# Widget display "App not ready"

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/widget-display-app-not-ready/151253>\
**Category:** Dashboards\
**Created:** [February 17, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/widget-display-app-not-ready/151253 "2026-02-17T08:38:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Anders\_Dissing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/anders_dissing/32/55924_2.png) [@Anders\_Dissing](https://community.homey.app/u/Anders_Dissing)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/widget-display-app-not-ready/151253/1 "2026-02-17T08:38:28Z")

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Hey

I’m not sure if I’m under the correct Topic but I’m developing a new app for Homey.

The new version has a widget. When running the “homey app run”-command, the widget is working.

But

1. If I run the “homey app install”. The widget section has been removed from app.json so that no widgets can be added to the dashboard.
2. If I run the “homey app publish”, move the app to test, and install the app from the dev dashboard, the widget displays an error message: “App not ready”. Not even after I have re-added the widget.

Any advise how to fix this?

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**Author:** ![Borssie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/borssie/32/120230_2.png) [@Borssie](https://community.homey.app/u/Borssie)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/widget-display-app-not-ready/151253/2 "2026-02-17T21:03:28Z")

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I’m not a dev, but I would post it under the section “Developers” on the mail Community page! 😉

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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:** [February 18, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/widget-display-app-not-ready/151253/3 "2026-02-18T01:22:40Z")

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Did you create the widget using `homey app widget create`? The “App not ready” message means that your app is not running, but it is installed and the widget exists. There can be several reasons:

- You have disabled the app (check More→Apps→[your app]→Settings (top right corner))
- The app is still starting
- The app has crashed (you should automatically receive an email with the crash details when installing from the test version)

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**Author:** ![Anders\_Dissing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/anders_dissing/32/55924_2.png) [@Anders\_Dissing](https://community.homey.app/u/Anders_Dissing)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/widget-display-app-not-ready/151253/4 "2026-02-23T19:36:07Z")

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I fixed. I’m not sure how, but I had double-registered the capabilities and flow. I cleaned up the code, and it worked