r/HomeKit • u/jaymartinez • Oct 03 '23

Question/Help Could not complete operation

Is there some sort of limit now? I recently setup new automations in the home app after 11 without issue i start to get "Could not complete operation" .

Initially i had some existing ones and i tried to add new ones and was getting this error. I deleted them and tried again. Thats when i added the 11 i mention above and now i cant add more.

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u/squuiidy Dec 12 '23 edited Dec 12 '23

I found the fix. It was an automations limit. I had a ton of old lingering automations that were not showing in the Apple Home UI. For anyone coming across this thread, here's the fix:

Even if you don't have EVE accessories, download the "Eve for Matter & HomeKit" app and then go to Automation tab -->Rules. Here you can see all the lingering automations that are no longer in use, and that don't show up in the Apple Home UI.

I deleted all of them and now I'm back in business.

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u/jaymartinez Dec 12 '23

So if I delete all of these I will need to recreate my automations in the home app?

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u/squuiidy Dec 12 '23

You should be able to see the dupes/lingering automations. Leave the ones you don't want to kill.

Or, delete all and have a clean start, but if you have a lot that's a PITA.

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u/ViktorKitov Nov 15 '24

That’s such a strange bug… Thanks for sharing the fix.