@JimS1954 

I'm having the same problem with 8 tapo cameras. They worked fine until about a week ago. Now HA wants this re-authentication. I can login to all of the tp-link/tapo accounts that I want, but the same login does not work for these HA requests from tp-link. Have you gotten any answers?

Thanks.

Steve

8 repairs

Authentication expired for Kitchen C110Error ⸱ Last month by Home Assistant Core Integration

Authentication expired for Bedroom C110Error ⸱ Last month by Home Assistant Core Integration

Authentication expired for Entrance C120Error ⸱ Last month by Home Assistant Core Integration

Authentication expired for Hall C120Error ⸱ Last month by Home Assistant Core Integration

Authentication expired for Livingroom C120Error ⸱ Last month by Home Assistant Core Integration

Authentication expired for Deck2 C120Error ⸱ Last month by Home Assistant Core Integration

Authentication expired for Shop C120Error ⸱ Last month by Home Assistant Core Integration

Authentication expired for Tapo Front C500Error ⸱ 3 weeks ago by Home Assistant Core Integration

  @SteveF1950 

As of yesterday, TP-Link L2 Tech Support has said nothing more useful than to point out that Home Assistant is not officially supported by Tapo. I have a phone call scheduled for tomorrow, but they blew off the last appointment, so I'm expecting nothing more.

  @JimS1954 I gather they blew you off? This ticks me off because I missed the deadline to return them, so for me it's a waste of money and time.  My guess is that whoever wrote the integration has not updated for Tapo and Tapo has done nothing to address it, another promising brand out. I bought them for the energy monitoring feature.  

Another brand that works but does not really integrate is eWeLink, which a creates a separate work space that blows off HA areas and rooms.  Why bother? 

TpLink Kasa is the only brand that has been consistently reliable for me, including self recovery from power/network failures. 

  @SamAtw Yeah, they blew me off. It is very disappointing, since TP-Link had been my go-to vendor for switches, etc. I did find a decent alternative for energy monitoring plugs. The Iotrero PG03. Seems to work quite reliably.