HomePod automations are being auto-deleted from Scenes

For the past few weeks, any HomePod automations (like adjust volume) I add to a Scene are being removed the next time the Home app syncs.


The HomePod is still available as an Accessory that I can add to a scene. But after I save the new Scene, a minute later, the HomePod has been removed from the scene, leaving all other automations (like turn on/off lights) still active. And if the Scene only has a HomePod volume change request, the entire scene is deleted.


This happens regardless of whether I create the scene on my Mac, iPhone or iPad. And up until a few weeks ago, this was working fine. I suppose a software update might have caused this problem, but maybe somebody knows a fix.

Posted on May 20, 2020 5:54 AM

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May 21, 2020 11:13 PM in response to Jim Norman

Update

Copying whst I posted in the other thread:

So, after updating my HomePods today, they’ve vanished from my automations.


I noticed my bedtime playlist hadn’t come on, checked the home app and they were still in it, so then I went to just Airplay that playlist, looked again and this is when they vanished.


So I’m thinking it’s once you go to play the HomePods at some other point , this might be when they get taken out?


So do your tests with this in mind as others who had issues had claimed today that the updates fixed it for them. Mine had been working.

May 21, 2020 4:59 AM in response to Vancouver22

Still no success. I updated the HomePod and iOS devices to the software update that come out yesterday (13.4.5 and 13.5 respectively). Also tried resetting the HomePod to factory settings. But still, any HomePod related additions to a scene disappear in a few seconds.


Can anybody else out there, with the latest updates, try creating a new scene just containing a volume adjustment for a HomePod. And let me know if the scene sticks around or is deleted in less than a minute (I believe when Home syncs with iCloud). Be nice to know if this is a general problem or just something unique to my setup.

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HomePod automations are being auto-deleted from Scenes

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