https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-3/IFTTT-applet-FALSE-triggers/m-p/2469628#M18119 <P>Almost every day, the applet is falsely triggered and it appears only in IFTTT,</P><P>but do not exist in the Arlo app or Arlo event history.</P><P>When I check the Arlo interface, there is no corresponding motion recording, notification, or event.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P class="">These triggers therefore appear to be false or phantom events generated somewhere between Arlo and IFTTT, rather than real detections from the camera.</P><P class="">&nbsp;</P><P class="">Because these false triggers happen frequently, the entire automation chain becomes unreliable. Downstream actions are executed based on events that never actually occurred, which defeats the purpose of using a motion-based trigger.</P><P class="">&nbsp;</P><P class="">- The applet is tied to a specific camera.</P><P class="">- The false triggers appear in IFTTT activity logs only.</P><P class="">- There is no matching motion event in the Arlo app or web interface.</P><P class="">- This happens repeatedly (almost daily), not as a one-time issue.</P> Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:39:46 GMT jogggy3888 2026-01-07T15:39:46Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-3/IFTTT-applet-FALSE-triggers/m-p/2469628#M18119 <P>Almost every day, the applet is falsely triggered and it appears only in IFTTT,</P><P>but do not exist in the Arlo app or Arlo event history.</P><P>When I check the Arlo interface, there is no corresponding motion recording, notification, or event.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P class="">These triggers therefore appear to be false or phantom events generated somewhere between Arlo and IFTTT, rather than real detections from the camera.</P><P class="">&nbsp;</P><P class="">Because these false triggers happen frequently, the entire automation chain becomes unreliable. Downstream actions are executed based on events that never actually occurred, which defeats the purpose of using a motion-based trigger.</P><P class="">&nbsp;</P><P class="">- The applet is tied to a specific camera.</P><P class="">- The false triggers appear in IFTTT activity logs only.</P><P class="">- There is no matching motion event in the Arlo app or web interface.</P><P class="">- This happens repeatedly (almost daily), not as a one-time issue.</P> Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:39:46 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-3/IFTTT-applet-FALSE-triggers/m-p/2469628#M18119 jogggy3888 2026-01-07T15:39:46Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-3/IFTTT-applet-FALSE-triggers/m-p/2469763#M18120 <P>Can you please provide the following information:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The recipe he created for the IFTTT applet? And the false motion triggers, notifications and time stamps?</P> Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:21:30 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-3/IFTTT-applet-FALSE-triggers/m-p/2469763#M18120 BrookeN 2026-01-08T21:21:30Z