OpenWRT One. Cannot turn off the router. It reboots by itself

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi All,

I have just set up OpenWRT One router and I am confused how to turn it off. No matter if i do halt or poweroff it reboots itself to operational state as reboot would be invoked instead. How do i properly turn off this machine?

Thanks for any advices.

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pull the plug ?

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there are few things happening on the attached SSD to M2 slot. I am afraid that if something will be written to vnstat or other palces it may get corrupted.

is this by design like that?

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I don't own one, but the devices I have halt, but don't reboot, they just sit there.

haven't tried 25.12 though.

you can always stop the services you worry about before you switch it off.

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No, pulling the plug won’t corrupt things. No different than flipping the power on/off switch on a device so equipped.

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Can anyone who actually has that device confirm if theirs has the same behaviour?

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that's not what you initially asked about.

RuralRoots got one, AFAIK.

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The OO poweroff does an orderly shutdown and because it doesn’t have a switch it will reboot. If you issue a halt, all services stop, so nothing will be corrupted.

Edit: maybe this can help:

root@RuralRoots:/sbin# halt --help
BusyBox v1.37.0 (2026-01-02 17:07:02 UTC) multi-call binary.

Usage: halt [-d DELAY] [-nf]

Halt the system

        -d SEC  Delay interval
        -n      Do not sync
        -f      Force (don't go through init)

root@RuralRoots:/sbin# poweroff --help
BusyBox v1.37.0 (2026-01-02 17:07:02 UTC) multi-call binary.

Usage: poweroff [-d DELAY] [-nf]

Halt and shut off power

        -d SEC  Delay interval
        -n      Do not sync
        -f      Force (don't go through init)
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Thanks for the explanation. So basically if i want ot turn off OpenWRT One remotely until i arrive and investigate a case i need to implement smart plug for example, there is no other way right?

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If you must initiate a full power-off, then yes that would work with the proviso that you would have to have remote access to the smart-switch after issuing halt.

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Yeah turn back on is manual only. Thanks for confirming this.

May I ask if you do own OpenWRT One?

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Yes I own one since 10/2024.

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Did you figure out what is that button in the front near serial console?

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Thanks guys for your help.

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