Home Assistant DNS bug caused power waste in home lab

xda-developers.com

A Home Assistant bug caused excessive power usage and noise in a home lab by creating a DNS request loop. The issue stemmed from the hassio_dns plugin attempting to connect to Cloudflare DNS, leading to high CPU spikes. A simple command, "ha dns options --fallback=false," disables this fallback and resolves the problem. This bug, known since 2022, highlights the importance of monitoring home lab resource usage and disabling unnecessary features to prevent power waste.


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