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Disabled input_boolean cannot be re-enabled without restarting Home Assistant.

See original GitHub issue

The problem

An input_boolean can be conveniently disabled but it cannot be re-enabled unless you restart Home Assistant.

Environment

Home Assistant Core release with the issue: 2020.12.2
Last working Home Assistant Core release (if known): probably never
Operating environment (OS/Container/Supervised/Core): OS
Integration causing this issue: input_boolean
Link to integration documentation on our website: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/input_boolean/

Problem-relevant `configuration.yaml`

The input_boolean is created via Configuration > Helpers.

Traceback/Error logs

No errors reported in Logs.

Additional information

Create an input_boolean using Configuration > Helpers.
Go to Configuration > Entities view and disable the newly-created input_boolean, then re-enable it.
A popup appears indicating it will take 30 seconds for the entity to be enabled.
One minute later it still indicates Unavailable. Waiting longer doesn’t correct it.
Refreshing the web page doesn’t correct it either; it continues to report Unavailable.
Executing ‘Reload Input Booleans’ also fails to correct it.
In my tests, the input_boolean was used in an Entities card and it was missing from the card.
Restart Home Assistant and the input_boolean is finally re-enabled.

Issue Analytics

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:14

Top GitHub Comments

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tdejnekacommented, May 7, 2022

Problem confirmed to exist in 2022.5.2.

Re-enabling a disabled input_boolean fails. The popup message reports it will take 30 seconds to re-enable the entity but it never does. Only a restart re-enables it.

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tdejnekacommented, Oct 8, 2022

The problem still exists in 2022.10.1.

Attempting to re-enable a disabled input_boolean fails to actually re-enable it. The UI claims it will take 30 seconds to be re-enabled but it fails. Although the input_boolean is displayed in the Entities view it actually remains disabled and is not displayed in Developer Tools > States (and is inaccessible for use in scripts, templates, etc). A restart is needed to truly re-enable it (executing Reload Input Booleans doesn’t do the trick).

tl;dr You can’t re-enable a disabled input_boolean unless you restart Home Assistant.