Response error 500

Configuration
1

Hello

I’m totally new to HA, so I am sorry if this may sound like a silly question to the majority of you here.

I am simply trying to create an Automation using the Automation Editor
A. Trigger: When TV is turned on
B: Action: Call Service - Notifications: Send a Persistent Notification
In the service data I inserted the message.
C. Save

Whatever I do I simply get a Response Error 500.

Can anyone kindly let me know if I need to install or configure anything particular for this to work.
Thanks
Jahel

2

Hi there, It would be helpful if you could share the yaml of the automation you created. Please take a look at the gif to find the yaml and copy paste it between ``` so that it can be seen as code.

Please note the gif shows a different process but you can find the yaml in the same position.

3

No matter what actions, conditions or triggers I set, when I save I get the Response Error 500. So I feel its a setup or communication issue.

4

I have the same issue. Whatever automation I try to do in the GUI I get the error “Response error: 500”

Code

alias: bingo
description: bongo
mode: single
trigger:

  • platform: sun
    event: sunset
    condition:
    action:
  • type: brightness_decrease
    device_id: 249f494d487688a3ab8790c2e2184462
    entity_id: light.tradfri_bulb
    domain: light

And error in log:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/aiohttp/web_protocol.py”, line 422, in _handle_request
resp = await self._request_handler(request)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/aiohttp/web_app.py”, line 499, in _handle
resp = await handler(request)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/aiohttp/web_middlewares.py”, line 119, in impl
return await handler(request)
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/security_filter.py”, line 56, in security_filter_middleware
return await handler(request)
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/request_context.py”, line 18, in request_context_middleware
return await handler(request)
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/ban.py”, line 72, in ban_middleware
return await handler(request)
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/auth.py”, line 129, in auth_middleware
return await handler(request)
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/view.py”, line 129, in handle
result = await result
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/config/init.py”, line 160, in post
self._write_value(hass, current, config_key, data)
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/config/automation.py”, line 60, in _write_value
cur_value[CONF_ID] = uuid.uuid4().hex
TypeError: ‘str’ object does not support item assignment

5

I fixed this by doing the following

2.1. In Configuration.yaml add the following
automation: !include automations.yaml
2.2. In Automation.yaml remove the text
Event Template

Hope it helps. I was experimenting by adding the automaton in the configuration.yaml and automaton.yaml. then the automaton got created automaton

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6

What I noticed is I only ran into this when there was something in my automations.yaml file that was incomplete. I removed anything and started blank and that went away.

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7

I’m getting same issue - I even removed all text in automations.yaml and still unable to create automations in the UI.

8

I had managed to solve the problem by coding the automation in the configuration.yaml file.
I used the link below to understand what happened.
Automation YAML - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io)
The automation was then created in the Automation Editor however I was only able to modify it after placing the same code in the automation.yaml folder (and adding a unique id).

9

Same problem for me. I have lots of existing animations and want to try the UI method, but nope.

10

Otorga permisos a automation.yaml

11

I had same issue. FIx was to add IDs into automations.yaml

  • id: MY ID

before each automation to make then unique by this quide:

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12

Check automations.yaml for invalid syntax

13

worked perfect. Thanks

14

Hi,

sorry to bump an old post, but i can’t figure this out - i keep getting the error 500.
When i try to create (my first) automation, it keeps giving me that error every time.

Logger: aiohttp.server
Source: /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/web_protocol.py:403
First occurred: 21:18:05 (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 21:18:55

‘’’
Error handling request
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/web_protocol.py”, line 433, in _handle_request
resp = await request_handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/web_app.py”, line 504, in _handle
resp = await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/web_middlewares.py”, line 117, in impl
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/security_filter.py”, line 85, in security_filter_middleware
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/forwarded.py”, line 100, in forwarded_middleware
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/request_context.py”, line 28, in request_context_middleware
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/ban.py”, line 80, in ban_middleware
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/auth.py”, line 236, in auth_middleware
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/headers.py”, line 31, in headers_middleware
response = await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/view.py”, line 148, in handle
result = await handler(request, **request.match_info)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/decorators.py”, line 63, in with_admin
return await func(self, request, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/config/init.py”, line 112, in get
value = self._get_value(hass, current, config_key)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/config/init.py”, line 218, in _get_value
return next((val for val in data if val.get(CONF_ID) == config_key), None)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/config/init.py”, line 218, in
return next((val for val in data if val.get(CONF_ID) == config_key), None)
^^^^^^^
AttributeError: ‘str’ object has no attribute ‘get’
‘’’

I suspect it has something to do with having Dropback add-on.
My automations.yaml file:

id: belekas
alias: System Backup To Dropbox
description: "a"
trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: "03:00:00"
action:
  - service: hassio.backup_full
    data:
      name: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}"
  - delay: "00:15:00"
  - service: hassio.addon_stdin
    data:
      addon: 719b45ef_dropback
      input: sync
mode: single

I added that “id: belekas” later. Yet it keeps saying “this automation cannot be edited from UI, because it is not stored in automations.yaml or it doesn’t have and ID.” in Configuration >Automations.

Home assistant OS version 2023.10 on a dedicated x64 PC.

Thanks :slight_smile:

15

I get the same problem as I try to build a script. “Response error: 500”
Any ideas?
When I look at any of the scripts I already have, it says “this script can’t be edited from the UI as it is not loaded into scripts.yaml”. I check it and it is.
It seems the problem is the access from the UI to the file, but I don’t know how to fix it.

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Also have the same from today (2023-12-01). I installed the actualization of the Core, and from this moment I cannot do any automatization or script. Is like the actualization didn,t finished yet. Also I have error and doesnt allow me to restart home assistant.

17

I have the same error 500 when trying to save a new automation. I’ll post more details when possible but adding id: unique id doesn’t help and gives error which I’ll add here asap.

18

Any other solution than adding a unique id?