Availability is OFF but ON in Setting

[LeoeLeoeL]

What happened?

I have availability OFF but:

This is written in Configuration .yaml:
availability:
enabled: false

When I unchecked "Enabled", Submitted and Restarted, Z2M didn't work anymore.
Something was added in configuration.yaml; Sorry but I don't have itto show.
I had to revert to a previous configuration.yaml in order to get Z2M workin again

What did you expect to happen?

I expect to see the right configuration

How to reproduce it (minimal and precise)

Read "What Happened" section

Zigbee2MQTT version

2.40

Adapter firmware version

8.02 GA (Nerivec)

Adapter

EmberZNet

Setup

Proxmox container

Debug log

No response

[Nerivec]

@Koenkk I think this is this line:

zigbee2mqtt/lib/util/settings.schema.json

Line 81 in bdb94da

"title": "Enabled",

it appears as Enabled because of the wrong title (should be Backoff instead).
Enabled at the bottom of the screenshot is actually availability>enabled.
(Seems checkboxes are not showing the description.)

Though, not sure why Z2M wouldn't work after disabling it when availability is disabled (shouldn't have any effect).

[LeoeLeoeL]

I replicated the issue.
There are 2 lines in Configuration.yaml added as follows;
From:
availability:
enabled: false

To:
availability:
enabled: false
active:
backoff: false

When there are the 2 "new lines" Zigbee2MQTT doesn't work.

[Nerivec]

Did you respect the indentation?

availability:
  enabled: false
  active:
    backoff: false

If yes, what error are you getting?

[LeoeLeoeL]

The only things in the log are:
[2025-06-09 00:07:21] error: zh:ember:uart:ash: Received frame with CRC error
[2025-06-09 00:07:21] error: zh:ember:uart:ash: Received ERROR from adapter while connecting, with code=ERROR_EXCEEDED_MAXIMUM_ACK_TIMEOUT_COUNT.

[LeoeLeoeL]

Did you respect the indentation?

availability:
enabled: false
active:
backoff: false
If yes, what error are you getting?

I didn't add anything on my own.
Z2M added those lines when I unchecked ENABLED.

[Nerivec]

ERROR_EXCEEDED_MAXIMUM_ACK_TIMEOUT_COUNT

These are not related to settings though, just the adapter having issues, it's common enough on startup, it does this once, and then starts fine when it retries automatically.
Can you set log_level to debug so we can get more info about what's actually preventing the start and post the logs?

[LeoeLeoeL]

I deleted all logs and then switched to debug but no log file has been created. I rebooted the container several times but no log file.
Perhaps Z2M doesn't start because the CPU load is steady at 0%.

[Nerivec]

Can you post your entire configuration.yaml (can hide keys/password as needed)?

[LeoeLeoeL]

This is the configuration.yaml after i uncheck ENABLED in Availability:

version: 4
homeassistant:
  enabled: true
advanced:
  network_key:
    - ***
    - ***
    - ***
    - ***
    - ***
    - ***
    - ***
    - ***
    - ***
    - ***
    - **
    - ***
    - **
    - ***
    - **
    - **
  pan_id: *****
  ext_pan_id:
    - ***
    - ***
    - ***
    - **
    - **
    - ***
    - ***
    - **
  last_seen: ISO_8601_local
  log_level: debug
  channel: 25
  transmit_power: 20
mqtt:
  server: mqtt://192.168.1.118:1883
  user: ******
  password: ******
serial:
  port: /dev/ttyACM0
  adapter: ember
  disable_led: true
frontend:
  enabled: true
  port: 8099
  base_topic: zigbee2mqtt
  force_disable_retain: false
  include_device_information: false
  keepalive: 60
  maximum_packet_size: 1048576
  notification_filter:
    - 'zh:ember:ezsp: Received network/route error ROUTE_ERROR_ADDRESS_CONFLICT'
  server: mqtt://192.168.1.118:1883
  user: ******
  version: 4
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    friendly_name: VIND Dispensa
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    friendly_name: Luce Living W8
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    friendly_name: Luce Living W7
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    friendly_name: Luce Living W6
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    friendly_name: Luce Living W5
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    friendly_name: Luce Living W3
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    friendly_name: VIND Cucina
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    friendly_name: Virtual Cucina
    icon: device_icons/bfe925ac777f6ae1ee876492feb5e044.png
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    friendly_name: Virtual Primo Piano/Virtual Scala Sopra
    icon: device_icons/e1b453c64a1336df56ecb3bd9e8e2671.png
    state_action: true
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    friendly_name: Luce Bagno D1/Luce Scale D
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    friendly_name: Virtual Camera/Luce Disimpegno 0
    icon: device_icons/e1b453c64a1336df56ecb3bd9e8e2671.png
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    friendly_name: Luce Esterna Living/Virtual Ulivo
    icon: device_icons/bfe925ac777f6ae1ee876492feb5e044.png
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    friendly_name: Luce Cancelletto/Luce Ulivo
    icon: device_icons/d7c2a288be053975a48d5f01984e22dd.png
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    friendly_name: Sensore Movimento Aqara
    icon: device_icons/2e7485d54446698ed62425812fe12303.png
    occupancy_timeout: 5
    no_occupancy_since: []
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    friendly_name: Sensore Porta
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    friendly_name: E.M. Asciugatrice
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    friendly_name: Luce Esterna Camera/Virtual Limone
    icon: device_icons/bfe925ac777f6ae1ee876492feb5e044.png
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    friendly_name: RPT Camera
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    friendly_name: Moge Cam
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    friendly_name: Purificatore Daikin
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    friendly_name: Luce Mansarda
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    friendly_name: Ferro da Stiro
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    friendly_name: Cancelletto
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    friendly_name: Luce Portico/Luce Esterna Est
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    friendly_name: Dimmer Living
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    friendly_name: Eket Bars W
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    friendly_name: Dimmer Sala Cinema
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availability:
  enabled: false
  active:
    backoff: false
groups:
  '1':
    friendly_name: G. Disimpegno -1
  '2':
    friendly_name: G. Living

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