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Hue light Tags freeze for external update, after internal adjustment. [v2.2.2]

OpenMind_NLOpenMind_NL Member
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In this description I use a "Hue Lightstrip" as an example, but the bug seems to apply to any Hue Color/Ambience Light. 
I have no Hue White, so I could not test that one which might only have "Turned on" and "Dim level" tags.

Go to the Flow Editor and create a new flow.

Open the Tag-menu, and scroll to the "Hue Lightstrip" data.

Now take the Hue-app on your smartphone to change the "Hue Lightstrip" color.
When you change the color on your phone, you can see the parameters update in the Tags-menu (within 10-15 seconds).
If confirmed, set the color to red (with your smartphone hue app).

If you don't see any tag updates, the tags for that particular light might already been frozen by one of your flows.
Try another, "unfrozen" Hue light to test this bug (if possible).

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Create a triggered flow named: test hueLight

Actions at ...then:
- "Hue Lightstrip" card, Set brightness --> Set the slider to 50%.
- "Hue Lightstrip" card, Set hue --> Set the slider to 260° (blue).
- "Hue Lightstrip" card, Set saturation --> Set the slider to 100%.

All settings are just for an example. Any setting will do.



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Trigger this flow by using the Test-function in the menu.
The Lightstrip color will change from previous color (red) to new color (blue).
The "Hue Lightstrip" tags in the Tags-menu are updated.
... seems ok...

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Now take the Hue-app on your smartphone again to change the "Hue Lightstrip" color.
When you change the color on your phone:
- The light changes (OK)
- The tags for that light in Homey's Desktop Tags-menu will not update anymore. (Not OK)

All tags for this light now seem to be frozen for "external" changes (like phone & Dimmer Switch).
Internal adjustments (flow actions) will still update the tags.

Conclusion:
Hue Bridge still works as it should, but Homey's Hue App will not detect/update changes, unless they are performed by the app itself.

Solution (not really):
Reboot Homey... 
This will only unfreeze the tags, but will not remove the bug.
So don't change that light with flows if you need to read it's Tags.


I wait with a Github-issue untill there are enough confirmations.

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