# Enabling offline device status inside the scene

**URL:** <https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/enabling-offline-device-status-inside-the-scene/175388>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestion\
**Tags:** scene\
**Created:** [May 21, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/enabling-offline-device-status-inside-the-scene/175388 "2025-05-21T19:48:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![saadtarek28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@saadtarek28](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/saadtarek28)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/enabling-offline-device-status-inside-the-scene/175388/1 "2025-05-21T19:48:55Z")

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It would be great if device offline status will be added as a part of the scene options, so we can choose one of three options : if smart device is ON, if smart device is OFF or if smart device is offline then do this.  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![matthewnmoore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@matthewnmoore](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/matthewnmoore)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/enabling-offline-device-status-inside-the-scene/175388/2 "2025-05-26T06:33:18Z")

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It’s a great idea @ward

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**Author:** ![morgan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.ewelink.cc/morgan/32/3184_2.png) [@morgan](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/morgan)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/enabling-offline-device-status-inside-the-scene/175388/3 "2025-05-26T07:43:02Z")

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> [@matthewnmoore](#):
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> It’s a great idea @ward

Ward no longer works for ewelink.

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**Author:** ![JulesOstin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.ewelink.cc/julesostin/32/7869_2.png) [@JulesOstin](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/JulesOstin)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/enabling-offline-device-status-inside-the-scene/175388/4 "2025-05-29T06:13:56Z")

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I think the tricky part is that “offline” isn’t always a reliable status. Sometimes a device shows up as offline just because the cloud didn’t get a heartbeat in time — maybe due to weak Wi-Fi, a quick power blip, or even just some network lag. It doesn’t always mean the device is actually down.  
That’s probably why using “offline” as a scene trigger could be risky — it might fire when it shouldn’t. But yeah, it would be super useful if there were a more reliable way to catch real disconnections.

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**Author:** ![matthewnmoore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@matthewnmoore](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/matthewnmoore)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/enabling-offline-device-status-inside-the-scene/175388/5 "2025-06-15T20:29:53Z")

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It could be set up as multiple devices showing the same state after an amount of time long enough not to be a blip?

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**Author:** ![StephenJ](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.ewelink.cc/stephenj/32/3311_2.png) [@StephenJ](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/StephenJ)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/enabling-offline-device-status-inside-the-scene/175388/6 "2025-06-16T07:47:44Z")

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The request “Devices’ status keeps ON/OFF for a time” is under evaluation, but it won’t include the “Offline” status, which is not reliable.