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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/i_oliveira on 2025-12-09 13:48:48+00:00.
I have a couple of alarms set up using HA and pushover. These alarms override "do not disturb" or "silent" mode on the android phone using the "alarm channel".
The most important ones are the water leak detector under the washing machine and a Reolink camera detecting a person in my backyard after midnight.
The other day I was working from home, halfway through a meeting with the phone muted and the alarm went off. A bit of water had leaked and triggered the alarm. I stopped the meeting for a couple of minutes, solved the problem and this even became a reason to talk about HA with the colleagues (also nerds like me and probably you).
Last weekend I was sitting in the front row in a sold out music call for a classical music concert. They announced that all phones should be set to silent mode, which I did promptly.
5 minutes into the concert, the music is playing softly and it strikes me: if an alarm goes off at that moment the phone is going to play siren noises very loudly and it will take me at least 10 seconds to get the phone out of my pocket. A neighbour could walk into the backyard to fetch a frisbee...
On the other hand, I was sitting in the front row and didn't want to look at my phone while the musicians were playing...
All of that to say: If you have such override alarms, do think about creating a switch in HA to turn all alarms off for situations when even important alarms are not supposed to make noise (concerts, important presentations, funerals, etc).