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I have been building up a thread centric smart home initially using an Apple TV over Ethernet as the TBR and HomeKit as the only platform. I decided to try Home Assistant after getting fed up with the random drop outs and instability with HomeKit. Initially it worked great after figuring out how to share the thread credentials with the mobile app. However every little change that happens to the network whether it’s a power loss on the Apple TV or some network issue, the entire thread network stops working. I’m unable to pair new devices, or communicate with previous ones. I can’t seem to figure out how to get the network to “heal” itself especially after a power loss. Seems like maybe the Apple TV changes its credentials after each boot? Even after sharing the new credentials I still sometimes have to repair each device which is just absolutely un-maintainable. From what I gather, there’s a new revision to thread that possibly addresses this I assume I just need to wait for this implementation?
I figured I would post this here to see if anybody has experienced this as well or maybe figured out how to get a solid thread network off of an Apple TBR through HA.