HACS error during startup

Configuration
1

HACS has recently disappeared from my frontpage, taking all add-ons with it. I have tried deleting the HACS folder in .storage, it didn’t help, I didn’t back it up because I am sometimes very stupid.

I get two relevant errors:

Logger: homeassistant.util.json
Source: util/json.py:32
First occurred: 14:56:08 (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 14:56:08
Could not parse JSON content: /config/.storage/hacs.hacs


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/util/json.py", line 32, in load_json
    return json.loads(fdesc.read())  # type: ignore
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/json/__init__.py", line 357, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

Logger: homeassistant.config_entries
Source: util/json.py:38
First occurred: 14:56:08 (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 14:56:08
Error setting up entry for hacs

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/util/json.py", line 32, in load_json
    return json.loads(fdesc.read())  # type: ignore
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/json/__init__.py", line 357, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/config_entries.py", line 222, in async_setup
    result = await component.async_setup_entry(  # type: ignore
  File "/config/custom_components/hacs/__init__.py", line 30, in async_setup_entry
    return await hacs_ui_setup(hass, config_entry)
  File "/config/custom_components/hacs/operational/setup.py", line 61, in async_setup_entry
    return await async_startup_wrapper_for_config_entry()
  File "/config/custom_components/hacs/operational/setup.py", line 86, in async_startup_wrapper_for_config_entry
    startup_result = await async_hacs_startup()
  File "/config/custom_components/hacs/operational/setup.py", line 172, in async_hacs_startup
    if not await hacs.data.restore():
  File "/config/custom_components/hacs/hacsbase/data.py", line 92, in restore
    hacs = await async_load_from_store(self.hacs.hass, "hacs")
  File "/config/custom_components/hacs/helpers/functions/store.py", line 14, in async_load_from_store
    restored = await store.async_load()
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/storage.py", line 100, in async_load
    return await self._load_task
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/storage.py", line 112, in _async_load
    data = await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 57, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/util/json.py", line 38, in load_json
    raise HomeAssistantError(error)
homeassistant.exceptions.HomeAssistantError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
2

HACS has nothing to do with addons, so I am not sure what you mean.

However it looks like something got corrupted!

Try uninstalling hacs from .config/customs_components and reinstalling it.

By the way the author of HACS constantly says put issues on gihub.

3

I mean that all things installed by HACS have also disappeared.

I’ve deleted the HACS folder and reinstalled, but it looks like the error remains. Should I maybe be deleting other files in .storage, the error seems like it is finding hacs.hacs unexpectedly empty.

Will check out the HACS github.

4

I would not suggest deleting other files in .storage.

5

If you want to remove hacs there are instructions here

6

Thanks, I think that’s what I needed, things seem to be back to normal!

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