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Home Assistant 2025.11.2 and latest-25315
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Reactor (Multi-System/Multi-Hub) Announcements
toggledbitsT
Build 21228 has been released. Docker images available from DockerHub as usual, and bare-metal packages here. Home Assistant up to version 2021.8.6 supported; the online version of the manual will now state the current supported versions; Fix an error in OWMWeatherController that could cause it to stop updating; Unify the approach to entity filtering on all hub interface classes (controllers); this works for device entities only; it may be extended to other entities later; Improve error detail in messages for EzloController during auth phase; Add isRuleSet() and isRuleEnabled() functions to expressions extensions; Implement set action for lock and passage capabilities (makes them more easily scriptable in some cases); Fix a place in the UI where 24-hour time was not being displayed.
Multi-System Reactor
Notice to Docker + ARM Users (RPi 3/4/5 and others)
toggledbitsT
This post does not apply to users of Intel/AMD-based systems. If you are using a Reactor image tagged latest-amd64 or stable-amd64, then this post does not apply to you. It also does not apply to bare-metal installs; it's for users of docker images on ARM-based systems only (principally Raspberry Pi hosts, but could be others). After January 15, 2026, I will no longer produce the aarch64-tagged docker image for Reactor. The ARM images will be arm64 for 64-bit operating systems, and armv7l for 32-bit operating systems. For those of you running a container from the aarch64 image today, this will be a relatively simple change: you just need to switch the image used for your docker container to a differently-tagged image. If you are using docker-compose, then this is a relatively simple matter of changing the image line in your docker-compose.yaml file and then stopping (docker-compose down) and restarting (docker-compose up -d) your Reactor daemon. But there's a catch... not all of you can safely just switch from the aarch64 image to the arm64 image. And, you can't just trust the output of uname -m, for example, because this exposes the CPU architecture, but not the word size of the OS running on that CPU. For Raspberry Pi systems, the transition to 64-bit operating systems was long (starting in 2016) and not always obvious — although there was a first "official" 64-bit OS for RPis in 2020, it did not become a default recommendation in the Raspberry Pi Imager until 2021, and then that was only the default for Pi 3/4 systems with >4GB RAM; it was 2022 before it was universally recommended for all 64-bit CPUs regardless of RAM size. Depending on when you first imaged your RPi system and what default you may have been offered/chosen, you could today easily have a 64-bit CPU Raspberry Pi running a 32-bit version of the operating system. Upgrades along the way would not change this; changing it to fully 64-bit requires a full reimage of the system. To establish if your OS is 64- or 32-bit, log in to your Pi and run: sudo dpkg-architecture -q DEB_HOST_ARCH. If the response is arm64 or aarch64, then you are running a 64-bit OS and you should use the arm64-tagged image. If it's anything else, you are running a 32-bit OS, and you should use the armv7l-tagged image. pi@rpi4-1:~ $ sudo dpkg-architecture -q DEB_HOST_ARCH armhf pi@rpi4-1:~ $ uname -m aarch64 pi@rpi4-1:~ $ In the example above, the uname command reports that the CPU is 64-bit architecture (aarch64), which is true for the host on which I ran these commands, but the DEB_HOST_ARCH value is armhf, indicating a 32-bit operating system. This system has to use the armv7l-tagged image. Other systems will have their own ways of determining the word size of the running OS. Since the majority of Reactor users running ARM systems are on Raspberry Pis, I am able to supply the above instructions, but if you happen to have a different ARM system, you'll need to do some web searching to figure out how to expose that information. Or, you can just try the arm64 image, and if it doesn't start up, try the armv7l image. Remember to always back up your system before making any changes. For everyone, please make this change as soon as possible, and if you have any trouble finding a working image, please (1) go back to the current aarch64 image; and (2) let me know in this thread along with as much detail about your host system as you can offer (including the output of the dpkg-architecture command mentioned above).
Multi-System Reactor
Requesting a proper ARM64/aarch64 Docker image (Pi 5 support)
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Hi, I'm in the process of migrating from a Raspberry Pi 4 (ARMv7) to a Raspberry Pi 5 (ARMv8/aarch64), but I’ve run into an issue: there is no proper ARMv8/aarch64 image available. None of the existing images run on the Pi 5 - they all exit immediately with code 139 (segmentation fault), which typically indicates that the binaries inside the image are not compatible with the ARM64/aarch64 architecture used by the Pi 5. Would it be possible to publish a correct ARMv8/aarch64 (linux/arm64) image? Building one should be relatively straightforward using docker buildx with multi-arch support. For example, my own Node.js images are built this way: docker buildx build --push \ -t <localrepo>/<project>:<tag> \ --platform=linux/arm64,linux/amd64 \ --file ./apps/<project>/Dockerfile . This produces both the AMD64 and ARM64/v8 variants automatically. Also, as a side note, it may be best to avoid using Alpine as the base image for the ARM64 build, since musl-based builds often cause compatibility issues and unnecessary headaches. A glibc-based base image (e.g., Debian or Ubuntu) tends to work far more reliably on ARM64, especially for Node.js applications. @toggledbits - tagging you in case you missed this. Thanks, mgvra
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Script action and custom timers
therealdbT
Sorry to write here without trying, but I’m flying today. Am I correct if i say that script action with alarm() makes it possible to execute a reaction in a given interval, lets say 15 seconds or 3.5 minutes? That sounds amazing, since I’ve used weird tricks, including a custom controller, just to do this.
Multi-System Reactor
Help resolve change in behaviour post update
CatmanV2C
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Reactor w/HA 2025.11 error on set_datetime service call setting only time
CrilleC
@toggledbits Do you know if this is related to that PR or is it a change they made in 2025.11.1? [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.319Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_dag with { "time": "10:45" } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.320Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass: sending payload for x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_dag action: { "type": "call_service", "service_data": { "date": (null), "time": "10:45", "datetime": (null), "timestamp": (null) }, "domain": "input_datetime", "service": "set_datetime", "target": { "entity_id": "input_datetime.vvb_dag" } } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.321Z <HassController:ERR> HassController#hass request 1762866984320<2025-11-11 14:16:24> (call_service) failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-] [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.321Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass action x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime({ "time": "10:45" }) on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_dag failed! [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.321Z <HassController:INFO> Service call payload: {"type":"call_service","service_data":{"date":null,"time":"10:45","datetime":null,"timestamp":null},"domain":"input_datetime","service":"set_datetime","target":{"entity_id":"input_datetime.vvb_dag"},"id":1762866984320} [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <HassController:INFO> Service data: {"fields":{"date":{"example":"\"2019-04-20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"time":{"example":"\"05:04:20\"","selector":{"time":{}}},"datetime":{"example":"\"2019-04-20 05:04:20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"timestamp":{"selector":{"number":{"min":0,"max":9223372036854776000,"mode":"box","step":1}}}},"target":{"entity":[{"domain":["input_datetime"]}]}} [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <Engine:ERR> Engine#1 reaction rule-mgb8pfhs:S step 0 perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-] [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <Engine:INFO> Engine#1 action args: { "time": "10:45" } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.322Z <Engine:INFO> Resuming reaction Sätt Schema VVB i Home Assistant<AKTIV> (rule-mgb8pfhs:S) from step 1 [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.323Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_natt with { "time": "03:00", "timestamp": 0 } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.323Z <HassController:INFO> HassController#hass: sending payload for x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_natt action: { "type": "call_service", "service_data": { "date": (null), "time": "03:00", "datetime": (null), "timestamp": 0 }, "domain": "input_datetime", "service": "set_datetime", "target": { "entity_id": "input_datetime.vvb_natt" } } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:ERR> HassController#hass request 1762866984323<2025-11-11 14:16:24> (call_service) failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-] [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:WARN> HassController#hass action x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime({ "time": "03:00", "timestamp": 0 }) on Entity#hass>input_datetime_vvb_natt failed! [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:INFO> Service call payload: {"type":"call_service","service_data":{"date":null,"time":"03:00","datetime":null,"timestamp":0},"domain":"input_datetime","service":"set_datetime","target":{"entity_id":"input_datetime.vvb_natt"},"id":1762866984323} [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <HassController:INFO> Service data: {"fields":{"date":{"example":"\"2019-04-20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"time":{"example":"\"05:04:20\"","selector":{"time":{}}},"datetime":{"example":"\"2019-04-20 05:04:20\"","selector":{"text":{"multiline":false,"multiple":false}}},"timestamp":{"selector":{"number":{"min":0,"max":9223372036854776000,"mode":"box","step":1}}}},"target":{"entity":[{"domain":["input_datetime"]}]}} [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <Engine:ERR> Engine#1 reaction rule-mgb8pfhs:S step 1 perform x_hass_input_datetime.set_datetime failed: [Error] Not a parseable type for dictionary value @ data['date'] [-] [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.324Z <Engine:INFO> Engine#1 action args: { "time": "03:00", "timestamp": 0 } [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.325Z <Engine:INFO> Resuming reaction Sätt Schema VVB i Home Assistant<AKTIV> (rule-mgb8pfhs:S) from step 2 [latest-25310]2025-11-11T13:16:24.325Z <Engine:INFO> Sätt Schema VVB i Home Assistant<AKTIV> all actions completed.
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Reactor Version 25310 : Office Light control via rule in reactor no longer working since last update.
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Hello, I currently have an office light (connected via a Leviton Zwave Dimmer switch) controlled from a Gen5 Aeotech Zwave switch installed on my Synology 720+ NAS. I run HA(2025.11.10) in a virtual machine from my NAS and Reactor on the container manager of the same NAS. Prior to updating to 25304 the rule I had set to turn the light on to a specific dimming value worked correctly. Now the rule appears to follow the decision tree, however the reaction does not trigger setting the dimming or turning on the office light? Strangely I can still turn the light on and off as well as dim it directly from HASS..? I have tried using the ''try this action'' button in the rules reaction setting and it will not control the light and does not throw an error flagÉ Please help, P.S Reactor has been rock steady for me over the last few years and I'm a big fan of this solution.
Multi-System Reactor
[Solved] alarm() in global expression throws error in log.
CrilleC
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[Solved] Define function issue in latest-25304
CrilleC
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Multi-System Reactor
No Upgrade Notification for Build 25308?
CatmanV2C
FWIW I'm no longer getting a notification from MSR that there's an update. Just thought I'd mention it C
Multi-System Reactor
Strange behavior in MSR latest-25304 with disabled groups in Reaction
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[Reactor] Variables not updating correctly in latest-25201-2aa18550
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Multi-System Reactor
The reaction stopped working (Google Nest max playing a video)
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Handling Dead Entities and Renamed Entities
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Hello all.. been a minute! I recently rebuilt my Z wave network and migrated to a new z wave stick. In order to prevent any downtime I kept my original z wave network up and ran a docker version of Z Wave JS UI with my new controller. This way I could add device by device without having any devices down. I finally moved all the devices over to my new stick today. The final step was to migrate everything from my Docker instance of Z Wave JS UI to the HA add-on of Z Wave JS UI. However during this migration some of the names didn't populate correctly which I later managed to import back into Z Wave JS UI. The issue was in Reactor it is stuck on the default names and the entities are not updating. I removed the controller from Reactor, restarted, hard refreshed, and added the controller back however the new entity names have not updated. Also it seems like the old entities from my previous instance of Z Wave JS UI are lingering and not being marked as dead (I believe a certain amount of time needs to lapse before they're marked as dead in Reactor). My goal is to basically purge all the entities for the 'ZWaveJS' controller in Reactor so it can pull all the updated entity names and only the entities that exist in Z Wave JS UI. I cannot find a quick way to do this, I know entities can be deleted one by one, but with over 100 entities this would take long I am guessing that if I added the controller with a new name in in the Reactor config it would pull the updated entities and names but I think that would break my rules since the entity IDs would change (I made sure to name all the entities the exact same as they were previously to prevent this issue).
Multi-System Reactor
Strange behavior for MQTT templates using payload and attributes
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[MSR] reactor-mqtt-contrib package for additional MQTT templates
therealdbT
I'm slowly migrating all my stuff to MQTT under MSR, so I have a central place to integrate everything (and, in a not-so-distant future, to remove virtual devices from my Vera and leave it running zwave only). Anyway, here's my reactor-mqtt-contrib package: https://github.com/dbochicchio/reactor-mqtt-contrib Simply download yaml files (everything or just the ones you need) and you're good to go. I have mapped my most useful devices, but I'll add others soon. Feel free to ask for specific templates, since I've worked a lot in the last weeks to understand and operate them. The templates are supporting both init and query, so you have always up-to-date devices at startup, and the ability to poll them. Online status is supported as well, so you can get disconnected devices with a simple expression. Many-many thanks to @toggledbits for its dedication, support, and patience with me and my requests
Multi-System Reactor
HA 2025.9.4 Supported Yet?
CatmanV2C
Tangentially did I miss 2025.9.4 getting blessed in MSR? I've been holding off Cheers C
Multi-System Reactor
Rule Set UI bug - RESOLVED
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[Reactor] Copy&Paste of Rules
therealdbT
I don't know if I'm the only one, but managing more than one Reactor installs, the need to have some sort of copy&paste for rules has grown on me. While I understand the technical challenges, I'm wondering if a "god mode" where I could copy the raw JSON rule and paste it into another rule could be an advanced, flag only feature that could benefit power users. I know I can copy the JSON file and proceed, but I must stop Reactor and when doing maintenance, it's more clicks to do. Just an idea
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    RogerO
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    @mrw298 Anything I can do to help you troubleshoot or do you have any ideas on how to get this resolved?

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      Here is a file list from the container, Sorry that it is a screen shot. Don't want to f up my system by typing something stupid and not a docker expert. If there is a specific directory you want me to look at let me know

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      Still getting 502 bad gateway from nginx

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        I am using the addon for HA, running excellent.
        Finally my dream came true, using the excellent reactor engine to automate all my devices, mix and match rules and technologies.
        Will offload now finally from my rusty Vera Lite to HA...

        Two things: I keep getting the "reminder" to enter the last four digits despite having done it multiple times.
        Can I safely update MSR from within the addon or do I need to wait for an update to the addon?

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          I am using the addon for HA, running excellent.
          Finally my dream came true, using the excellent reactor engine to automate all my devices, mix and match rules and technologies.
          Will offload now finally from my rusty Vera Lite to HA...

          Two things: I keep getting the "reminder" to enter the last four digits despite having done it multiple times.
          Can I safely update MSR from within the addon or do I need to wait for an update to the addon?

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          toggledbits
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          @kellyjelly32 said in Home Assistant add-on:

          Two things: I keep getting the "reminder" to enter the last four digits despite having done it multiple times.

          Off the top of my head, it sounds like you may not be entering it correctly? They aren't just digits, usually. Check to make sure your browser settings to allow cookies. Also generally, if you're reporting a problem like this, you should include the version information for the browser you are running, and in fact, you should go review the posting guidelines for this category because your post generally doesn't meet the requirements. This question should be separate from your other question in its own thread, also.

          Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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            @kellyjelly32 said in Home Assistant add-on:

            Two things: I keep getting the "reminder" to enter the last four digits despite having done it multiple times.

            Off the top of my head, it sounds like you may not be entering it correctly? They aren't just digits, usually. Check to make sure your browser settings to allow cookies. Also generally, if you're reporting a problem like this, you should include the version information for the browser you are running, and in fact, you should go review the posting guidelines for this category because your post generally doesn't meet the requirements. This question should be separate from your other question in its own thread, also.

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            @toggledbits
            I am running the addon in v0.0.7 (2023-02-20) [which is using Reactor build 23049 as per changelog] with:
            Home Assistant 2023.3.1
            Supervisor 2023.03.1
            Operating System 9.5
            Frontend 20230302.0 - latest

            I was more trying to reach @mrw298 as he is the creator of the addon. Judging from the changelog, I can´t update MSR that simple and need to wait for a new version of his addon to be pushed.

            The reminder pops up in any browser I tried so far, probably because it can´t really create a cookie. It even pops up in the HA mobile app. But I think the reactor front-end was never designed to run in such an environment. It is a minor cosmetic nuisance.

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              @kellyjelly32 I sometimes lag a bit behind @toggledbits packaging it up for HA (especially if I don't notice a new version), I've just pushed a new version of the addon with Reactor build 23063 in it.

              I've noticed that prompt coming back too, it's probably something to do with how I've wedged reactor into an HA addon, will see if I can figure out what needs tweaking to make it go away.

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                Here is a file list from the container, Sorry that it is a screen shot. Don't want to f up my system by typing something stupid and not a docker expert. If there is a specific directory you want me to look at let me know

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                Still getting 502 bad gateway from nginx

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                @RogerO sorry for the delay responding, if the files are in dist-config I'm not quite certain how it's going wrong!

                On startup it copies those files from /opt/reactor/dist-config -> /config/reactor if the /config/reactor directory doesn't exist.

                hassio-reactor-addon/reactor/run.sh at main · mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon

                hassio-reactor-addon/reactor/run.sh at main · mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon

                Contribute to mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon development by creating an account on GitHub.

                If it can't find logging.yaml that steps failed and stopping the addon, deleting /config/reactor and restarting it should get it to retry.

                The addon logs of that first start would hopefully contain any error messages.

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                  After doing some tinkering again this weekend on my HA real-life system, I noticed that the "global expressions" are not persistent when rebooting / restarting the MSR addon for HA. "global reactions" survive a reboot, as do all the rules (with their reactions / untested with local expressions). Ultimately it is probably an issue with the addon, not with MSR. Just want to see/hear from @toggledbits if there is something special about how the global expressions are saved vs the other stuff.

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                    After doing some tinkering again this weekend on my HA real-life system, I noticed that the "global expressions" are not persistent when rebooting / restarting the MSR addon for HA. "global reactions" survive a reboot, as do all the rules (with their reactions / untested with local expressions). Ultimately it is probably an issue with the addon, not with MSR. Just want to see/hear from @toggledbits if there is something special about how the global expressions are saved vs the other stuff.

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                    @kellyjelly32 said in Home Assistant add-on:

                    "global expressions" are not persistent

                    Not sure what this means. Can you explain in more detail?

                    @kellyjelly32 said in Home Assistant add-on:

                    "global reactions" survive a reboot

                    Reactions are stateless. There's no need for them to "survive a reboot" because there's nothing to survive. Again, not sure what this means, and detail would be helpful.

                    Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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                      "Global Expressions" aka those things you can define and use for variables and calculations don't survive a reboot. After a reboot they are gone. The whole page with global variables is empty. I need to define them again. All rules which use one of these "global expressions" have a little yellow warning triangle and in the rule, be it conditions or actions or reactions, they are stated as "missing".
                      As my system usually runs extremely stable I never noticed it as it never rebooted. Until this weekend when I physically had to shut it down and reboot a few times.
                      I think it is a HA addon issue from @mrw298 not from MSR itself.

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                        "Global Expressions" aka those things you can define and use for variables and calculations don't survive a reboot. After a reboot they are gone. The whole page with global variables is empty. I need to define them again. All rules which use one of these "global expressions" have a little yellow warning triangle and in the rule, be it conditions or actions or reactions, they are stated as "missing".
                        As my system usually runs extremely stable I never noticed it as it never rebooted. Until this weekend when I physically had to shut it down and reboot a few times.
                        I think it is a HA addon issue from @mrw298 not from MSR itself.

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                        @kellyjelly32 said in Home Assistant add-on:

                        After a reboot they are gone. The whole page with global variables is empty.

                        OK, that's beyond what I would have guessed from your initial description. I interpreted you to mean that their values are not preserved and are being updated when Reactor starts, but this condition you describe is far beyond that and definitely not the way Reactor is intended to work. That suggests to me that the storage data for at least global expressions, and maybe more you haven't yet detected, isn't being written properly. This could be the fault of a corrupted storage file (i.e. the expressions.json file in the storage subfolder), or improperly configured storage entirely (i.e. the bind mount needed isn't properly set up), or the shutdown by Hass, when it is asked to restart the Reactor add-on, shuts it down in some disorderly way to Reactor/nodejs, so it can't write the storage files (i.e. it gets killed rather than signalled to quit, so it can't perform its cleanup and tidy exit function). If it's the last case (bad shutdown), then you'd probably also notice other changed objects (reactions, rules) are not preserving their changes as well.

                        If the file is corrupt, you would find logged errors that look like this:

                         <SingleFileStrategy:ERR> [SingleFileStrategy][SingleFileStrategy#/home/pi/Documents/MSR/storage/expressions.json] error reading /home/pi/Documents/MSR/storage/expressions.json: [SyntaxError] Unexpected token { in JSON at position 1 [-]
                        

                        Check for these messages at startup, and any time you attempt to navigate to the Expressions page in the UI. You may also see similar messages at shutdown. If there are messages at shutdown, as well as messages for other files in storage, then it suggests that the storage isn't properly configured (issue with the bind mount, or file permissions in the mounted directory, for example). In any case, if the file is corrupt, you can just remove it and restart Reactor (and then rebuild your expressions; if you are handy with JSON, you could try to repair the file).

                        But yes, in a normally functioning Reactor system, Rules, Reactions, and Expressions that you create should be saved and return after a restart/reboot as they were before the restart/reboot. Something is definitely amiss there, but it could just be a local configuration issue, not an add-on problem (I would assume some of the other folks using the add-on are consumers of global variables and we haven't seen reports like this from others as yet).

                        Edit: storage volume (disk) full is also a way to get corruption of storage data and/or unsaved changes.

                        Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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                          I am using the HA addon provided by @mrw298 , there are no configs other than the access token to be done. I will see what he thinks. My disk is plenty empty.

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                            Restarting reactor from reactor itself after changing any global expressions or making new global expressions is doing the trick for me currently.

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