I found this because it seemed that “Alexa” wasn’t listening to me. She/it seemed to only work correctly when it was a command not for a mqtt connected device. Then two days ago my Unraid server barfed, it had run out of docker.img size as I investigated it seems that the mqtt log file (in the docker) had bloated up to 32GB ouch! I cleared it and fixed that issue, but for some reason I keep getting the message below in the ha log file along with all the start up stuff. so I am guessing that this is my issue with “Alexa” too. Every time it shuts down and reconnects there is a lag and depending when you make a request it may or may not go through.
2018-11-16 15:47:39 INFO (Thread-2) [homeassistant.components.mqtt] Successfully reconnected to the MQTT server
In the log there is no clear evidence (that I could find) that the mqtt server is going down.
it’s like the MQTT server is getting shut down or disconnected and it starts all over. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ThanX
Mikew