Siri - Unable to run Good Night scene…

So finally had opportunity to look at this again… good news. GoodNight is back. I had to delete / re-add all devices back into the scene, then it worked.

An aside… Siri has taken to turning on one group of lights at reduced brightness (but only during “daylight” hours). Never had Adaptive Lighting switched on, so not sure what going on here, but as it’s only during daylight that the error occurs, sounds related.

Thanks again for the assistance.

So finally had opportunity to look at this again… good news. GoodNight is back. I had to delete / re-add all devices back into the scene, then it worked.

Try the phrase..."Run the Goodnight Scene".

Yes, the majority of scenes work, however there are a large number that don't AND what's irritating is they differ across devices, despite all devices having latest update.

It's definitely since iOS 15 and 15.4 just made matters much worse for me. Siri no longer plays nicely with HomePod & HomePod Mini's.

Few examples:

# Request..."Transfer / Resume music in room X" - just brings about total chaos, with varying responses. Which is hilarious, because when it does succeed, Siri comes back all super enthusiastic..."I successfully resumed playback in the room x". I almost wet myself the first time.

# Request…”Desk Light” - now Siri replies...“Which room?”. There’s always been just 1 desk light

# Request…”Kitchen Lights” - Siri's response now is…”I’ve set the lights to xx%” 

# Request…”Kitchen” - Siri's response is…”It’s dark in the kitchen”. No it isn’t, I have just turned the lights on (because Siri wouldn't do it) and its the middle of the day with bright blue sky outside

# No longer able to execute… “skip track” on HomePod in one room, but can on HomePod Mini in other room

# No longer able to execute…”Don’t play this track again” on HomePod in one room, but can on HomePod Mini in other room

# Goodnight scene - Now Siri just replies something like... “Nighty Night” or “Goodnight”

Many other requests return… “Ummh that’s taking too long” / “Somethings gone wrong”

I've found that rephrasing some requests will sometimes work, however by the time I've been through half a dozen options, I've generally lost interest.

Par for the course, I now have an AI who ignores me alongside my better half. :-)

Hopefully the next update will improve matters, otherwise it's time to make this AI redundant.

Lucky you. Hopefully nothing changes and it stays fixed. Be nice to your AI and remember your please and thankyous. :-)

Still the same response for me …”GoodNight“ or the irritating “Nighty Night”.

To be honest the whole Siri experience is really fast becoming more and more disappointing and frustrating, each update seems to introduce another ‘bug’ or in real language… screwup.

Yesterday Siri on HomePod Mini decided it was no longer able to find any of my Apple Music playlists - Why?… because I had signed out on my Mac. Which should have zero effect and indeed has quite happily worked for ages without being signed in on the Mac.

I followed Fred Gioio’s advice and created an alternatively named GoodNight scene - works consistently.

Good luck with your other routines.

Network definitely sounds like it shouldn't be an issue. But surely that would only manifest as slow/failed response rather than the reactions experienced anyway.

Brown noise track is definitely weird, not heard/come across that before. Haven't played with them, but aren't background noises part of Accessibility settings? Didn't think they worked with Siri though, so strange.

HomePod OG now also refuses to run Goodnight scene however it's phrased and just replies "Nighty, Night". However, one pair of HPMini's will run the scene when phrased as previously discussed. What gives?!

I have reset all my home data previously and as you say, it's a pain. I did look briefly at one iOS App (Controller for HomeKit) which I think creates a Backup, but not sure what kind and how good it is as a Restore point. I'll take a look when I get some time.

Actually I don't have that many HomeKit scenes configured, so maybe I'll reset again if the next update doesn't resolve some issues, especially if the App proves to be useful. I had thought of deleting Siri history on all devices, but not sure what the result would be.

Just seeing the funny side everytime there's a non compliance, although patience is wearing thin.

Best of luck.

Thanks for the tip. Just don't try "Goodnight Siri or Goodnight AI"

Questions are: 1) Will the "bug" disappear with the next update, or do we have to live with it? 2) What about all the other bugs?

Personally the term "bug" annoys me. Mistake or error in design or source code, generally picked up and mitigated through "adequate debugging or acceptance testing". Ahem! Nah, let's have another Emoji instead.

Thanks again for the tip.

All updated and still broken, with same irritating response… “Nighty night”.

Yesterday, also had another freaky Siri “bug” on OG HomePod. Created another discussion.

Never once had a good old fashioned light switch or plug refuse to cooperate, thinking about it candles also had a high reliability factor - back to the 19th century for me. :-)

# Wasn’t aware how or where you could change the language for individual scenes.

# Everything is set to English language, but Siri will respond to a few requests issued in German.

# GoodNight scene refuses to work from any device. iOS device response…”Sorry, I couldn’t find anything like that in your Home”