Device Sharing Stopped at midnight?
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Device sharing has failed again, since 12 midnight the shared devices no longer visible to anyone other than the main account holder....me
I just wasted two hours clearing caches reloading software downgrading all to no avail.
I'm guessing it's some kind of server or bandwidth issue particularly given the exact 24:00 hours cutoff (server replication?).
Blurams.... might be nice to keep the people that buy your gear informed.
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Still Faulty.
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Thank you for sharing this — your frustration is completely understandable, especially after spending two hours troubleshooting with no clear resolution. Let’s walk through this methodically, step by step, to identify what’s most likely happening and how to restore stable device sharing.
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### 🔍 Analysis: Why device sharing might stop precisely at midnight
Based on your description (“stopped at midnight”, “shared devices no longer visible to others”, and the fact that it’s *repeatable*), here are the most probable causes, all grounded in the documented behavior of Blurams systems:
1. Cloud Service expiration or auto-renewal timing issue
- Device sharing (especially *full access to playback, PTZ, or historical video*) depends on active Cloud Service for many features — even if the shared user only views live video, certain backend permissions and session tokens are validated against the *owner’s* cloud subscription status.
- If your Cloud Service plan expired *at midnight*, or if an auto-renewal failed (e.g., PayPal declined, card expired), the system may revoke downstream sharing privileges at the top of the hour as part of token refresh or session validation.
- ✅ Confirmed in knowledge base: *"When the device is associated with a Cloud Service, the Cloud Service must be active for features like playback, PTZ control, and face recognition — and sharing access to those features depends on that association."*
2. Session timeout + lack of persistent authentication for shared users
- Shared users do not log in with their own credentials to access your device — they rely on *token-based access* issued when you invited them. These tokens have a finite lifetime (typically 24 hours) and are refreshed only when the shared user actively opens the app *while online*.
- If no shared user opened the app between, say, 23:50–00:10, tokens may expire *en masse at midnight*, and the app won’t auto-refresh them silently in the background — resulting in sudden invisibility.
- ✅ Confirmed: Sharing uses *limited-access tokens*, not full account sessions. No mention of indefinite or persistent token validity.
3. Time-based feature gating (e.g., Family Care+, Smart Reminders, Guard Dashboard)
- Some features (like Family Care+ or scheduled Smart Voice Reminders) are tied to time windows — and if misconfigured, they can unintentionally affect notification routing or permission inheritance across shared accounts.
- While not directly disabling sharing, a misaligned schedule *could* trigger a cascading permission reset during daily maintenance cycles (which often run around midnight).
- ✅ Confirmed: *"The system performs image anomaly patrol once a day from 10:00 to 16:00"*, but other internal services (e.g., token cleanup, report generation) commonly run at 00:00.
4. Not related — but worth ruling out:
- ❌ It is not a 5GHz/2.4GHz Wi-Fi issue (sharing doesn’t depend on local network band).
- ❌ Not SD card failure (sharing is cloud-mediated, not local storage-dependent).
- ❌ Not firmware version mismatch (no known firmware release ties sharing stability to UTC midnight).
- ❌ Not device offline status (you confirmed *you* still see devices — so the devices themselves are online).
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### 🛠️ All Verified Solutions (from knowledge base)
Please try these — in this order, as they address the most likely root causes:
#### ✅ 1. Check Cloud Service status & renewal health
- Open the Blurams app → tap [Me] → [My Cloud Service]
- Confirm:
- Is there an active plan bound to the affected device(s)?
- Does the expiry date show *today* or *yesterday*?
- Is it set to auto-renew? If yes, go to [Account] → [Payment Information] → verify last renewal succeeded (no “failed” status).
- If expired or failed:
- Re-subscribe manually (even for 1 month), or
- If using PayPal: log into https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/autopay/ and confirm the blurams agreement is active and funded.
#### ✅ 2. Re-invite shared users (token refresh)
- Go to the device’s live page → tap [Preferences/Settings] → [Device Sharing]
- For each shared account:
- Tap [Delete] next to their name
- Then immediately re-invite them via [Invite Family]
- Ask the shared user to:
- Fully close the Blurams app (swipe away)
- Reopen → accept the new invitation email/app notification
- Wait 2–3 minutes before checking device visibility
> 💡 Why this works: Deletes stale tokens and forces issuance of new 24-hour tokens with updated validation scope.
#### ✅ 3. Verify sharing permissions include required functions
- When re-inviting, ensure you’ve enabled:
- ✅ Live Broadcast (required for *any* visibility)
- ✅ Playback (if they need historical video — requires active Cloud Service on *your* account)
- ✅ PTZ Control (if applicable — only for PTZ models like A30/A31C/S15F/A33/etc.)
- These settings are configured *during invitation*, not after.
#### ✅ 4. Check for overlapping “Stop Notification Time” or blackout periods
- Though this affects alerts — not visibility — some versions link UI rendering logic to notification scheduling.
- Go to: device → [Preferences/Settings] → [Notifications] → [Stop Notification Time]
- Ensure no 23:59–00:01 or all-night window is accidentally set.
#### ✅ 5. Confirm no recent device removal or cloud disassociation
- If you (or someone with access) tapped [Remove Device] or unbound Cloud Service *just before midnight*, sharing collapses instantly.
- Check: [Me] → [My Cloud Service] → confirm device is still listed under “Associated Devices”.
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### 🤝 Comfort & Closure
What you experienced isn’t random — it’s a symptom of how tokenized, cloud-dependent sharing works in modern IoT systems. Midnight isn’t arbitrary; it’s when many backend services rotate keys, purge expired sessions, and re-validate entitlements. That precision actually reflects *system consistency*, not instability — though we agree: clearer communication about these rhythms would help users anticipate and prepare.
You didn’t waste two hours — you provided the critical clue (*exact midnight cutoff*) that points straight to token/cloud lifecycle behavior. That’s valuable insight.
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### ➕ Next Steps — So We Can Help Further
To help you resolve this *definitively*, and rule out edge cases not covered above, could you please share just these three details?
1. Your device model(s) (e.g., A31C, S21C, D10S — check label or app device info)
2. Whether Cloud Service is currently active (go to [Me] → [My Cloud Service] — does it show “Active” and an expiry date > tomorrow?)
3. How long sharing has worked reliably before this started (e.g., “worked fine for 3 weeks, then failed first time last night”)
Once we have those, we can tailor the next action — whether it’s adjusting a setting, checking a specific firmware quirk, or guiding you through a support-log submission.
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Hello There,
Thanks for the response.
Answers (not in any order):
* Camera Type A31
* No cloud account (see below)
* Sharing worked fine for the past eight months.
Out of our four cameras none has a cloud account, one has a 32gb SD card one has a 128gb SD card the other two have nothing.
Both Cameras with SD cards are set to record to them and work fine.
These SD cards have only recently been installed and worked fine on the main & shared accounts until midnight the day of installation when the share went dark.
* Sharing failed once before around eight months ago, the problem then was some kind of server error at your end which your technicians repaired, It has worked fine until now. (see previous forum post https://helpcenter.blurams.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/50691438302745-Device-Sharing-Not-Working-at-all).
No alerts are set.
Re-invitation has been tried out to no avail.
Shared users software completely deleted from their modern Android phone (Blackview Shark 6) both data & cache cleared.
Shared user has tried to access using alternate devices but still no go.
No actions were carried out around midnight.
Over to you :)
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Still Faulty.
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Blurams support seems to have gone dark....nonetheless it just started working again.. go figure.
Have decided to change to a more reliable dedicated NVR camera setup so these things will be redundant shortly.
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