echo_speaker
      format: WAV
      num_channels: 1
    codec_support_enabled: false
    buffer_size: 6000
    volume_min: 0.4
    files:
      - id: timer_finished_wave_file
        file: https://github.com/esphome/wake-word-voice-assistants/raw/main/sounds/timer_finished.wav
    on_announcement:
      - if:
          condition:
            - microphone.is_capturing:
          then:
            - script.execute: stop_wake_word
      - light.turn_on:
          id: led
          blue: 100%
          red: 0%
          green: 0%
          brightness: 100%
          effect: none
    on_idle:
      - script.execute: start_wake_word
      - script.execute: reset_led

voice_assistant:
  id: va
  microphone:
    microphone: echo_microphone
    channels: 0
    gain_factor: 4
  media_player: echo_media_player
  noise_suppression_level: 2
  auto_gain: 31dBFS
  on_listening:
    - light.turn_on:
        id: led
        blue: 100%
        red: 0%
        green: 0%
        effect: "Slow Pulse"
  on_stt_vad_end:
    - light.turn_on:
        id: led
        blue: 100%
        red: 0%
        green: 0%
        effect: "Fast Pulse"
  on_tts_start:
    - light.turn_on:
        id: led
        blue: 100%
        red: 0%
        green: 0%
        brightness: 100%
        effect: none
  on_start:
    - logger.log: Voice Assistant started!
    - script.execute: track_idle_stream
  on_end:
    # Handle the "nevermind" case where there is no announcement
    - wait_until:
        condition:
          - media_player.is_announcing:
        #timeout: 0.5s
        timeout: 2s
    - script.execute: reset_led
    - logger.log: Voice Assistant ended!
    - script.execute: track_idle_stream
  on_error:
    - light.turn_on:
        id: led
        red: 100%
        green: 0%
        blue: 0%
        brightness: 100%
        effect: none
    - delay: 2s
    - script.execute: reset_led
  on_client_connected:
    - delay: 2s  # Give the api server time to settle
    - script.execute: start_wake_word
  on_client_disconnected:
    - script.execute: stop_wake_word
  on_timer_finished:
    - script.execute: stop_wake_word
    - wait_until:
        not:
          microphone.is_capturing:
    - switch.turn_on: timer_ringing
    - light.turn_on:
        id: led
        red: 0%
        green: 100%
        blue: 0%
        brightness: 100%
        effect: "Fast Pulse"
    - wait_until:
        - switch.is_off: timer_ringing
    - light.turn_off: led
    - switch.turn_off: timer_ringing

binary_sensor:
  # button does the following:
  # short click - stop a timer
  # if no timer then restart either microwakeword or voice assistant continuous
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO39
      inverted: true
    name: Button
    disabled_by_default: true
    entity_category: diagnostic
    id: echo_button
    on_multi_click:
      - timing:
          - ON for at least 50ms
          - OFF for at least 50ms
        then:
          - if:
              condition:
                switch.is_on: timer_ringing
              then:
                - switch.turn_off: timer_ringing
              else:
                - script.execute: start_wake_word
      - timing:
          - ON for at least 10s
        then:
          - button.press: factory_reset_btn

light:
  - platform: esp32_rmt_led_strip
    id: led
    name: None
    disabled_by_default: true
    entity_category: config
    pin: GPIO27
    default_transition_length: 0s
    chipset: SK6812
    num_leds: 1
    rgb_order: grb
    effects:
      - pulse:
          name: "Slow Pulse"
          transition_length: 250ms
          update_interval: 250ms
          min_brightness: 50%
          max_brightness: 100%
      - pulse:
          name: "Fast Pulse"
          transition_length: 100ms
          update_interval: 100ms
          min_brightness: 50%
          max_brightness: 100%

script:
  - id: reset_led
    then:
      - if:
          condition:
            - switch.is_on: use_listen_light
          then:
            - light.turn_on:
                id: led
                red: 0%
                green: 100%
                blue: 100%
                brightness: 60%
                effect: none
          else:
            - light.turn_off: led
  - id: start_wake_word
    then:
    - lambda: id(va).set_use_wake_word(true);
    - voice_assistant.start_continuous:
  - id: stop_wake_word
    then:
    - lambda: id(va).set_use_wake_word(false);
    - voice_assistant.stop:
  # Work around https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/149882.
  - id: track_idle_stream
    mode: restart
    then:
      - delay: 180s
      - logger.log: Restarting continuous recognition to avoid HA issue 149882
      - voice_assistant.stop:
      - wait_until:
          condition:
            - not: {voice_assistant.is_running:}
      - delay: 1s
      - voice_assistant.start_continuous:

switch:
  - platform: template
    name: Use listen light
    id: use_listen_light
    optimistic: true
    restore_mode: RESTORE_DEFAULT_ON
    entity_category: config
    on_turn_on:
      - script.execute: reset_led
    on_turn_off:
      - script.execute: reset_led
  - platform: template
    id: timer_ringing
    optimistic: true
    restore_mode: ALWAYS_OFF
    on_turn_off:
      # Turn off the repeat mode and disable the pause between playlist items
      - lambda: |-
              id(echo_media_player)
                ->make_call()
                .set_command(media_player::MediaPlayerCommand::MEDIA_PLAYER_COMMAND_REPEAT_OFF)
                .set_announcement(true)
                .perform();
              id(echo_media_player)->set_playlist_delay_ms(speaker::AudioPipelineType::ANNOUNCEMENT, 0);
      # Stop playing the alarm
      - media_player.stop:
          announcement: true
    on_turn_on:
      # Turn on the repeat mode and pause for 1000 ms between playlist items/repeats
      - lambda: |-
            id(echo_media_player)
              ->make_call()
              .set_command(media_player::MediaPlayerCommand::MEDIA_PLAYER_COMMAND_REPEAT_ONE)
              .set_announcement(true)
              .perform();
            id(echo_media_player)->set_playlist_delay_ms(speaker::AudioPipelineType::ANNOUNCEMENT, 1000);
      - media_player.speaker.play_on_device_media_file:
          media_file: timer_finished_wave_file
          announcement: true
      - delay: 15min
      - switch.turn_off: timer_ringing