Zigbee devices unavailable after restart

Configuration Zigbee
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Hi,
After restarting HA, all the zigbee devices (sensors) which are connected to Conbee ii stick, went unavailable.

This is the log:

Logger: homeassistant.components.zha.core.gateway
Source: components/zha/core/gateway.py:170 
Integration: Zigbee Home Automation (documentation, issues) 
First occurred: 9:22:11 PM (4 occurrences) 
Last logged: 9:23:03 PM

Couldn't start deCONZ = dresden elektronik deCONZ protocol: ConBee I/II, RaspBee I/II coordinator
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/asyncio/tasks.py", line 456, in wait_for
    return fut.result()
asyncio.exceptions.CancelledError

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/zha/core/gateway.py", line 170, in async_initialize
    self.application_controller = await app_controller_cls.new(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/zigpy/application.py", line 119, in new
    await app.startup(auto_form=auto_form)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/zigpy/application.py", line 66, in startup
    await self.connect()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/zigpy_deconz/zigbee/application.py", line 91, in connect
    self.version = await api.version()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/zigpy_deconz/api.py", line 481, in version
    (self._proto_ver,) = await self[NetworkParameter.protocol_version]
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/zigpy_deconz/api.py", line 446, in read_parameter
    r = await self._command(Command.read_parameter, 1 + len(data), param, data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/zigpy_deconz/api.py", line 331, in _command
    return await asyncio.wait_for(fut, timeout=COMMAND_TIMEOUT)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/asyncio/tasks.py", line 458, in wait_for
    raise exceptions.TimeoutError() from exc
asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError

And thatā€™s not the first time that itā€™s happening.

Iā€™m running HA on a VM on Windows 10.

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Sometimes the sticks donā€™t close serial ports on reboots, so they donā€™t allow new serial connections .Just unplug the stick and plug it back in.

Iā€™d say write an automation to eject the device from windows, but you still have to unplug and replug to ā€˜un-ejectā€™ for windows to pick up the device again.

If itā€™s a real issue use a powered USB hub, with a smart outlet. And automate resetting the power to the outlet when zigbee fails to initialize.

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3

So what is the best solution? Hass generic without vm?

4

Happens on my HomeAssistant blue sometimes. Happened on my pi too. Even tried different sticks. Just happens occasionally.

5

If we are talking about restarting HA core, as opposed to rebooting the entire HAOS VM, then this is somewhat expected, since ZHA is part of the HA core.

I would run zigbee2mqtt instead, in an add-on. That way restarting the HA core would not touch the zigbee2mqtt addonā€¦ so your conbee2 stays with the OS and stays with the zigbee2mqtt.

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I know itā€™s kind of an old topic, but I had the same problem. Running Home Assistant under Windows 11, on a VirtualBox VM. Everytime I need a host reboot, the ZigBee stick became unavailable in Home Assistant, causing ZHA to fail on initialize. After an unplug/replug, everything would be OK. So I created a Task Scheduler task, run on startup, which would run a batch file containing a simple ā€œpnputil /restart /deviceid ā€œhardware id of zigbeee stickā€ā€ elevated command. This would be the software equivalent of an unplug/replug operation. So far I have never encountered the problem.

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