Chromecast blocks startup

[tribut]

Home Assistant release with the issue:

0.103.1

Last working Home Assistant release (if known):

0.103.0

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

Docker on Debian Linux

Integration:

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/cast/

Description of problem:

After upgrading to 0.103.0, Home-Assistant does not start. The log stops at

INFO (SyncWorker_3) [pychromecast] Querying device status

and then HA consumes 100% cpu but never finishes startup.

The chromecast device is reachable on the network and streaming works, so this may be a different problem to what has been reported before (see below). Going back to the docker image for 0.103.0 does work.

Note that I have not manually added a cast component to yaml, it was auto-discovered and added via the frontend and the only place it shows up is in core.entity_registry.

Additional information:
Similar problems have been reported a few times in the past:

• Cast: platform cast delays startup if chromecast is offline #4654
• Chromecast causing startup issues #14956
• Home Assistant will not start due to cast component #19598
• HA restart fail, manual remove cast config from registry resolve it #21687

[CheeseySandal]

Is it this? #30060

[frenck]

Please upgrade to 0.103.2, since the 0.103.1 had a major defect in this regard.

Could you confirm if it works and close the issue in that case? Thanks! 👍

[tribut]

Appears to have indeed been fixed in 0.103.2 👍