New to Zigbee; ZHA with Hue lights seems flaky

Also always make sure that all your Zigbee router devices including your Philips Hue bulbs always have permanent mains-power as all Zigbee routers should always be online in a Zigbee network by design.

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/guide-for-zigbee-interference-avoidance-and-network-range-coverage-optimization/515752

for more general tips see:

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#best-practices-to-avoid-pairingconnection-difficulties

and:

https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.io/pull/18864