Unable to create Spook Integration ("Yeah... well... no. K, thx, bye!")

[L0bit0]

What version of Spook are you using?

3.1.0

What version of Home Assistant are you using?

2025.3.4

The problem

I had Spook installed and working for some time.

Around one month ago, I realize it was not working anymore

I tried to redownload, uninstall and install again...

Now, technically, i have installed, but when I try to add the integration o got this funny error: Yeah... well... no. K, thx, bye!

Any idea?

Anything in the logs? Paste it here!

No logs for spook

[ilexpl01]

Have the same issue :/

What version of Spook are you using? 3.1.0

What version of Home Assistant are you using? 2025.4.1

[ilexpl01]

@frenck help please :)

[jurviz]

Just installed spook for the 1st time and the error message also appears when i try to add a new hub. (Only to try it.) This is meant as a hint, i don't have any problem with the integration so far. (Spook: 3.1.0, HA: 2025.4.2)

[jaredcat]

Check your disabled integrations

[ilexpl01]

That was in issue :). Found that before already. Integration Message is kind of missleading :/

[mfurniss]

I have the same problem and error. I checked "disabled integrations" what should I look for?

"Yeah... well... no. K, thx, bye!

That error maybe cute, but it's completely meaningless and not helpful.

[jaredcat]

what should I look for?

Spook integration that was previously disabled

[mfurniss]

I see only the one Spook which is not disabled. I tried a clean install a couple of times but always get the error message during setup.

[jaredcat]

If it's not disabled then it's already setup

[L0bit0]

Hi

I just to check and, yes, integration was disabled....

To be honest, I do not remember to have disabled, at least on porpoise.

error message, do not give any clue :-)

Thanks for your help!

[mfurniss]

The only Developer Tools -> Actions I can find are:

Spook: Boo! Spook: Random fail

Is this expected?

[jaredcat]

You might want to read up on how Spook works. There's nothing you need to do once it's active. It will give you an alert if it detects something wrong.

[cooljimy84]

Yeah rather cute but not helpfull

After enabling debug logs i found this error when trying to add a hub

Logger: homeassistant.config_entries
Source: config_entries.py:749
First occurred: 14:44:17 (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 14:46:01

Error setting up entry Your homie for spook
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/config_entries.py", line 749, in __async_setup_with_context
    result = await component.async_setup_entry(hass, self)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/spook/__init__.py", line 41, in async_setup_entry
    if await hass.async_add_executor_job(link_sub_integrations, hass):
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 59, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/config/custom_components/spook/util.py", line 123, in link_sub_integrations
    dest.symlink_to(src)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 789, in symlink_to
    os.symlink(target, self, target_is_directory)
    ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/config/custom_components/spook/integrations/spook_inverse' -> '/config/custom_components/spook_inverse'

Having restored a backup that had spook installed, it didn't show any thing as disabled. so i went hunting on the filesystem find / -name "spook_inverse" then delete all files and folders matching that name. I then tried to add the hub again and it worked fine.

hope that helps people.

[DerUnwissende]

@cooljimy84 thanks for your hint, but that doesnt' work for me ...unfortunately