Homebridge v1.8.0 broke connectivity to homekit

[bguscott]

Describe The Bug

Similar to this issue: #2045

When I upgraded to homebridge v1.8.0 I immediately lost connectivity to homekit. Homebridge and homekit worked fine leading up to the update. I did not update on the host - I just upgraded homebridge via the UI.

Environment details:

• All my accessories are still connected and work via homebridge
  • The issue is just between homebridge and homekit
• I run homebridge in an ubuntu 22.04 VM on a VLAN, where my homekit devices are in the same subnet and VLAN, but mostly connected through a different WAP.
• I have mdns reflection enabled using avahi on pfSense.

Troubleshooting steps:

• Trying other mdns providers in homebridge all fail as well (bonjour, ciao, resolved)

Logs

Looking at my logs the following day I saw:
The selected advertiser, "avahi", isn't available on this platform. Reverting to "bonjour-hap"

This is strange, as it was working fine leading up to the update and that error wasn't there before the update.

I've installed avahi-daemon on the ubuntu host which cleared up that error, but no connectivity.

No other logs seem to stand out.

Config

{
    "bridge": {
        "name": "Homebridge 63E0",
        "username": "***",
        "port": 51808,
        "pin": "***",
        "advertiser": "avahi",
        "bind": [
            "ens18"
        ]
    },
    "platforms": [
        {
            "name": "Config",
            "port": 8581,
            "platform": "config"
        },
    ]
}

Homebridge UI Version

4.56.1

Homebridge Version

1.8.0

Node.js Version

20.12.2

Operating System

Ubuntu / Debian (or a variant)

Environment Info

Other (specify in description)

Raspberry Pi Model

None

[bguscott]

Deleting homebridge in homekit and resetting the homebridge accessory under settings seems to have fixed it.

I had to re-add the homebridge and redo all my settings, but connectivity is restored.

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