Core: iOS device tracker showing as not_home after HA restart

[towerhand]

Home Assistant release with the issue:

0.83.0b0

Last working Home Assistant release (if known):
0.82 (Not really sure)

Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.):

Hass.io
Component/platform:

iOS device_tracker

Description of problem:
After restarting HA the iOS device tracker state is always not_home (even when at home) and have to be manually update it from the iOS app for it to start registering properly again.

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml entries and (fill out even if it seems unimportant):

ios:
Home Assistant iOS integration

Traceback (if applicable):

Additional information:
Was told is a server side issue.

[towerhand]

The device_tracker shows the same behavior in the iOS app 1.2 and 1.5 beta.

[speedmann]

Looks like the issue also appears with owntracks. After the update to 0.83.0 (Release) and restarting hass, my devices show up as "not home" untill owntracks sends a new update down mqtt
Update: Same behaviour in 0.83.1

[towerhand]

@arsaboo mentioned this bug affects geofency too.

[geekofweek]

This seems to be the case with all device trackers after 0.83, all of them will reset to away state until it gets another update.

[bachya]

Cross-post from Discord user phnx:

the entire state machine is getting overhauled in 0.84
should probably ask some of these folks to test the beta

If anyone can give the beta a shot and confirm, that would be helpful.

[towerhand]

Not fixed in beta, still marks me as not_home after a restart as before.

[marchingphoenix]

Not fixed in beta, still marks me as not_home after a restart as before.

was worth a shot, thanks for the try.
~phnx

[jjlawren]

Possibly a side effect of https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/18572 ?

[geekofweek]

@jjlawren pretty confident that is what did it. Reverted the change and did a few test restarts, issue isn't there anymore. Nice find.

[towerhand]

Glad to hear that 🎉🎉🎉

[arsaboo]

Can you just test by changing the condition to and from or?

[geekofweek]

@arsaboo I did a quick test with a single restart and it seemed to work. I need to space out my restarts or it doesn't always restore states properly if I do them back to back.

update: that seems to do the trick. Few more restarts and it is persisting the state.

[towerhand]

Fixed on 0.84.0b3 with #19133