HomeKit broken?

Brewder · September 15, 2025, 7:25pm

For some reason, my HomeKit integration just stopped working… I think it happened just after the most recent HASSOS Core update to 2025.9.3… Not at all saying it’s related, just the only real change I have in my memory.

I’m going to recover my system via a full backup to try and sort this out but thought I would ask here first.

Thyraz · September 16, 2025, 6:36pm

If it’s this:

github.com/home-assistant/core

HA 2025.9.2 breaks some HomeKit devices

opened 12:40PM - 13 Sep 25 UTC

closed 05:24PM - 13 Sep 25 UTC

mikesalz

integration: homekit_controller

### The problem Upgrading to 2025.9.2 causes the below error with two Hunter SI…MPLEconnect fans which are connected via the HomeKit Device integration. Rolling back to 2025.9.1 fixes the issue ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2025.9.2 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? core-2025.9.1 ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue HomeKit Device ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/homekit_controller/ ### Diagnostics information _No response_ ### Example YAML snippet ```yaml ``` ### Anything in the logs that might be useful for us? ```txt Logger: homeassistant.config_entries Source: config_entries.py:751 First occurred: 8:22:43 AM (2 occurrences) Last logged: 8:22:45 AM Error setting up entry SIMPLEconnect Loft Fan for homekit_controller Error setting up entry SIMPLEconnect Master Fan for homekit_controller Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohomekit/hkjson.py", line 42, in loads return orjson.loads(s) ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^ orjson.JSONDecodeError: unexpected character: line 1 column 1 (char 0) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/commentjson/commentjson.py", line 180, in loads parsed = _remove_trailing_commas(parser.parse(text)) ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lark/lark.py", line 311, in parse return self.parser.parse(text, start=start) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lark/parser_frontends.py", line 89, in parse return self._parse(token_stream, start, *[sps] if sps is not NotImplemented else []) ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lark/parser_frontends.py", line 54, in _parse return self.parser.parse(input, start, *args) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lark/parsers/lalr_parser.py", line 36, in parse return self.parser.parse(*args) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lark/parsers/lalr_parser.py", line 84, in parse for token in stream: ^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lark/lexer.py", line 373, in lex for x in l.lex(stream, self.root_lexer.newline_types, self.root_lexer.ignore_types): ~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lark/lexer.py", line 174, in lex raise UnexpectedCharacters(stream, line_ctr.char_pos, line_ctr.line, line_ctr.column, allowed=allowed, state=self.state, token_history=last_token and [last_token]) lark.exceptions.UnexpectedCharacters: No terminal defined for 'E' at line 1 col 1 Error processing token: filename. Filena ^ Expecting: {'ESCAPED_STRING', 'LBRACE', 'FALSE', 'LSQB', 'NULL', 'SIGNED_NUMBER', 'TRUE'} During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/config_entries.py", line 751, in __async_setup_with_context result = await component.async_setup_entry(hass, self) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/__init__.py", line 60, in async_setup_entry await conn.async_setup() File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/connection.py", line 338, in async_setup await self.async_update(poll_all=True) File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/connection.py", line 942, in async_update new_values_dict = await self.get_characteristics(to_poll) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/connection.py", line 1025, in get_characteristics return await self.pairing.get_characteristics(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/pairing.py", line 269, in get_characteristics response = await self.connection.get_json(url) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohomekit/controller/ip/connection.py", line 377, in get_json return hkjson.loads(response.body) ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohomekit/hkjson.py", line 44, in loads return commentjson.loads(s) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/commentjson/commentjson.py", line 183, in loads raise ValueError('Unable to parse text', text) ValueError: ('Unable to parse text', 'Error processing token: filename. Filename missing or too long?') ``` ### Additional information _No response_

It should be solved with the upcoming 2025.9.4 release.

Brewder · September 17, 2025, 1:45am

I think that’s exactly my issue! Thank you! Rolling back solved my issue so I’ll wait for the fix.