Repeated http login attempt error messages from HA node itself

Configuration
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I put a password on my HA, using the secrets.yaml file. entries are:
“api_password: !secret default_password”, where default_password is defined in secrets. Manually logging in works fine, but I see the following message on repeat in the HA log:
“WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.http.ban] Login attempt or request with invalid authentication from 192.168.1.104”, which is HA’s own IP address. I’m quite confused.

2

Do you have some script somewhere that tries to send data (device status) to HA via an API?
Or maybe did you install the iOS app and incorrectly configured it?

3

Thanks for your response.

I have installed the ios app on my phone, but it logs in and I can see everything. How would I determine that that’s the problem? The log file’s very inconclusive and vague.

I’ve also got homebridge installed. Could that be contributing?

4

Possibly homebridge could be the culprit, easiest way is to deactivate anything that connects to HA and activate them one by one to see which one fails / generates the errors. It’s a bit difficult from here without seeing your setup

5

Thanks for the advice, I’ll give that a shot and report back.