Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only operation

Re:Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling lo... by erinnh on Friday October 24, 2025 @07:07PM (#45700007)

But according to the FAQ, the vacuums still dont work when they are offline, as they will turn reset their wifi until they are online again.

> When the vacuum is disconnected from the internet, it will attempt to disconnect itself from Wi-Fi and reconnect itself until it can reach the Roborock servers.

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Re:Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling lo... by 05 on Friday October 24, 2025 @10:06PM (#45700846)

Yeah, that’s exactly what happens if I don’t add an exception for it to my iot vlan - it keeps reconnecting to WiFi. Scheduled cleaning doesn’t work without internet either..

I guess I’m not buying the next vacuum until I’m 100% sure it works offline and supports Matter or something..

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Re:Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling lo... by erinnh on Saturday October 25, 2025 @06:52AM (#45702804)

Personally, Im currently looking at the switchbot vacuums.

They recently started working with Home Assistant with their "Works with" program.

Not 100% sure what the status of each robot is though.

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Re:Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling lo... by gh02t on Saturday October 25, 2025 @11:52AM (#45704796)

Yep it's an important distinction -- the vacuum itself depends on the cloud, but the integration in Home Assistant does not.

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