blaQ keeps rebooting

Konnected Garage Door Opener
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1

I have 2 blaQ’s, bought over a 1 month period. The second one that I jsut installed keeps rebooting. It also has the blue light flashing all the time.

There is a firmware and ESPhome difference between the 2 units:

Unit 1:
Firmware 1.4.0.1
ESPHome: 2024.12.2

Unit 2: (one with reboot issue)
Firmware: 1.4.0.2
ESPHome: 2025.2.0

Here is the log where it shows the reboot

12:46:22	[D]	[sensor:093]	
'WiFi Signal': Sending state -62.00000 dBm with 0 decimals of accuracy
12:46:22	[D]	[sensor:093]	
'WiFi Signal %': Sending state 76.00000 % with 0 decimals of accuracy
12:46:22	[V]	[mqtt:495]	
Publish(topic='esphome/f0f5bd514420/sensor/wifi_signal/state' payload='-62' retain=0 qos=0)
12:46:34	[D]	[sensor:093]	
'Heap Free': Sending state 174964.00000 B with 0 decimals of accuracy
12:49:32	[D]	[sensor:093]	
'Uptime': Sending state 766.03900 s with 0 decimals of accuracy
12:51:22	[D]	[sensor:093]	
'WiFi Signal': Sending state -62.00000 dBm with 0 decimals of accuracy
12:51:22	[D]	[sensor:093]	
'WiFi Signal %': Sending state 76.00000 % with 0 decimals of accuracy
12:51:22	[V]	[mqtt:495]	
Publish(topic='esphome/f0f5bd514420/sensor/wifi_signal/state' payload='-62' retain=0 qos=0)
12:51:34	[D]	[sensor:093]	
'Heap Free': Sending state 174964.00000 B with 0 decimals of accuracy
12:51:52	[E]	[api:129]	
No client connected to API. Rebooting...
12:51:52	[I]	[app:125]	
Forcing a reboot...
12:51:52	[V]	[mqtt:495]	
Publish(topic='esphome/f0f5bd514420/status' payload='offline' retain=1 qos=0)
12:55:08	[D]	[sensor:093]	
'WiFi Signal': Sending state -61.00000 dBm with 0 decimals of accuracy
12:55:08	[D]	[sensor:093]	
'WiFi Signal %': Sending state 78.00000 % with 0 decimals of accuracy
12:55:08	[V]	[mqtt:495]	
Publish(topic='esphome/f0f5bd514420/sensor/wifi_signal/state' payload='-61' retain=0 qos=0)
2

I believe the issue is caused when the device is not adopted in Home Assistant. Once I did that the flashing stopped. I see that the logs are now indicating connectivity to Home Assistant, so am hoping that stops the reboot as well.

3

Yes, you’re right! When the Local Native API (ESPHome API) is enabled, and no API client is connected (i.e. Home Assistant or Hubitat) it will reboot every 15 minutes. This is by design! Here’s the relevant log lines in what you posted above:

The reason for this is in case there’s a connection problem with HA or Hubitat and the device. If HA goes down or whatever and the GDO blaQ sees nothing connected to it, it will reboot periodically to help HA re-discover and reconnect after it comes back up.

If you do not use Home Assistant or Hubitat, then you don’t have any native API client to connect. In that case you can disable the Local Native API in the firmware settings to prevent this behavior.

4

Thanks for the clarification.