Constantly issue with zwave dongle after HA reboot

hello,
when i power off/on or reboot HA … my zwave controller randomly works or doesnt work.

IF it doesnt work i have to manually unplug and plug it back to usb port.

Any idea how to fix that/prevent such an issue? thanks

log:

2025-08-31 23:18:32.656 INFO Z-WAVE: Removing user callbacks
2025-08-31 23:18:35.510 DRIVER   Failed to open the serial port: Error: No such file or directory, cannot open 
                                 /dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00
2025-08-31 23:18:35.510 INFO Z-WAVE: Restarting client in 15 seconds, retry 14
2025-08-31 23:18:50.518 INFO Z-WAVE: Client closed
2025-08-31 23:18:50.519 INFO Z-WAVE: Connecting to /dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00
2025-08-31 23:18:50.521 DRIVER   ███████╗        ██╗    ██╗  █████╗  ██╗   ██╗ ███████╗          ██╗ ███████╗
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2025-08-31 23:18:50.521 DRIVER   version 15.10.0
2025-08-31 23:18:50.521 DRIVER   
2025-08-31 23:18:52.337 INFO APP: GET /health/zwave 301 0.328 ms - 162
2025-08-31 23:18:59.533 DRIVER   Failed to open the serial port: Error: No such file or directory, cannot open 
                                 /dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00
2025-08-31 23:18:59.534 INFO Z-WAVE: Restarting client in 15 seconds, retry 15

gui
Z-Wave JS

Failed setup, will retry: Failed to connect: Cannot connect to host a0d7b954-zwavejs2mqtt:3000 ssl:default [Connect call failed (‘172.30.33.1’, 3000)]

when i physically remove dongle from usb port and attach it back all works fine

2025-08-31 23:19:49.909 INFO Z-WAVE: Restarting client in 4 seconds, retry 3
2025-08-31 23:19:53.913 INFO Z-WAVE: Client closed
2025-08-31 23:19:53.915 INFO Z-WAVE: Connecting to /dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00
2025-08-31 23:19:53.916 DRIVER   ███████╗        ██╗    ██╗  █████╗  ██╗   ██╗ ███████╗          ██╗ ███████╗
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2025-08-31 23:19:53.917 DRIVER   version 15.10.0
2025-08-31 23:19:53.917 DRIVER   
2025-08-31 23:19:59.191 INFO Z-WAVE: Zwavejs usage statistics ENABLED
2025-08-31 23:19:59.191 WARN Z-WAVE: Zwavejs driver is not ready yet, statistics will be enabled on driver initialization
2025-08-31 23:19:59.197 CNTRLR   Serial API restarted unexpectedly.
2025-08-31 23:20:00.194 CONFIG   version 15.10.0
2025-08-31 23:20:00.860 CNTRLR   querying Serial API capabilities...
2025-08-31 23:20:01.025 CNTRLR   received API capabilities:

anyone any idea here? thanks

Looks like a hardware / driver issues. What are you running this on?

@PeteRage
hi, thanks - yes - faulty hw design, solution is here