# \[FeatureRequest\] Option to suppress error popups

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/featurerequest-option-to-suppress-error-popups/143734>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Tags:** featurerequest\
**Created:** [October 4, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/featurerequest-option-to-suppress-error-popups/143734 "2025-10-04T07:57:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Niels\_van\_der\_Voort](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/niels_van_der_voort/32/66463_2.png) [@Niels\_van\_der\_Voort](https://community.homey.app/u/Niels_van_der_Voort)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/featurerequest-option-to-suppress-error-popups/143734/1 "2025-10-04T07:57:00Z")

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**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.

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/featurerequest-option-to-suppress-error-popups/143734/2 "2025-10-04T08:06:08Z")

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This is something that Athom needs to fix, and therefore this (community) forum isn’t the correct platform to post your request. Instead, you should issue a support request through the official channel: [https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/360015784034-Submitting-a-support-request](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/360015784034-Submitting-a-support-request)