# Automatically restart an app if a device offline/unavailable with a flow

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/automatically-restart-an-app-if-a-device-offline-unavailable-with-a-flow/153291>\
**Category:** Flows\
**Tags:** app, advancedflow\
**Created:** [April 2, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/automatically-restart-an-app-if-a-device-offline-unavailable-with-a-flow/153291 "2026-04-02T16:00:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rembo038](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rembo038/32/79135_2.png) [@Rembo038](https://community.homey.app/u/Rembo038)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/automatically-restart-an-app-if-a-device-offline-unavailable-with-a-flow/153291/1 "2026-04-02T16:00:50Z")

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Hello,

I want to create a flow that detects when a specific device is offline/unavailable and then restarts the app for that device.

Is this possible? I can’t figure it out myself.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/automatically-restart-an-app-if-a-device-offline-unavailable-with-a-flow/153291/2 "2026-04-02T16:14:45Z")

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Yes, you can do that in an Advanced Flow. Add a When card: When Every 5 minutes. Add a condition card for the device, like the Is On card for lights. Then, drag the error point to the Restart app card (from the System category).

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You need to enable the power user experiment first.

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**Author:** ![Rembo038](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rembo038/32/79135_2.png) [@Rembo038](https://community.homey.app/u/Rembo038)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/automatically-restart-an-app-if-a-device-offline-unavailable-with-a-flow/153291/3 "2026-04-02T17:55:54Z")

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Thanks, I hadn’t thought of that yet!

I’ll set it up in a moment.