Ios app gives only "exited via iBeacon" notifications and events

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Tried a lot of things, I can only get the “exited…” notifications in the app, no matter if I am really entering or leaving the iBeacon or turn on/off BT. , and I cannot have the automations triggered based on these events (they work if passive is false). So I am not sure if that is a bug in the app and if it is just about the text of the notification, or the bug is actually always sending the “leave” events to HA. I am not even sure the enter/leave events are sent at all when passive: true.
Anyone with similar issue? Please help.

- name: Livingroom
  latitude: XX.XXXX
  longitude: YY.YYYY
  radius: 5
  passive: true
  icon: mdi:home

and then

- alias: "Bobby enter livingroom"
  initial_state: "on"
  hide_entity: False
  trigger:
    - platform: zone
      zone: zone.livingroom
      event: enter
      entity_id: device_tracker.bob
  action:
    - service: notify.ios_bob
      data_template:
        message: 'in the livingroom'
 
- alias: "Bobby leave livingroom"
  initial_state: "on"
  hide_entity: False
  trigger:
    - platform: zone
      zone: zone.livingroom
      event: leave
      entity_id: device_tracker.bob
  action:
    - service: notify.ios_bob
      data_template:
        message: 'not in livingroom'

After each setting I restart HA and app and I check that my zone settings are loaded in the app. I also know about the strange Bluetooth switch since iOS 11, where actually the button from the control center doesn’t disable the BT, so this is not the problem…
It is something else…

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There was a bug that I recently fixed that made the beacon notifications say “exit” for both entering and exiting. A new version of the app with the fix hasn’t been released yet.

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Thanks a lot for info, I will be waiting for it :slight_smile:
Also, maybe you know but it seems to me that events like ‘enter’ and ‘leave’ are not sent to HA when the passive is set to True… please check.

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@bobtosh I see the same thing. If “passive: true” is set I don’t see the entry/exit in HA. However I am seeing the GPS accuracy change to 1 when in range of the beacon, and something else when out of range of the beacon. So I know it is updating something. I am looking to see if my issue is overlapping zones.