HomeKit Device (HomeKit Controller) devices lose their automation triggers

[briangunderson]

The problem

Every month or two, automations triggered by various HomeKit Device keypads lose their triggers. This happens to automations referenced by devices from different brands and models, including Leviton D2SCS and ONVIS HS2)

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.4.0b6

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

HomeKit Device

Link to integration documentation on our website

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

Diagnostics information

homekit_controller-27ae728df77dccb56fb2bd270b102057-LEVDS-ScnCtl-CBAC-251eaa31a14b7bce163cd5c563d64949.json

Example YAML snippet

alias: Basement Remote Buttons
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: device
    device_id: 251eaa31a14b7bce163cd5c563d64949
    domain: homekit_controller
    type: button1
    subtype: single_press
    id: "1"
  - platform: device
    device_id: 251eaa31a14b7bce163cd5c563d64949
    domain: homekit_controller
    type: button2
    subtype: single_press
    id: "2"
  - platform: device
    device_id: 251eaa31a14b7bce163cd5c563d64949
    domain: homekit_controller
    type: button3
    subtype: single_press
    id: "4"
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - "1"
        sequence:
          - service: scene.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: scene.basement_workday
            metadata: {}
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - "2"
        sequence:
          - service: scene.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: scene.basement_evening
            metadata: {}
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - "3"
        sequence:
          - service: scene.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: scene.downstairs_on
            metadata: {}
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - "4"
        sequence:
          - service: scene.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: scene.downstairs_off
            metadata: {}
mode: single

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

Whenever this happens, the automations attached to the HomeKit Device get borked up, showing "Unknown Trigger" in the trigger field in the GUI. See Screenshot, and see attached YAML version of config. YAML view of broken homekit device automation.txt

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[loadamasta]

I have the same problem. Event is reckoginized in HA, but automation is not startet. It has to be the fault of 2024.4 as before the automations run flawless.