RooExtend has stopped working after upgrade to 3.5.3

Audio Gear Talk rooExtend
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Hi everyone,

After updating my rooExtend DIY image on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B (Rev 1.2) to rooExtend v3.5.3 , the system no longer runs stable and keeps restarting the rooExtend service in a loop.

Setup

  • Device: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2
  • Connection: Ethernet (internet connected = Yes)
  • rooExtend release: 3.5.3
  • Roon Core is reachable; rooExtend shows “got paired with CORE” in the log
  • Extended settings page is accessible at http://192.168.1.126
  • System Info shows: RoonCommandLine: Unpaired

What happens
rooExtend starts, launches the web server, pairs with the CORE, then crashes and systemd restarts it. This repeats continuously.
Here you can find the logs

Journal begins at Thu 2026-02-05 19:17:05 CET, ends at Thu 2026-02-05 19:38:47 CET. --
    Feb 05 19:17:12 rooExtend systemd[1]: Started rooExtend service.
    Feb 05 19:17:17 rooExtend rooExtend[518]: Verifying archive integrity...
    Feb 05 19:36:53 rooExtend rooExtend[692]: [202B blob data]
    Feb 05 19:36:53 rooExtend rooExtend[518]:  MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
    Feb 05 19:36:53 rooExtend rooExtend[518]: Uncompressing rooExtend
    Feb 05 19:36:57 rooExtend rooExtend[812]: [202B blob data]
    Feb 05 19:36:57 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: --------------------------------------------------
    Feb 05 19:36:57 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: rooExtend 3.5.3 started...
    Feb 05 19:36:57 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Config Path:   /config.json
    Feb 05 19:36:58 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Config Path:   /config.json
    Feb 05 19:36:59 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Hostname:      rooExtend
    Feb 05 19:36:59 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Restarted:     false
    Feb 05 19:36:59 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: RTS-Control:   Check RTS-Control...
    Feb 05 19:36:59 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: RTS-Control:   Installed
    Feb 05 19:36:59 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: RoonCmdLine:   Check for RoonCommandLine...
    Feb 05 19:36:59 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: RoonCmdLine:   Installed
    Feb 05 19:36:59 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Diskusage:     49%
    Feb 05 19:36:59 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Timesync:      started...
    Feb 05 19:36:59 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Timesync:      done for bullseye
    Feb 05 19:36:59 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Ethernet:      connected, stop WiFi
    Feb 05 19:37:00 rooExtend rfkill[948]: block set for id 0
    Feb 05 19:37:01 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Got language:  ES
    Feb 05 19:37:01 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Got timezone:  Europe/Madrid
    Feb 05 19:37:01 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Set timezone:  Europe/Madrid Success
    Feb 05 19:37:01 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Got datatime:  2026-02-05 19:37:02
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Set dateTime:  2026-02-05 19:37:02 Success
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Has Bluetooth: true hci0 UART B8:27:EB:E2:DE:0D
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: TV name:       Unk-Composite di
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Found:         Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Production:    true
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Interface:     eth0
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Has WiFi:      true
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Is NanoPi:     false
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Is rooSpot:    false
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Has Linux 64:  true
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Has GPIO:      true
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Has RME-ADI:   false
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Has ComandLine true
    Feb 05 19:37:02 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: --------------------------------------------------
    Feb 05 19:37:03 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: ##### Start: License Manager
    Feb 05 19:37:08 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: ***** Started HTTP-Server at Port 192.168.1.126:80
    Feb 05 19:37:09 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: ***** rooExtend got paired with CORE
    Feb 05 19:37:10 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.60 text/html: /tmp/selfgz518/www/index.html
    Feb 05 19:37:10 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.60 text/css: /tmp/selfgz518/www/site.css
    Feb 05 19:37:10 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.60 text/javascript: /tmp/selfgz518/www/site.js
    Feb 05 19:37:10 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.60 image/jpg: /tmp/selfgz518/www/images/rooExtend_500.jpg
    Feb 05 19:37:35 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.60 text/html: /tmp/selfgz518/www/logUpdate.html
    Feb 05 19:37:35 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.60 text/css: /tmp/selfgz518/www/site.css
    Feb 05 19:37:35 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.60 text/javascript: /tmp/selfgz518/www/site.js
    Feb 05 19:37:35 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.60 image/jpg: /tmp/selfgz518/www/images/rooExtend_500.jpg
    Feb 05 19:37:42 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: ----- License Manager initialized...
    Feb 05 19:37:42 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: ##### Stop: Network Audio
    Feb 05 19:37:42 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: ##### Start: Roon Bridge
    Feb 05 19:37:43 rooExtend rooExtend[1402]: ***** set HighSpeed 0
    Feb 05 19:37:43 rooExtend rooExtend[1409]: ##### Start: rooPlay 1.1.0
    Feb 05 19:37:43 rooExtend rooExtend[1403]: ##### Start: rooWatch 1.1.1
    Feb 05 19:37:43 rooExtend rooExtend[1402]: ##### Start: rooDial 1.5.7
    Feb 05 19:37:43 rooExtend rooExtend[1402]: ***** events disconnected
    Feb 05 19:37:43 rooExtend rooExtend[1402]: ***** startEventCapture
    Feb 05 19:37:43 rooExtend rooExtend[1421]: ##### Start: rooControl 1.1.0
    Feb 05 19:37:43 rooExtend rooExtend[1402]: ***** rooDial got paired with CORE
    Feb 05 19:37:44 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: ----- rooScreen: Started WS-Server at Port 192.168.1.126:8081
    Feb 05 19:37:44 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: ##### Start: rooScreen 1.0.0
    Feb 05 19:37:44 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: ----- rooScreen: Check chromium running: false
    Feb 05 19:37:46 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: ----- rooScreen: Check chromium running: false
    Feb 05 19:37:48 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: ----- rooScreen: Check chromium running: false
    Feb 05 19:37:50 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: ----- rooScreen: Check chromium running: false
    Feb 05 19:37:52 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: ----- rooScreen: Check chromium running: false
    Feb 05 19:37:54 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: ----- rooScreen: Check chromium running: true
    Feb 05 19:37:54 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: ----- rooScreen: Display orientation: normal
    Feb 05 19:37:55 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: warning: output HDMI-1 not found; ignoring
    Feb 05 19:38:12 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.126 text/html: /tmp/selfgz518/www/screen/index.html
    Feb 05 19:38:14 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.126 text/css: /tmp/selfgz518/www/screen/screen.css
    Feb 05 19:38:14 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.126 text/javascript: /tmp/selfgz518/www/screen/index.js
    Feb 05 19:38:17 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.126 text/html: /tmp/selfgz518/www/screen/clock/index.html
    Feb 05 19:38:17 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.126 text/css: /tmp/selfgz518/www/screen/clock/includes/qlocktwo.css
    Feb 05 19:38:17 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.126 text/javascript: /tmp/selfgz518/www/screen/clock/includes/qlocktwo.js
    Feb 05 19:38:17 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.126 image/png: /tmp/selfgz518/www/screen/clock/images/q2fg.png
    Feb 05 19:38:18 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.126 image/vnd.microsoft.icon: /tmp/selfgz518/www/favicon.ico
    Feb 05 19:38:18 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: SEND 404
    Feb 05 19:38:18 rooExtend rooExtend[1415]: ----- rooScreen: rooScreen WS-Client connected
    Feb 05 19:38:47 rooExtend rooExtend[879]: Request from: 192.168.1.60 text/html: /tmp/selfgz518/www/log.html

Any Help would be appreciated!
Thanks

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I reinstalled the whole thing and now it’s working.:grinning_face:

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I just got everything working last night and today when I get home… rooExtend / rooMax are not working or visible. rooExtend is not visible at all: http://rooextend.local or http://10.0.0.5.! In Roon, the Extensions tab in settings does not show any of the extensions that were visible and enabled previously. I did absolutely nothing… I left everything on/running and when I came home no extensions no functioning remote… no rooExtend visible via web browser.

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I can see the roo extensions under Authorizations / View in Roon

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That’s it… What can I do? This is not a good look and am feeling that this in not a stable as I had hoped it would be… Can someone help me to get my lifetime rooMax extension operational again? I hope this is not a regular occurrence as no one wants to spend their time troubleshooting remote controls!!! Thanks..

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Should I start from scratch… and re-flash the rooExtend image via Balenaetcher? Then go through the entire process again? Entering my lifetime rooMax license in Roon… I’m wondering what happens to the info that Roon already has based on this current installation? Should or MUST I remove the existing extension authorizations? This is so very frustrating that I cannot even use the apps and remote that I worked so diligently in to get right… No joy no enjoyment no audio bliss… Thanks to ANYONE who can shed some light on this… I fear I may have to ask DrCWO for a refund if this continues… Sad really…