Roku TV will no longer open YouTube app using HA automation

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I have had an automation working for a year or so that suddenly quit. It turns on my Roku TV and then opens YouTube. Now it still powers on the Tv but it will not open YouTube. If I change it to any other app, it opens up that app normally. Seems to be limited to YT only. Anyone else seeing this happen?

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Check that the program code didn't change or there is not some login issue or change or things like that if it works for other programs.

3

Nothing has changed

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You didn't change anything, that's a different question.
If

then it would still be working.
Since it is partially working, something with that program HAS changed.

5

Roku's API changes the name of the applications all the time. Verify that the source name is correct in your automation:

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I've had to alter my HBO roku automations because HBO keeps changing the name to HBO Max, HBO Now, HBO blah blah.

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Are you using the source ID in the automation? That is what may have changed. Alternatively, you don't have to use the source ID anymore; you can just add "YouTube" as the source.

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Figured that might be the issue. How do I get a list of the application names?

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Click your media player in HA and look at the sources, it will look the same as the picture I provided above.

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Just had this error show up in the logs:

Logger: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection
Source: components/websocket_api/connection.py:330
Integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 9:31:02 AM (1 occurrence)
Last logged: 9:31:02 AM

[140324168454592] Error handling message: Timeout communicating with Roku API (home_assistant_error) Randy from 127.0.0.1 (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 11; KFTUWI Build/RS8338.3339N; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/142.0.7444.236 Safari/537.36 Home Assistant/2026.2.1-20142 (Android 11; KFTUWI))

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If you're getting timeout issues, restart your roku by turning it off and on. If you have the pro, just unplug it from power. If you have a stick, unplug the stick and replug in the stick.

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I've power cycled it many times but I think I'll unplug it for a few and see.....

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Did you verify the source? Have you checked that the IP/hostname is the same?

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Yup. And if I change it to Prime Video (for example), it works. Seems to be only happening to YouTube

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Oh and I forgot to mention that it is happening on more than one Roku TV

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Go to developer tools -> states page, look at your media player source list and post it here. Make sure attributes column is turned on.

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source_list:
  - Home
  - All Screen Receiver
  - Amazon Music
  - Apple TV
  - Aquatic Life
  - Atari
  - Backdrops
  - BritBox
  - Curiosity Stream
  - Downloader
  - HBO Max
  - Jellyfin
  - "Live\_TV"
  - NFL SUNDAY TICKET
  - Nebula
  - Netflix
  - Pandora
  - Prime Video
  - RaspberryPI
  - Redbox.
  - Roku Media Player
  - Roku TV Intro
  - SHOWTIME
  - Showtime Anytime
  - Tasty TV
  - VLC IPTV Player
  - Xfinity
  - Xfinity Stream
  - YouTube
  - YouTube TV
  - iHeart
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Alright, post the automation you're using

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alias: Workout
description: ""
triggers:
  - event_type: Workout
    trigger: event
  - device_id: e2be57a2bfeb02e3ed32dd61bb061b64
    domain: zha
    type: remote_button_short_press
    subtype: remote_button_short_press
    trigger: device
conditions: []
actions:
  - data:
      title: Open Roku
      message: Tap to open the Roku app.
      data:
        url: roku://
    action: notify.mobile_app_fizz_phone
  - type: turn_on
    device_id: fb34e87ef61fc87140fbe2c9466010db
    entity_id: 47912e52bd1e0753b6e5f1d1fd3c1410
    domain: remote
  - action: media_player.volume_mute
    metadata: {}
    data:
      is_volume_muted: true
    target:
      device_id: fb34e87ef61fc87140fbe2c9466010db
  - data:
      source: YouTube
    target:
      device_id: fb34e87ef61fc87140fbe2c9466010db
    action: media_player.select_source
mode: single

type or paste code here

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Weird that this worked fine for over a year (maybe 2?) and now is broken only for YouTube

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And there's no errors in your raw logs when you try to execute this action:

  - data:
      source: YouTube
    target:
      device_id: fb34e87ef61fc87140fbe2c9466010db
    action: media_player.select_source