# Node-red no longer connecting to home assistant after reboot

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-no-longer-connecting-to-home-assistant-after-reboot/22210>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [24 February 2020 18:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-no-longer-connecting-to-home-assistant-after-reboot/22210 "2020-02-24T18:56:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![GoBooth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gobooth/32/17452_2.png) [@GoBooth](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GoBooth)\
**Post date:** [24 February 2020 18:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-no-longer-connecting-to-home-assistant-after-reboot/22210/1 "2020-02-24T18:56:44Z")

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Hi Guys,

I'm not sure why this is happening, and I'm having a hard time describing my issue as I'm seeing an error (except for the word error) which is proving searching for the answer very difficult.

I installed node-red as a hassio addon 2 days ago. I've built a few flows and they are all working.  
Today, I created a new input\_boolean in HA and NR wasn't seeing... so restarted HA several times but saw no difference. I then tried restarting the Node-red add-on from hassio.

After this restart, it seems like NR is no longer connecting to HA. All I need is a red dot with the word Error under each of my event states.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/d/5df75ac79ec523c3c16fb983c745e2bc37c1e0c5.png)

I tried restating the hassio VM... which had no effect either.

The hassio add-on was pre-configured, all I had to do was create a "credential\_secret" to get the connection working. I really did no changes to HA, no updates... what am I do wrong? why did this happen? How do I fix this?

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**Author:** ![GoBooth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gobooth/32/17452_2.png) [@GoBooth](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GoBooth)\
**Post date:** [24 February 2020 19:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-no-longer-connecting-to-home-assistant-after-reboot/22210/2 "2020-02-24T19:02:44Z")

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I fixed the issue...

the "I use the home assistant add-on" unchecked itself...  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/7/27cd3d3aa601a704a31edfcb0ee1baa4f8eb9a56.png)

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**Author:** ![GoBooth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gobooth/32/17452_2.png) [@GoBooth](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GoBooth)\
**Post date:** [24 February 2020 19:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-no-longer-connecting-to-home-assistant-after-reboot/22210/3 "2020-02-24T19:05:00Z")

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ok.. I spoke too soon..

the red error icon is gone, it's showing a green "connected" icon now... but I'm not able to search/find any of my entitiesIDs.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [24 April 2020 19:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-no-longer-connecting-to-home-assistant-after-reboot/22210/4 "2020-04-24T19:05:08Z")

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