I have a HA system with 5 existing matter/thread devices. After the last updates of HA, I am unable to add a new matter device. It is the same device type (Ikea smart plug ID: 3513-873-4269) as an existing functional one. Error message when I try to commission:
Commission failed: Commissionee failed to add Thread network: status=OutOfRange (1)
Attempted moving the new device adjacent to my Sonoff antenna and next to an active thread device. Same results.
All my thread devices are functional and reporting.
Need help on repairing thread commissioning network issue.
Hardware: Raspberry Pi 4B
Thread Router: Sonoff USB Dongle-PMG24
Home Assistant
Install Method: HA OS
Core: 2026.7.1
Supervisor: 2026.06.2
Operating System: 18.1
Frontend: 20260624.5
I have not seen that error before.
Did this error come from the mobile device, or from HA Matter Server (and which Matter Server are you using, python or newer js)?
The error came from an android device. I could commission new device until I upgrade from 8.x to 9.x matter server. I believe the matter server is js.
Matter Server Version: matter-server/1.2.6 (matter.js/0.17.6-alpha.0-20260715-3585d95fe)
The Ikea plug is a Grillplats. Yes I flashed my PMG24 and it was working until I upgraded my Matter Server from 8.x to 9.x. Now I can see my old thread devices but I am unable to commission a new thread device.
Removed an existing operational device from my thread network and attempted to commission it with the matter server listed below. Unable to commission the thread device. Receive the following error code.
Commission failed: Commissionee failed to add Thread network: status=OutOfRange (1)
The other existing thread devices commissioned with matter server 8.X continue to operate.
Matter Server Info:
matter-server/1.2.6 (matter.js/0.17.6-alpha.0-20260715-3585d95fe)
FabricId: 2
Compressed FabricId: 2605889685346470331
Schema Version: 12
Fabric Label:Home
Node count: 5
Matter Server Network Credential for Thread: default
I actually searched around in the Matter.js code, and was able to find an error statement that matches what your are seeing. The code comments seem to be talking about WiFi and where the SSID given to Matter.js is too long/short, and hints that for Thread, the Thread credentials it is given is also not correct (too long/short).
Maybe it would be good if you mentioned the steps you are going through for commissioning.
I think the problem is with the Open Home Foundation Matter Server configuration. When I navigate to Matter Server, Settings, Network Credentials, Thread network set, I am confused on what value to enter for the thread dataset.
This is the info I have on my thread entities: THREAD
Network name: ha-thread-2bad
Channel: 15
Dataset ID: 01KMVED2VD6E3NVYZ41G0RJPS9
PAN ID: 2bad
Extended PAN ID: 353897e6b794a1d2
OTBR URL: http://core-openthread-border-router:8081
Active dataset TLVs: 0e080000000000010000000300000f4a0300001935060004001fffe00208353897e6b794a1d20708fd7a2600f7e966a905109a81cd3a1bf8b3b9cfb0da6339895c05030e68612d7468726561642d3262616401022bad04101a79d298b9a2ffd21dea0c40cbfd87d80c0402a0f7f8
In case you didn’t know, this setup is for the Matter Server to do the commissioning directly (using a bluetooth device that Matter Server has access to) without using a mobile device. I mention this because you said earlier you were using Android which I assume is your mobile device you were using for commissioning.
If you indeed want to use the Matter Server to commission a Matter/Thread device directly, then you will want to configure the Matter Server’s “Thread dataset” to be a copy-n-paste of the Thread Integrations “Active dataset TLVs” which is the big long string starting with 0e08…ending with f7f8
Adding the long string to the Thread dataset fixed mobile device and direct thread new device commissioning. Thanks for your time and patience!!!
Best Regards, Richard
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