IF you have your Phone on your WIFI, yes then you can see cam-feed, as it works locally.
Turn off WIFI on your phone, so you use mobile-network(3-5G) , Cam should show as offline in your Tapo phone App
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Okay, partial success blocking internet access to cameras. The SkyQ firewall settings are weird, but I have managed block all the indoor cameras 
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tongue-in-cheek: true
Well?
Itâs July 1!
Is it working?
Can I update now and profit?
I will give them around a week more and then check in.
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Maybe they have âSummer Holidayâ in EU-Dep., give them until August 
Hello,
i have 3 Tapo cameras (C210) and iâm noticing (honestly, itâs been a whileâŠ) that when showing still images in lovelace they commonly are broken. broken = the image is correctly rendered in the highest section but then the lower section is rendered using the last âlineâ of the image, giving something like this
is this something common? i have no sigh of this in logs, so everything seems ok.
If i open the stream, image is correct. This seems to impact only hd stream and not sd stream, so i was wondering if there is a timeout somewhere in loading imagesâŠ
All cameras are on full wifi coverage 
Last but not least: in the Tapo app images saved are correctly rendered.
Thanks
Integration passes the rtsp stream to HA which generates the image. Check if it happens with the official integrations as well, it most probably will. Either a network, HA resources, or camera being overloaded with too many concurrent streams issue.
is it by chance passing through ffmpeg for frame generation?
(just because i also have ffmpeg problems with foscamsâ rtsp streams)
Same for me i succesfully added C211 - firmware 1.3.7 - with success today.
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@JurajNyiri In the github it says we should block internet access to the camera, but i have noticed that when I block internet access my camera (TC70) starts rebooting. Any work around?
PS: any news about the new API from Tapo?
I think i can confirm this! When i bought the last Tapo Camera (C100) i allowed the free trial period of the cloud option, and everything worked until i put de SD card on.
Then, the stream became unavaible and i thought it was because of the new firmware.
But no. I cancelled the Cloud option and now i have the 2 options ok - Recording to SD card and Streaming (in HD).
And this can be explained by the âonly 2 channelsâ available! Good Call!
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Does anyone know if the C402 Tapo Cameras work with HA? Iâve been having problems getting mine to even been seen by my HA setup. Tried through HCAS and through the normal means and in both cases it errors out. It is adding a port in during the attempted connection setup even though Iâm just putting in the IP. Having it try to discover doesnât work. I picked up one of these cameras to test out and see if they would be worth going with over some others but so far no good.
Sorry but above âdescriptionâ doesnât make much sense, Please provide a detailed description( procedure), and logfiles etc. ( i.e screen-shots of where thing goes wrong/bad )
Also read below , where you get tips upon howto proceed
How to help us help you - or How to ask a good question.
PS: Have to tried the C402 RTSP-Stream in the âGeneric Cameraâ Integration ?
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I noticed there was a HACs update today for tapo camera control. Does anyone know if it fixed the issue of current camera firmware not properly allowing the integration to be added?
No, unfortunately it was not. It was an update to the documentaion of the current workarounds. HomeAssistant-Tapo-Control/add_camera_with_new_firmware.md at 0433ab6a25b69f712452384f6fb54f8aae93933a · JurajNyiri/HomeAssistant-Tapo-Control · GitHub
Oops, oh that update (see next post).
Each update has information on what it changes. I suggest reading through it, sometimes it contains breaking changes.
I used the procedure to block internet connectivity with MAC address filtering, re-added the camera and the integration works like a charm. I canât believe how many entities are exposed and how much control there is. Great work.
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I spoke too soon. The camera is becoming unavailable in Home Assistant. Iâm also now getting this error after unplugging and re-starting (not reset) the camera:
Temporary Suspension: Try again in 1566 seconds
Iâve blocked communication with MAC filtering and gone through the process as detailed in threads above. It worked for a while, and after the rebooting of the camera, I can actually see the video in the Frigate card. Yet, Iâm being told the integration needs reconfiguring due to the temporary suspension.
In addition, while the device still shows as active in Settings â Devices, if I try to do anything from the device page, I get the same error about a temporary suspension.
Iâm wondering, does something screw up if I then use the app, and in the app, should the setting for Advanced â Camera Account be on or off once youâve gone through the reset procedure?
It probably received a cloud issued token through the app. Make sure you properly block the camera and possibly do not use the official app, you might need to delete camera, wait that time, follow the process again and try again, or downgrade fw.
I was trying to follow the thread for downgrading, but was a bit confused about which was for the 225. Can you point me in the right direction?