I have the exact same oroblem with 0.84.3 sincelast reboot yesterday.
I updated to 0.85.1 and the problem persists.
Problem upstream with Blink’s API. Please follow the issue @TazUk linked to. ETA for fix is unknown, but blink will be broken until I can figure out what changed
Kudos to @fronzbot for resolving the blink initialization issue so quickly.
Installed 0.86.1 this morning which includes the hotfix and I’m now able to arm / disarm the cameras based on home presence which was my key concern.
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Updated to 86.1. I see the camera images again and Arming/Disarming from the UI works but the log file spews this every minute:
WARNING (SyncWorker_9) [blinkpy.sync_module] Could not retrieve videos. Message: An app update is required
Each camera is then listed. ie:
2019-01-24 12:10:28 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [blinkpy.camera] Could not extract clip info from camera Back Porch
2019-01-24 12:10:28 INFO (SyncWorker_16) [blinkpy.camera] Could not extract clip info from camera Front Porch
Yeah, that’s because video extraction is completely broken right now. 0.86.1 just introduced a fix to get the component limping again. Blink changed an API endpoint for video extraction, so those error will continue to spew until it’s fixed (hopefully by next HA release, but no promises).
If it’s not fixed by next release, I’ll try to limit the warning to happen only at startup.
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ok. I’ll wait for the fix. Thanks for the info and your efforts.
Just for your reference (in case you want to watch and see when it’s resolved) here’s an issue on the home assistant github. There’s also a reference to the issue I raised in the main library to keep track of this issue and remind myself to fix it 
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This error is back now. But now with get_camera_info
@fronzbot I’m experiencing the same issue arm/disarm work but the camera portion is broken I’m running ha 0.88.2 in UnRaid docker if you need any help with testing let me know
Appears to me fronzbot has developed a fix. Thanks much!
Does this fix undergo validation and then get published? What’s the process? Thanks.
My BLINK cameras stopped working back around version .83.0. Reading various threads I thought there was going to be a fix released. Just upgraded to version .94.2 and as soon as I try to configure the BLINK cameras via:
blink:
username: YOUR_USERNAME
password: YOUR_PASSWORD
Hassio crashes. Anyone have any insights or similar problem?
To be more specific I get the message Unable to load the panel source: /api/hassio/app/entrypoint.js when trying to view the configuration, hass.io, etc. page to try and troubleshoot.
Did you upgrade from 0.83 right to 0.94.2? If so, blink ain’t your problem.
EDIT- to be clear, that error message is wholly unrelated to Blink and appears to be a configuration problem.
No, I’ve been doing incremental upgrades assuming one day there would be a change that would correct the problem. However, I noted during a Dr ZZzs cast BLINK seemed to be working for others so I raised my issue again. I don’t disagree that the error message is not associated with BLINK, but all works well until I add:
blink:
username: YOUR_USERNAME
password: YOUR_PASSWORD
to my configuration.yaml file. The check config indicates valid configuration before restarting, but as soon as I restart I end up, for lack of better words, locking up hassio and the error message Unable to load the panel source: /api/hassio/app/entrypoint.js. I do have other FOSCAMs configured and working properly if that’s of any help. Also willing to post my configuration file if needed. Appreciate very much any insight or tips you can recommend to get to the root of this problem. Thanks.
If of any help, I’ll add when I first started getting this error message:
Unable to load the panel source: /api/hassio/app/entrypoint.js. I was lead to believe it was due to a corrupt SD card. I reinstalled hassio on a new SD card. I didn’t use a backup copy (lesson learned there too). The installation was successful until like I previous stated I tried to configure my Blink cameras.
Take a look in your log file and look for anything related to blink. If you see anything relevant, post it here.
Also, to be clear, your problem has been Blink has NEVER started up for you? Is that correct? Can you double check your username and password match your actually blink app username and password (and that you have access to the app and aren’t banned or something)? No one has ever reported this issue occurring continuously since 0.83 which is why this is confusing to me.
That helped. Totally embarrassed, Never thought to double check the username given the error message. Thought it had to be something worse. When I reconfigured hassio I used the incorrect one. Sorry for wasting your time on such a trivial error.
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Glad that was the issue! And don’t sweat it, I’ve done that multiple times and always spend more time than I’d like to admit debugging my “issue”