Web UI never loads but CLI appears ok (loads)

I get that validation warning too but it does not stop me from accessing the web UI.

Note: there are multiple system logfiles. You can move the system media (e.g. SD Card for odroid) to a Windows system and use Linux Reader to read the partitions and files.

  • Home-assistant.log
  • home-assistant.log.1
  • Home-assistant.log.fault

There is this option too:

How to get to your log after restart/restore.

I agree with you that it might be a misbehaving integration. A simple way to troubleshoot a rouge integration is to disable each integration, in what ever order you see fit (one at a time, everything at once then enable each individually, etc.). A more through way is documented here:

2024.5+: Tracking down instability issues caused by integrations.