Reload config entry

Use this action to reload a single integration’s configuration entry. Reloading unloads and sets the entry up again, which is a quick way to recover an integration that has stopped responding without restarting all of Home Assistant. A common use is to reconnect an integration after its device or service was briefly unavailable.

Select the configuration entry you want to reload, and Home Assistant reloads just that entry.

Only users with administrator rights can run this action.

Using this action from the user interface

If you prefer building automations and scripts visually, Home Assistant walks you through this action step by step. You pick what to target, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To reload a configuration entry from an automation or a script:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation or script, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. If you’re setting up a new automation, add a trigger in the When section. Scripts don’t need a trigger. They run when something else calls them.
4. In the Then do section, select Add action.
5. Search for and select Home Assistant Core Integration: Reload config entry.
6. For Config entry ID, select the configuration entry you want to reload.
7. Select Save.

Options in the UI

Using this action in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required. For how an automation or a script is built in YAML, refer to Automations in YAML and Scripts.

In YAML, refer to this action as homeassistant.reload_config_entry. To reload a configuration entry by its ID:

action: homeassistant.reload_config_entry
data:
  entry_id: "8d1f3a2b9c4e5f60718293a4b5c6d7e8"

Options in YAML

Good to know

• Reloading briefly unloads the integration, so its entities are unavailable for a moment while it sets up again.

Still stuck?

To test the action on its own, run it in the automation editor with Run action, and check the message that it shows. To see what the action did when the automation ran, open the trace of that run. For details, refer to Testing automations. For common problems and their solutions, refer to Troubleshooting automations.

If that doesn’t help, the Home Assistant community is quick to help: join Discord for real-time chat, post on the community forum with the action you’re calling and what you expected to happen, or share on our subreddit /r/homeassistant.

Related actions

Explore related actions:

• Reload all Home Assistant configuration: Reloads all YAML configuration that can be reloaded without a restart.

• Update entity: Forces one or more entities to refresh their data right away.