Unable to pair discovered Aqara fp2 homekit device

[lisap516]

The problem

I had the Aqara fp2 set up and everything was good and then i had to get a new router. When i try to install things again, the only thing i can't get back is the fp2 sensor from aqara.

Pair with a device via HomeKit Accessory Protocol
HomeKit Device communicates with Presence-Sensor-FP2-F026 (Sensor) over the local area network using a secure encrypted connection without a separate HomeKit Controller or iCloud. Enter your eight digit HomeKit pairing code (in the format XXX-XX-XXX) to use this accessory. This code is usually found on the device itself or in the packaging, often close to a HomeKit bar code, next to the image of a small house.
An unhandled error occurred while attempting to pair with this device. This may be a temporary failure or your device may not be supported currently: Timeout while waiting for response

after that, there is a place for the homekit pairing code so i can put that in at this point but it still doesn't work

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.6.4

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Installing Homekit Device

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/homekit_controller/

Diagnostics information

No response

Example YAML snippet

No response

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Logger: homeassistant.components.homekit_controller.config_flow
Source: components/homekit_controller/config_flow.py:491
integration: HomeKit Device (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 4:25:33 PM (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:30:20 PM

Pairing attempt failed with an unhandled exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/connection.py", line 116, in send_bytes
    return await result
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^
TimeoutError

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/config_flow.py", line 491, in async_step_pair
    self.finish_pairing = await discovery.async_start_pairing(self.hkid)
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/discovery.py", line 64, in async_start_pairing
    response = await self.connection.post_tlv(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/connection.py", line 465, in post_tlv
    response = await self.post(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/connection.py", line 426, in post
    return await self.request(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/connection.py", line 527, in request
    resp = await self.protocol.send_bytes(request_bytes)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/connection.py", line 126, in send_bytes
    raise AccessoryDisconnectedError("Timeout while waiting for response")
aiohomekit.exceptions.AccessoryDisconnectedError: Timeout while waiting for response

Logger: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection
Source: components/websocket_api/http.py:482
integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 4:30:48 PM (19 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:46:41 PM

[281472712398240] from 10.0.0.76 (Home Assistant/2024.5.1 (io.robbie.HomeAssistant; build:2024.688; iOS 15.8.2)): Disconnected: Did not receive auth message within 10 seconds
[281472600662960] from 10.0.0.76 (Home Assistant/2024.5.1 (io.robbie.HomeAssistant; build:2024.688; iOS 15.8.2)): Disconnected: Did not receive auth message within 10 seconds
[281473435280016] from 10.0.0.76 (Home Assistant/2024.5.1 (io.robbie.HomeAssistant; build:2024.688; iOS 15.8.2)): Disconnected: Did not receive auth message within 10 seconds
[281472832038384] from 10.0.0.76 (Home Assistant/2024.5.1 (io.robbie.HomeAssistant; build:2024.688; iOS 15.8.2)): Disconnected: Did not receive auth message within 10 seconds
[281472936550624] from 10.0.0.76 (Home Assistant/2024.5.1 (io.robbie.HomeAssistant; build:2024.688; iOS 15.8.2)): Disconnected: Did not receive auth message within 10 seconds

Additional information

i am using the home assistant green. i just started about a month ago. if it would be easier to just wipe it out and start over again, i can try that. Thank you for any assistance
-Lisa

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[0xvisualiris]

Any news on that issue?
I got the same issue, that I can't connect a Thread device. It doesn't matter if its a battery powerd device or just a normal thread plug.

Everytime I get nearly the same issue like above.

[l-e-f]

Any updates on this? Is it being addressed? It is a fairly recent regression, it seems

[l-e-f]

For anyone else having this problem, I was able to fix it by downgrading to 2024.5.1 and adding the device before upgrading back to the stable release

[bert269]

So it seems to be a HA issue, as devices works fine in the apps, just not in HA.

[1mike12]

yeah, can confirm that I was able to add my fp2 after changing the image in my docker-compose

set it to

    image: "ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:2024.5.1"

then docker compose down and up again

But I had to unplug my fp2 device and replug it in, in order for HA to see it again as a addable device for some reason.

[mdeeter]

I too am having this issue. Have an FP2... it was working fine, but at some point in the last couple of months, it stopped working. I can see it on my iphone in homekit, but I cannot get it to appear in HA. I removed it from the iphone but HA never finds it. If I try to add a Homekit device, it shows an error: "No unpaired devices could be found". I was running 2024.11 and tried downgrading to 2024.5.1, but the FP2 still won't get discovered, I've rebooted the device and the docker image multiple times.

[andybryant9]

On 2025.2.1, I'm having a similar issue, which I think might be the same.

2025-02-08 10:09:19.796 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config_entries] Error setting up entry Presence-Sensor-FP2-63D1 for homekit_controller
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/config_entries.py", line 640, in __async_setup_with_context
    result = await component.async_setup_entry(hass, self)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/__init__.py", line 60, in async_setup_entry
    await conn.async_setup()
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/connection.py", line 294, in async_setup
    await self.pairing.async_populate_accessories_state(
        force_update=True, attempts=attempts
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/pairing.py", line 416, in async_populate_accessories_state
    await self.list_accessories_and_characteristics()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/pairing.py", line 179, in list_accessories_and_characteristics
    await self._ensure_connected()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/pairing.py", line 142, in _ensure_connected
    await connection.ensure_connection()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/connection.py", line 347, in ensure_connection
    await asyncio.shield(self._connector)

[mdeeter]

Update to my experience with this... I'm running HA on docker. At some point, I must have made changes to my docker compose file that affected the network... and I didn't realize that it affected the FP2.

Once I changed my HA docker compose network setting to network_mode: host then my FP2 immediately showed up as a new device to add to Home Assistant.

[andybryant9]

Update to my experience with this... I'm running HA on docker. At some point, I must have made changes to my docker compose file that affected the network... and I didn't realize that it affected the FP2.

Once I changed my HA docker compose network setting to network_mode: host then my FP2 immediately showed up as a new device to add to Home Assistant.

Yes - my network setup might be an issue as I moved the HA container to an ipv6 network in order to try to get matter working; but I've added all of the relevant port mappings that should be needed to get to the FP2.

[Jc2k]

No. Port mappings can't fix what HomeKit needs to work. There needs to be a functional and direct layer 2 connection (no vlans, no Nat) between HA and the device.