HomeKit Ecobee current mode doesn't work

[SavvySparrow]

Someone reported a list of issues they saw with the ecobee 3 lite homekit integration in this thread.

The difference of an Ecobee thermostat integration via the cloud vs local

I just integrated ecobee3 lite using homekit controller. I see the select for presents in UI. Here is some weird behavior I see In UI when I change the mode to Away/Sleep, it change the mode on thermostat. However when I reload the page, UI still shows ‘Home’. On click ‘Clear hold’ thermostat returns back to schedule on thermostat. From node-red I am able to change the select mode (just like from UI). However setting the mode back to ‘home’ doesn’t work. However calling button to release ‘hold…