warm wigeon
I have a long standing issue where now and then an input select I use in automation all of a sudden seems to get changed without a direct cause.
this is the one I cannot explaint:
Arnoud changed to Net Thuis triggered by action Input select: Select
06:19:51 - 6 hours ago - arnoud
a normal one:
Arnoud changed to Thuis triggered by automation Mark person as home triggered by state of Arnoud
06:19:51 - 6 hours ago
How can I debug this issue to find out what caused this?
warm wigeon
I have a sneaking suscpicion this might be changed by webhook which I use on my phone for tasker, is there a way to confirm this?
noble mural
Have you checked the logbook entries for the input select? If an automation changed it then it should mention that
Otherwise you'll have to look through traces for automations that touch that entity
But yeah what you're explaining can be a difficult thing to track down
warm wigeon
Yeah I posted the logbook entries in the OP
noble mural
Do you happen to use node red or anything else that might be changing the entity?
warm wigeon
no
noble mural
If you suspect the webhook, you could create a temporary automation that also listens to that webhook and post a persistent notification or something to help troubleshoot when it happens
warm wigeon
hmm good idea
noble mural
Although I don't follow that entirely, because if you suspect the webhook then I would think you already have an automation using the webhook and you should see that automation in the logbook or see its traces. Though I've never used a webhook so not super familiar
warm wigeon
yeah my bad, from tasker I access the API with a long lived token, so not a webhook, subtle difference i just learned while searching how to trigger on an api call
noble mural
Ah ok. You could look at raw logs for that request and see if it lines up with when the input changes
warm wigeon
and looking at the events in event-viewer I can't at all differentiate between an api or a dashboard call. they are exactly the same ( except for the context: id:)
noble mural
Yeah maybe something like the user id in the context
warm wigeon
user id is the same now, so if I wanted I can make a new user just for tasker
noble mural
Though since you generated the token with your user it might be tied to that user id
warm wigeon
yeah it's also the same currently
noble mural
Yeah good idea. I'd just look at the HA log file first though
Do you know how to? It's possible you'll have to change the log level
warm wigeon
yeah, I know the raw logs, and indeed I need to change the log level to log somthing on that particular part, I already checked, nothing currently logged on the timestamps I triggered thinks by hand
noble mural
Yeah I'd think at least info level but might need to go lower. You can also enable it per integration so less to sift through