Google Nest Integration loses connection with Nest Thermostats and requires reloading/restaring

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There is something wrong with your install. Or is this error coming from a custom component?

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I’m having the same issue. I can reload the integration and get the current info from the thermostat but it never updates and I can’t send commands to the thermostat. Has anyone figured out a fix?

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Is your Nest set to Eco Mode?

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Same here, it just drops from time to time. I just restart hass and problem is solved. Thanks to folk that posted nest status page that is cool url to have.

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No, its not in eco mode

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Experiencing this problem too. Can update values once with a reload, but values don’t update again automatically after that. I can use the temp increase/decrease buttons in HA, and these increments are reflected in the Google Nest Home app, so I can at least get communication in one direction.

Any help or possible fixes would be greatly appreciated! I’m not sure what went wrong for me. It’s a minor inconvenience, but an annoying one all the same.

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I’m having a similar issue. I’m trying to set up an automation when the heater cycles on it closes off one of the powered dampers. I only want it closed when the heater is running. All other times I want it open. I can adjust the temperature from home assistant but when the heat kicks on, it still shows idle even though the heater is running. The only way to get it to switch from idle to heating is to reload the integration.

Anyone have any thoughts about setting an automation that just reloads the integration every minute? I tried this to see if it would work and it does fix it but it looks like having an automation like this can cause other problems. Anyone have any thoughts?

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For me since the thermo was working (even when not reporting), I had an automaton that would reload if the temperature had not updated within the last hour - which mostly worked - but I’d miss some heating cycles. The solution I’ve been super happy with is tossing out the Nest (I got two I’d sell for very cheap!) and replacing it with an Ecobee premium connected directly to HA using HomeKit. I kept the same reload automation and its triggered a couple of times in the last year and seem to correlate with brief power interruptions. Outside of those two anomalies the Ecobee has been super reliable and works during internet outages.