Trouble with Tuya light flashed to ESPhome

Configuration
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I have several of these Tuya based lights that I have flashed to ESPhome use Libretiny. I am having a heck of time getting them to connect in HA.

With the lights turned on they show up as connected in my Unifi console

unifi console2
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In the ESPhome dashboard it shows “Online”
ESPhome console

But in the HA dashboard it shows Unavailable

HA dashboard
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If I try to view the ESPhome logs via wireless connection I get this:

INFO ESPHome 2024.2.1
INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/basement-bar-shelf-light-7.yaml...
INFO Starting log output from basement-bar-shelf-light-7.local using esphome API
WARNING Can't connect to ESPHome API for basement-bar-shelf-light-7.local: Error resolving IP address: [Errno -5] No address associated with hostname (APIConnectionError)

If I try to ping the light’s IP address I get “Destination Host Unreachable”.

I’ve been pulling my hair out for months trying to get these lights to be more reliable. I have 8 total and some of them work all the time while others only work some of the time. Anyone have any pointers?

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It seems like this must be a WiFi connection issue. I have a Unifi WiFi system in my house. If I login to my Unifi dashboard and click “Reconnect” on the Tuya/ESPhome devices that are showing unavailable in HA they become connected within 10 seconds.

I have what I think is the correct WiFi settings in ESPhome

wifi:
  ssid: "Phillips_IoT"
  password: "XXXXXXX"
  use_address: 192.168.1.29
  #Static IP
  manual_ip:
    static_ip: 192.168.1.29
    gateway: 192.168.1.1
    subnet: 255.255.255.0

Anything else that might cause this?