Reolink battery camera [with Home Hub] - excessive battery drain #136963
Description
The problem
Whilst trying to troubleshoot an excessive battery drain for my Reolink Video Doorbell (battery version), I noticed that for some reason my Argus 3 Ultra also suddenly decided to be 'awake' for no clear reasons.
As you can see in the graph below, the battery charge has been 50+ % (currently there isn't much sunlight to charge it so that is OK), however since approx 11pm on 29/1/2025 it remained awake for a lot more than before. The only thing I had done differently was to open a stream from HomeAssistant that evening - possibly around that time. (I had not previously opened a HA stream for that camera). But I did close the video stream, and later shutdown the computer before going to bed.
(in the graph below, please ignore the spikes upwards - that is a separate issue that has now been identified and will be resolved)
My other observation is that my Reolink Video Doorbell (battery version) had remained awake for excessive amount of time, even though I was not using it much at all. Neither from the Reolink App, nor HomeAssistant. But when I disabled the non-existent chime and rebooted the Doorbell it then stopped waking up all the time and managed to start charging. (described here: #133836 (comment)).
The above issue with Argus3U is not reproduced with the Doorbell. The Doorbell remains awake for some minutes after the stream but I am aware that this is already noted as an issue #135463.
I am currently recharging my Argus3U, and will then try to see if I can reproduce the issue. Please can you suggest which debug logs/methods would be helpful for me to gather information, for when I try to reproduce this issue.
What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?
2025.1.4
What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?
No response
What type of installation are you running?
Home Assistant OS
Integration causing the issue
reolink
Link to integration documentation on our website
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/reolink
Diagnostics information
Example YAML snippet
Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?
Additional information
Reolink Doorbell (battery version) and Argus 3 Ultra, both connected to Reolink Home Hub, via the Home Hub wifi.