Why and how to avoid device_ids in automations and scripts

tom_l · August 22, 2023, 12:54pm

That should have been fixed. The automations should now report as unavailable if they depend on missing devices. However that change may have made things worse:

github.com/home-assistant/core

Missing devices used in automations cause Home Assistant to fail to load automations

opened 08:41AM - 15 Aug 23 UTC

closed 02:17AM - 25 Jan 24 UTC

tomlut

integration: automation stale

### The problem [PR 94856 ](https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/94856…)was introduced to prevent automations that use devices from disappearing when those devices were unavailable and to mark the automations as unavailable instead. However numerous users [are reporting](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/automations-wont-start-on-home-assistant-restart/601814?u=tom_l) (forum link) that if they have an automation with a missing device that home assistant fails to load correctly and reports the following error message: ``` 2023-08-11 14:31:10.255 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Unable to set up dependencies of default_config. Setup failed for dependencies: automation 2023-08-11 14:31:10.257 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup failed for default_config: (DependencyError(...), 'Could not setup dependencies: automation') ``` ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2023.8.2 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? core -2023.7. ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Automation ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/ ### Diagnostics information _No response_ ### Example YAML snippet ```yaml - id: '1691345676498' alias: Princess Window R Open/Close description: '' trigger: - platform: time at: '21:00:00' condition: - type: is_open condition: device device_id: a84a65093ec671a93f09e00a34769ce9 entity_id: 702f5fe57949392deaaef8d89966e2f4 domain: binary_sensor action: - type: turn_on device_id: 287d6dfad0dc0c36c5b8fd09238e5742 entity_id: light.king_bulb_ceiling domain: light brightness_pct: 90 alias: Turn on King Bulb - service: notify.alexa_media_sphere data: data: type: tts message: Princess right window is open mode: single ``` ### Anything in the logs that might be useful for us? ```txt 2023-08-11 14:31:10.235 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Error during setup of component automation Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/setup.py", line 288, in _async_setup_component result = await task ^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py", line 259, in async_setup await _async_process_config(hass, config, component) File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py", line 976, in _async_process_config entities = await _create_automation_entities(hass, updated_automation_configs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py", line 860, in _create_automation_entities cond_func = await _async_process_if(hass, name, config_block) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py", line 989, in _async_process_if checks.append(await condition.async_from_config(hass, if_config)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/condition.py", line 246, in async_from_config return cast(ConditionCheckerType, await factory(hass, config)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/device_automation/condition.py", line 55, in async_condition_from_config return trace_condition_function(platform.async_condition_from_config(hass, config)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/binary_sensor/device_condition.py", line 317, in async_condition_from_config state_config = condition.state_validate_config(hass, state_config) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/condition.py", line 1022, in state_validate_config config[CONF_ENTITY_ID] = er.async_validate_entity_ids( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_registry.py", line 1395, in async_validate_entity_ids return [async_validate_entity_id(registry, item) for item in entity_ids_or_uuids] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_registry.py", line 1395, in <listcomp> return [async_validate_entity_id(registry, item) for item in entity_ids_or_uuids] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_registry.py", line 1364, in async_validate_entity_id raise vol.Invalid(f"Unknown entity registry entry {entity_id_or_uuid}") voluptuous.error.Invalid: Unknown entity registry entry 702f5fe57949392deaaef8d89966e2f4 2023-08-11 14:31:10.255 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Unable to set up dependencies of default_config. Setup failed for dependencies: automation 2023-08-11 14:31:10.257 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup failed for default_config: (DependencyError(...), 'Could not setup dependencies: automation') ``` ### Additional information device_id: a84a65093ec671a93f09e00a34769ce9 used in the above automation was unavailable.