Frontend: Unknown type encountered: sensor in 0.105.0b0

[VDRainer]

Checklist

• [x] I have updated to the latest available Home Assistant version.
• [x] I have cleared the cache of my browser.
• [x] I have tried a different browser to see if it is related to my browser.

The problem

Refreshing the UI with the 3 dots menue sometimes shows the red cards

the next time it shows the expected card

Expected behavior

Steps to reproduce

Not clear. Sometimes it shows the red cards after i open the browser, sometimes i have to refresh the UI multiple times.

Environment

• Home Assistant release with the issue: 0.105.0b0
• Last working Home Assistant release (if known): 0.104.3
• UI Type (States or Lovelace): Lovelace
• Browser and browser version: Latest Firefox 72.0.2 and Chrome
• Operating system: Ubuntu

Problem-relevant configuration

          - type: entities
            show_header_toggle: false
            entities:
              - entity: sensor.e3dc_pv_total
                name: PV Gesamt
                icon: mdi:white-balance-sunny
                type: "custom:secondaryinfo-entity-row"
                secondary_info: "[[ sensor.daily_pv_energy.state ]] kWh"
              - entity: sensor.e3dc_house_power
                name: Haus
                icon: mdi:home-outline
                type: "custom:secondaryinfo-entity-row"
                secondary_info: "[[ sensor.daily_house_energy.state ]] kWh"
              - entity: sensor.e3dc_net_power
                name: Netz
                icon: mdi:transmission-tower
                type: "custom:secondaryinfo-entity-row"
                secondary_info: "Bezug: [[ sensor.daily_from_net_energy.state ]] kWh, Einsp.: [[ sensor.daily_to_net_energy.state ]] kWh"
              - entity: sensor.e3dc_battery_power
                name: Batterie
                icon: mdi:car-battery
                type: "custom:secondaryinfo-entity-row"
                secondary_info: "Ladung: [[ sensor.daily_to_battery_energy.state ]] kWh, Entl.: [[ sensor.daily_from_battery_energy.state ]] kWh"

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Additional information

I think it's the same problem like in this issue https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-polymer/issues/4669, but that was closed in the moment i want to comment.

[VDRainer]

So, i can't reproduce the issue when i comment out the secondaryinfo-entity-row, but this is not used in https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-polymer/issues/4669.
Is there a general issue with custom cards?

[bramkragten]

I would say custom element rows, checking the code now, but can't see a problem immediately. Any way I can easily reproduce this?

[bramkragten]

Ah, yeah, I see it

[bramkragten]

Or maybe not, would still help to be able to reproduce

[VDRainer]

Here's another one.

            entities:
              - entity: switch.e3dc
                name: S10-xxxxxxxxxxxx
                type: "custom:secondaryinfo-entity-row"
                secondary_info: "Firmware: [[ sensor.e3dc_firmware.state ]]"

Normaly:

I simply click the 'Refresh' from the 3 dots menu multiple times, the red cards show up and at the bottom the LL Refresh bar is shown

After i click 'Refresh' on this bar, all cards are back to normal.

[bramkragten]

I think it is cardTools and not our code, cardTools seems to change the config at some points and it really shouldn't

[thomasloven]

Sorry about that. Should be fixed now.

[VDRainer]

Thanks @thomasloven , but after upgrade card-tools to v8, the red cards are always there, not sporadically on refresh. :confused:
Should i open an issue in your repo?

[bramkragten]

That is probably because secondaryinfo-entity-row is built with cardTools 0.4

[iantrich]

I just upgraded card-tools but my configs had been updated with a type: default for rows which I had not specified a type on and that is an unknown type and threw an error. I removed those and it seems to be good now.

[Krocko]

@iantrich how did you do that? Can you please explain?

[iantrich]

Did I not?

1. update card-tools
2. clear browser cache
3. delete type: default where ever it shows up in lovelace configuration

[Krocko]

Thanks. But i don't have a defaultentry in my lovelace.

[VDRainer]

@iantrich , thanks for looking at this. After i update card-tools, i get this

which shows type: default, but in the config there's nothing about default.

          - type: entities
            title: E3/DC
            show_header_toggle: false
            entities:
              - entity: switch.e3dc
                name: S10-xxxxxx
                type: "custom:secondaryinfo-entity-row"
                secondary_info: "Firmware: [[ sensor.e3dc_firmware.state ]]"

So, is this now an issue with card-tools or secondaryinfo-entity-row?
Where should i open an issue?

[iantrich]

Interesting. Are you using yaml or storage mode?

[VDRainer]

yaml, pure console guy! :smile:
Thanks once again!
Oh, and i have an error in the console now.

[iantrich]

Have you tried clearing your cache and a private session since updating card tools? I believe card tools updated the config to have those default types, those were written to my storage configuration, but they might be cached on the frontend for yours still

[VDRainer]

Yep! Still the same.
All other custom-cards work, only secondaryinfo-entity-row shows this.
Going back to card-tools 2.3, the issue shows randomly like in the first post here.

[iantrich]

Issue is back for me, actually. I went through and updated all those configs and it worked until a refresh. This card has not updated in quite a while so would suspect something with card-tools stills

[thomasloven]

Turns out the faulty behavior in card-tools was hiding a worse bug of the same kind in secondaryinfo-entity-row.

[Mariusthvdb]

so, being on card-tools version 2.3 and secondaryinfo-entity-row version 04324ab (0.3.1), which is the way forward?

is it safe to update card-tools to release 8 (49f34cd) without secondaryinfo-entity-row getting an update simultaneously?

[thomasloven]

With the old card-tools version, secondaryinfo-entity-row works most of the time.
With the new version, never.

[VDRainer]

Thanks very much, @bramkragten , @iantrich and @thomasloven for fixing this!

[SquareBeard]

I am still getting the message "Unknown type encountered: sensor" with v0.105.x and card-tools v9
Not sure what to do to fix it.

[Mariusthvdb]

Same here for media-control
using

  - type: custom:auto-entities
    show_empty: false
    card:
      type: entities
      title: Now Playing
      show_header_toggle : false
    filter:
      include:
        - domain: media_player
          state: /playing|paused|'on'/
          options:
            type: media-control
            artwork_border: true
            artwork: cover
            hide:
              icon: true

[bramkragten]

Please create issues for the custom cards.