Apple Home Invites Not Being Received

What worked for me…

after I reset with the config file from Apple, i was having issues adding Hue lights. Well got that figured out now the invite!!! You have to make an Apple TV 4th gen or later or a home pod your “home hub” to invite people to it. I did that with a quick google search and then added my wife and could invite again. Obviously their security update makes you buy more of their products haha. Hope this helps!!

This problem has been driving me crazy. It seems to be isolated to users that have only previously been invited to your home. If they're removed, they can't be added back. It also appears to be an iOS16/MacOS Ventura issue. One of my wifes devices was on MacOS Monterey and it was recieving the invite. I accepted the invite, was able to see everything as normal, but the home wasn't showing up on your other devices that were on iOS16/Ventura. After I upgraded to her laptop to Ventura, the home disappeared. Hopefully Apple fixes this soon.

When I has the problem it also seemed that the updates weren't available until I reset and uninstalled my original big HomePod's after which the update came thru. After the update I could invite again and after that I installed the HomePods again without problems.

I struggled with this as well. I finally got the third solution on this page to work:

https://www.droidwin.com/apple-homekit-invite-not-working-on-ios-16-2-fixed/

If the invites cannot be received check if both iPhones have the newest iOS, if not update both. If that won’t try restarting both phones. If that doesn’t work try reinstalling the Home app.

Same issue here. 16.2 completely removed a family member from the Home. Trying to invite them back does nothing; the invitation just shows as pending.

I spent an hour with a senior advisor who could not figure out the issue. Obviously something is broken on Apple’s end and they won’t admit it.

That was exaclty my situation.

I solved it by resetting the daughters' and wife's Home profile using the mobileconfig setup on a device still on 15.7.x. None of them were able to receive (and send) any invitation from any other Homes (including mine).

Check few posts above for the details.

All our IT consumer products are from Apple where possible (iPhones, iPads, appleTVs, Airpods, ...), so using HomeKit was my default choice for "ultra" integration. But boy oh boy what a disappointment!

I posted here some time ago that I was fed up with all the bugs in Homekit and was going to build the frontent myself in Node-Red. This was when I was trying to resolve other HomeKit issues by removing the Homekit config and reconfigured everything on a new appleTV 4K with Ethernet. But, as everybody here already knows, it is not possible anymore to invite guests. So my wife was locked out and she had to call me to open the gate as we use HomeKit to trigger a switch to open our gate.

All "solutions" provided did not work. Only to let frustration grow.

What apple tends to forget is that HomeKit is kind of a mission critical application regarding a home. Switches for my heating, my gate, and other important stuff was managed thru Homekit.

As the issue was urgent I worked thru the weekend to create a dashboard using Node-Red. A lot of work but I really like the end result. The iPad in my living room now looks like this:

When somebody rings at the gate, a picture pops-up for 2 minutes: a ton of features not possible with Homekit.

But most important: finally a stable solution! No delays, no connection issues (what a relief).

I also created a dashboard for our iPhones

I use the RemoteRED application: that application broadcasts the Node-Red dashboard webpage thru a secure tunnel to an iPhone app. So basically, my Node-Red webpage becomes an app:

Automatically opening our gate is now done thru Shortcuts, where the RemoteRED application is used to send a command to Node-Red:

The result is full control of my home and automations without any HomeKit.

My main message is: when you rely on an application or framework that does not work, even if it is from a giant like Apple. Just search for alternatives that do work :-)

Based on iOS betas, seems like 16.4 should fix it. And based off the Apple Music classic app launching 3/28, seems like that’s when the iOS update might launch - at least that’s the speculation I’ve read online.

I have the same problem.

I spent 4+h with an apple senior support guy, doing all kind of test/actions.

But still the invite is not received, neither on my wife nor my daughter iPhones.

We are all on the latest version of iOS (16.2)

Same here.

I reconfigured a new home after using an iPad Pro became so slow that it was unbearable to work with (15s to turn on/off a light).

now this problem, seems as if the HomeKit app is just full with bugs.

When I invite my wife, it states “pending invitation” but no invitation is received. I reinstalled the apps, restarted all possible hubs, etc… but nothing works.

Other people here was able to solve the issue with the HomeKitReset.mobileconfig while for some that didn't work.

In my case, That didn't work for me on 16.x - while it finally worked if on a 15.7.x device (and a lot of other useless attempts...).

My girlfriend has an iPhone 12 mini with newest iOS 16.3 version and a little older MacBook Pro 2015 with macOS 12.6.3 (the newest version of macOS is 13.1, but her device does not support it).

When I'm sending invitation to her, she receives it on the macOS. She see invitation and is able to join home on macOS, but home is not visible on iOS. More: she joins home on macOS and is able to control home, but iOS still see noting.

It seems like a migration or version compatible issue for me...

Set up your HomePod, HomePod mini, Apple TV, or iPad as a home hub - Apple Support (CA)

According to the Apple Support..you need a 4K AppleTV.. I had a 3rd Generation HD AppleTV so I thought ...

"You must set up a home hub to add Matter accessories to the Home app.

Thread-enabled Matter accessories require a Thread-enabled home hub,

such as HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Ethernet,

or a supported third-party border router."

.. and so with my stupid desperation, I went and got myself the Latest AppleTV /4K 128Gb WiFi + Ethernet ...!

The end result is STILL THE SAME problem ! No Go ! My shared users still not receiving any of my INVITATIONS, after sending several the Home App Invitations ! This is getting ridiculous ...

C'mon Apple Support !!! you need to acknowledge the problem or tell us whether the problem is in your HomeApp software or your iCloud Servers !? so we don't have to keep banging our heads, trying to figure out to resolve this Home App's Invitation Issues ! Give us the Fix , man !

Hi same to me 😂 everything has been updated: my iPhone iOS, my Mac Ventura, my HomePod mini to the new Home architecture… it has even get some another update to 16.3.1! Still my Home app on my Mac didn't receive any invitation from iOS… what's going on with these all dozens of invitations I've been already sent? Is there any HomeKit system logs where I can find out what's wrong? All I can see is these pending invitations just hanging there in iOS Home app