HA Update "No updates available" & I'm a long way behind :-)

Installation
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Hi

I’m new to HA & to this forum so please forgive me if I’m missing something obvious!

I installed HA on a 64bit Debian Bullseye vm a few months ago. Since installing the system has always reported it is up to date. I checked the HA version today and the system reports:

Home Assistant 2023.1.7
Frontend 20230110.0 - latest

If I try and update via the web UI the system reports:

No updates available

I did some googling and found I can update via a cli. While logged in via ssh to the homeassistant user if I run the command “hass-cli ha os update” I receive this response:

/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/homeassistant_cli/config.py:42: FutureWarning: <homeassistant_cli.config._ZeroconfListener object at 0x7fe27b859f40> has no update_service method. Provide one (it can be empty if you don't care about the updates), it'll become mandatory.
  zeroconf.ServiceBrowser(_zeroconf, "_home-assistant._tcp.local.", listener)
Trying to locate Home Assistant on local network...
Trying to locate Home Assistant on local network...
Trying to locate Home Assistant on local network...
Found and using http://192.168.2.78:8123 as server
error: JSONDecodeError: Extra data: line 1 column 4 (char 3)
Run with -x to see full exception information

If I run with “-x” as suggested I receive this output:

/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/homeassistant_cli/config.py:42: FutureWarning: <homeassistant_cli.config._ZeroconfListener object at 0x7f62b9966d60> has no update_service method. Provide one (it can be empty if you don't care about the updates), it'll become mandatory.
  zeroconf.ServiceBrowser(_zeroconf, "_home-assistant._tcp.local.", listener)
Trying to locate Home Assistant on local network...
Found and using http://192.168.2.78:8123 as server
Extra data: line 1 column 4 (char 3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 971, in json
    return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/json/decoder.py", line 340, in decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Extra data", s, end)
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Extra data: line 1 column 4 (char 3)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/homeassistant_cli/cli.py", line 40, in run
    result = cli.main(standalone_mode=False)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1078, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1434, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 92, in new_func
    return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/homeassistant_cli/plugins/ha.py", line 226, in os_update
    response = _handle_raw(ctx, 'os/info')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/homeassistant_cli/plugins/ha.py", line 62, in _handle_raw
    return response.json()
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 975, in json
    raise RequestsJSONDecodeError(e.msg, e.doc, e.pos)
requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError: Extra data: line 1 column 4 (char 3)

Other cli commands also fail, such as “hass-cli -x ha os info”:

/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/homeassistant_cli/config.py:42: FutureWarning: <homeassistant_cli.config._ZeroconfListener object at 0x7fb72e642cd0> has no update_service method. Provide one (it can be empty if you don't care about the updates), it'll become mandatory.
  zeroconf.ServiceBrowser(_zeroconf, "_home-assistant._tcp.local.", listener)
Trying to locate Home Assistant on local network...
Trying to locate Home Assistant on local network...
Trying to locate Home Assistant on local network...
Found and using http://192.168.2.78:8123 as server
404 Client Error: Not Found for url: http://192.168.2.78:8123/api/hassio/os/info
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/homeassistant_cli/cli.py", line 40, in run
    result = cli.main(standalone_mode=False)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1078, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1434, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 92, in new_func
    return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/homeassistant_cli/plugins/ha.py", line 219, in os_info
    _handle(ctx, 'os/info')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/homeassistant_cli/plugins/ha.py", line 54, in _handle
    _report(ctx, httpmethod, method, response)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/homeassistant_cli/plugins/ha.py", line 31, in _report
    response.raise_for_status()
  File "/home/homeassistant/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 1021, in raise_for_status
    raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 404 Client Error: Not Found for url: http://192.168.2.78:8123/api/hassio/os/info

If I use a browser to check “http://192.168.2.78:8123/api” I get a 404. My HA system is pretty simple, just a ESPHome, a few zigbee and X10 items so I’ve not changed much. I’ve added some shell_command, which all work, to configuration.yaml but little else.

My VM can access the internet ok and is using Google for DNS.

Any ideas on what I could try next? I’ve searched this forum and google but I’ve not had much success.

Thanks

Bert

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I wonder where you found your installation instructions, and which kind of VM you are running ?
Also " 2023.1.7 " should not be considered as “few month ago” :wink: :slight_smile:

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You are probably (almost sure) running HA Core in a Python venv.

= No updates available that will run on a Python 3.9 installation. The current version of HA requires Python 3.12

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Thanks for your feedback. I followed an install guide but as it was a while ago I can’t recall what guide I used. I guess I might be better off creating a new vm and starting again by the sounds of it.

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If you create a new vm, use HA OS instead of Debian + HA Core.

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Yes, thou i do “miss” the VMwarePlayer install option in that Page, i did “Reported it Missing”
One can install VMware Player in Debian also, doesn’t have to be ESXI/Sphere

One can partly follow the install instructions on the “Windows Page” ( After installing WMWare-Player in Debian )

Windows - Home Assistant. ( You then need this specific Image (.vmdk) instead of ( .ova )

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Thanks for the advice. I think I tried HA OS initially, but was unable to apt-get to install more stuff. I have some hand carved bash scripts that I use to control stuff around the house that I had issues with, hence I went HA supervised on top of Debian & ProxMox. I’ll try HA OS again though, I’m sure my lack of knowledge was/is a key issue!

I used HomeSeer 2 for many years, got out of home automation and now I’m back again.

Thanks again.

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Yeah you can’t do that if running HA OS, however you can run up another Linux VM to run whatever you want.

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