For some reason I have to click many times in order to reboot. first there is the dialog that offers the option reboot or reload. Then I need to click again to conform. Suggestion; probably cleaner to add a link reload next to the reboot option. keep the final confirmation, but skip the dialog in between
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Feature requests go here: home-assistant · Discussions · GitHub
And according to the developers when this was introduced, yes it is necessary as reloading should be favoured over restarting.
I do not agree with them and will vote for your feature request if you make one.
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Me too…
Also don’t confuse rebooting with restarting.
Reboot: power cycle the host hardware, everything restarts. This should very rarely be required.
Restart: only the Home Assistant application is restarted. Other things like add-ons and the supervisor keep running in their own containers.
I have created an issue here: Restart and reload more consistent · home-assistant · Discussion #2487 · GitHub
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Download “Custom Sidebar” integration from HACS and try this settings. You can restart and reload with one click or one confirmation. Also you can modify according to your needs whole sidebar. And finally you can also restart without any confirmation with one click (not recommended due to mistaken actions)
Cheers,
id: sidebar
order:
- item: overview
name: OVERVIEW
order: 1
- item: studio code
name: VS CODE
order: 2
- item: store
order: 3
- new_item: true
item: BACKUPS
href: "/cebe7a76_hassio_google_drive_backup/ingress"
icon: mdi:google-drive
order: 4
- new_item: true
item: INTEGRATIONS
href: "/config/integrations"
icon: mdi:transit-connection-variant
order: 5
- new_item: true
item: AUTOMATIONS
href: "/config/automation"
icon: mdi:arrow-decision
order: 6
- new_item: true
item: SCRIPTS
href: "/config/script"
icon: mdi:script-text-play
order: 7
- new_item: true
item: 'RESTART'
icon: 'mdi:restart-alert'
on_click:
action: 'javascript'
code: |
openConfirmDialog({
title: 'Restart Home Assistant?',
text: 'This will interrupt all running automations and scripts!',
confirmText: 'Restart',
dismissText: 'Cancel',
destructive: true,
confirm: () => {
callService('homeassistant', 'restart');
}
});
bottom: true
order: 8
- new_item: true
item: 'RELOAD'
icon: 'mdi:reload'
on_click:
action: 'javascript'
code: |
callService('homeassistant', 'reload_all');
bottom: true
order: 9
- new_item: true
item: UPDATES
notification: >
{% set totalUpdates = states.update | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | list | length %}
{{ totalUpdates if totalUpdates > 0 else '' }}
href: "/config/updates"
icon: mdi:download
item_background: >
{% set totalUpdates = states.update | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | list | length %}
{% if totalUpdates > 0 %} green {% endif %}
bottom: true
order: 10
- new_item: true
item: DEV TOOLS
href: "/developer-tools/yaml"
icon: mdi:hammer-screwdriver
order: 11
bottom: true
- item: settings
bottom: true
- item: history
hide: true
- item: snapshots
hide: true
- item: map
hide: true
- item: energy
hide: true
- item: media
hide: true
exceptions:
- device:
- android
- ios
extend_from: base
order:
- item: overview
hide: true
- item: phone
hide: false
order: 1
icon: 'mdi:cellphone'
- new_item: true
item: 'RELOAD'
icon: 'mdi:reload'
on_click:
action: 'javascript'
code: |
callService('homeassistant', 'reload_all');
bottom: true
hide: true
- device:
- windows
extend_from: base
order:
- item: phone
hide: true
order: 1
icon: 'mdi:cellphone'
Nice! thanks for sharing!
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So the Developer Tools section has moved to the Settings menu in core-2026.2, which means it has gone from 5 clicks to 6. More not less. 