Red (Breathing) ring on my Homey Pro (2023)

Questions & Help
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Hi all,

So I’m very fond of my Homey and most lamps in my home work with it.
Multiple door, motion sensors and buttons etc.

Though now for the second time within the month of January (2026) I’ve gotten a red (breathing) ring. Very frustrating when nothing happens all of a sudden and you’re not sure why it’s not working. First time it happened replugging it and ‘restarting’ everything worked fine. If it’s a once in a year that’s no worries.

Now that it happened for a second time in the same month. I am getting curious if there is a bigger problem?
Is there any trouble shooting I could and should do myself? I red about the USB-tool firmware reset, but not sure when this is a necessary step. Already after two crashes in a month? When should I need to get in touch with Athom?

Checked this: Homey pro 2023 RED Breath - #12 by Cokeisit
Standard: https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/7257933460764-Understanding-the-LED-Ring-of-Homey-Pro

Any suggestion would help.

Kind regards,
Jurriaan

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Check out on Homey 2023 / 2026 unstability

However, in your case, I guess behind the instability is probably lack of RAM and uptime, eg. depending on number of app and available RAM, I suggest implementing regular reboots to keep it stable.
Install sysinternals and track free RAM, could be probably a good start.

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Hi Sharkys,

Thank you for the quick response. I did check my RAM, deleted some unused apps which I was planning on running.
I had about 350Mb left, now I have about 500Mb RAM. Which I just checked in the web interface with Homey: System settings.

Could you help me on implementing regular reboots. That’s new too me.

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350 MB is okay for low utilized Homey but if it fell down below 150MB, based on my experience it’s critical and could cause instabilities.

Enable Experiments - Power user and then simply create flow to reboot your Homey at certain time - the frequency depends on the overall utilization of Homey, free RAM etc. If you have seen it was stable for two weeks, then implement reboot each 2 weeks etc. Install also sysinternals, so that you can check the mem/CPU/temp etc. when your Homey crashed.