Camera shows idle after update to 92.2 (only in Lovelace)

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hi,

using

  - type: picture-entity
    title: Bing locatie name
    entity: camera.bing_locatie_name
    camera_image: camera.bing_locatie_name
    show_info: true
    tap_action: dialog

and

camera:
  - platform: generic
    name: Bing locatie name
    still_image_url: !secret bing_locatie_name
    limit_refetch_to_url_change: true

used to work just perfectly, both in States and Lovelace. After updating to either HA92.2 or the latest System 2.12 version. Must confess I hadn’t noticed timely to be certain, but since my Ha 84.3 system shows fine and uses System 2.12 also, it must be the Lovelace update?
The Lovelace camera won’t show up and only displays the Idle grayed screen. Tapping it doesn’t do anything either…

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I know for a fact that the links and configs are correct, because my 84.3 system shows them as they should both in Lovelace and States, and the updated HA 92.2 system also shows the Bing map fine using States. Only Lovelace won’t get it back.

Has anything changed with the system config to need other settings?
thanks for having a look

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show_info: and title: are not valid options for the picture-entity card.

I’ve never seen any other value for the state than ‘idle’ so I hide it.

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thanks, I’ve commented these out now, but still no image is shown, while, even with the original posted config, the image shows perfectly in the other system and on States…
could the broken link icon be a pointer?
Ive checked the latest release changes but didn’t find a clue to this issue

also notice now that the camera_image isn’t necessary when the entity already is a camera, so taken that out too, as the incorrect tap-action…

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For your picture entity config, dialog is not a valid value for tap_action.

For your camera config,

limit_refetch_to_url_change

(boolean)(Optional)Limits re-fetching of the remote image to when the URL changes. Only relevant if using a template to fetch the remote image.

You don’t appear to be using a template so this isn’t valid either.

Are you just making up your own key: value pairs rather than reading the documents?

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But I am, it is rather a complex template at that.

bing_locatie_name: >-
  https://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Imagery/Map/Road/
  {{ state_attr('device_tracker.life360_name','latitude') }},
  {{ state_attr('device_tracker.life360_name','longitude') }}/14?mapSize=500,500&pp=
  {{ state_attr('device_tracker.life360_name','latitude') }},
  {{ state_attr('device_tracker.life360_name','longitude') }};54;
  &key=Longkey

no, this was an exact copy all way back to 84.3, or maybe even earlier.
Still, even with all the config errors, it shows no error in the log, and, does work just fine in the other system.
Moreover, even without all the errors simply using this now:

  - type: picture-entity
#    title: Bing locatie name
    entity: camera.bing_locatie_name
#    camera_image: camera.bing_locatie_name
#    show_info: true
    show_state: false
#    tap_action: more-info

nothing is showing…but the grey and empty placeholder

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separate post with solution:
just had a (tiny) brainwave… tried a private window, without adblockers etc etc, et voila, the maps appeared immediately.
Disabling ABP on the HA instance allows to show all images. Could be something notable to others.

@tom_l thanks for your time and reflections on my config :wink: adjusted accordingly to be in specs. sorry. Though it still is remarkable the erroneous configs didn’t error out.

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Ah. The template was hidden in the secret. Apologies.

There were probably unsupported key errors in your log. But yeah HA basically ignores them.

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Ah sorry, what is ABP?
I just add HIK Cube camera to Lovelace, I check the link and image, but in Lovelace it show idle :smiley:
Click on it and press play, always says “loading …” icon

- type: picture-entity
        entity: camera.al_vento
        camera_view: live
        camera_image: camera.al_vento

stream:

camera:
  - platform: generic
    name: Al Vento
    still_image_url: !secret alvento_camera_image
    stream_source: !secret alvento_camera_live
    authentication: digest
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But I’m not get luck, nothings block :smiley:
Still idle