HomeKit Homekit no longer detects Philips Hue bridge

[ipoddin]

I setup a Philips Hue 4 light system in my home about two weeks ago and had no issues. Setup my Apple TV as a bridge and was able to control with the Home app on my iPhone X and iPad Pro.

Two days ago all of my accessories and bridge suddenly starting reporting "no response". However, I could still control them fine with the Philips app. No matter what I do I cannot get Home to reconnect to the Philips bridge and restore connection. Things I've tried:

• Force closing the Home app and restarting
• Trying to connect from another device, no luck
• Power cycling the bridge
• Disconnecting ethernet connection to my router and reconnecting
• Restarting Apple TV
• Ensuring all devices are updated to latest OS
• Signing out of iCloud on Apple TV and signing back in (now Homekit no longer appears in iCloud settings)
• Removing the Philips bridge entirely from the Home app and starting over from scratch (no matter what I do to reconnect the Philips bridge from scratch, when it gets to the point of scanning for the bridge it can never find it)
• Downloading 3rd party automation apps (no problems detecting, connecting and controlling my accessories with these apps)

I don't know what else to do. No matter what I try, the Home app will not detect the bridge, even when starting over from scratch. But the Philips app, and 3rd party apps, have no problems connecting and controlling my lights.

I like the Home app though as it's the best way to control my lights. But so frustrated that it will not work. Anything I'm missing?

 

[ipoddin]

Since it seems no one else had the answer, and to help anyone in the future, all it took was a simple restarting of the router and homekit detected the Philips bridge. Not sure how it lost connection in the first place but it works now.