Automation MQTT Publish Jibberish

Configuration
1

After upgrading to version HASSIO 143, messages published to mqtt from automation scripts no longer work. Well they work but the data appears to be giberish. Automation script:

  • id: washer_state_washing
    alias: Washer State Washing
    trigger:
    • above: 40
      for:
      minutes: 1
      entity_id: sensor.washer_watts
      platform: numeric_state
      action:
    • data:
      payload: Washing
      topic: hass/state/washer
      service: mqtt.publish

message in topic:
xx�p

I did not change anything, was something changed that would have caused this? If I use the dev console to publish a message that works correctly.

Additional info from logs
[homeassistant.components.mqtt] Can’t decode payload b’xx\x11\x00\xe0p\x11’ on hass/state/washer with encoding utf-8

2019-02-18 09:42:27 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt] Can’t decode payload b’\xf8p\x11\x00\x18|\x11\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xe2L\xbb\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x07n\x11\x00\xe8m\x11\x00\x07\x81\xa3\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00’ on myhome/wemos/weather with encoding utf-8

2

Facing similar issues on
0.87.1. I’m using SmartThings MQTT Bridge.

3

I believe this may be related to an open issue posted on GitHub:

The problem is reported to occur with several flavors of MQTT Broker (mosquitto, mosca, Hass.io’s built-in broker, etc) so it suggests the culprit may be Home Assistant’s MQTT component.

There’s a suggested fix (to erase all topics on the broker) but the someone has reported it did not work for them.

4

am facing exactly the same issue! Was using a sonoff POW which I replaced with Sonoff POWR3
Since then I am having the same issue! I am actually using the same payload for Washing and Idle.

did you managed to find a solution ???