ESPhome integration require reload to reconnect

mr2c12 · December 12, 2021, 11:21am

Dear all,

I’ve been using Esphome integration for a bunch of devices in my home.
It used to work like a charm until… a few weeks ago.

The problem is that, even if the board running esphome is up & running & connected (I can ping that), HA is unable to communicate with it. The entities seems online but actually they are not really connected and usable.

The big changes that happened in the past weeks are:

moved HA from virtualenv to docker
some problems with my wifi connection (maybe someone installed a new router/repeater?)

I already tried to:

Update HA to latest versione (2021.11.05)
Update esphome boards to latest version
Change the wifi channel (both auto or manual selection)

But the problem is still here.
I can’t find any useful log in HA, it’s like he is not aware that it is not really connected.

The “quick fix” that works is to reload the Esphome integration for the board. Once did, the board is again connected in a few seconds.
All my boards are affected, but one of them is very important (because it controls my alarm system).

I really can’t find anyone with the same problem.
Can you please help me?

tom_l · December 12, 2021, 11:53am

Did you start using encryption recently?

This has been going on for a few months. After updating all my ESP devices there are usually a few that require an integration reload to get them to connect:

github.com/home-assistant/core

ESPHome devices Entities Unavailable after Updating to 2021.10

opened 12:49AM - 21 Oct 21 UTC

apo-mak

integration: esphome

### The problem All the Entities of any ESPHome Device has stop updating and …are now Unavailable. After updating ESPHome to 2021.10 HA has start to log an error in the logs and dose not update any data (related to ESPHome devices) ### What is version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2021.10.6 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? core-2021.10.6 ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue ESPHome ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/esphome/ ### Example YAML snippet ```yml esphome: name: NODENAME platform: ESP32 board: nodemcu-32s wifi: ssid: !secret NODENAME _SSID password: !secret PLACEHOLDER_PASS_WIFI # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails ap: ssid: "NODENAME Fallback Hotspot" password: "RANDOM_PASS" captive_portal: # Enable logging logger: # Enable Home Assistant API api: password: !secret PLACEHOLDER_PASS encryption: key: !secret PLACEHOLDER_KEY ota: password: !secret PLACEHOLDER_PASS_OTA #BLE Sensor discovery esp32_ble_tracker: scan_parameters: active: false ``` ### Anything in the logs that might be useful for us? ```txt Logger: homeassistant Source: components/esphome/entry_data.py:146 First occurred: 03:33:01 (1 occurrences) Last logged: 03:33:01 Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/esphome/__init__.py", line 294, in complete_setup infos, services = await entry_data.async_load_from_store() File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/esphome/entry_data.py", line 146, in async_load_from_store self.device_info = DeviceInfo.from_dict(restored.pop("device_info")) KeyError: 'device_info' ``` ### Additional information In one of the ESPHome devices i also enable the encryption option and HA asked me to reconfigured twice.

mr2c12 · December 12, 2021, 1:28pm

I think encryption is unrelated. The problem occured before I enable the encryption on some of my boards, and it occurs on all of them (with or without encryption enabled)

Thank you for pointing out that issue, I wasn’t able to find that.

mr2c12 · December 31, 2021, 10:03am

Actually encryption could be the culprit.
Once deactivated for all my esphome boards (three different boards) I’ve never experienced anymore problem so far.
Will update this post with updates.

tom_l · December 31, 2021, 10:22am

Yeah for the small security benefit encryption brings for me (I’m in a very low risk area) the connection issues I’ve experience every time I update each board just doesn’t seem to make it worthwhile.