# Homey very slow **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [March 3, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987 "2026-03-03T07:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rudi\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rudi_hendrix/32/31931_2.png) [@Rudi\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Rudi_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/1 "2026-03-03T07:56:00Z")
Last night my Homey Pro was updated to 12.13.0-rc.3 and since that everything seems slow. So, a Z-Wave or Zigbee motion sensor notices movement and only 30 seconds later the Zigbee lights switch on. Anyone else has this issue? Already restarted my Homey Pro ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/2 "2026-03-03T08:06:29Z")
Don’t restart, pull the plug for 10 minutes instead. If that doesn’t work: stop using RC’s (which aren’t RC’s but beta’s, at best) 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Rudi\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rudi_hendrix/32/31931_2.png) [@Rudi\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Rudi_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/3 "2026-03-03T17:32:45Z")
Tried to pull the plug, but it didn’t work. Seems to be with only Zigbee lights. I notice that the motion sensor immediately notices activity; even the Zigbee ones. But then it takes a very long time for the lights to switch on. And it doesn’t seem like the app switches it on and only after a while the hardware switches on, no it takes half a minute before the light switches on and then at the same time I see the light in the app switch on. How do I remove myself from RCs? I have an option to disable power user or virtual devices. Virtual devices I really need. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/4 "2026-03-03T17:45:19Z")
[https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/12199889665308-Enabling-experimental-updates-on-Homey-Pro](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/12199889665308-Enabling-experimental-updates-on-Homey-Pro) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/5 "2026-03-03T18:17:39Z")
And a howto to actually revert: > [@\[HowTo\]\[Pro 2023/Mini\] Revert from experimental to stable firmware](https://community.homey.app/t/howto-pro-2023-mini-revert-from-experimental-to-stable-firmware/100752): > > [As tested by @Henk_Renting and @Mickel_Luiten (Thx!)] Limitations Without an offline backup, you couldn’t & you can’t revert from the current stable firmware to the previous stable firmware version! Example: Reverting from v10.2.1 to v10.2.0 → cross_mark Reverting from v10.2.1-rc.1 to v10.2.0 → white_check_mark → [Click here](https://community.homey.app/t/howto-pro-201x-revert-from-experimental-to-stable-firmware/63200) for the Homey Pro 2016-2019 howto How to: Disable experimental updates @ [https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/settings](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/settings) Disabling experimental updates is key … (I’d turn auto updates off!) ---
**Author:** ![Sharkys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sharkys/32/54029_2.png) [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/6 "2026-03-03T20:54:31Z")
> [@Rudi\_Hendrix](#): > > Anyone else has this issue? Nope, I don’t. Have you tried to analyze your Homey, eg. sysinternals and looking for CPU/Mem usage ? How your ZWAVE/Zigbee looks like in development interface ? Do you get many Tx errors , some path/nodes unknown etc. ? Also, it could help to disconnect power from your Zigbee and ZWave routers, if you would see there anything strange. ---
**Author:** ![Rudi\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rudi_hendrix/32/31931_2.png) [@Rudi\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Rudi_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/7 "2026-03-03T22:05:47Z")
1.7 of 2.0 GB memory used. There are so e Tx errors in the Zigbee overview. What is many? I didn’t check this before I had the issue. There are some unknown devices indeed. Cutting power to all Zigbee routers is pretty hard. If I reset my Zigbee network do I have to rebuild it again? Or will the mesh just be rebuilt? ---
**Author:** ![Sharkys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sharkys/32/54029_2.png) [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/8 "2026-03-04T05:28:14Z")
> [@Rudi\_Hendrix](#): > > There are some unknown devices indeed. This is with the new firmware and might be cosmetic issue only, at least for ZigBee > [@Rudi\_Hendrix](#): > > Cutting power to all Zigbee routers What about fuse box? > [@Rudi\_Hendrix](#): > > If I reset my Zigbee network do I have to rebuild it again Yes, reset will erase all of them ---
**Author:** ![Rudi\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rudi_hendrix/32/31931_2.png) [@Rudi\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Rudi_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/9 "2026-03-04T05:56:34Z")
According to Gemini I will have to re-pair all of my Zigbee devices then. So I am not going to hit the reset button. Just did re-added my Homey again, see if that helps, but it doesn’t. Edit: only just saw your reply. I guess the fuse box is the only option. Other than that. I can of course first start with some that I can cut the power from. If that helps, I can of course cut the power through the fuse box ---
**Author:** ![Rudi\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rudi_hendrix/32/31931_2.png) [@Rudi\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Rudi_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/10 "2026-03-04T07:17:06Z")
Tried resetting some of them. So far no effect. Perhaps I just need to wait for the next stable update ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/11 "2026-03-04T10:19:58Z")
A new RC update should fix zigbee, Rudi. ![Screenshot_20260304_111914_Slack](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/8/d84b8384d82db5537ac733509e8c7930994e3bc2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Rudi\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rudi_hendrix/32/31931_2.png) [@Rudi\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Rudi_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/12 "2026-03-04T17:39:08Z")
Ok, I have enabled experimental updates again. If this one solves the issue, I will switch experimental updates off after that. Thanks all! ---
**Author:** ![Rudi\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rudi_hendrix/32/31931_2.png) [@Rudi\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Rudi_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/13 "2026-03-04T19:13:04Z")
Rc4 was not the fix for my Zigbee issue ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ONM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/onm/32/120784_2.png) [@ONM](https://community.homey.app/u/ONM)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/14 "2026-03-07T17:54:16Z")
Same here and also with Door en window sensors from Aquara ---
**Author:** ![blueboxboz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/blueboxboz/32/34211_2.png) [@blueboxboz](https://community.homey.app/u/blueboxboz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/15 "2026-03-08T15:41:56Z")
Same issue here, takes about 2/3 second for the lights go on.. i am running v12.13.0-rc.6. Deleted some unused apps so i have some more mem available.. but still slow ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/16 "2026-03-08T17:36:12Z")
Please check for ‘chatty’ devices, like Tuya for example; The Rx and Tx values are way higher than other zigbee devices: [https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/zigbee](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/zigbee) If you temporary remove those, the zigbee network should respond as before. ---
**Author:** ![Miguel\_Rosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/miguel_rosa/32/122616_2.png) [@Miguel\_Rosa](https://community.homey.app/u/Miguel_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/17 "2026-03-08T22:58:07Z")
Anyone more with this problem? Any solution..im worry when my costumers update well..i have essentially aqara zigbee and matter. ---
**Author:** ![ONM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/onm/32/120784_2.png) [@ONM](https://community.homey.app/u/ONM)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/18 "2026-03-09T07:53:12Z")
At every update my flows doesn’t work anymore esspeciality the flow with mij Mitsubishi airco to heat the first floor. It’s irritant. So i had to activate the flow once again with the airco, than it works how it shout be. Met vriendelijke groet, Onno Man ---
**Author:** ![Rudi\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rudi_hendrix/32/31931_2.png) [@Rudi\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Rudi_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/19 "2026-03-09T09:57:28Z")
Ok, the past week I’ve been experiencing this issue. I think I know a little bit more on what is happening and what is not happening. And perhaps I even have part of the solution. (I’ll try to keep it short) After my Homey Pro got updated to 12.13.0-rc.3, I noticed that all the Zigbee was slow to respond. My Zigbee network is a mix of both (mostly Tuya based) smart plugs and (mostly IKEA based) smart bulbs. In addition I have some Eglo lights, a Robb shop smart dimmer and that’s about all the Zigbee I have. So, the issue was noticeable because lights were not switching on as expected. I wasn’t sure where the issue was and what caused it, so I started this topic. After concluding that it was in the Zigbee part I searched the community and found more people with Zigbee issues since 12.13.0-rc.3. For another issue I was in contact with Athom customer support and raised this issue there as well. There it was mentioned that my Zigbee devices did not start behaving different because of the firmware update although this is the moment on which it became noticeable. He will check with some colleagues to be on the safe side. In 12.13.0-rc.5 the cleanup of unknown nodes has been improved and I can confirm that. I haven’t checked the Zigbee interface in the Homey Developer Tools for a while, but now I did and I noticed that especially the Tuya Zigbee devices that I have are generating a sh$t load of messages! About every second I see a new TX. When I divided the number of messages by 3600 I got to around 11 hours and that was the moment on which the most recent RC was installed. Perhaps this has always been the case, but I am pretty sure I only notice this as of the installation of 12.13.0-rc.3. So, I tried cutting down the communication by limiting the polling frequency of the smart plugs from every 60 seconds to every hour. This didn’t solve the issue. I involved Google Gemini and it turned out I was limiting how often Homey pulls the data from the smart plug. For some reason the smart plug was sending the data to the Homey way more often than that. Perhaps this was always the case, but due to the updated interface Homey also actually starts processing this. So, again together with Gemini, I updated my own version of the Tuya Zigbee app and added a setting to the smart plugs where you can indicate how much Volt, Ampère or Watt either 3 of these need to change before sending a message to Homey. Somewhat at the same time my Homey Pro got updated to 12.13.0-rc.6 and as of the past days things seem to be better. I am not sure if it is the changes I made to the app, the 12.13.0-rc.6 or a combination of the two. You can move Tuya smart plugs to a separate Smartthings, Tuya or other Zigbee hub and integrate it that way, but as far as I can see the smart plugs will continue to send this many messages and clog the 2.4Ghz network. The only thing seems to be to push this setting to the Tuya smart plugs. I still need to update the app for some of the smart plugs that seem to be a little bit different. After installing the app you will HAVE to change a setting and hit save, because the new settings will only be applied after changing and pushing one setting. I am happy to share this version of the app. Just need to know how I can do that best. Edit: Checking if the change has effect is a rather tedious job. You’ll have to refresh the Homey Developer Tools Zigbee page, sort descending by # TX, check if # TX increased a lot more than expected. And in my case this is for 28 devices! Edit 2: After updating the app I do for example see the change for this type: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/a/0a3fd28e15a14d7bfc7f6b993facdf284c98687e.png) But not for this one: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/0/002e350481917abcfa13d36feb0cad2f68544c80.png) Which is weird because in the files where I made the changes I do see this: “zigbee”: { “manufacturerName”: [ “\_TZ3000\_3ooaz3ng”, “\_TYZB01\_iuepbmpv”, “\_TZ3000\_g5xawfcq”, “\_TZ3000\_gjnozsaz”, And I do see: “productId”: [ “TS0121”, “TSO121”, “TS011F” Edit 3: thanks to Gemini again: these are Tuya based, but if I connect them to the Nous app rather than the Tuya Zigbee app, I can update the Tuya Zigbee app as much as I want…. I will never get these added settings 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rudi\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rudi_hendrix/32/31931_2.png) [@Rudi\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Rudi_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 6:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987/20 "2026-03-10T06:54:46Z")
Well, this version has now been shipped as stable. So, I opted out of the experimental updates. And if this did cause Yuya Zigbee to get messed up, we’ll see more people complain soon enough [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-very-slow/151987.md?page=2)