HomeKit hubs unreachable again (2026-10-22)¶

TL;DR¶

Kitchen HomePod and Bedroom Apple TV dropped off the iPhone again. Live check from CaptainKangapoo: ZBF Allow Personal → IoT was already ALLOW with return policies; hubs online on IoT; Personal host can ping and open AirPlay TCP 7000/7100. The iPhone was on GenPop (192.168.1.46, SSID LAN Before Time) — there is no GenPop → IoT allow. Join KrustyKrab (Personal).

Phase status¶

Area	Status
Phase 7R AirPlay policy	Healthy (dry-run OK 2026-10-22)
Phone VLAN	Root cause — GenPop instead of Personal

What shipped¶

Runbook: homekit-unreachable.md — Check 0 = wrong SSID/VLAN before ZBF
Cross-links from Phase 7R AirPlay section

Known gaps / drift¶

Apple TV client still has stale fixed_ip: 192.168.1.109 + use_fixedip: true while live on IoT 192.168.7.106 — hygiene only; not this outage.
Do not add GenPop → IoT allow; move the phone to Personal instead.

What remains¶

Owner: iPhone → IsThisTheKrustyKrab; confirm Home + AirPlay.
Optional: clear Apple TV GenPop fixed IP / set IoT .106 fixed IP.
Mark Owner TODO 2026-10-22 done after verify.

Mermaid¶

flowchart LR
  bad["iPhone GenPop .1.46<br/>LAN Before Time"]
  good["iPhone Personal .3.x<br/>KrustyKrab"]
  zbf["Allow Personal → IoT"]
  hubs["HomePod .124 / ATV .106<br/>IoT VLAN 5"]
  bad -.->|"blocked"| hubs
  good --> zbf --> hubs