MQTT data no longer being published to HA

[bold spire]

Not sure where along the line that data is stopping. Have no data coming in since April 13. I have MQTT integration, Mosquitto app, and another integration and external hardware that send data.

I can see in the log of Mosquitto that connections are being opened and closed, and the other integration is generating and sending data. However, existing sensors in HA are not being updated, and the external hardware device has not been added or discovered as a new HA device. I'm not sure where to start looking for problems.

[hard sonnet]

Use MQTT Explorer to see if the data is really being published to the MQTT broker

then, go to Integrations->MQTT->Configure and listen to the topic to see if HA sees the updates

[bold spire]

ok, so i have explorer running and connected to the broker. I see a bunch of statistical data about the broker itself under $SYS

publishing a packet in MQTT does show in explorer now

[bold spire]

the other integration rtlamr2mqtt is showing up in explorer now too. It sends utility water usage as recieved from a software defined radio

so, looks like data is being received into Mosquitto, but its not appearing in HA