PyChromecastError

[wernerhp]

The problem

Seeing these PyChromecastError in the logs for a triggered automation that announces to a speaker group

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

2024.2.4

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

2014.2.4

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

No response

Link to integration documentation on our website

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Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

alias: Announce
service: tts.home_assistant_say
data:
  entity_id: media_player.assistant_speakers
  cache: true
  message: >-
    {{ state_attr(trigger.entity_id, 'friendly_name')|trim('Power') }} is
    finished
enabled: true

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Logger: homeassistant.components.automation.machine_finished
Source: helpers/script.py:485
Integration: Automation (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 07:00:30 (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 07:00:30

Appliance Finished: Error executing script. Unexpected error for call_service at pos 2:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 485, in _async_step
    await getattr(self, handler)()
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 723, in _async_call_service_step
    response_data = await self._async_run_long_action(
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 685, in _async_run_long_action
    return long_task.result()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2279, in async_call
    response_data = await coro
                    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2316, in _execute_service
    return await target(service_call)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/tts/legacy.py", line 148, in async_say_handle
    await hass.services.async_call(
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2279, in async_call
    response_data = await coro
                    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2316, in _execute_service
    return await target(service_call)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 892, in entity_service_call
    single_response = await _handle_entity_call(
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 962, in _handle_entity_call
    result = await task
             ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/cast/media_player.py", line 730, in async_play_media
    await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pychromecast/quick_play.py", line 87, in quick_play
    controller.quick_play(**data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pychromecast/controllers/media.py", line 547, in quick_play
    raise PyChromecastError()  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-raised
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
pychromecast.error.PyChromecastError

Additional information

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[ClayBenson94]

Might be related to https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/110725

[jeremynoesen]

I keep getting this as well. This error causes a casted dashboard to keep re-casting repeatedly after a while. It makes it unusable.

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[wernerhp]

Will monitor

[issue-triage-workflows[bot]]

There hasn't been any activity on this issue recently. Due to the high number of incoming GitHub notifications, we have to clean some of the old issues, as many of them have already been resolved with the latest updates. Please make sure to update to the latest Home Assistant version and check if that solves the issue. Let us know if that works for you by adding a comment 👍 This issue has now been marked as stale and will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[wernerhp]