Unable to connect to HA from Appdaemon

[mlbarton]

Ubuntu 24.04
HA Core 2026.1.0
appdaemon 4.5.13

I am running Home Assistant core which is working as expected along with appdaemon running in a python venv, so no add on. I verified appdaemon is running with a dashboard, however I am not able to get it to connect to HA. Also I verified the token is correct and that port 8123 is in my firewall rules. I tried using localhost, 127.0.0.1 and my server IP address for ha_url. My appdaemon.yaml file with a few updates worked for a 2024 version of HA and appdaemon. Any settings I need to do for the latest versions of HA and appdaemon?

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks Mark

My YAML file:

appdaemon:
  plugins:
    HASS:
      type: hass
      ha_url: <http://localhost:8123>
      cert_verify: False  
      token: <my_ha_token> 
  # Location required to calculate the time the sun rises and sets
  latitude: xxxxx
  longitude: xxxx
  # Impacts weather/sunrise data (altitude above sea level in meters)
  elevation: 2100
  # Pick yours from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
  time_zone: America/New_York

    #logs:
  main_log: 
    filename: /home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/appdaemon.log
  error_log: 
    filename: /home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/error.log
  diag_log: 
    filename: /home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/diag.log
  access_log: 
    filename: /home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/access.log
    #  log_generations: 3
    #  log_size: 1000000


http: 
  url: http://0.0.0.0:5050

hadashboard:

2026-02-04 07:39:24.130 DEBUG AppDaemon: Reading config file: /home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/appdaemon.yaml
2026-02-04 07:39:24.146 DEBUG AppDaemon: {
    "admin": null,
    "api": null,
    "appdaemon": {
        "access_log": {
            "filename": "/home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/access.log"
        },
        "ad_version": "4.5.13",
        "admin_delay": 1.0,
        "api_key": null,
        "api_port": null,
        "api_ssl_certificate": null,
        "api_ssl_key": null,
        "app_dir": "/home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/apps",
        "ascii_encode": true,
        "cert_verify": true,
        "check_app_updates_profile": false,
        "config_dir": "/home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf",
        "config_file": "/home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/appdaemon.yaml",
        "diag_log": {
            "filename": "/home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/diag.log"
        },
        "disable_apps": false,
        "discard_init_events": false,
        "elevation": 2100,
        "endtime": null,
        "error_log": {
            "filename": "/home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/error.log"
        },
        "exclude_dirs": [
            "__pycache__",
            "build",
            ".venv"
        ],
        "ext": ".yaml",
        "filters": [],
        "import_method": null,
        "import_paths": [],
        "internal_function_timeout": 60.0,
        "invalid_config_warnings": true,
        "latitude": 34.892594,
        "load_distribution": "roundrobbin",
        "log_thread_actions": false,
        "loglevel": "DEBUG",
        "longitude": -83.538831,
        "main_log": {
            "filename": "/home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/appdaemon.log"
        },
        "max_utility_skew": 2.0,
        "missing_app_warnings": true,
        "module_debug": {},
        "namespaces": {},
        "pin_apps": true,
        "pin_threads": null,
        "plugin_performance_update": 10,
        "plugins": {
            "HASS": {
                "api_class": "Hass",
                "api_module": "appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassapi",
                "appdaemon_startup_conditions": null,
                "cert_path": null,
                "cert_verify": false,
                "commtype": null,
                "config_sleep_time": 60.0,
                "connect_timeout": 1.0,
                "disable": false,
                "enable_started_event": true,
                "ha_key": null,
                "ha_url": "%3Chttp://0.0.0.0:8123%3E",
                "name": "HASS",
                "namespace": "default",
                "namespaces": [],
                "persist_entities": false,
                "plugin_class": "HassPlugin",
                "plugin_module": "appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassplugin",
                "plugin_startup_conditions": null,
                "refresh_delay": 600.0,
                "refresh_timeout": 30.0,
                "retry_secs": 5.0,
                "services_sleep_time": 60.0,
                "suppress_log_messages": false,
                "token": "**********",
                "type": "hass",
                "ws_max_msg_size": 4194304,
                "ws_timeout": 10.0
            }
        },
        "production_mode": false,
        "qsize_warning_iterations": 10,
        "qsize_warning_step": 60,
        "qsize_warning_threshold": 50,
        "starttime": null,
        "stop_function": null,
        "suppress_log_messages": false,
        "thread_duration_warning_threshold": 10.0,
        "threadpool_workers": 10,
        "threads": null,
        "time_zone": "America/New_York",
        "timewarp": 1.0,
        "total_threads": null,
        "use_dictionary_unpacking": false,
        "use_stream": false,
        "utility_delay": 1.0,
        "uvloop": false,
        "write_toml": false
    },
    "hadashboard": {
        "compile_on_start": false,
        "config_dir": "/home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf",
        "config_file": "/home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/appdaemon.yaml",
        "dashboard": true,
        "dashboard_dir": null,
        "force_compile": false,
        "profile_dashboard": false
    },
    "http": {
        "headers": null,
        "password": null,
        "ssl_certificate": null,
        "ssl_key": null,
        "static_dirs": null,
        "transport": "ws",
        "url": "http://0.0.0.0:5050/"
    },
    "log": null,
    "logs": {},
    "old_admin": null
}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.146455 WARNING AppDaemon: Extra config field 'access_log'. This will be ignored
2026-02-04 07:39:24.146571 WARNING AppDaemon: Extra config field 'error_log'. This will be ignored
2026-02-04 07:39:24.146630 WARNING AppDaemon: Extra config field 'main_log'. This will be ignored
2026-02-04 07:39:24.146692 WARNING AppDaemon: Extra config field 'diag_log'. This will be ignored
2026-02-04 07:39:24.147054 DEBUG file: Reading config file: /home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/apps/apps.yaml
2026-02-04 07:39:24.147 DEBUG AppDaemon: Using selector: EpollSelector
2026-02-04 07:39:24.147739 DEBUG AppDaemon: Created new async event loop
2026-02-04 07:39:24.150233 INFO AppDaemon: ------------------------------------------------------------
2026-02-04 07:39:24.150298 INFO AppDaemon: AppDaemon Version 4.5.13 starting
2026-02-04 07:39:24.150348 INFO AppDaemon: ------------------------------------------------------------
2026-02-04 07:39:24.150396 INFO AppDaemon: Python version is 3.13.11
2026-02-04 07:39:24.150441 INFO AppDaemon: Configuration read from: /home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/appdaemon.yaml
2026-02-04 07:39:24.150778 INFO AppDaemon: Using /home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/apps as app_dir
2026-02-04 07:39:24.150905 DEBUG AppDaemon: register_service called: admin.app.edit -> <bound method AppManagement.manage_services of <appdaemon.app_management.AppManagement object at 0x709cefefacf0>>
2026-02-04 07:39:24.150982 DEBUG AppDaemon: register_service called: admin.app.stop -> <bound method AppManagement.manage_services of <appdaemon.app_management.AppManagement object at 0x709cefefacf0>>
2026-02-04 07:39:24.151053 DEBUG AppDaemon: register_service called: admin.app.reload -> <bound method AppManagement.manage_services of <appdaemon.app_management.AppManagement object at 0x709cefefacf0>>
2026-02-04 07:39:24.151121 DEBUG AppDaemon: register_service called: admin.app.create -> <bound method AppManagement.manage_services of <appdaemon.app_management.AppManagement object at 0x709cefefacf0>>
2026-02-04 07:39:24.151187 DEBUG AppDaemon: register_service called: admin.app.start -> <bound method AppManagement.manage_services of <appdaemon.app_management.AppManagement object at 0x709cefefacf0>>
2026-02-04 07:39:24.151260 DEBUG AppDaemon: register_service called: admin.app.enable -> <bound method AppManagement.manage_services of <appdaemon.app_management.AppManagement object at 0x709cefefacf0>>
2026-02-04 07:39:24.151324 DEBUG AppDaemon: register_service called: admin.app.restart -> <bound method AppManagement.manage_services of <appdaemon.app_management.AppManagement object at 0x709cefefacf0>>
2026-02-04 07:39:24.151387 DEBUG AppDaemon: register_service called: admin.app.disable -> <bound method AppManagement.manage_services of <appdaemon.app_management.AppManagement object at 0x709cefefacf0>>
2026-02-04 07:39:24.151449 DEBUG AppDaemon: register_service called: admin.app.remove -> <bound method AppManagement.manage_services of <appdaemon.app_management.AppManagement object at 0x709cefefacf0>>
2026-02-04 07:39:24.152064 INFO AppDaemon: Loading built-in plugin 'HASS' using 'HassPlugin' from 'appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassplugin'
2026-02-04 07:39:24.152249 INFO HASS: HASS Plugin initialization complete
2026-02-04 07:39:24.152402 INFO AppDaemon: Initializing HTTP
2026-02-04 07:39:24.152583 INFO AppDaemon: Using 'ws' for event stream
2026-02-04 07:39:24.153823 INFO AppDaemon: API is disabled
2026-02-04 07:39:24.153922 INFO AppDaemon: Admin Interface is disabled
2026-02-04 07:39:24.153993 INFO AppDaemon: Starting Dashboards
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155103 DEBUG AppDaemon: Starting AppDaemon
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155183 DEBUG AppDaemon: Starting thread_async loop
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155286 DEBUG AppDaemon: Running async event loop forever
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155378 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: service_registered:
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155438 DEBUG AppDaemon: process_event_callbacks() admin {'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'edit'}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155529 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: service_registered:
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155581 DEBUG AppDaemon: process_event_callbacks() admin {'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'stop'}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155665 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: service_registered:
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155723 DEBUG AppDaemon: process_event_callbacks() admin {'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'reload'}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155803 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: service_registered:
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155861 DEBUG AppDaemon: process_event_callbacks() admin {'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'create'}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155939 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: service_registered:
2026-02-04 07:39:24.155995 DEBUG AppDaemon: process_event_callbacks() admin {'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'start'}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.156073 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: service_registered:
2026-02-04 07:39:24.156130 DEBUG AppDaemon: process_event_callbacks() admin {'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'enable'}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.156207 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: service_registered:
2026-02-04 07:39:24.156276 DEBUG AppDaemon: process_event_callbacks() admin {'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'restart'}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.156359 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: service_registered:
2026-02-04 07:39:24.156415 DEBUG AppDaemon: process_event_callbacks() admin {'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'disable'}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.156491 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: service_registered:
2026-02-04 07:39:24.156546 DEBUG AppDaemon: process_event_callbacks() admin {'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'remove'}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.186819 DEBUG AppDaemon: Previous message repeated 1 times
2026-02-04 07:39:24.186955 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method Events.process_event of <appdaemon.events.Events object at 0x709cefef9fd0>>, 'args': ('admin', {'event_type': '__AD_LOG_EVENT', 'data': {'level': 'INFO', 'app_name': 'AppDaemon', 'message': "Loading built-in plugin 'HASS' using 'HassPlugin' from 'appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassplugin'", 'type': 'log', 'log_type': 'main_log', 'asctime': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.152112', 'ts': datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 4, 7, 39, 24, 152039), 'formatted_message': "2026-02-04 07:39:24.152112 INFO AppDaemon: Loading built-in plugin 'HASS' using 'HassPlugin' from 'appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassplugin'"}}), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187040 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method Events.process_event of <appdaemon.events.Events object at 0x709cefef9fd0>>, 'args': ('admin', {'event_type': '__AD_LOG_EVENT', 'data': {'level': 'INFO', 'app_name': 'HASS', 'message': 'HASS Plugin initialization complete', 'type': 'log', 'log_type': 'main_log', 'asctime': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.152287', 'ts': datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 4, 7, 39, 24, 152227), 'formatted_message': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.152287 INFO HASS: HASS Plugin initialization complete'}}), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187131 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method Events.process_event of <appdaemon.events.Events object at 0x709cefef9fd0>>, 'args': ('admin', {'event_type': '__AD_LOG_EVENT', 'data': {'level': 'INFO', 'app_name': 'AppDaemon', 'message': 'Initializing HTTP', 'type': 'log', 'log_type': 'main_log', 'asctime': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.152441', 'ts': datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 4, 7, 39, 24, 152383), 'formatted_message': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.152441 INFO AppDaemon: Initializing HTTP'}}), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187228 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method Events.process_event of <appdaemon.events.Events object at 0x709cefef9fd0>>, 'args': ('admin', {'event_type': '__AD_LOG_EVENT', 'data': {'level': 'INFO', 'app_name': 'AppDaemon', 'message': "Using 'ws' for event stream", 'type': 'log', 'log_type': 'main_log', 'asctime': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.152621', 'ts': datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 4, 7, 39, 24, 152559), 'formatted_message': "2026-02-04 07:39:24.152621 INFO AppDaemon: Using 'ws' for event stream"}}), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187299 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method Events.process_event of <appdaemon.events.Events object at 0x709cefef9fd0>>, 'args': ('admin', {'event_type': '__AD_LOG_EVENT', 'data': {'level': 'INFO', 'app_name': 'AppDaemon', 'message': 'API is disabled', 'type': 'log', 'log_type': 'main_log', 'asctime': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.153869', 'ts': datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 4, 7, 39, 24, 153798), 'formatted_message': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.153869 INFO AppDaemon: API is disabled'}}), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187366 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method Events.process_event of <appdaemon.events.Events object at 0x709cefef9fd0>>, 'args': ('admin', {'event_type': '__AD_LOG_EVENT', 'data': {'level': 'INFO', 'app_name': 'AppDaemon', 'message': 'Admin Interface is disabled', 'type': 'log', 'log_type': 'main_log', 'asctime': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.153953', 'ts': datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 4, 7, 39, 24, 153904), 'formatted_message': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.153953 INFO AppDaemon: Admin Interface is disabled'}}), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187456 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method Events.process_event of <appdaemon.events.Events object at 0x709cefef9fd0>>, 'args': ('admin', {'event_type': '__AD_LOG_EVENT', 'data': {'level': 'INFO', 'app_name': 'AppDaemon', 'message': 'Starting Dashboards', 'type': 'log', 'log_type': 'main_log', 'asctime': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.154021', 'ts': datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 4, 7, 39, 24, 153978), 'formatted_message': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.154021 INFO AppDaemon: Starting Dashboards'}}), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187532 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method ADStream.process_event of <appdaemon.stream.adstream.ADStream object at 0x709cefefbb60>>, 'args': ({'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'edit'}, 'namespace': 'admin'},), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187604 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method ADStream.process_event of <appdaemon.stream.adstream.ADStream object at 0x709cefefbb60>>, 'args': ({'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'stop'}, 'namespace': 'admin'},), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187674 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method ADStream.process_event of <appdaemon.stream.adstream.ADStream object at 0x709cefefbb60>>, 'args': ({'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'reload'}, 'namespace': 'admin'},), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187744 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method ADStream.process_event of <appdaemon.stream.adstream.ADStream object at 0x709cefefbb60>>, 'args': ({'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'create'}, 'namespace': 'admin'},), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187843 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method ADStream.process_event of <appdaemon.stream.adstream.ADStream object at 0x709cefefbb60>>, 'args': ({'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'start'}, 'namespace': 'admin'},), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187912 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method ADStream.process_event of <appdaemon.stream.adstream.ADStream object at 0x709cefefbb60>>, 'args': ({'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'enable'}, 'namespace': 'admin'},), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.187982 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method ADStream.process_event of <appdaemon.stream.adstream.ADStream object at 0x709cefefbb60>>, 'args': ({'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'restart'}, 'namespace': 'admin'},), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.188051 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method ADStream.process_event of <appdaemon.stream.adstream.ADStream object at 0x709cefefbb60>>, 'args': ({'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'disable'}, 'namespace': 'admin'},), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.188120 DEBUG AppDaemon: thread_async loop, args={'function': <bound method ADStream.process_event of <appdaemon.stream.adstream.ADStream object at 0x709cefefbb60>>, 'args': ({'event_type': 'service_registered', 'data': {'namespace': 'admin', 'domain': 'app', 'service': 'remove'}, 'namespace': 'admin'},), 'kwargs': {}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.188202 DEBUG AppDaemon: Starting utility loop
2026-02-04 07:39:24.188696 INFO AppDaemon: Starting apps with 1 worker threads. Apps will all be assigned threads and pinned to them.
2026-02-04 07:39:24.189888 ERROR HASS: %3Chttp://0.0.0.0:8123%3E/api/websocket
2026-02-04 07:39:24.190290 INFO HASS: Attempting reconnection in 5.0s
2026-02-04 07:39:24.190412 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: __AD_LOG_EVENT:
2026-02-04 07:39:24.190484 DEBUG AppDaemon: process_event_callbacks() admin {'event_type': '__AD_LOG_EVENT', 'data': {'level': 'INFO', 'app_name': 'AppDaemon', 'message': 'Using /home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/apps as app_dir', 'type': 'log', 'log_type': 'main_log', 'asctime': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.150821', 'ts': datetime.datetime(2026, 2, 4, 7, 39, 24, 150749), 'formatted_message': '2026-02-04 07:39:24.150821 INFO AppDaemon: Using /home/mark/appdaemon_conf/conf/apps as app_dir'}}
2026-02-04 07:39:24.190569 DEBUG AppDaemon: Event type: __AD_LOG_EVENT:

[Sir_Goodenough ((SG) WhatAreWeFixing.Today)]

I assume you know about this… (But just in case)

Deprecating Core and Supervised installation methods, and 32-bit systems

[image] We are today officially deprecating two installation methods and three legacy CPU architectures. We always strive to have Home Assistant run on almost anything, but sometimes we must make difficult decisions to keep the project moving forward. Though these changes will only affect a small percentage of Home Assistant users, we want to do everything in our power to make this easy for those who may need to migrate. Beginning with Home Assistant 2025.6, affected systems will displ…

You would theoretically be locked into that version unless you are maintaining a version on your own.

[mlbarton]

Yep I do understand that Core install is no longer supported and why it was done. I’m OK with the change. I’m hoping this turns out to be a simple network issue or configuration problem with HA or Appdaemon that I missed during installation. Thanks for pointing out the changes. I could have easily been someone that wasn’t aware of the new policy.

[mlbarton]

It is working now. The token needed to have “” instead of <>.