Unexpected exception importing component homeassistant.components.influxdb

I just recently posted this issue on Github, but figured it would also be worth asking here.

The problem

This looks similar to the error found here #74738, which also mentions Broken integrations - #5 by nickrout but I’m unsure of how to access Docker this way if this is even possible with my setup. I am currently running Home Assistant OS in a VirtualBox VM on top of Windows. Here’s the following log:

  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1075, in _get_component
    ComponentProtocol, importlib.import_module(self.pkg_path)
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/util/loop.py", line 201, in protected_loop_func
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/influxdb/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    from influxdb import InfluxDBClient, exceptions
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/influxdb/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    from .dataframe_client import DataFrameClient
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/influxdb/dataframe_client.py", line 12, in <module>
    import pandas
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py", line 138, in <module>
    from pandas import api, arrays, errors, io, plotting, tseries
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/api/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from pandas.api import (
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/api/typing/__init__.py", line 31, in <module>
    from pandas.io.json._json import JsonReader
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/json/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.io.json._json import (
    ...<4 lines>...
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 71, in <module>
    from pandas.io.parsers.readers import validate_integer
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.io.parsers.readers import (
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
SyntaxError: source code string cannot contain null bytes

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2025.2.1

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

InfluxDB

It seems that InfluxDB starts up eventually, but the homeassistant database I have created does not contain any data still. So therefore I don’t receive any new data into Grafana. If you need any more info or logs, please just let me know!

More logs:

Logger: homeassistant.util.loop
Source: util/loop.py:77
First occurred: 3:29:10 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 3:29:10 PM

Detected blocking call to import_module with args ('homeassistant.components.influxdb',) in /usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py, line 1075: ComponentProtocol, importlib.import_module(self.pkg_path) inside the event loop; This is causing stability issues. Please create a bug report at https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue For developers, please see https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/asyncio_blocking_operations/#import_module Traceback (most recent call last): File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/__main__.py", line 227, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/__main__.py", line 213, in main exit_code = runner.run(runtime_conf) File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/runner.py", line 154, in run return loop.run_until_complete(setup_and_run_hass(runtime_config)) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/asyncio/base_events.py", line 707, in run_until_complete self.run_forever() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/asyncio/base_events.py", line 678, in run_forever self._run_once() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/asyncio/base_events.py", line 2033, in _run_once handle._run() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/asyncio/events.py", line 89, in _run self._context.run(self._callback, *self._args) File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/setup.py", line 171, in async_setup_component result = await _async_setup_component(hass, domain, config) File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/setup.py", line 340, in _async_setup_component component = await integration.async_get_component() File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1027, in async_get_component comp = self._get_component() File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1075, in _get_component ComponentProtocol, importlib.import_module(self.pkg_path)
Logger: homeassistant.loader
Source: loader.py:1075
First occurred: 3:29:10 PM (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 3:29:10 PM

Unexpected exception importing component homeassistant.components.influxdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1075, in _get_component
    ComponentProtocol, importlib.import_module(self.pkg_path)
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/util/loop.py", line 201, in protected_loop_func
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/influxdb/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    from influxdb import InfluxDBClient, exceptions
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/influxdb/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    from .dataframe_client import DataFrameClient
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/influxdb/dataframe_client.py", line 12, in <module>
    import pandas
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py", line 138, in <module>
    from pandas import api, arrays, errors, io, plotting, tseries
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/api/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from pandas.api import (
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/api/typing/__init__.py", line 31, in <module>
    from pandas.io.json._json import JsonReader
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/json/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.io.json._json import (
    ...<4 lines>...
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 71, in <module>
    from pandas.io.parsers.readers import validate_integer
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.io.parsers.readers import (
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
SyntaxError: source code string cannot contain null bytes
Logger: homeassistant.setup
Source: setup.py:340
First occurred: 3:29:10 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 3:29:10 PM

Setup failed for 'influxdb': Unable to import component: Exception importing homeassistant.components.influxdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1075, in _get_component
    ComponentProtocol, importlib.import_module(self.pkg_path)
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/util/loop.py", line 201, in protected_loop_func
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/influxdb/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    from influxdb import InfluxDBClient, exceptions
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/influxdb/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    from .dataframe_client import DataFrameClient
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/influxdb/dataframe_client.py", line 12, in <module>
    import pandas
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py", line 138, in <module>
    from pandas import api, arrays, errors, io, plotting, tseries
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/api/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from pandas.api import (
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/api/typing/__init__.py", line 31, in <module>
    from pandas.io.json._json import JsonReader
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/json/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.io.json._json import (
    ...<4 lines>...
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 71, in <module>
    from pandas.io.parsers.readers import validate_integer
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.io.parsers.readers import (
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
SyntaxError: source code string cannot contain null bytes

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1015, in async_get_component
    comp = await self.hass.async_add_import_executor_job(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        self._get_component, True
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 59, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1086, in _get_component
    raise ImportError(f"Exception importing {self.pkg_path}") from err
ImportError: Exception importing homeassistant.components.influxdb

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1075, in _get_component
    ComponentProtocol, importlib.import_module(self.pkg_path)
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/util/loop.py", line 201, in protected_loop_func
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/influxdb/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    from influxdb import InfluxDBClient, exceptions
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/influxdb/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    from .dataframe_client import DataFrameClient
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/influxdb/dataframe_client.py", line 12, in <module>
    import pandas
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py", line 138, in <module>
    from pandas import api, arrays, errors, io, plotting, tseries
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/api/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from pandas.api import (
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/api/typing/__init__.py", line 31, in <module>
    from pandas.io.json._json import JsonReader
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/json/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.io.json._json import (
    ...<4 lines>...
    )
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 71, in <module>
    from pandas.io.parsers.readers import validate_integer
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.io.parsers.readers import (
    ...<5 lines>...
    )
SyntaxError: source code string cannot contain null bytes

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/setup.py", line 340, in _async_setup_component
    component = await integration.async_get_component()
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1035, in async_get_component
    self._component_future.result()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1027, in async_get_component
    comp = self._get_component()
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/loader.py", line 1086, in _get_component
    raise ImportError(f"Exception importing {self.pkg_path}") from err
ImportError: Exception importing homeassistant.components.influxdb

Updating to Core 2025.2.2 fixed this issue