Z2MQTT stop working after updating HA

Hi

I had a working installation with HA in a proxmox VM, a SMLIGHT SLZB-07Mg24 as zigbee dongle. Everything worked fine.

Today, I updated HA Core and OS but after some time, zigbee2mqtt stoped working.

I tried to reboot but now I have this message on the log :

[17:56:06] INFO: Preparing to start…
[17:56:06] INFO: Socat not enabled
[17:56:06] INFO: Starting Zigbee2MQTT…
Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog.
[2025-10-07 17:56:07] info: z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.log)
[2025-10-07 17:56:07] info: z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 2.6.2 (commit #unknown)
[2025-10-07 17:56:07] info: z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (6.1.5)
[2025-10-07 17:56:07] info: zh:ember: Using default stack config.
[2025-10-07 17:56:07] info: zh:ember: ======== Ember Adapter Starting ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:07] info: zh:ember:ezsp: ======== EZSP starting ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:07] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:07] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: RTS/CTS config is off, enabling software flow control.
[2025-10-07 17:56:07] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: Serial port opened
[2025-10-07 17:56:07] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:12] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:12] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:17] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:17] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:22] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:22] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:27] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH Adapter reset ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:27] info: zh:ember:uart:ash: ======== ASH starting ========
[2025-10-07 17:56:32] error: z2m: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
[2025-10-07 17:56:32] error: z2m: Failed to start zigbee-herdsman
[2025-10-07 17:56:32] error: z2m: Check for possible solutions
[2025-10-07 17:56:32] error: z2m: Exiting…
[2025-10-07 17:56:32] error: z2m: Error: Failed to start EZSP layer with status=HOST_FATAL_ERROR.
at EmberAdapter.initEzsp (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ember/adapter/emberAdapter.ts:665:19)
at EmberAdapter.start (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ember/adapter/emberAdapter.ts:1547:24)
at Controller.start (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/controller/controller.ts:133:29
at Zigbee.start (/app/lib/zigbee.ts:67:27)
at Controller.start (/app/lib/controller.ts:101:13)
at start (/app/index.js:149:5)

Here my configuration for zigbee2mqtt :

  version: 4
  mqtt:
    base_topic: zigbee2mqtt
    server: mqtt://core-mosquitto:1883
    user: addons
    password: ...
  serial:
    port: >-
      /dev/serial/by-id/usb-SMLIGHT_SMLIGHT_SLZB-07Mg24_0240776f3cceed11a766a32ecda106c3-if00-port0
    adapter: ember
    baudrate: 115200
    rtscts: false
  advanced:
    log_level: info
    channel: 11
    network_key:
      - 250
      - 1
      - 116
      - 254
      - 244
      - 26
      - 109
      - 45
      - 82
      - 223
      - 96
      - 29
      - 156
      - 171
      - 89
      - 86
    pan_id: 4076
    ext_pan_id:
      - 179
      - 145
      - 9
      - 67
      - 104
      - 220
      - 134
      - 195
  frontend:
    enabled: true
  port: 8099
  homeassistant:
    enabled: true
  devices:
    '0xd44867fffe2a0fbd':
      friendly_name: Salon
      temperature_precision: 2
      humidity_precision: 1
    '0xd44867fffe1ead09':
      friendly_name: Chambre1
      temperature_precision: 2
    '0xa4c138b25201c184':
      friendly_name: Prise serveur
    '0x680ae2fffe607107':
      friendly_name: Lampe dressing
    '0xf4b3b1fffe5197c6':
      friendly_name: Chambre2
      temperature_precision: 2
    '0xf4b3b1fffe49446f':
      friendly_name: Chambre3
      temperature_precision: 2
    '0xf4b3b1fffe517c7f':
      friendly_name: Chambre4

I updated my zigbee dongle today so it seems to works.

Do you have an idea where this problem could come from ?

Thanks for your help.

You have posted your network key and pan_id . These are the equiv of passwords for your zigbee mesh, so something I would never post here on purpose.
Whatever ext_pan_id is is probably another one. I don’t have one of those.

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