ERROR: Connection failed

[Jhonyboy72]

Bug Description

I want to move my hole node red from Rasp4 to a Raspberry 5 with SSD Drive an so on.
So now i have two running node red´s. On the old one evrything works like Charme but on the new one after i linked my account to amazon and so on i always get this "ERROR: Connection failed".
Account is linked or connected just fine. I see all the virtual devices from the old node red but when i try to add a new devices for testing i got this message with a red dot under the device.

You guys have experience of having trouble running two Instnaces or something?

Thanks in advance

To Reproduce

see on top

Expected behavior

Device change to green dot "online"

Virtual-Smart-Home Version

4.5.1

Node-RED Version

4.1.0

Node.js Version

v18.20.4

Plan

PRO

Thing-ID

vsht-7c0be3a8-0edc-4da4-b16d-48f5590d5cc5

[csuermann]

The provided Thing-ID doesn't seem to exist on the VSH backend (anymore). Try creating a new VSH connection and going through the account linking process again.

[Jhonyboy72]

vsht-aaac2808-6692-4768-acae-cf4d3303fc66 i made this one minute ago.

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________________________________ Von: Cornelius Suermann ***@***.***> Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. Januar 2026 10:56 An: csuermann/node-red-contrib-virtual-smart-home ***@***.***> Cc: Jhonyboy72 ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Betreff: Re: [csuermann/node-red-contrib-virtual-smart-home] ERROR: Connection failed (Issue #298) [https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10939809?s=20&v=4]csuermann left a comment (csuermann/node-red-contrib-virtual-smart-home#298)<#298 (comment)> The provided Thing-ID doesn't seem to exist on the VSH backend (anymore). Try creating a new VSH connection and going through the account linking process again. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#298 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A2EEJXPOGGY6VJ7IG7S7TK34GIM4LAVCNFSM6AAAAACRJLTSH2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTOMZUGMZTOMRYGI>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[csuermann]

Is there anything in your Node-RED logs that could provide a hint of what's going on?

[Jhonyboy72]

No i just says "flows are started " and so on. Nothing specific

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________________________________ Von: Cornelius Suermann ***@***.***> Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. Januar 2026 15:49 An: csuermann/node-red-contrib-virtual-smart-home ***@***.***> Cc: Jhonyboy72 ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Betreff: Re: [csuermann/node-red-contrib-virtual-smart-home] ERROR: Connection failed (Issue #298) [https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10939809?s=20&v=4]csuermann left a comment (csuermann/node-red-contrib-virtual-smart-home#298)<#298 (comment)> Is there anything in your Node-RED logs that could provide a hint of what's going on? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#298 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A2EEJXJ6N57G5UQEWXX7YFT4GJPGTAVCNFSM6AAAAACRJLTSH2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTOMZUGY3TCNBQHE>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[csuermann]

Oh, that sounds as if "Debug" is not yet switched on in the vsh-connection node.