After trying to play some particular songs, nothing happens, and no other Spotify content can be played

[V69dxz]

Bug Ticket

Describe the bug

Thank you for this integration!

After clicking certain particular songs or playlists on Spotify in the mediaplayer, Spotcast crashes (?) and I am unable to select and play other songs and playlists. When I restart Home Assistant everything works again as expected. (NB. I also had this error once after I tried to play a radio station from the radio integration that was no longer available / IP address was unavailable).

Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting

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[x ] Using latest version of spotcast
[x ] Using latest stable version of Home Assistant
[x ] I have setup the Spotify integration in Home Assistant
[ x ] I have renewed my sp_dc and sp_key values and restarted Home Assistant (see README)
[ x] (optional) I have Spotify Premium
(optional) I am using multiple accounts
(optional) I'm attaching relevant logs with level debug for component spotcast (see README)
(optional) I'm using entity_id in the service call and have tried device_name but the issue remains
Environment

Installation type: [HA_OS|Container|Supervised|Core]
HA version: [2023.7 ]

Logs

• normal|debug

No new error logs seem to be created after a crash.

<Logger: homeassistant.core
Source: custom_components/spotcast/spotify_controller.py:104 
Integration: Spotcast ([documentation](https://github.com/fondberg/spotcast), [issues](https://github.com/fondberg/spotcast/issues)) 
First occurred: 18:27:31 (1 occurrences) 
Last logged: 18:27:31

Error executing service: <ServiceCall spotcast.start (c:01H5Z6TV9F9R8VMM0NMTQTNM2V): entity_id=media_player.nest_mini_room, uri=spotify:track:3NFnEfVZrBP2ergaV6zibG, random_song=False, start_volume=101, limit=20, repeat=off, force_playback=False, shuffle=False, offset=0, ignore_fully_played=False>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1983, in catch_exceptions
    await coro_or_task
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2013, in _execute_service
    return await self._hass.async_add_executor_job(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/__init__.py", line 221, in start_casting
    spotify_device_id = spotcast_controller.get_spotify_device_id(
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/spotcast_controller.py", line 250, in get_spotify_device_id
    spotify_cast_device.startSpotifyController(access_token, expires)
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/spotcast_controller.py", line 95, in startSpotifyController
    sp.launch_app()
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/spotify_controller.py", line 104, in launch_app
    raise LaunchError(
pychromecast.error.LaunchError: Timeout when waiting for status response from Spotify app>

Additional context

[easterapps]

Hi, i had a similar issue. Please check the keys (sp_key and sp_dc) and also check the app in spotify developer.

[V69dxz]

Ok, thanks. Good suggestions. I will double check the app in Spotify developer. (I already renewed the key and dc.)

[ste-ta]

I am having the Same issues since a Couplet of days. Starting Playlists and Albums works a coupel of tmes and suddenly stops. Afterwards I need to restart HA and it works again.

Logger: homeassistant.core
Source: custom_components/spotcast/spotify_controller.py:104
Integration: Spotcast (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 09:33:22 (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 10:00:09

Error executing service: <ServiceCall spotcast.start (c:01H6R07ZKJZEZ636C2CE6PMDP9): entity_id=media_player.lg_dsn8yg_0981, uri=spotify:album:7a0cCpsKO6Uux6eFFZns9S, repeat=off, shuffle=False, start_volume=101, force_playback=False, limit=20, offset=0, ignore_fully_played=False, random_song=False>
Error executing service: <ServiceCall spotcast.start (c:01H6R1S0SD3G5E99MT4BAJN159): entity_id=media_player.lg_dsn8yg_0981, uri=spotify:album:5BCDZehG1Ir8cokNvw6Lio, repeat=off, shuffle=False, start_volume=101, force_playback=False, limit=20, offset=0, ignore_fully_played=False, random_song=False>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1983, in catch_exceptions
    await coro_or_task
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2013, in _execute_service
    return await self._hass.async_add_executor_job(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/__init__.py", line 221, in start_casting
    spotify_device_id = spotcast_controller.get_spotify_device_id(
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/spotcast_controller.py", line 250, in get_spotify_device_id
    spotify_cast_device.startSpotifyController(access_token, expires)
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/spotcast_controller.py", line 95, in startSpotifyController
    sp.launch_app()
  File "/config/custom_components/spotcast/spotify_controller.py", line 104, in launch_app
    raise LaunchError(
pychromecast.error.LaunchError: Timeout when waiting for status response from Spotify app

[oshriphoto]

It seems that this is a problem that appears to many users, does anyone have a solution to this problem? Is the developer of the plugin in the group and reading the errors? Maybe he can respond and say if it is in treatment or not?

[V69dxz]

I confirm that I still have this problem.

A working hypothesis: does this happen when/after I open my Spotify account on another device confusing Spotify?

[fcusson]

@pmkruyen, @easterapps, @oshriphoto has anyone been able to test with the new beta if this issue is resolved. I implemented a much better way handling closing and opening the Spotify app on Chromecast in this iteration

[michi1g]

I was running into the same issue. Tried the latest beta and it is working now