Node Red crashes regularly with error message

[mac89muc]

Hello sammachin, first of all - many thanks for your work.

unfortunately my node-red instance is crashing regularly once or twice a day - and in the log there's always an error message at this time from the node-red-matter-bridge module.

I'm trying to find out if the module is causing the crash, or if the error message is the result of the crash which is caused by another module/problem.
Can you tell me what the error message is about? There're no other error messages in the log at the time nr crashes.

[2m2026-02-19 03:01:51.352 ERROR [0;1;90mCaseServer [0;31mAn error occurred during the commissioning Operation timed out [2;39mat [0mMessageExchange.#retransmitMessage[2m (/Users/smarthome/.node-red/node_modules/@sammachin/node-red-matter-bridge/node_modules/@matter/protocol/src/protocol/MessageExchange.ts:556:45) at [0mStandardTimer.callback[2m (/Users/smarthome/.node-red/node_modules/@sammachin/node-red-matter-bridge/node_modules/@matter/protocol/src/protocol/MessageExchange.ts:547:36) at [0mTimeout._onTimeout[2m (/Users/smarthome/.node-red/node_modules/@sammachin/node-red-matter-bridge/node_modules/@matter/general/src/time/Time.ts:180:18) at [0mlistOnTimeout[2m (node:internal/timers:588:17) at [0mprocessTimers[2m (node:internal/timers:523:7)[0m

Probably you can point me to the right direction to avoid the crashes in the future.
Regards - macmuc

[sammachin]

@mac89muc Presumably you wern't doing anything at the time of that crash 3am?

That error message is a bit strange as it mentions commisioning which should only occur when you first pair the bridge to a controller like Apple Home, Alexa etc.

What controller(s) are you using the bridge with?

[mac89muc]

Thanks for getting back quick.

No, I wasn't actively doing anything on my node red installation at that time, and no cron jobs were running at that time either - just running in the background while we're sleeping.
I'm using the bridge with Apple Home (ATV with Ethernet / Matter) and Smartthings (Matterhub) which is working without any problems apart from the regularly crashes.

[sammachin]

Hmm very strange, I don't use it with Samsung but I did test it initially, Would it be practical to remove it from either the smartthings or apple controller for a day or 2 to see if the crashes stop, just so we can get an idea of which controller this may be coming from,

Also how are you runnign Node-RED, is it in Docker or antything?

[mac89muc]

OK I'll have a look and get back..
My NR Installation is running on a Mac mini with macOS 26.2

[mac89muc]

Hi, probably I found the cause of the error message. Originally I used to bind the Matter bridge additionally to Amazon Alexa - but I had to reset my echo a few weeks ago and the connection to the Matter Bridge was disconnected from my Alexa profile.

Probably the Bridge was searching furthermore for the Alexa Hub regularly without success and then the nodes crashed.
I deleted the file in the Storage Location and created a new one, deleted the Matter bridge from my apple cloud + SmartThings and connected the Matter bridge again to the Smarthings and Apple Hub - since then everything is working as expected.

A few days ago I had a different error message
[2;39mat �[0mStandardTimer.callback�[2m (/Users/smarthome/.node-red/node_modules/@sammachin/node-red-matter-bridge/node_modules/@matter/general/src/util/DataReadQueue.ts:31:26) at �[0mTimeout._onTimeout�[2m (/Users/smarthome/.node-red/node_modules/@sammachin/node-red-matter-bridge/node_modules/@matter/general/src/time/Time.ts:180:18) at �[0mlistOnTimeout�[2m (node:internal/timers:588:17) at �[0mprocessTimers�[2m (node:internal/timers:523:7)�[0m

but no crash if I remember correctly.

Regards

[mac89muc]

Do you have a Feedback what this error message refers to?

A few days ago I had a different error message
[2;39mat �[0mStandardTimer.callback�[2m (/Users/smarthome/.node-red/node_modules/@sammachin/node-red-matter-bridge/node_modules/@matter/general/src/util/DataReadQueue.ts:31:26) at �[0mTimeout._onTimeout�[2m (/Users/smarthome/.node-red/node_modules/@sammachin/node-red-matter-bridge/node_modules/@matter/general/src/time/Time.ts:180:18) at �[0mlistOnTimeout�[2m (node:internal/timers:588:17) at �[0mprocessTimers�[2m (node:internal/timers:523:7)�[0m

Regards