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.

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I did an automation to reload the Nest Integration once a minute and that worked. However i looked on line and several said that an automation would burden the CPU (or something like that). If someone more knowledgeable than me (not hard to do) told me that is ok then i would run that automation

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I’ve been using an automation to reload the Nest integration every 10 mins and that’s been working fine for me. Clearly not ideal but much better than nothing.

As others have said, issuing temp changes from HA works fine, but updating the temperature values only works on an integration reload.

I occasionally have issues with the thermostat not talking to the heat link so at some point it’ll probably be a good idea to replace the Nest with something more reliable - and with a decent HA integration.

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I gave up and now use Versatile Thermostat, Intelligent Heating Pilot, Zigbee Temperature sensors and a Moes Zigbee Thermostat to replace the Nest. It does everything the nest did and it is totally local. Also cost a fraction of the cost of the Nest (which is on its way to Ebay!)

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I have 7 nest thermostats (and heat links). I’d like to replace them all so if anyone has a replacement product suggestion that involves the least hassle, please post.

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The challenge is the Nest has a fantastic look and feel, so from that aesthetic there’s nothing close.

That said I’ve ditched all my nests for Ecobee Premiums and connected them directly using HomeKit. The UI is decent, it has proximity sensor so it lights up when you get near. Been super solid.

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The Moes Thermostat looks pretty nice tbh, and the temperature sensors are descrete. The biggest bonus is I can tell it to use any of the temperature sensors as the driver, I’m not limited to where the “screen” part of the Nest is at the time (oh and the fact there were not many places in my 350 year old house that the bloody thing would actually connect to the heatlink - this was the secondary reason for the change)