Description:
Currently, in the Homey UI, whenever an app or device driver reports an error, Homey immediately displays an error popup to the user when operating or opening that device.
In many real-world cases, this leads to misleading or unnecessary error messages.
A concrete example is the Group app:
• When controlling a group of devices, if just one device fails to respond in time (e.g. due to a short delay or temporary connection issue), Homey shows an error popup (“cannot communicate”).
• However, most devices in the group will still respond correctly, and the action is actually successful.
• For the user, this popup feels disruptive and confusing.
Feature request:
Please add the ability to disable or suppress error popups for specific apps or devices, similar to how timeline notifications can be disabled per app today.
Benefits:
• Avoids unnecessary “false positive” error messages.
• Gives users more control over which messages are relevant.
• Provides consistency with the existing feature to disable timeline notifications.
Possible implementation:
• A toggle in the **App settings**: “Show error messages in UI” (on/off).
• Or on device-level: “Suppress error popups” toggle.
• Default: current behavior (error popups enabled).
Priority / Impact:
Medium – functionality is not blocked, but the user experience is negatively impacted by unwanted error messages.
