Zigbee2MQTT scene_recall: Why It Won’t Confirm Success
Zigbee2MQTT sends no scene_recall confirmation over MQTT, and its success log line can't be trusted. Why, and what to monitor in automations instead.
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Zigbee2MQTT Automations Without Home Assistant Running
A third-party extension runs automations inside Zigbee2MQTT itself, so triggers keep working when Home Assistant is down. Here's how it works.
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Aqara Hub Comparison: E1 vs M100 vs M2 vs M3 vs S1 Plus
Compare Aqara E1, M100, M2, M3 and S1 Plus hubs by Zigbee, Thread, Matter, HomeKit, local automation, connection options and device limits.
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Zigbee2MQTT: Replace a Dead Device Without Losing History
Swapping a dead Zigbee2MQTT device without losing your Home Assistant history: the entity_id step that makes it work, and what it still won't carry.
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Change Zigbee2MQTT base_topic Without Breaking HA
Changing Zigbee2MQTT's base_topic rewrites every Home Assistant unique_id, so entities duplicate and the originals strand. What breaks and how to recover.
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Zigbee2MQTT Event Entities vs Legacy Action Sensor Explained
Zigbee2MQTT 2.0 switched off the sensor.*_action entity your button automations used. Here's what replaced it, and which local path to rebuild on.
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Zigbee2MQTT Multi-Endpoint Devices: Why switch_l1, switch_l2
Zigbee2MQTT names multi-gang switch entities switch_l1, switch_l2, or switch_left. What an endpoint is, why naming varies, and how to map each gang.
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Zigbee2MQTT Rename Device: What Breaks in Home Assistant
Renaming a Zigbee2MQTT device changes its MQTT topic instantly but not its Home Assistant entity IDs. What breaks, what doesn't, and how to rename safely.
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Zigbee2MQTT Groups vs Scenes: Why Scenes Don’t Show in HA
Zigbee2MQTT groups show up automatically in Home Assistant. Scenes don't. Here's why, and the local MQTT workaround for triggering them anyway.
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ZHA Automation Broken After HA 2026.7? It’s Not ZHA
Automations stopped firing after Home Assistant 2026.7? It's a core trigger rename hitting every integration, not a ZHA bug. Old-to-new key list and fix.