# Has anyone else lost Octopus(UK) API prices in VRM today (29/08/26)? **URL:** \ **Category:** DESS\ **Tags:** ekrano\_gx, dess, vrm, diy\ **Created:** [29 August 2026 11:51 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/has-anyone-else-lost-octopus-uk-api-prices-in-vrm-today-29-08-26/62283 "2026-08-29T11:51:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pgrwoo1234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@pgrwoo1234](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/pgrwoo1234)\ **Post date:** [29 August 2026 11:51 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/has-anyone-else-lost-octopus-uk-api-prices-in-vrm-today-29-08-26/62283/1 "2026-08-29T11:51:45Z")
Has anyone else lost Octopus(UK) API prices in VRM today (29/08/26)? ---
**Author:** ![DaveWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@DaveWalker](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/DaveWalker)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2026 09:45 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/has-anyone-else-lost-octopus-uk-api-prices-in-vrm-today-29-08-26/62283/2 "2026-08-31T09:45:56Z")
Hi I lost access when Octopus changed me onto the charge cap for IOG and nothing I have tried has got it talking again. Worked perfectly until this change. I have just had to move to fixed prices now. ---
**Author:** ![pgrwoo1234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@pgrwoo1234](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/pgrwoo1234)\ **Post date:** [1 September 2026 17:50 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/has-anyone-else-lost-octopus-uk-api-prices-in-vrm-today-29-08-26/62283/3 "2026-09-01T17:50:03Z")
Thanks Dave, Its reassuring that there is an explanation for the sudden loss of forward half hourly kWh rates. I changed my VRM settings yesterday back to fixed time based kWh rates, to get back off-peak charging / peak export discharging. Hopefully the VRM API interface is developed soon, to deal with the impact from the 6 hour charge-cap change. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![DaveWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@DaveWalker](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/DaveWalker)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2026 15:41 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/has-anyone-else-lost-octopus-uk-api-prices-in-vrm-today-29-08-26/62283/4 "2026-09-03T15:41:42Z")
I have now switched from Octopus outgoing to Octopus Agile outgoing and these prices are also not updating. I have checked the VRM configuration settings via the node red DESS configuration node and VRM has picked the correct tariffs ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/original/3X/8/7/87aa05c23b06293e5f83022b97f02487090f9472.png) However the schedule is not updating with the prices. Is there something I am doing wrong or is the Octopus integration broken. Is anybody else using Octopus with DESS and seeing sucess? Dave ---
**Author:** ![DaveWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@DaveWalker](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/DaveWalker)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2026 21:04 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/has-anyone-else-lost-octopus-uk-api-prices-in-vrm-today-29-08-26/62283/5 "2026-09-04T21:04:07Z")
As I have now moved to Agile outgoing and the rate selection via the api is suffering the same fault as IOG I have written a small flow in node red to extract the data from Octopus and insert it into VRM via the fixed scedules. ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/original/3X/e/9/e94154cc558663e2b2e2880005a423f5531afc6c.png) It works well and will tied me over until someone at Victron looks into the problem, which could take a while as it is probably only a small number of users affected. Dave