YoLink page says MQTT listener required, but doesn't seem so

[glyndon]

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The Community Note at the bottom, #1, says "This integration requires an MQTT connection to be established via port 8003"
On my system (Container) I see no listener on that port, yet the integration seems to work perfectly.

The Note is also unclear on where (e.g., inbound, outbound, cloud) the MQTT connection is directed.

URL

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/yolink/

Version

2026.9.1

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[matrixd2]

Port 8003 is the MQTT port of the YoLink cloud server, not a local listening port. In most cases, no configuration is required. Configuration is only necessary when your client firewall blocks outbound connections to port 8003 — in that case, you will need to add a firewall rule to allow access to YoLink's remote port 8003.

We will update the documentation later to describe it more clearly.