Zigbee2mqtt not starting...but still running ok!

Configuration Zigbee
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I have had HA and Zigbee2mqtt running for several years now. Few years ago I switched to ZZH! stick and have been very happy with it.
Few days ago I tried to add a new Zigbee-device, but was unable to do so. It turned out I had very old version of zigbee2mqtt Add-On installed (1.18.1-1 something), and apparently there had been a repository change or similar at that version number, so my zigbee2mqtt hadn’t received any updates after that.
I found instructions to just uninstall old 1.18 and point to a new repository to download latest version. I did so, but now looking back I forgot to copy all the settings/config from the 1.18, so my new 1.28. version didn’t start. It was late night and I didn’t feel like debugging, so I thought to restore my setup from a 3-day old snapshot and come back to the problem the next day.

Now I’m not sure what actions I did take in order to make my zigbee2mqtt function again, because I had try all kinds of tricks. Uninstalling Add-On, reinstalling, rebooting ect. All I know is I did NOT touch the configuration, and I didn’t modify any files on disk (by writing/deleting). The zigbee2mqtt eventually started to work, but “without the add-on starting itself”. It’s very weird, I can’t start the Add-On, but all my zigbee sensors and devices are updating. Here’s the log:

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And here’s the front page:

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If I click on the sidebar “Zigbee2MQTT”:
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Config:

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What’s wrong with my setup and how to fix it?

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After restoring a snapshot I am having the exact same issue - addon not started but devices are up and running and I am seeing everything updating from the addon logs!

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I managed to go around it by removing the addon, removing the addon folder, deleting the whole home-assistant_v2.db and after that - restarting and installing the addon again. Pretty sure that the db part actually resolved the problem.

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Hey, I actually solved the issue with the same method as you - deleting the db and reinstalling.

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I am having this same issue. After uninstalling the add-on, removing the folder and database, and reinstalling the add-on, did you have to re-add all of your Zigbee devices or did they just show up?

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If I remember correctly, I ‘maybe’ had to rename them again, but did not have to re-pair

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Unfortunately I had to repair them, took me an hour. I copied the backup list of devices from the zigbee2mqtt folder and renamed them after that quickly

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Had the same issue, zigbee devices were working fine but addon wasn’t “started”. Happened after a restore. Rebooting the entire host solved it.

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had the same problem, restartet HAOS from proxmox, and it solved it

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I’ve had the same problem some times. My system is running on virtual machine at Synology NAS.
Reboot usually don’t help. I usually shut down the virtual machine, and restart it.