Home App will not find Homekit on Home Assistant

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I have looked at multiple threads and even asked some community members in those threads if they found the solution but so far I’m still stuck. I’ve also noticed a lot of the threads on this topic are dated or more geared toward RPi or Hass.io.

Here is my issue, I set up Homekit in Home Assistant, I get the pairing code when I restart HA but my Home App on my phone never finds HA and entering the pairing code manually just spins. I have logged out of iCloud, deleted the Home App, and restarted my phone (multiple times).

Here is what I’m working with:
Home Assistant - 0.103.6
It is in Docker on my Synology DS918+ running DSM 6.2.2-24922 Update 4
I have a Unifi USG, switch, and APs - they are 5.12.35
I have a RaspberPi running Pi-Hole attached to the switch that all network traffic travels though.
iPhone X running - iOS: 13.3
AppleTV running - tvOS: 13.3
I do have the Synology firewall turned on but I have tried it off and opened TCP ports 51827, 5353, 8123

My Synology is on Ethernet with an IP of 10.1.1.#
My iPhone is on WiFi with an IP of 10.1.1.#
My AppleTV is on Ethernet with an IP of 10.1.1.#

I recently rebuilt my Home Assistant config file so currently I’m just using:

homekit:

I have tried:

homekit:
  filter:
    include_entities:
      - demo.demo

and

homekit:
  safe_mode: true

and

homekit:
  advertise_ip: "STATIC_IP_OF_YOUR_DOCKER_HOST"

I’ve also deleted the .homekit.state file and restarted, multiple times. I’ve also tried a Mac plugged into the same Unifi switch as the Synology (you can’t add accessories in home on a Mac). I never had home bridge so I shouldn’t have a conflict there.

I feel like I’ve gone down the entire component page at home-assistant.io and tried all of the possible fixes. I am definitely a N00B at this, YouTube is my friend.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Same issue. Same basic setup (Synology running Hass.io in docker). I’m running the latest version (0.107.1). I’m also using AppleTV and have a Unifi controller running in another docker container. It was working great for me before I moved to the Synology, which makes me think it has to be a firewall or port issue. Did you happen to figure it out?

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I do have HomeKit working now but can’t remember at this time how I got it to work. I’ll take a look at my config when I get home later.

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Figured it out. It was my vpn. When I turn it off, all homekit accessories immediately start responding again. Sorry for the noob question–it should have been obvious. I really appreciate your quick response!

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In the Unifi Controller Settings make sure that “Auto Optimise Network” is turned off as this blocks mDNS which HomeKit needs to work.

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This worked for me.

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Where in the unifi app do you find this setting? Have the same issue after moving to the odroid hw.

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Ok, finally found the setting! It is called “Auto-optimize Network”, and can be found under “Settings” > “System Settings” > “Advanced Preferences” in the “Unifi Network” app on iOS.

After disabling, I can now add my devices in Homekit again!

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