Z-Wave JS update, devices now asking to be repaired via re-interview. | Home Assistant | Page 1

civic mantle Jan 14, 2026, 4:38 PM

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I updated Z-Wave JS this morning and after doing so I get repairs for all the z-wave devices. Is this normal? When I click repair on them to trigger the re-interview it doesn't seem to actually re-interview. It just says issue resolved. Did I screw this up?

Running
Driver version: 15.19.0

runic gorge Jan 14, 2026, 5:14 PM

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Is this the Z-Wave JS addon or the Z-Wave JS UI addon?

civic mantle Jan 14, 2026, 6:26 PM

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JS. Not the UI.

civic mantle Jan 14, 2026, 6:43 PM

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I should have made note of the version it showed... I thought it was 0.28 to 0.29? But I can't seem to find that anywhere.

lost ether Jan 14, 2026, 6:47 PM

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Battery devices need to wake up to complete interviews, BTW

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The interview is queued in the background

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(mentioned in the note)

civic mantle Jan 14, 2026, 6:51 PM

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Ya I did remember that and see it there. Can I just hit them all to queue it up then go around and hit them or will it time out? Did I do something wrong or is this how it's supposed to work?

lost ether Jan 14, 2026, 6:53 PM

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you shouldn't get re-interview requests for all nodes unless you migrated from a previous version of Z-Wave JS that requires it, or you literally have only devices with config changes mentioned in the release notes.

civic mantle Jan 14, 2026, 7:10 PM

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This was the first update I've seen and I don't have any of the devices when I read the notes.

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Unless I misunderstood the notes. I read the latest ones. Did this update include multiple version hops?

lost ether Jan 14, 2026, 7:25 PM

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Driver jumped from 15.15.0 to 15.19.0

civic mantle Jan 14, 2026, 8:42 PM

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Ah shoot ok. I only read the changes on .19. Figured I was coming from .18. Should have checked...

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Only devices under the "Config file changes" should need a re-interview? From what I can tell all of my devices show it as needing repair. My door sensors are Aeotec ZW187 and water sensors are Zooz ZSE42. I don't see either in the change log? I might be looking in the wrong place though.

runic gorge Jan 14, 2026, 9:18 PM

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You should have gotten at most a handful of these repairs

civic mantle Jan 14, 2026, 9:31 PM

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Am I an edge case again? 😛
Is there something I should try/do or should I just work through the re-interviews?

runic gorge Jan 15, 2026, 6:51 AM

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You can also ignore them for now

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Other people have reported the same but I'm not sure what causes it

runic gorge Jan 15, 2026, 8:31 AM

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Are those all battery powered devices or are there some mains-powered ones that had this issue?

civic mantle Jan 15, 2026, 10:02 AM

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Those 2 I mentioned are battery but I also had mains show up in the list.

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I had some Zooz ZEN75s in the list. I already clicked repair on the mains so I can't check which others but I know I had some of them show up.

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I think my motion sensors showed up too? Aeotec ZWA024. Those are mains as well but they are a bit weird and can be joined as battery or mains.

runic gorge Jan 15, 2026, 10:50 AM

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I figured it out, Fix is coming soon

civic mantle Jan 15, 2026, 10:51 AM

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Awesome! Thanks so much. You guys are amazing. Appreciate all the work you do.

thin hill Jan 15, 2026, 11:41 AM

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All of mine had to reinterview. I had to, after awhile, open and close each door (the only battery ones I have) to get them to show status. But I’m all good now.

civic mantle Jan 15, 2026, 11:53 AM

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All my devices seem to be working fine. I just have the repair notice.

runic gorge Jan 15, 2026, 1:26 PM

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You can just ignore the repairs for now. I have a PR coming that will clean them up.

civic mantle Jan 16, 2026, 11:44 AM

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Ah this was the version number I remember seeing. Is there a way to see these again after the update runs?
Patching now to the version with the fix. 🙂

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Showing 44 repairs after the update. It went back up. Trying a restart.

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I think the ones I repaired yesterday are showing as needing a repair after the reboot now?

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But it did clear up all the battery devices that were showing before.

lost ether Jan 16, 2026, 3:26 PM

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If it's the same as last time, the fix will only apply if you haven't upgraded to an affected version.

civic mantle Jan 16, 2026, 4:13 PM

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I think it's only showing the devices I hit repair on before. All the battery devices that were showing are gone.

lost ether Jan 16, 2026, 4:15 PM

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Then my guess is that the battery devices never got interviewed, and the ones that interviewed are seen as changed again because of the fix.

runic gorge Jan 16, 2026, 4:47 PM

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The fix will be retroactive

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But you will need HA 2026.1.2 to clean up the unnecessary repairs

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So... Patience please

civic mantle Jan 16, 2026, 5:03 PM

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Ah okey dokey. Sorry not trying to be a pest. Appreciate the heads up.

A quick side question? When the patch notes say "Update Zooz ZEN16 to support 800 series version" If I already had that device added do I need to do anything besides a re-interview to update the parameters?

lost ether Jan 16, 2026, 5:03 PM

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This sounds like a different problem? The repairs were done.

runic gorge Jan 16, 2026, 7:26 PM

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lost ether This sounds like a different problem? The repairs were done.

Hmm, there shouldn't be a fundamental difference between battery and mains powered devices though.

Let's wait for the combination of addon 0.29.0 and HA 2026.1.2 to see if that clears things up or if I missed an edge case

runic gorge Jan 16, 2026, 7:26 PM

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civic mantle Ah okey dokey. Sorry not trying to be a pest. Appreciate the heads up. A quick...

that one you re-interview 🙂

civic mantle Jan 16, 2026, 7:30 PM

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Sounds good. And cool! I got that one right. 😛

lost ether Jan 16, 2026, 7:46 PM

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Upgrade to add-on 0.28.0 -> config hash changes -> Get repairs. Perform interview, resolves difference. Upgrade to 0.29.0 -> config hash changes -> Get repairs?

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Since battery device interviews are queued, if they never get an interview request, then upgrade to v0.29.0 would not introduce a repair?

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So I'm suggesting:

upgrade 0.27.0 -> 0.29.0, should be no repairs, no apparent change in configs
upgrade 0.27.0 -> 0.28.0, get repairs, user does interviews to resolve, upgrade 0.28.0 -> 0.29.0, due to fixes hash is reverted back to v0.27.0 values, thus triggering new repairs?

civic mantle Jan 16, 2026, 7:57 PM

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That follows the flow of what I did and I'm seeing.

runic gorge Jan 16, 2026, 8:52 PM

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lost ether So I'm suggesting: 1. upgrade 0.27.0 -> 0.29.0, should be no repairs, no apparen...

If I didn't mess up, the upgrade from 0.28 to 0.29 should cause the "hash" comparison to be done in the 0.28 state, detecting no change. Afterwards the stored hash should be upgraded to the 0.29 format.

civic mantle Jan 17, 2026, 1:54 AM

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Updating to 2026.1.2 and rebooting shows the same repairs.

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runic gorge Jan 17, 2026, 7:16 AM

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Damn it

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Do you have access to the addons config directory, for example through the code server addon?
If yes, find the jsonl files in the zwave-js addon folder and send them to me

civic mantle Jan 17, 2026, 12:09 PM

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These 3 ya? Ok to post here or should I send them directly to you on the side?

runic gorge Jan 17, 2026, 12:13 PM

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The last 3 ones

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You can send them to me in private

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Actually the 3rd from the bottom is enough

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Without values or metadata in the name

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I won't be able to look at it until Monday in a week though

civic mantle Jan 17, 2026, 1:04 PM

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DM'd it to you.
No problem. I'm not worried about it. Just trying to help out.
Also if I am an edge case again just let me know and I'll just hit the repair buttons and we can ignore it. 🙂

civic mantle Jan 22, 2026, 2:57 PM

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Is there anything else you'd like me to test/try with these or is it ok to hit repair on them at this point?

runic gorge Jan 22, 2026, 6:52 PM

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I'll try to get rid of those repairs if possible. If they bother you too much to ignore for another week or two, you can also do the re-interview

civic mantle Jan 22, 2026, 7:19 PM

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If it'll help I'll sit tight on them.

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