Steam_online -- Server connection failed: Too Many Requests (429)

[felafel]

The problem

Getting this error when I try to reload the integration or at different times during the day.

= Failed setup, will retry = Server connection failed: Too Many Requests (429)

I had 15 Steam IDs and then limited it to 8 Steam IDs after reading a previous bug about this. Same problem.

It seems to be happening more lately. I did install core-2025.2.5 a couple of days ago from core-2025.1.? but I remember this was starting to be more problematic a couple of weeks ago.

I think this was fixed; but because it was not tested it was not released.

Previous issue: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/23828

Fix that I think was not released: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/23941

I will test this fix. I think it should poll every 60-90 seconds and preferably have a user editable parameter with safeguard such as must be greater than 14.

Thanks in advance

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2025.2.5

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

steam_online

Link to integration documentation on our website

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

Diagnostics information

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Additional information

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[Kahera]

I'm seeing this as well, with only 3 Steam IDs

[HrCalmar]

I'm seeing this as well, with only 3 Steam IDs

Same here :-)

[adamjthompson]

My sensors are continuously showing "unavailable" every minute or two, so I assume this is related.

[GilDev]

Same with only 1 Steam ID.

[tarause]

Same issue

[homeassistant.components.steam_online] Error fetching steam_online data: Server connection failed: Too Many Requests (429)

[Mars455]

Same issue here. 2 Steam IDS:

Last logged: 16:29:47

Error fetching steam_online data: Server connection failed: Bad Gateway (502) Error fetching steam_online data: Server took too long to respond Error fetching steam_online data: Server connection failed: Too Many Requests (429)

Sometimes only one user, sometimes both.

[Ryonez]

Facing this issue myself with 3 sensors.

[ammgws]

I feel like mine has improved by disabling polling and increasing the interval to 1 minute

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-set-a-custom-scan-interval/680579

[Mars455]

Thing is I am using it for some automations where 1 minute is too long :/ set mine to 10 seconds and it seems to have gotten better today (only unavailable once so far over the last 3 hours) Will keep testing but for now 10 seconds seems OK

[ammgws]

IIRC the default is 30 seconds so lowering it would in theory make it more likely you get rate limited

[Mars455]

You're definitely right! Apologies wasnt aware of that number Will just update when the automation runs

[joostlek]

Did Valve change any API rate limits?

[cainerwolf]

No idea, but I've set mine to only update every 30 minutes and I'm still getting the 429 error. I'm guessing it's not a per-day rate limit we're hitting, but a per-minute or per-hour rate limit.

[felafel]

No idea, but I've set mine to only update every 30 minutes and I'm still getting the 429 error. I'm guessing it's not a per-day rate limit we're hitting, but a per-minute or per-hour rate limit.

How did you limit the update to 30 minutes? Thanks

[Permanently]

How did you limit the update to 30 minutes? Thanks

As @ammgws mentioned above: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/680579

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