Problems with using goodbye more than once a day

[JDRoberts]

Could be you’re missing one mode change and then you run into the following problems: (this is a clickable link)

FAQ: Routine Only Seems to Work for First Person Who Comes Home

Updated 12 November 2015 At some point, there was a change and now routines WILL run even if the house is in the mode you’re going to change into. That’s good, it’s just confusing because it’s unclear if this is now always true or only sometimes. Until there’s some official documentation, I’ll leave the rest of this in place as it’s one of those “can’t hurt, might help” things. Possibly this is a mode issue. It did exist as a problem with v one, but only with hello home actions, not with shortcut groups. It’s pretty simple once you understand what’s going on, it’s just there’s nothing anywhere that tells you that this is what’s going to happen with routines. OK if you have a routine that changes the mode, then nothing in that routine will run if the house is already in that mode. That’…

Basically just have to walk through your Mode changes and make sure you never trying to run routine when you’re already in that mode.

So first thing in the morning what mode is your house in? Maybe home?

You leave the house, what changes it to away?

Your wife comes home at lunch, if the house was in Away, does it change back to home again when she arrives? If not, and it still away, then the next goodbye routine will not run if it is also supposed to change it to away.

This might not have anything to do with what you’re seeing, but it’s a very common issue so it’s worth looking at.