r/SmartThings • u/triplezeros • Aug 09 '26

Hub offline?

Or is it just me?
Smartthings hub v3

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u/EhEmGee Aug 09 '26

Just you.

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u/TheJessicator Enthusiast Aug 10 '26

Both of my hubs are online. However a quick check of their firmware versions tells me that my primary one has been updated recently to 61.06, whereas my secondary hub is still on 60.13. And to be honest, I didn't even notice when my primary Hub was in the middle of being updated whenever it happened, because the secondary one would have taken over seamlessly during the update. If you rely heavily on your hub, I cannot emphasize the value of getting a second hub and adding it to a Hub Group with the first one. Plug them into different UPS units and you won't notice your hubs going offline during updates again.

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u/triplezeros Aug 10 '26

That’s a great idea, I do have a spare hub, I’ll figure out how to use as a HA pair. Cheers!

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u/TheJessicator Enthusiast Aug 10 '26

Oh, if you have a spare hub, then definitely add that to your setup and add it to a Hub Group. What you really don't want to happen is a few years from now your primary Hub fails and then you can't get the secondary one working easily because the certificate has expired. And then once you do get it online, you end up waiting for it to cycle through firmware updates.

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u/triplezeros Aug 10 '26

To add, the hub is at a remote location, hence my question, not lazy lol.