Z-Wave Devices: "Cannot change status. Disabled by Config entry" Issue

Configuration Z-Wave
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Hi everyone,

I’m having trouble with several Z-Wave devices that display the message: “Cannot change status. Disabled by Config entry.” I’ve been struggling to identify the source of this configuration issue.

So far, I’ve verified:

  • Home Assistant’s device and entity settings (nothing explicitly disabled).
  • Configuration YAML files (no entries disabling devices).
  • Z-Wave integration settings (devices are included and appear correctly configured).

I’ve also tried re-interviewing the devices and restarting Home Assistant without success.

Has anyone encountered the “Disabled by Config entry” message before, or can anyone suggest other settings or logs I might check?

Thank you for any help or advice!

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Yeah, that happened to me once on a different integration. But I thought the root cause was fixed. Are you running the current version of HA?

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Did you ever happen to be in this situation?

I had that message about disabled devices on my z-wave entities, when trying to troubleshoot this.

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Yep. On the newest version. Everything is up-to-date.

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The way I fixed this was by shutting down HA and directly editing the device registry file in the .storage directory to reenable the device. If you try this, I recommend making a backup copy of the file and perhaps an HA backup to be safe. Post the entry if you want help.

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Having never played with that, which file if you don’t mind me asking. Glad to take a snapshot of the VM.

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core.device_registry