Core: Google location sharing issue

[Bergasha]

Home Assistant release with the issue:
0.98 and 980b2
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Last working Home Assistant release (if known):
0.980b1

Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.):
Hass.io, Docker Ubuntu 14.8

Component/platform:
Google maps location sharing

Description of problem:
98.0b1 working great but 98.0b2 and 0.98 Google location or battery info are not updating, will only update on a restart. No errors in logs.

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

```- platform: google_maps


**Traceback (if applicable):**

• platform: google_maps
  username: YOUR_USERNAME``

Additional information:

[WedHumpDay]

While I can confirmed this was an issue after upgrading to 0.98.0, I generated a new cookie and restarted HA and all worked for the first initial poll. Tracking would not update after the one instance. Definitely an issues here.

[phdelodder]

Having the same problem, I have a combination of Google maps and Fritz box WiFi tracking and presence was completely off. Did a rollback to 0.97.1

[chomupashchuk]

Have the same issue. For me it's a big problem as phone Wifi disconnects for ~25 minutes to save battery and GPS was used to "cover" not_home parts

[tcastberg]

I did exactly the same as @WedHumpDay. Whole house went dark when my daughter went to bed because apparently my wife and I weren't home... :laughing:
I haven't seen any errors related to google_maps in the log file either.

[CultusMechanicus]

For some reason, it doesn't update unless you manually add a scan interval. Adding
scan_interval: 180
fixes it.

[lweberru]

I already had a scan_interval in place. But this does not help. I enabled some debugging for the locationsharinglib.Service and saw, that the issue is because the library tries to also add the authenticated user itself to the result. And this fails. I removed it, the error in the logs is gone, but the component is still only updated once...

[tcastberg]

@lweberru I added scan_interval=60 and it now seems to be updating. Not sure if that's why but it seems to be worth a try for those that don't have it.

[lweberru]

I already tried 2 different scan_interval levels, does not change anything. I saw in the logs, that the issue is perhaps the authenticated_user itself but even I removed it, it is still not running multiple times, so there are multiple issues with this service I fear.

[felipemfa]

Same problem here, no error logs. updating device track only on restart.

[chomupashchuk]

Setting scan_interval helped in my case

[felipemfa]

Setting scan_interval helped in my case

what value did you define?

[WedHumpDay]

scan_interval isnt working on my end. Will be rolling back (restoring snapshot prior upgrade).

Update: Rolled Back to 0.79.x and working again.

[elmigbot]

scan_interval: 60 worked for me.

[WedHumpDay]

Whom from development taking this action item on?

[mrsnyds]

On version 0.98.1, Hassio. Same issue. Manually setting a scan interval (I used "60") does seem to resolve.

[RoSulek1]

I have the same issue. Rollback to 0.79.1

[dshokouhi]

might be related: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/26165

[tyjtyj]

I found the issue but not sure how to submit for the fix
components/google_maps/device_tracker.py
Line 55
From
self.scan_interval = config.get(CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL) or timedelta(60)
To
self.scan_interval = config.get(CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL) or timedelta(seconds=60)

Temporary work around add scan_interval

- platform: google_maps
  username: your_gmail
  scan_interval: 60

[dshokouhi]

https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/development_submitting.html