Created a custom dashboard and set it as default. Overview still opens 90% of the time on all device | Home Assistant | Page 1

slow urchin Mar 10, 2026, 4:06 PM

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Hi,

I've set up a custom dashboard. I set it as default in both the HA settings and user settings. But everytime I open HA on my PC it loads in to the overview page instead of my dashboard.

I've tried clearing the site data/cache on my browsers and the iOS companion app, tried different browsers that haven't accessed the site before and almost every time it loads into the Overview page no matter what. It hasn't once consistently loaded into the custom Dashboard. It occasionally does on iOS. But when accessed from my PC via the website it hasn’t loaded it once and instead always loads the Overview page.

So I'm wondering if anyone knows of a fix for this?

untold wraith Mar 11, 2026, 2:52 AM

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I have same issue.

I am about to have a meltdown.

I’ve changed it everywhere. New overview always comes back.

slow urchin Mar 11, 2026, 3:46 AM

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untold wraith I have same issue. I am about to have a meltdown. I’ve changed it everywhere...

Yeah it's pissing me off ngl

lyric palm Mar 11, 2026, 11:24 AM

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Are you going directly to the server URL or are you appending any path after :8123?

slow urchin Mar 11, 2026, 1:46 PM

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lyric palm Are you going directly to the server URL or are you appending any path after :81...

I access home assistant via my subdomain through pangolin reverse proxy. Which does target the localIP:8123. How would I access it without the port?

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If you even mean I should be accessing without the port

lyric palm Mar 11, 2026, 1:50 PM

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I was asking because some people have old bookmarks to something like homeassistant.local:8123/lovelace, and that was always going to home dashboard, but if you go to only homeassistant.local:8123, that would go to your selected dashboard.

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Sounds like that's not your issue though.

slow urchin Mar 11, 2026, 1:52 PM

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Oh ok. Yeah that’s all that my reverse proxy targets. No extra path or anything. I only set up Home Assistant around a week or 2 ago. So definitely don’t have any old URLs

untold wraith Mar 12, 2026, 12:57 AM

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I’m using the app mostly.
I do have browser mod installed. I changed the default page there too.

Defaulted right back.

I’m going to find the code and rip it out of HA.

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Deleted browser mod and stupid default dashboard came right back.

slow urchin Mar 12, 2026, 3:04 AM

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I haven’t found a fix either. It’s very annoying

vocal roost Mar 14, 2026, 8:01 AM

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untold wraith I’m using the app mostly. I do have browser mod installed. I changed the default...

Browser_mod's default dashboard doesn't work properly any more due to a recent change in HA. There is a workaround using browser_mod's Default action. Here's an example (towards the bottom of the thread): https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1478518109592879264

untold wraith Mar 15, 2026, 7:22 PM

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Thanks, I tried a few things and gave up. Deleted browser mod. (Wasn’t using much of it anyways).

Still, the app launches the dumb dashboard (I renamed it).

slow urchin Mar 15, 2026, 8:21 PM

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Yea for me it’s seemingly random when it decides to load my custom dashboard or the built in overview page. Happens on all my devices in both browsers and companion apps

formal ravine Mar 16, 2026, 12:31 PM

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same here and super annoying.

slow urchin Mar 29, 2026, 10:06 PM

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Still haven’t figured out a fix to this super annoying problem. Anyone got suggestions?

vocal roost Mar 29, 2026, 10:12 PM

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What happens if you don't go through the reverse proxy? Do you see the same symptoms?

slow urchin Mar 29, 2026, 10:17 PM

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vocal roost What happens if you don't go through the reverse proxy? Do you see the same symp...

Just tested by loading the localIP:8123 in a browser. First it loaded the custom dashboard after I logged in. Then I refreshed the page and it loaded the Overview page instead

Also no idea if it’s related but I’ve noticed if I go to user preferences and to the “Change the order and hide items from the sidebar” setting. The tap edit and then if I try to tap either “Edit with Browser Mod” or the “Continue” button that neither do anything.

vocal roost Mar 29, 2026, 10:35 PM

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Just tested by loading the localIP:8123 in a browser. First it loaded the custom dashboard after I logged in. Then I refreshed the page and it loaded the Overview page instead
I can't seem to replicate the problem. I set the system-wide default dashboard and the one for my (admin) user and they both worked appropriately. Switched to a regular user and it loaded the system default. Set a user-defined default and it also worked on refresh. (Interestingly, the browser_mod navigate workaround that I mentioned earlier isn't working as it should but I think this is a separate issue.
Also no idea if it’s related but I’ve noticed if I go to user preferences and to the “Change the order and hide items from the sidebar” setting. The tap edit and then if I try to tap either “Edit with Browser Mod” or the “Continue” button that neither do anything.
All choices you mentioned worked for me with both admin and regular user...

slow urchin Mar 29, 2026, 10:38 PM

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Strange. I don’t get why all these things are working fine for you but are problematic for me 🤔

vocal roost Mar 29, 2026, 10:40 PM

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Not sure if this is of any use to you: ```
Installation method Home Assistant OS
Core 2026.3.4
Supervisor 2026.03.2
Operating System 17.1
Frontend 20260312.1

slow urchin Mar 29, 2026, 11:10 PM

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vocal roost Not sure if this is of any use to you: ``` Installation method Home Assistant OS...

Exact same as mine. I’m running in a VM if that makes a difference

vocal roost Mar 29, 2026, 11:50 PM

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I'm running on a Pi4. I can't imagine that would cause any difference. Around the time you originally posted, there were other mentions about issues with default dashboards but those seem to have fizzled out. You've already ruled out the reverse proxy and an individual browser/device issue (by using multiple browsers and devices.)

First it loaded the custom dashboard after I logged in. Then I refreshed the page and it loaded the Overview page instead
This kinda still sounds browser_mod-related. I noticed this earlier and then tried again. On log-in, it goes to the user-defined dashboard. Clicking refresh, it goes to the browser_mod-defined (via browser_mod.navigate in Default Action) dashboard.

slow urchin Mar 30, 2026, 7:31 PM

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vocal roost I'm running on a Pi4. I can't imagine that would cause any difference. Around th...

Should I try removing/disabling browser mod then? TBH not even sure what it does. Also not sure how I’d remove/disable given what I said before about those settings buttons not doing anything 🤔

vocal roost Mar 30, 2026, 7:37 PM

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I wouldn't think you would need to remove browser_mod. I'd just ensure the Default dashboard and Default action settings cleared out.

slow urchin Mar 30, 2026, 7:43 PM

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Hmm strangely it seems I don’t even have it installed to begin with. So no idea why the “Change the order and hide items from the sidebar” setting SOMETIMES pops up saying it’s installed 🤔

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So maybe I should actually try installing it

slow urchin Mar 30, 2026, 8:12 PM

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I just installed it, set the default dashboard in it and followed your work around for the action linked above. Now just gotta test it over time

vocal roost Mar 30, 2026, 10:11 PM

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But you had it installed at some point and got rid of it but were still seeing ways to "use" it (the buttons that you mentioned before that weren't working)?
Do those buttons work now that it's reinstalled?

slow urchin Mar 30, 2026, 10:15 PM

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vocal roost But you had it installed at some point and got rid of it but were still seeing w...

I never had browser mod installed before. Only setup HA like a month or month and a half ago. But yeah those buttons work now

slow urchin Mar 31, 2026, 12:21 AM

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So far browser mod with your work around is working. A couple times I’ve reloaded the page and I see the overview load for like half a second and then my custom dashboard takes over

thorn plaza Mar 31, 2026, 9:45 AM

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I copied the code from the dashboard i wanted and went into the .storage folder and overwrote the default overview dashboard

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slow urchin Mar 31, 2026, 2:50 PM

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thorn plaza

Fair. Though that seems like a slight nuisance if you have to do that anytime you change something on your dashboard lol

thorn plaza Mar 31, 2026, 7:14 PM

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slow urchin Fair. Though that seems like a slight nuisance if you have to do that anytime yo...

Well I don’t have to go through those steps again I can just edit it like a standard dashboard

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I made the change like 1 & 1/2 years ago

slow urchin Mar 31, 2026, 7:15 PM

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thorn plaza Well I don’t have to go through those steps again I can just edit it like a stan...

Oh interesting. I thought you’d have to re-copy the code to the overview each time you wanted to change something

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