I’m trying to set up the Blink integration but I enter my login info ie username and password and it says
Invalid authentication
Which makes no sense… It doesn’t even try to work it just automatically within seconds gives me that error… I’ve tried to restart and put it in…etc…
Any ideas?
Thank you!
i saw someone esle had the same problem, but then he said it was now working… I have checked username and password and can logon successfully to blink’s own website.
The Blink app has been having problems for a few days.
ouvert 02:27PM - 19 Jul 26 UTC
integration: blink
### The problem
The earlier Blink/2FA fix path that closed `#173419`, `#173344`… , and `#173520` via `#173811` had previously resolved the problem for us, but the behavior appears to have broken again as of **July 19, 2026**.
The current symptoms are again in the same family:
- `OAuth authorization request failed`
- `Cannot setup Blink platform`
- config entry retry / not-ready loop
This looks like either:
1. a regression after the earlier Blink fix path in `#173811`, or
2. another upstream Blink auth/API change that breaks the same flow again.
One important note for triage: the current live logs on our system show `custom_components.blink` rather than `homeassistant.components.blink`, so there may also be an interaction with a custom Blink component still present in the environment. However, the earlier issue family was definitely in the official/core Blink integration path, and the failure pattern has reappeared.
### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?
Exact version not confirmed at time of filing.
### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?
Unknown exact version. The earlier June 2026 fix path associated with `#173811` had resolved the issue for us before it reappeared.
### What type of installation are you running?
Not confirmed at time of filing.
### Integration causing the issue
blink
### Link to integration documentation on our website
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/blink/
### Diagnostics information
No clean diagnostics bundle available yet.
### Example YAML snippet
No response
### Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?
Observed on **July 19, 2026**:
```text
2026-07-19 16:04:29.089 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.blink.vendor.blinkpy.auth] OAuth authorization request failed
2026-07-19 16:04:29.090 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.blink.vendor.blinkpy.blinkpy] Cannot setup Blink platform.
2026-07-19 16:04:29.090 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.blink.coordinator] Unexpected error fetching blink data
2026-07-19 16:04:29.091 INFO (MainThread) [custom_components.blink] Config entry 'blink' for blink integration not ready yet: None; Retrying in 5 seconds
homeassistant.exceptions.ConfigEntryNotReady: None
```
Related earlier issues:
- `#173419`
- `#173344`
- `#173520`
- possibly also `#168029` (Blink OAuth/cookie-related behavior)
### Additional information
- The previous June 2026 fix path had worked for us.
- The problem has now reappeared on **July 19, 2026**.
- This strongly suggests either a regression or another Blink-side auth change.
- If useful, we can follow up with exact HA version, install type, and a cleaner reproduction against the official/core integration only.
miragecy
July 22, 2026, 4:25pm
3
I have exactly the same problem
thanks hopefully solved soon
Same issue since release 2026.7.x
Fabioc
July 25, 2026, 1:07pm
7
Same here. Thanks for any help in fixing it.
garyo
July 25, 2026, 8:35pm
8
The uuidv4 patch in that issue works for me.
Thank you, but the homeassistant/components/blink/ directory doesn’t exist in my configuration. There seem to be steps to create it, but it doesn’t work. Furthermore, there’s the following comment in the discussion:
Confirmed local facts after the restart:
custom_components/blink is no longer active
Concobebe
July 30, 2026, 5:55am
10
HASS core 2026.8.0b0 fixed.
TheSkyer
July 30, 2026, 8:59am
11
The latest core update i could find is 2026.7.4
Installation methodHome Assistant OS
Core2026.7.4
Supervisor2026.07.3
Operating System18.1
UPDATE: Was able to install bersion 2026.8.0b0 trought the beta channel and the integration does indeed work again.
ET1963
August 2, 2026, 2:49pm
12
Still gives “invalid_auth” with the Core2026.8.0b3.
Does anyone know when the proper release will be made please?
It’s always on the first Wednesday of the month, so, tomorrow for most of the world
EnricoBara
August 5, 2026, 11:11am
16
“invalid_auth” in 2026.8.0b6
edit: it seems to work great on stable release.
tripleB
August 5, 2026, 5:57pm
17
I still cannot get it to work- same problem with auth
Fixed with 2026.8.0 - Many thanks!