core: ghost / unexpected hue dimmer events

The problem

Since 2023.8.x I’m getting unexpected hue dimmer events (i.e. events that trigger when the dimmers were not activated since several hours). This happens very seldomly, such as 2-3 times a week. I have automations that respond to dimmer events, that’s why I notice some very strange behaviors (in addition to having lights turn on unexpectedly). When the issue happens, I get many ghost dimmer events in a short timeframe.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

2023.8.4

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

2023.7.x (not 100% sure though)

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

Integration causing the issue

Philips Hue

Link to integration documentation on our website

No response

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

No response

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Yesterday the issue happened, and I can see the following errors in the logs:

2023-08-26 14:48:12.138 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/sensors.py", line 57, in _handle_event
    await super()._handle_event(evt_type, evt_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/base.py", line 257, in _handle_event
    callback(evt_type, cur_item)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/hue/event.py", line 101, in _handle_event
    self._trigger_event(resource.button.last_event.value)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'last_event'
2023-08-26 14:54:35.074 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/sensors.py", line 57, in _handle_event
    await super()._handle_event(evt_type, evt_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/base.py", line 257, in _handle_event
    callback(evt_type, cur_item)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/hue/event.py", line 101, in _handle_event
    self._trigger_event(resource.button.last_event.value)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'last_event'
2023-08-26 14:54:35.075 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/sensors.py", line 57, in _handle_event
    await super()._handle_event(evt_type, evt_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/base.py", line 257, in _handle_event
    callback(evt_type, cur_item)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/hue/event.py", line 101, in _handle_event
    self._trigger_event(resource.button.last_event.value)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'last_event'
2023-08-26 14:54:35.076 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/sensors.py", line 57, in _handle_event
    await super()._handle_event(evt_type, evt_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/base.py", line 257, in _handle_event
    callback(evt_type, cur_item)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/hue/event.py", line 101, in _handle_event
    self._trigger_event(resource.button.last_event.value)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'last_event'

Additional information

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About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 10 months ago
Reactions: 2
Comments: 18 (3 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

I also have the same issue as described here with “ghost” hue button presses triggering around 3am BST (hue hub is set to update 2am - GMT I guess).

I have 6 Hue switches (“Hue dimmer switch (RWL022)”) with one of the buttons toggling AC in each room. So we now have the AC turning on seemingly randomly overnight. When I looked at logs in the past there was not much to report.

This happened again last night coinciding with the Hue hub update @rbp1987 mentioned.

The triggers don’t happen straight away

Room A: 02:50:36 - 18 hours ago
Room B: 02:51:46 - 18 hours ago
Room C: 02:58:07 - 18 hours ago
Room D: 03:00:29 - 18 hours ago
Room E: 03:14:53 - 18 hours ago
Room F: 03:18:47 - 18 hours ago

Similar log event as flagged in the issue by @spasche

Logs around room A/B trigger

2023-09-20 02:50:36.490 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.state] Integration device_tracker does not support reproduce state
2023-09-20 02:50:36.492 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.state] Integration sensor does not support reproduce state
2023-09-20 02:51:46.111 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/sensors.py", line 57, in _handle_event
    await super()._handle_event(evt_type, evt_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/base.py", line 257, in _handle_event
    callback(evt_type, cur_item)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/hue/event.py", line 101, in _handle_event
    self._trigger_event(resource.button.last_event.value)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'last_event'
2023-09-20 02:51:46.180 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/sensors.py", line 57, in _handle_event
    await super()._handle_event(evt_type, evt_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/base.py", line 257, in _handle_event
    callback(evt_type, cur_item)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/hue/event.py", line 101, in _handle_event
    self._trigger_event(resource.button.last_event.value)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Logs around room C trigger

2023-09-20 02:58:07.427 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.state] Integration device_tracker does not support reproduce state
2023-09-20 02:58:07.429 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.state] Integration sensor does not support reproduce state
2023-09-20 02:58:40.806 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/sensors.py", line 57, in _handle_event
    await super()._handle_event(evt_type, evt_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/base.py", line 257, in _handle_event
    callback(evt_type, cur_item)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/hue/event.py", line 101, in _handle_event
    self._trigger_event(resource.button.last_event.value)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'last_event'
2023-09-20 02:58:40.821 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/sensors.py", line 57, in _handle_event
    await super()._handle_event(evt_type, evt_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/base.py", line 257, in _handle_event
    callback(evt_type, cur_item)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/hue/event.py", line 101, in _handle_event
    self._trigger_event(resource.button.last_event.value)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'last_event'

Logs around room D trigger

2023-09-20 03:00:29.784 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/sensors.py", line 57, in _handle_event
    await super()._handle_event(evt_type, evt_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/base.py", line 257, in _handle_event
    callback(evt_type, cur_item)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/hue/event.py", line 101, in _handle_event
    self._trigger_event(resource.button.last_event.value)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'last_event'
2023-09-20 03:00:29.794 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/sensors.py", line 57, in _handle_event
    await super()._handle_event(evt_type, evt_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohue/v2/controllers/base.py", line 257, in _handle_event
    callback(evt_type, cur_item)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/hue/event.py", line 101, in _handle_event
    self._trigger_event(resource.button.last_event.value)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'last_event'

There wasn’t any logs around room E or F trigger oddly… so hard to know if theses errors in the logs are a distraction or not.

danharvey on Sep 20, 2023