Sonoff WIFI devices becoming unavailable

Hey, I’m having some issues with Sonoff switches becoming unavailable in homeassistant intermittently. They do however come back online if the switch button is manually pressed. Or if the switch is activated via ewelink.

This issue appears to be specific to each button on the device. For example a doubble switch can have switch A available while B is unavailable, and the switch doesnt go offline in ewelink. This leads me to beleve this isnt a network connectivity issue.

They are all M5-1C-86W & M5-2C-86W wifi switches. For refrence i have 89 of them total so unsure if im hitting some kind of limitation in the free version of the API or is this is a know issue.

I did find a known issue that sounds similar, so just wondering if I am experiencing said issue or if not what are the next steps to diagnosing whats happening?

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Anyone?……………….

Hi Jake,

Same here. If have two Sonoff Basic R2 switched that I use for powering my 3D printer and the Octoprint controller. I already had a few 3D prints ***-up because one of the Sonoff switches decided to switch of the printer or controller, while printing.

I’ve improved wifi coverage in that area, but still the problem is there. I did a test:

March 10, 2025

  • BASICR202 - Printer Power turned on triggered by action Switch: Turn on
  • 06:29:32 - Last week - Guido

March 12, 2025

  • BASICR202 - Printer Power became unavailable

  • 08:13:58 - 4 days ago

  • BASICR202 - Printer Power turned off

  • 08:27:25 - 4 days ago

The switch was on for 2 days, then it became unavailable, and a few miutes later it’s switched off (I guess it became available at that point).

Apparently we’re not alone with this problem: Sonoff "unavailable"devices