I had two Kasa EP10 Smart Plugs working in Home Assistant. Deleted the app and they continued to work as expected. Figured I no longer needed my TP-Link account as they were integrated into my Home Assistant.
Today I received an email from TP-Link confirming my account was deleted. Then noticed both my Kasa EP10 Smart Plugs were no longer working. They were listed, "unavailable."
I thought once I had them setup in HA, they would no longer need a TP-Link account as that puts them in the 'cloud.' Do I have this misunderstood?
As an update, I deleted them out of TP-Link Smart Home integration, but every time I add the IP, my credentials are being asked.