Hi guys,
Just wondering how you guys organize your rule sets and rules. I wish I had an extra layer to have some more granularity, but my feature request was not popular.
Maybe there are better ways to organize my rule sets.
I use the rule sets now primarily for rooms. So a rule set per room. But maybe grouping by functionality works better. Any examples/ suggestions would be appreciated.
I have installed MSR on a RP5 bare metal and then copied the config and store files. Everything seems to be on the RP5 but I am missing all global expression and I don't see the controller time.
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My browser is Microsoft Edge Version 135.0.3179.54 (Official build) (64-bit)
I have probably done something stupid or missed a step but I am stuck.
Thanks for any help.
Hi,
It seems that the widget deletion does not work. I tried to drag the widget to the left (as explained in here https://smarthome.community/topic/1071/deleting-widgets?_=1744037333660)
but it does not delete it. Anyone else experiencing the same problem?
Also the landing page after login is empty and seems be have some JS issues on the dev console:
Screenshot from 2025-04-07 18-06-19.png
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Using dockerized version of Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-25082-3c348de6 on Chromium 135.0.7049.52 (Official Build) snap (64-bit)
br,
mgvra
Good day all,
I have an notification set up for my washing machine to let me know when it's complete. I have a templete sensor set up in HAAS to let me know if it's Washing, in Standby, or off, based upon the power consumption (Shelly 1PM on outlets)
The MSR code is relatively simple. I have a built in false positive attribute for if MSR gets rebooted, because I would suddenly get tons of notifications when I upgraded MSR.
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What I'm trying to introduce, is a way to verify that I just didn't bump the knob on the washing machine when transferring loads from the washer to the dryer, which turns on the display and brings the power above the Standby threshold.
The power goes up to 3.7W for about 4 minutes if the selector knob is bumped/turned.
What would the best way to do this be? I have most of my MSR code set up for a couple of years now, and my coding logic is struggling a bit.
I think I need a power threshold to be substained for a minimum time period (say 2 or 3 minutes, above 10W), before the other triggers can act. What would the best way to do that be?
Running: latest-25082-3c348de6
Fedora 41 Server
HAAS:
Core
2025.3.4
Supervisor
2025.03.4
Operating System
15.1
Frontend
20250306.0
Build 21228 has been released. Docker images available from DockerHub as usual, and bare-metal packages here.
Home Assistant up to version 2021.8.6 supported; the online version of the manual will now state the current supported versions; Fix an error in OWMWeatherController that could cause it to stop updating; Unify the approach to entity filtering on all hub interface classes (controllers); this works for device entities only; it may be extended to other entities later; Improve error detail in messages for EzloController during auth phase; Add isRuleSet() and isRuleEnabled() functions to expressions extensions; Implement set action for lock and passage capabilities (makes them more easily scriptable in some cases); Fix a place in the UI where 24-hour time was not being displayed.
I have the following yaml configuration in local_mqtt_devices file
x_mqtt_device: set_speed: arguments: speed: type: str topic: "command/%friendly_name%" payload: type: json expr: '{ "fan": parameters.speed }'While this works fine, I'm wondering how this could be changed to "fixed" parameters, as in this case "fan" only accepts "A", "Q" or a numeric value of 1-5?
Hi!
I get this message when I'm on the status tab:
System Configuration Check
The time on this system and on the Reactor host are significantly different. This may be due to incorrect system configuration on either or both. Please check the configuration of both systems. The host reports 2025-04-01T15:29:29.252Z; browser reports 2025-04-01T15:29:40.528Z; difference 11.276 seconds.
I have MSR installed as a docker on my Home Assistant Blue / Hardkernel ODROID-N2/N2+. MSR version is latest-25082-3c348de6.
HA versions are:
Core 2025.3.4
Supervisor 2025.03.4
Operating System 15.1
I have restarted HA as well as MSR multiple times. This message didn´t show two weeks ago. Don´t know if it have anything to do with the latest MSR version.
Do anyone know what I can try?
Thanks in advance!
Let's Be Careful Out There (Hill Street reference...) 🙂
/Fanan
I have a very strange situation, where if InfluxDB restarts, other containers may fail when restarting at the same time (under not easy to understand circumstances), and InfluxDB remains unreachable (and these containers crashes). I need to reboot these containers in an exact order, after rebooting InfluxDB.
While I understand what's going on, I need a way to reliable determine that InfluxDB is not reachable and these containers are not reachable, in order to identify this situation and manually check what's going on - and, maybe, in the future, automatically restart them if needed.
So, I was looking at HTTP Request action, but I need to capture the HTTP response code, instead of the response (becase if ping is OK, InfluxDB will reply with a 204), and, potentially, a way to programmatically detect that it's failing to get the response.
While I could write a custom HTTP controller for this or a custom HTTP virtual device, I was wondering if this is somewhat on you roadmap @toggledbits
Thanks!
Hi ,
I'm on
-Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-25067-62e21a2d
-Docker on Synology NAS
-ZWaveJSUI 9.31.0.6c80945
Problem with ZwaveJSUI:
When I try to change color to a bulb RGBWW, it doesn't change to the RGB color and the bulb remains warm or cold white.
I tryed with Zipato RGBW Bulb V2 RGBWE2, Hank Bulb HKZW-RGB01, Aentec 6 A-ZWA002, so seems that it happens with all RGBWW bulb with reactor/zwavejsui.
I'm using from reator the entity action: "rgb_color.set" and "rgb_color.set_rgb".
After I send the reactor command, It changes in zwavejsui the rgb settings but doesn't put the white channel to "0", so the prevalent channel remains warm/cold White and the bulb doesn't change into the rgb color.
This is the status of the bulb in zwavejsui after "rgb_color.set" (235,33,33,) and the bulb is still warmWhite.
x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor={"warmWhite":204,"coldWhite":0,"red":235,"green":33,"blue":33}The "cold white" and "warm white" settings interfer with the rgb color settings.
Reactor can change bulb colors with rgb_color set — (value, ui8, 0x000000 to 0xffffff) or rgb_color set_rgb — (red, green, blue, all ui1, 0 to 255) but if warm or cold white
are not to "0", zwavejsui doesn't change them and I can't find a way to change into rgb or from rgb back to warm white.
So if I use from reactor: rgb_color set_rgb — (235,33,33) in zwavejsui I have
x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_targetColor={"red":235,"green":33,"blue":33} 14/03/2025, 16:43:57 - value updated Arg 0: └─commandClassName: Color Switch └─commandClass: 51 └─property: targetColor └─endpoint: 0 └─newValue └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─prevValue └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─propertyName: targetColor 14/03/2025, 16:43:57 - value updated Arg 0: └─commandClassName: Color Switch └─commandClass: 51 └─property: currentColor └─endpoint: 0 └─newValue └──warmWhite: 204 └──coldWhite: 0 └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─prevValue └──warmWhite: 204 └──coldWhite: 0 └──red: 235 └──green: 33 └──blue: 33 └─propertyName: currentColorIn zwavejsui, the bulb changes rgb set but warm White remains to "204" and the bulb remais on warm White channel bacause is prevalent on rgb set.
x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_0=204 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_1=0 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_2=235 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_3=33 x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_currentColor_4=33Is it possible to targetColor also for "warmWhite" and "coldWhite" and have something similar to this?
x_zwave_values.Color_Switch_targetColor={"warmWhite":0,"coldWhite":0,"red":235,"green":33,"blue":33}Thanks in advance.
Good day all,
I have a reaction set up, that I use for both troubleshooting and changing home modes when one of my family members either arrive or are leaving. I use the companion app for HAAS on our iPhones, and HAAS reports if the person associated with the iPhone enters or leaves the geofenced area around my home. I'm sure most MSR and HAAS users are familiar with this.
I use this rule set mainly as a condition for other rules, however, as part of troubleshooting, a notification is sent through HAAS to the companion app when the rule becomes true. The problem is that I'm getting notifications now for both arriving and departing simultaneously.
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36903cdd-a87f-473b-82ef-af9ef96d3c44-image.png It used to work fine as intended. I'm not sure exactly when it changed, but now I'm getting two notifications when either of these conditions change.
Any idea what could be happening?
Edit:
Running: latest-25082-3c348de6, bare-metal Linux
ZWaveJSControllerr [0.1.25082]
MSR had been running fine, but I decided to follow the message to upgrade to 25067. Since the upgrade, I have received the message "Controller "<name>" (HubitatController hubitat2) could not be loaded at startup. Its ID is not unique." MSR throws the message on every restart. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
I am running MSR on a Raspberry Pi4 connecting to two Hubitat units over an OpenVPN tunnel. One C8 and a C8 Pro. Both are up-to-date. It appears that despite the error message that MSR may be operating properly.
Similarly as for local expressions, global expressions evaluate and update fine when getEntity(...) structure is used. However, at least when certain functions are in use, expressions do not update.
Consider the following test case:
Screenshot 2025-03-13 at 16.29.42.png
Even though auto-evaluation is active, value does not change (it changes only if that expression is manually run). MSR restarts do not help.
Screenshot 2025-03-13 at 16.31.43.png
Note: Tested using build 25067 on Docker. I have also a PR open (but couldn't now get details or PR number as my Mantis account was somehow expired?).
Trying to understand what cause a local expresssion to be evaluated. I have read the manual but I am still not clear about it. Using the test rule below, I can see in the log that the rule is being automatically evaluated every time the temperature entity is changing. That is great...
What I am trying to understand is why the expression is not evaluated based on time as well since the "case" statement has time dependencies.
Any help would be appreciated
I have the following test rule:
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Here is the expressioncode:
vFrom1 = "09:25:00", vFrom2 = "09:30:00", vFrom3 = "09:41:00", vTo = "10:55:00", # Get current time (format HH:MM:SS) vToDay = strftime("%H:%M:%S"), #Get current house temperature CurrentHouseTemp = getEntity( "hass>Thermostat2 " ).attributes.temperature_sensor.value, case when CurrentHouseTemp <= 19 and vToDay >= vFrom1 && vToDay <= vTo: "true1" # From1 when CurrentHouseTemp <= 20 and vToDay >= vFrom2 && vToDay <= vTo: "true2" # From2 when CurrentHouseTemp < 26 and vToDay >= vFrom3 && vToDay <= vTo: "true3" # From3 else "false" endI am getting a Runtime error on different browsers when I click exit when editing an existing or creating a new global reaction containing a group. If the global reaction does not have a group I don't get an error. I see a similar post on the forum about a Runtime Error when creating reactions but started a new thread as that appears to be solved.
The Runtime Error is different in the two browsers
Safari v18.3
Google Chrome 133.0.6943.142
TypeError: self.editor.isModified is not a function at HTMLButtonElement.<anonymous> (http://192.168.10.21:8111/reactor/en-US/lib/js/reaction-list.js:171:34) You may report this error, but do not screen shot it. Copy-paste the complete text. Remember to include a description of the operation you were performing in as much detail as possible. Report using the Reactor Bug Tracker (in your left navigation) or at the SmartHome Community.Steps to reproduce:
Click the pencil to edit a global reaction with a group.
Click the Exit button.
Runtime error appears.
or
Click Create Reaction
Click Add Action
Select Group
Add Condition such as Entity Attribute.
Add an Action.
Click Save
Click Exit
Runtime error appears.
I don’t know how long the error has been there as I haven’t edited the global reaction in a long time.
Reactor (Multi-hub) latest-25060-f32eaa46
Docker
Mac OS: 15.3.1
Thanks
I am trying to delete a global expression (gLightDelay) but for some strange reason, it comes back despite clicking the Delete this expression and Save Changes buttons.
I have not created a global expression for some times and just noticed this while doing some clean-up.
I have upgraded Reactor to 25067 from 25060 and the behaviour is still there. I have restarted Reactor (as well as restarting its container) and cleared the browser's cache several times without success.
Here's what the log shows.
[latest-25067]2025-03-08T23:50:22.690Z <wsapi:INFO> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 rpc_echo [Object]{ "comment": "UI activity" } [latest-25067]2025-03-08T23:50:26.254Z <GlobalExpression:NOTICE> Deleting global expression gLightDelay [latest-25067]2025-03-08T23:50:27.887Z <wsapi:INFO> [WSAPI]wsapi#1 rpc_echo [Object]{ "comment": "UI activity" }Reactor latest-25067-62e21a2d
Docker on Synology NAS
Morning, experts. Hard on learning about the internet check script in MSR tools, I was wondering what suggestions anyone has about a local (i.e. non-internet dependent) notification method.
This was prompted by yesterday's fun and games with my ISP.
I've got the script Cronned and working properly but short of flashing a light on and off, I'm struggling to think of a way of alerting me (ideally to my phone)
I guess I could set up a Discord server at home, but that feels like overkill for a rare occasion. Any other suggestions?
TIA
C
Hi,
I'm trying to integrate the sonos-mqtt (https://sonos2mqtt.svrooij.io/) with the MSR and it's coming along nicely so far.
But cannot wrap my head around how to define custom capabilities in MQTT templates. I need this for the TTS announcements and similarly for the notification sounds where I would pass the sound file as parameter.
So this is what I have in the local_mqtt_devices.yaml
capabilities: x_sonos_announcement: attributes: actions: speak: arguments: text: type: string volume: type: int delay: type: intAnd this is the template:
templates: sonos-announcement: capabilities: - x_sonos_announcement actions: x_sonos_announcement: speak: topic: "sonos/cmd/speak" payload: expr: > { "text": parameters.text, "volume": parameters.volume, "delayMs": parameters.delay, "onlyWhenPlaying": false, "engine": "neural" } type: jsonSo the speak action should send something like this to topic sonos/cmd/speak
{ "text": "message goes here", "volume": 50, "delayMs": 100, "onlyWhenPlaying": false, "engine": "neural" }At startup the MSR seems to be quite unhappy with my configuration:
reactor | [latest-25016]2025-02-09T08:19:59.029Z <MQTTController:WARN> MQTTController#mqtt entity Entity#mqtt>sonos-announcement unable to configure capabilities [Array][ "x_sonos_announcement" ] reactor | i18n: missing fi-FI language string: Configuration for {0:q} is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: {1} reactor | i18n: missing fi-FI language string: Configuration for {0:q} has unrecognized capability {1:q} in actions reactor | Trace: Configuration for {0:q} is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: {1} reactor | at _T (/opt/reactor/server/lib/i18n.js:611:28) reactor | at AlertManager.addAlert (/opt/reactor/server/lib/AlertManager.js:125:25) reactor | at MQTTController.sendWarning (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Controller.js:627:30) reactor | at MQTTController.start (/var/reactor/ext/MQTTController/MQTTController.js:268:26) reactor | at async Promise.allSettled (index 0) Configuration for "sonos-announcement" has unrecognized capability "x_sonos_announcement" in actions Controller: MQTTController#mqtt Last 10:21:37 AM Configuration for "sonos-announcement" is incomplete because the following requested capabilities are undefined: x_sonos_announcement Controller: MQTTController#mqtt Last 10:21:37 AMThis is probably a pretty stupid question and the approach may not even work at all, but maybe someone or @toggledbits for sure, could point me to the right direction.
Basically the idea is to be able to send TTS messages from reactions using entity actions. I've previously used HTTP requests to Sonos HTTP API (https://hub.docker.com/r/chrisns/docker-node-sonos-http-api/) for the same functionality, but since moving to sonos-mqtt, I need a way to send the TTS notifications using MQTTController. Along with the actual message, volume and delay must also be parameterizable.
br,
mgvra
MSR latest-25016-d47fea38 / MQTTController [0.2.24293]
Hi, @toggledbits
I just noticed that following a reboot of my raspberry pi, some of the rules, that I was expecting to recover, are not catching up following a reboot. I have made a simple test rule (rule-m6rz6ol1) with only "after Date/time" as trigger and "turn on a lamp" as a set reaction. All my infrastructure is on the same board so Reactor, Hass, Zwavejs, ... are all rebooting.
Here is the sequence of the test case (All time converted to Zulu to match logs):
Rule "after Date/Time" set to 14:05:00z Shutdown on Raspberry Pi at 14:04:00z Power back up at 14:08:00z Rule overview shows true as of 14:08:14z waiting for 00:00:00 in GUIFrom the log I can see that MSR is picking up the rule and knows that the state of the rule has changed from false to true and tries to send the update to HASS but failed with websocket error.
Here is what I see from the log:
14:04:04z shutdown complete 14:08:08z Power up 14:08:13.111z websocket connection 14:08:15:323z Reaction to the light failed, Websocket not opened After there is a series of websocket connection attempt until 14:08:51z where it seemed to be really ready.Back in 2021 we had a discussion (https://smarthome.community/topic/700/solved-start-up?_=1738766986566) and you proposed to add a startup_delay:xxxx and startup_wait:xxxx parameter in the engine section of "reactor.yaml". When I try the startup_delay (this used to be a hard delay), the engine failed to start (I think). I then try the startup_wait:xxxx without any success. Since it wait for the connection status to be up to cancel the delay, it does not do anyting since Hass is reporting the socket up without really being up ( I think...).
Questions:
Did I figured it all wrong? should the startup_delay:xxxxx have worked? Any ideas?Here is the log:
OK now I am stuck. I did add the log but when I submit the editor complained saying that I am limited to 32767 characters. The log from the shutdown to the time the websocket is stable is about 300000 character long. What are my options?
Not a big issue simply a request if easily doable.
The MSR logs files inside the container are owned by root witch is fine however, the permissions are very restrictive. I do not know if there is something wrong with my installation but the logs permission are set to 222 (write only). Even if the docker volume is set for Read/Write the log files are retaining these values.
I go around the problem by doing a chmod 777 on all reactor logs but every time there is an MSR log rotation the permissions are set back to 222. So unless the permission are implemented in the container there is no permanent solution to this (that I know of).
I do not know much about Docker container so I do not know what is involved here.
Can the logfiles permission be simply chaged in the container to at least allow "other" read permission?
Could the MSR log rotation routine implement a chmod to set the permission?
Just a small anoyance
Thanks
Home Assistant add-on
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@RogerO Yes, I believe you understand the ask. I already have HA and MSR on sep RPi's, linked via config, and even shared MSR within a HA dashboard. Was looking to see if this streamlined any of that but it sounds like it's not something I would need.
*Hubitat C-7 2.4.1.151
*Proxmox VE v8, Beelink MiniPC 12GBs, SSD*HASS 2025.3.4
w/ ZST10-700 fw 7.18.3*Prod MSR in docker/portainer
MSR: latest-25082-3c348de6
MQTTController: 24257
ZWave Controller: 25082 -
Hello,
Trying to install this and getting the following in the logs:2023-02-07 00:26:46,034 INFO exited: reactor (exit status 1; not expected)
2023-02-07 00:26:47,044 INFO spawned: 'reactor' with pid 3569
Using existing set-up
Reactor Token is set, updating config
Reactor latest-23028-ddc3fb14 app 22364 configuration from /config/reactor
NODE_PATH /opt/reactor:/opt/reactor/node_modules
2023-02-07 00:26:48,154 INFO success: reactor entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for > than 1 seconds (startsecs)
node:internal/fs/utils:345
throw err;
^
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/config/reactor/logging.yaml'
at Object.openSync (node:fs:585:3)
at Object.readFileSync (node:fs:453:35)
at Function.loadConfig (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Configuration.js:226:68)
at Function.getInstance (/opt/reactor/server/lib/Configuration.js:144:66)
at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/reactor/app.js:105:97)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:14)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:77:12) {
errno: -2,
syscall: 'open',
code: 'ENOENT',
path: '/config/reactor/logging.yaml'Looked in the/opt directory and it was empty. Getting a bad gateway error when I try to load the page.
Thanks,
Roger -
@RogerO somethings a bit odd has gone on. First time the container starts it copies the files from /opt/reactor/dist-config to /config/reactor and does a basic setup.
You should be able to stop the container, delete the /config/reactor directory and start it back up again to recreate the config.
That does rely on the dist-configs existing and it’s strange that /opt is empty. Do you know which architecture you’re running, perhaps there’s a difference between the images.
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Currently running HASSIO on a RPI4
Home Assistant 2023.2.2
Supervisor 2023.01.1
Operating System 9.5
Frontend 20230202.0 - latestUninstalled the addin and deleted the reactor.yaml file. Installed the addin and if choked because it couldn't find yaml file. Using winscp I created one and it will not start. /opt/ is empty.
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The
/optdirectory contents are inside the container and not visible without attaching to the container. I'm not surprised you don't see anything there; it's expected, actually. Beyond that, @mrw298 will need to respond for the add-on. -
Here is a file list from the container, Sorry that it is a screen shot. Don't want to f up my system by typing something stupid and not a docker expert. If there is a specific directory you want me to look at let me know
Still getting 502 bad gateway from nginx
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I am using the addon for HA, running excellent.
Finally my dream came true, using the excellent reactor engine to automate all my devices, mix and match rules and technologies.
Will offload now finally from my rusty Vera Lite to HA...Two things: I keep getting the "reminder" to enter the last four digits despite having done it multiple times.
Can I safely update MSR from within the addon or do I need to wait for an update to the addon? -
@kellyjelly32 said in Home Assistant add-on:
Two things: I keep getting the "reminder" to enter the last four digits despite having done it multiple times.
Off the top of my head, it sounds like you may not be entering it correctly? They aren't just digits, usually. Check to make sure your browser settings to allow cookies. Also generally, if you're reporting a problem like this, you should include the version information for the browser you are running, and in fact, you should go review the posting guidelines for this category because your post generally doesn't meet the requirements. This question should be separate from your other question in its own thread, also.
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@toggledbits
I am running the addon in v0.0.7 (2023-02-20) [which is using Reactor build 23049 as per changelog] with:
Home Assistant 2023.3.1
Supervisor 2023.03.1
Operating System 9.5
Frontend 20230302.0 - latestI was more trying to reach @mrw298 as he is the creator of the addon. Judging from the changelog, I can´t update MSR that simple and need to wait for a new version of his addon to be pushed.
The reminder pops up in any browser I tried so far, probably because it can´t really create a cookie. It even pops up in the HA mobile app. But I think the reactor front-end was never designed to run in such an environment. It is a minor cosmetic nuisance.
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@kellyjelly32 I sometimes lag a bit behind @toggledbits packaging it up for HA (especially if I don't notice a new version), I've just pushed a new version of the addon with Reactor build 23063 in it.
I've noticed that prompt coming back too, it's probably something to do with how I've wedged reactor into an HA addon, will see if I can figure out what needs tweaking to make it go away.
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@RogerO sorry for the delay responding, if the files are in dist-config I'm not quite certain how it's going wrong!
On startup it copies those files from /opt/reactor/dist-config -> /config/reactor if the /config/reactor directory doesn't exist.
hassio-reactor-addon/reactor/run.sh at main · mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon
Contribute to mrw298/hassio-reactor-addon development by creating an account on GitHub.
If it can't find logging.yaml that steps failed and stopping the addon, deleting /config/reactor and restarting it should get it to retry.
The addon logs of that first start would hopefully contain any error messages.
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After doing some tinkering again this weekend on my HA real-life system, I noticed that the "global expressions" are not persistent when rebooting / restarting the MSR addon for HA. "global reactions" survive a reboot, as do all the rules (with their reactions / untested with local expressions). Ultimately it is probably an issue with the addon, not with MSR. Just want to see/hear from @toggledbits if there is something special about how the global expressions are saved vs the other stuff.
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@kellyjelly32 said in Home Assistant add-on:
"global expressions" are not persistent
Not sure what this means. Can you explain in more detail?
@kellyjelly32 said in Home Assistant add-on:
"global reactions" survive a reboot
Reactions are stateless. There's no need for them to "survive a reboot" because there's nothing to survive. Again, not sure what this means, and detail would be helpful.
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"Global Expressions" aka those things you can define and use for variables and calculations don't survive a reboot. After a reboot they are gone. The whole page with global variables is empty. I need to define them again. All rules which use one of these "global expressions" have a little yellow warning triangle and in the rule, be it conditions or actions or reactions, they are stated as "missing".
As my system usually runs extremely stable I never noticed it as it never rebooted. Until this weekend when I physically had to shut it down and reboot a few times.
I think it is a HA addon issue from @mrw298 not from MSR itself. -
@kellyjelly32 said in Home Assistant add-on:
After a reboot they are gone. The whole page with global variables is empty.
OK, that's beyond what I would have guessed from your initial description. I interpreted you to mean that their values are not preserved and are being updated when Reactor starts, but this condition you describe is far beyond that and definitely not the way Reactor is intended to work. That suggests to me that the storage data for at least global expressions, and maybe more you haven't yet detected, isn't being written properly. This could be the fault of a corrupted storage file (i.e. the
expressions.jsonfile in thestoragesubfolder), or improperly configured storage entirely (i.e. the bind mount needed isn't properly set up), or the shutdown by Hass, when it is asked to restart the Reactor add-on, shuts it down in some disorderly way to Reactor/nodejs, so it can't write the storage files (i.e. it gets killed rather than signalled to quit, so it can't perform its cleanup and tidy exit function). If it's the last case (bad shutdown), then you'd probably also notice other changed objects (reactions, rules) are not preserving their changes as well.If the file is corrupt, you would find logged errors that look like this:
<SingleFileStrategy:ERR> [SingleFileStrategy][SingleFileStrategy#/home/pi/Documents/MSR/storage/expressions.json] error reading /home/pi/Documents/MSR/storage/expressions.json: [SyntaxError] Unexpected token { in JSON at position 1 [-]Check for these messages at startup, and any time you attempt to navigate to the
Expressionspage in the UI. You may also see similar messages at shutdown. If there are messages at shutdown, as well as messages for other files in storage, then it suggests that the storage isn't properly configured (issue with the bind mount, or file permissions in the mounted directory, for example). In any case, if the file is corrupt, you can just remove it and restart Reactor (and then rebuild your expressions; if you are handy with JSON, you could try to repair the file).But yes, in a normally functioning Reactor system, Rules, Reactions, and Expressions that you create should be saved and return after a restart/reboot as they were before the restart/reboot. Something is definitely amiss there, but it could just be a local configuration issue, not an add-on problem (I would assume some of the other folks using the add-on are consumers of global variables and we haven't seen reports like this from others as yet).
Edit: storage volume (disk) full is also a way to get corruption of storage data and/or unsaved changes.
