RESTful sensor fails and does not recover

[tomlut]

The problem

I have the following rest sensors:

- resource: https://api.solcast.com.au/rooftop_sites/<MY_SITE_ID_HERE>/forecasts?format=json&api_key=<MY_API_KEY_HERE>
  headers:
    User-Agent: Home Assistant # recently added
    Content-Type: application/json # recently added
  scan_interval: '00:30:00' # 50 calls allowed per UTC day
  sensor:
  - name: "Solcast Forecast Data"
    unique_id: 7390082f-b19d-4301-b386-36823458bac1
    force_update: true
    value_template: "{{ value_json.forecasts[0].pv_estimate|round(1) }}"
    unit_of_measurement: kW
    device_class: power
    json_attributes:
    - forecasts 

  - name: "Solcast Forecast 10"
    unique_id: 829f84af-93dc-4c11-bfe3-75363a76c310
    force_update: true
    value_template: "{{ value_json.forecasts[0].pv_estimate10|round(1) }}"
    unit_of_measurement: kW
    device_class: power
    state_class: measurement

  - name: "Solcast Forecast 90"
    unique_id: a2a5acd4-4d46-4c12-896e-8d96389c58b9
    force_update: true
    value_template: "{{ value_json.forecasts[0].pv_estimate90|round(1) }}"
    unit_of_measurement: kW
    device_class: power
    state_class: measurement

I was seeing sporadic failed requests that would sometimes only work again after a HA restart. However during these times I could access the API via a web browser without issue. These failure would be reported as empty json data. I also checked I was not exceeding my API call limit. I was nowhere close (4 of 50 used).

After adding the user agent option I thought I had fixed the issue but in fact it was just that the failed updates no longer log errors. The sensor still fails to update until after a HA restart. Before the restart I checked I could access the API via a web browser without issue.

I have now removed the user agent option again and will update this issue with the error when it re-occurs.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.7.2

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

Rest

Link to integration documentation on our website

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

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Logger: homeassistant.helpers.template Source: helpers/template.py:2652 First occurred: 02:08:44 (3 occurrences) Last logged: 02:08:44

Template variable error: 'value_json' is undefined when rendering '{{ value_json.forecasts[0].pv_estimate|round(1) }}' Template variable error: 'value_json' is undefined when rendering '{{ value_json.forecasts[0].pv_estimate10|round(1) }}' Template variable error: 'value_json' is undefined when rendering '{{ value_json.forecasts[0].pv_estimate90|round(1) }}'

Additional information

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[home-assistant[bot]]

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[tomlut]

I have implemented a workaround to reload the restful integration when this happens:

- id: 2801a42c-9d0c-4c54-ae6e-e5cfb32e866c
  alias: 'Fix solar forecast rest sensor'
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.solcast_forecast_data
    to: unknown
    for: 
      minutes: 5
  action:
  - service: rest.reload
  - service: notify.telegram_alert
    data:
      title: '☀️ <b>Solar Forecast Update</b>'
      message: "Rest integration reloaded"

[cconnoruk]

Same problem here. Only recently though, mid Aug for me. Will look at your work around.

[nima-1102]

Same for me: if the connection to the resource fails, the status remains unknown until you either restart Home Assistant or reload 'Rest entities and notify services' through the Developer Tools.