File /config/.storage/lovelace.lovelace is too large

Third party integrations
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Hey All,

Since today I see this error appear:

This error originated from a custom integration.

Logger: custom_components.watchman
Source: custom_components/watchman/utils/parser_core.py:669
Integration: Watchman (documentation, issues)
First occurred: August 17, 2026 at 16:57:05 (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 05:44:15

File /config/.storage/lovelace.lovelace is too large (653920 bytes), skipping. Max size: 512000 bytes.
File /config/.storage/lovelace.lovelace is too large (654525 bytes), skipping. Max size: 512000 bytes

That to do and how to solve?

2

Did you simply use 1 dashboard only with a huge number of views?
If that’s the case split it up adding more dashboads using settings>dashboard>add …

3

I moved 1 view to a new dashboard and that was 21 bytes.
That amount of card was more than the last card I added for the last time.

So in my opinion that can’t be the issue.

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-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      162.6K Aug 18 09:46 lovelace.hue_scenes
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      455.4K Aug 18 09:46 lovelace.lovelace
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        1.2K Aug 18 09:44 lovelace_dashboards

Those were for months in 1 dashboard… not split them up and the error is gone.
How is it possible that I see the error today for the first time.. :man_shrugging: haha