core: Amcrest camera sometimes has login error

The problem

I’m using the Amcrest integration with 2 cameras. Sometimes I get an error in the log like this:

2023-01-13 22:33:25.446 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.amcrest] Front Yard camera offline: Login error: 
2023-01-13 22:33:25.462 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.amcrest.camera] Could not get Front Yard camera attributes due to error: LoginError
2023-01-13 22:33:25.495 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.amcrest] Front Yard camera back online

It always resolves itself immediately, so this isn’t a big deal, I just want to flag it as a false error. It’s weird that this error only ever happens on the “Front Yard” camera, even though the Back Yard is configured exactly the same. My config is like this:

amcrest:
  - host: 192.168.20.10
    username: homeassistant
    password: !secret amcrest_password
    name: Front Yard
    binary_sensors:
      - motion_detected
      - online
    stream_source: rtsp
  - host: 192.168.20.11
    username: homeassistant
    password: !secret amcrest_password
    name: Back Yard
    binary_sensors:
      - motion_detected
      - online
    stream_source: rtsp

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

2023.1.4

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Amcrest

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/amcrest/

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

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Additional information

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About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created a year ago
  • Reactions: 1
  • Comments: 15

Most upvoted comments

I finally got tired of the log filling with connected/disconnected messages and I’m giving the Dahua integration a shot. So far it at least doesn’t tell me that it can’t connect.