Core: Onvif cams not working anymore

[OptimusGREEN]

The problem

After upgrading from 0.106.6 to 0.107.1 my 2 onvif cameras show as entity not available in lovelace, they dont exist in entities.

Environment

• Home Assistant release with the issue:
  0.107.1
• Last working Home Assistant release (if known):
  0.106.6
• Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.):
  Hassio in docker on Ubuntu 18.04
• Integration causing this issue:
  onvif core component
• Link to integration documentation on our website:
  https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/onvif/

Problem-relevant cameras.yaml

- platform: onvif
  host: !secret cam_front_onvif
  name: Front Garden
  port: !secret onvif_port
  password: !secret onvif_pass

Traceback/Error logs

Log Details (WARNING)
Logger: homeassistant.components.onvif.camera
Source: components/onvif/camera.py:206
Integration: onvif (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 4:49:42 PM (110 occurrences)
Last logged: 7:25:20 PM

Couldn't connect to camera 'Back Garden', but will retry later. Error: [Errno None] Can not write request body for http://192.168.7.111/onvif/Media
Couldn't connect to camera 'Back Garden', but will retry later. Error: None
Couldn't connect to camera 'Front Garden', but will retry later. Error: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
Couldn't connect to camera 'Back Garden', but will retry later. Error: [Errno None] Can not write request body for http://192.168.7.111:80/onvif/device_service
Couldn't connect to camera 'Front Garden', but will retry later. Error: [Errno None] Can not write request body for http://192.168.7.112:80/onvif/device_service

Logger: homeassistant.components.camera
Source: helpers/entity_platform.py:203
Integration: Camera (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 4:50:15 PM (108 occurrences)
Last logged: 7:25:20 PM

Platform onvif not ready yet. Retrying in 60 seconds.
Platform onvif not ready yet. Retrying in 90 seconds.
Platform onvif not ready yet. Retrying in 120 seconds.
Platform onvif not ready yet. Retrying in 150 seconds.
Platform onvif not ready yet. Retrying in 180 seconds.

Additional information

Some Debugging steps I have carried out:

1: Restored my 'pre-update' snapshot back to 0.106.6 and cameras started working again.

2: Restored back to 0.107.1 and the issue arose again

3: Downloaded the onvif component from the 0.106.6 'tag' on github and placed it in my custom component folder on version 0.107.1, rebooted and all is well. Cameras working no problem.

My cameras are ptz cams but I have never tried to use the service from home assistant. This is probably irrelevant info but I did notice there was an issue with non ptz onvif cams previously.

[indykoning]

I am also seeing this exact same log:
Can not write request body for http://192.168.178.29:80/onvif/device_service
on 107.3 While before it could connect.
I did an update from 106.6 to 107.3

[Jacoleroux]

I have the same issue even with the latest update version | 0.107.4 few minutes ago.
It just shows "Entity not available"

[OptimusGREEN]

A work around in the meantime until this is fixed is to download the onvif component directory from the 0.106.6 version and place it in your custom_components directory and restart home assistant. https://github.com/home-assistant/core/tree/0.106.6/homeassistant/components/onvif

This is what has got my cameras back up and running.

[Jacoleroux]

A work around in the meantime until this is fixed is to download the onvif component directory from the 0.106.6 version and place it in your custom_components directory and restart home assistant. https://github.com/home-assistant/core/tree/0.106.6/homeassistant/components/onvif

This is what has got my cameras back up and running.

Thanks for the work around, it does work now, nice to have people that know stuff...

[panste13]

Same Issue, same errors same last working version but with version 107.6

[panste13]

As far as I could see the issue is that the mac adress of device cannot be obtained, and as a result the entities are never created resulting on the but will retry later message

[indykoning]

I've started light debugging on the latest (0.108.1) version.
For me it goes wrong on the async_check_date_and_time function with the error Can not write request body for http://<camera ip>:<camera port>/onvif/device_service

It almost seems like the camera does not like getting multiple requests on one variable or getting bombarded with requests, two new functions have been added when starting up, obtain_mac_adress and obtain_snapshot_uri
when i remove the obtain_mac_adress function it'll finish the async_check_date_and_time function. Running my own python script to collect onvif information being careful not to request things twice seems to get through all of the info.

But if i run the same function twice it errors out on Cannot write to closing transport and then Can not write request body

[indykoning]

I have gotten the camera running on the newest version now, by cleaning up the calls (Lots of calls from different places for profiles while this can be saved so only one call has to be done)
and adding miliseconds of wait between each step. please let me know if this works for you as well
onvif.zip

[panste13]

Thanks for your work.

Tried with 107.6, and it indded works but only for the first camera ( I have 5 onvif cams) the rest seems to be ignored. Ill update to the latest home assistant version and try again.

*Note I am using Core on docker

[indykoning]

That does seem quite odd since the different cameras are not on the same request, what if you change the sleep functions of 0.1 to a higher number?

[panste13]

Upgraded to 108.5 with the same "lovelace" result, however the message pin points that the issue is that onvif doesnt generate ids .....

(Ill try the sleep function as well)

[proteusbr1]

Hi,

I have this camera

Im getting this error:

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[OptimusGREEN]

I tried the official onvif integration just the other night and my camera doesn't work on it still same issue so this should not be closed yet.