HomeKit Accessory Protocol (HAP) over CoAP/UDP (was: Nanoleaf Essentials bulb via Thread/CoAP)

My nanoleaf strip drop off the network in the middle of the night. This morning I tried:

  1. Reload the integration - no success
  2. Remove/reapply power to the strip - no success.
  3. Reboot HA - no success
  4. Various combinations of the above - no success
  5. All of the above again and again hoping for a different result - no success

Then I realized the only thing I hadn’t tried … rebooting the homepod mini. SUCCESS. The strip came back up immediately. Because the homepod mini just sits there in the corner, playing music, I completely forgot about it.

Just wanted to post that in case it helps somebody else.

Would a second thread border router have helped here (ie: would the strip have switched to the other BR when the homepod BR functional failed?)