2025.2 beta 17265 fails to start

[Dave21w]

Just updated my test system from 2025.2 17252 to 17265 and it fails to restart. Update counter goes all the way to 99 which is unusual. First i thought we had the old issue back again so did a stop and start from cmd line but nothing. Performing a stop and start and then a systemctl status gets me this, but no gui and despite it saying it's started none of my switches work so i'd say it's not actually running.

Feb 25 07:21:47 domoticz systemd[1]: Starting domoticz.service - LSB: Home Automation System...
Feb 25 07:21:47 domoticz domoticz.sh[1699517]: Time synchronized, starting Domoticz...
Feb 25 07:21:47 domoticz domoticz.sh[1699525]: 2026-02-25 07:21:47.607 Status: Domoticz V2025.2 (build 17265) (c)2012-2026 GizMoCuz
Feb 25 07:21:47 domoticz domoticz.sh[1699525]: 2026-02-25 07:21:47.608 Status: Build Hash: 66fd1d463, Date: 2026-02-25 05:51:29
Feb 25 07:21:47 domoticz domoticz.sh[1699525]: 2026-02-25 07:21:47.608 Status: Startup Path: /home/pi/domoticz/
Feb 25 07:21:47 domoticz domoticz.sh[1699525]: domoticz: Domoticz is starting up....
Feb 25 07:21:47 domoticz domoticz[1699525]: Domoticz is starting up....
Feb 25 07:21:47 domoticz systemd[1]: Started domoticz.service - LSB: Home Automation System.

Update. Rolled back to 17252 and all good.

[pfloryann]

same here...i posted on github...i checked the logs in console...domoticz changed port from webserver in my case.

[Dave21w]

Thats interesting, I tried to toggle a zigbee relay using a zigbee push button and that did not work, as thats all via mqtt i would have thought even if the webserver had changed it's port the switch should have functioned, maybe it wasn't only the webserver port that changed.

[Mithrandir99]

Same here to.
Seems that the webserver component crashes on startup.
The Domoticz backend and database and also the mqtt connections are working normal, but no webinterface.

[Dave21w]

There was no mqtt operation for me

[Mithrandir99]

For me mqtt explorer shows expected messages with sensor data on domotics/out topic.
Running Mosquitto on the same Server / IP as Domoticz.

[Rik60]

Strange, i did have this problem in the ealier versions of the beta. When updating from beta 171252 to 17265 for me no issues, after the update Domoticz was back online without manual restarting the domoticz service.

[Dave21w]

I'll risk another update and see whjat happens, I can always restore to 17252.

[Dave21w]

Nope definitely broken again,

pi@domoticz:~ $ systemctl status domoticz.service
● domoticz.service - LSB: Home Automation System
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/domoticz.sh; generated)
Active: activating (start) since Wed 2026-02-25 14:43:08 GMT; 1min 54s ago
Job: 1866
Invocation: 5de633cd37924070ac1c8e3a796560cf
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Cntrl PID: 14018 (domoticz.sh)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 4759)
CPU: 363ms
CGroup: /system.slice/domoticz.service
├─13908 bash -c "#!/bin/bash\n\n# Domoticz Update Script\n# Created by GizMoCuz, 2026, version>
├─14010 sudo service domoticz.sh start
├─14012 systemctl start domoticz.service
├─14018 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/domoticz.sh start
└─14026 /home/pi/domoticz/domoticz -daemon -www 8080 -sslwww 443

Feb 25 14:43:08 domoticz systemd[1]: Starting domoticz.service - LSB: Home Automation System...
Feb 25 14:43:08 domoticz domoticz.sh[14018]: Time synchronized, starting Domoticz...
Feb 25 14:43:08 domoticz domoticz.sh[14026]: 2026-02-25 14:43:08.829 Status: Domoticz V2025.2 (build 17270>
Feb 25 14:43:08 domoticz domoticz.sh[14026]: 2026-02-25 14:43:08.829 Status: Build Hash: f4ffe4ac4, Date: >
Feb 25 14:43:08 domoticz domoticz.sh[14026]: 2026-02-25 14:43:08.829 Status: Startup Path: /home/pi/domoti>
Feb 25 14:43:08 domoticz domoticz.sh[14026]: domoticz: Domoticz is starting up....
Feb 25 14:43:08 domoticz domoticz[14026]: Domoticz is starting up....

pi@domoticz:~ $ sudo systemctl stop domoticz
pi@domoticz:~ $ sudo systemctl start domoticz

A stop, start also results in a hung cursor as it doesn't complete the start, you have to ctrl C to get back to a cmd line. Looks like another restore to 17252 for me.

[Dave21w]

beta 17270 has just popped up, this also produces the same result

[Rik60]

I did also the update to beta 17270. The counting stopt on 100, after a few minutes the message Update failed. After starting manually the domoticz service Domoticz was running on Beta 17270, so the update procedure has still some problems. I am going to re-open the issue on Github

[Dave21w]

Also fails using this method - just hangs.

root@domoticz:/home/pi/domoticz# ./updatebeta
>> Starting Domoticz beta Update
>> Script: updatebeta (Directory: /home/pi/domoticz)
>> Validating environment...
>> Environment validation passed (arch: aarch64, OS: linux)
>> Checking package dependencies...
>> Package 'libmosquitto1' is already installed
>> All required packages are already installed
>> Downloading latest beta version...
domoticz_update.tgz 100%[======================================================================>] 15.73M 64.9MB/s in 0.2s
>> Download complete. Verifying archive integrity...
>> Archive integrity verified.
>> Checking for updated upgrade script...
>> Found updated script, re-executing...
2026-02-25 16:10:54.541 >> Starting Domoticz beta Update
2026-02-25 16:10:54.542 >> Script: updatebeta (Directory: /home/pi/domoticz)
2026-02-25 16:10:54.542 >> Validating environment...
2026-02-25 16:10:54.549 >> Environment validation passed (arch: aarch64, OS: linux)
2026-02-25 16:10:54.550 >> Checking package dependencies...
2026-02-25 16:10:54.572 >> Package 'libmosquitto1' is already installed
2026-02-25 16:10:54.572 >> All required packages are already installed
2026-02-25 16:10:54.573 >> Running updated script - proceeding with installation...
2026-02-25 16:10:54.574 >> Stopping Domoticz service...
2026-02-25 16:10:55.022 >> Domoticz process stopped.
2026-02-25 16:10:55.023 >> Creating backup: backups/domoticz_backup_20260225_161055.tar.gz
2026-02-25 16:10:58.072 >> Removing old backups...
2026-02-25 16:10:58.074 >> Backup complete.
2026-02-25 16:10:58.075 >> Installing new version...
........................................2026-02-25 16:10:58.380 >> Installation complete.
2026-02-25 16:10:58.381 >> Starting Domoticz service (please wait)...

[Rik60]

Just a question, who is running also Zigbee for Domoticz?