Test Connection

Action → Plugin → TaskerHA → HA Test Connection

Pings your Home Assistant instance(s) and returns whether they are reachable. Useful for conditionally routing tasks or alerting you when HA is offline.

How to use

1. In Tasker, open a task and tap + → Plugin → TaskerHA → HA Test Connection.
2. Select the instance to test (if you have multiple configured).
3. Tap Save.

Action config — select which instance to test

No other configuration is needed. The action always runs without blocking on errors — it sets %ha_remote to "true" or "false" regardless of the result.

What gets tested

• Remote URL — always tested. This is the primary URL configured in the app (e.g. https://ha.yourdomain.com).
• Local URL — tested only if the local URL feature is enabled in the app and a local URL has been entered. If the feature is off or the field is blank, %ha_local is not set.

Example — Skip a task when HA is unreachable

Add a Test Connection action at the start of your task, then immediately follow it with an If condition:

Condition
%ha_remote	~

→ Stop Task (or show a notification).

This lets you skip service calls when HA is offline rather than waiting for them to time out.

Variables set after the action

Variable	Description
%ha_remote	"true" if the remote URL responded, "false" if it did not. Always set.
%ha_local	"true" if the local URL responded, "false" if it did not. Only set when the local URL feature is enabled and a local URL is configured.

TIP

This action never sets %err. It is designed to always succeed so you can safely branch on %ha_remote without needing error handling.