Recovery mode after updating HA to 2025.1.3

Installation
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Hi Guys

So, i am only 1 month into my HA journey, and it has been a crazy ride.

Though, i now discovered my first major problem.

After updating HA to v 2025.1.3 it is now entering recovery mode upon boot.

In my overview tab i get the following screen.

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When i go to my error log i have 2 errors:

First one says:
Logger: hass_nabucasa.cloud_api
Source: components/cloud/alexa_config.py:324
First occurred: 9:43:48 AM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 9:43:48 AM

Fetched https://alexa-api.nabucasa.com/access_token (400)

Next one says:
Logger: homeassistant.components.hassio.handler
Source: components/hassio/handler.py:243
integration: Home Assistant Supervisor (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 9:43:45 AM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 9:43:45 AM

Found incompatible HTTP option ā€˜server_hostā€™. Watchdog feature disabled

My configuration.yaml looks like this:

# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
default_config:

# Load frontend themes from the themes folder
frontend:
  themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes

automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
powercalc:
frontend:
  themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes
  
  frontend:
  extra_module_url:
    - /hacsfiles/lovelace-card-mod/card-mod.js
    
    resources:
  - url: /hacsfiles/mini-graph-card/mini-graph-card-bundle.js
    type: module

And the raw error log goes like this (i didnt know how many lines to include, so this is my best guess)

2025-01-21 09:33:02.190 ERROR (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.util.yaml.loader] while parsing a block collection
  in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 18, column 5
expected <block end>, but found '?'
  in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 20, column 5
2025-01-21 09:33:02.191 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Failed to parse configuration.yaml: while parsing a block collection
  in "configuration.yaml", line 18, column 5
expected <block end>, but found '?'
  in "configuration.yaml", line 20, column 5. Activating recovery mode
2025-01-21 09:33:02.980 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.hassio.handler] 2025-01-21 09:33:02.980 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.hassio.handler] Found incompatible HTTP option 'server_host'. Watchdog feature disabled
2025-01-21 09:33:05.458 WARNING (MainThread) [hass_nabucasa.cloud_api] 2025-01-21 09:33:05.458 WARNING (MainThread) [hass_nabucasa.cloud_api] Fetched https://alexa-api.nabucasa.com/access_token (400) 
2025-01-21 09:42:08.295 ERROR (SyncWorker_6) [homeassistant.util.yaml.loader] 2025-01-21 09:42:08.295 ERROR (SyncWorker_6) [homeassistant.util.yaml.loader] while parsing a block collection
  in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 18, column 5
expected <block end>, but found '?'
  in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 20, column 5
2025-01-21 09:42:08.296 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.homeassistant] 2025-01-21 09:42:08.296 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.homeassistant] The system cannot restart because the configuration is not valid: Error loading /config/configuration.yaml: while parsing a block collection
  in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 18, column 5
expected <block end>, but found '?'
  in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 20, column 5
2025-01-21 09:42:08.296 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection] 2025-01-21 09:42:08.296 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection] [139923945994944] Unexpected exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py", line 245, in handle_call_service
    response = await hass.services.async_call(
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<7 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2795, in async_call
    response_data = await coro
                    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2838, in _execute_service
    return await target(service_call)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 1109, in _async_admin_handler
    await result
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/homeassistant/__init__.py", line 204, in async_handle_core_service
    raise HomeAssistantError(
    ...<2 lines>...
    )
homeassistant.exceptions.HomeAssistantError: The system cannot restart because the configuration is not valid: Error loading /config/configuration.yaml: while parsing a block collection
  in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 18, column 5
expected <block end>, but found '?'
  in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 20, column 5
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: stopping
[08:42:28] INFO: Home Assistant Core finish process exit code 0
[08:42:28] INFO: Home Assistant Core service shutdown
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: stopping
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: stopping
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: stopping
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: starting
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully started
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: starting
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting
services-up: info: copying legacy longrun home-assistant (no readiness notification)
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started
2025-01-21 09:43:44.454 ERROR (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.util.yaml.loader] while parsing a block collection
  in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 18, column 5
expected <block end>, but found '?'
  in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 20, column 5
2025-01-21 09:43:44.455 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Failed to parse configuration.yaml: while parsing a block collection
  in "configuration.yaml", line 18, column 5
expected <block end>, but found '?'
  in "configuration.yaml", line 20, column 5. Activating recovery mode
2025-01-21 09:43:45.255 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.hassio.handler] 2025-01-21 09:43:45.255 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.hassio.handler] Found incompatible HTTP option 'server_host'. Watchdog feature disabled
2025-01-21 09:43:48.628 WARNING (MainThread) [hass_nabucasa.cloud_api] 2025-01-21 09:43:48.628 WARNING (MainThread) [hass_nabucasa.cloud_api] Fetched https://alexa-api.nabucasa.com/access_token (400)

Please let me know if you need any further information from me.

Thank you!

2

Might be helpful to know how you installed HA, and which hardware it is running on.

3

HA is running on a ThinkCentre m710q.

I bought it with HA installed, so cant really help with that. But i would be interested in wiping it all clean and go about installing it the ā€œbestā€ way.

But first i would need to know how i can access my backup files. The backup tab dosent show up in settings FYI.

4

As long the drive containing your backup files isnā€™t corrupted, you have a range of options for accessing them, including:

  • Boot a Live USB OS such as SystemRescue and use that to copy the files off your ThinkCentre onto another USB stick or a NAS or whatever.
  • Take the drive out of the ThinkCentre and plug it into a working computer (make sure the latter is switched off when you plug the drive in - donā€™t hotplug it).
5

I managed to get my backups, and have installed a fresh HA.

Learned the hard way to always backup before an update.

Thanks for you help!

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6

Excellent! Please mark this thread as ā€œsolvedā€ :slight_smile: