Xbox media_player gets removed when entity is unavailable on HA upgrade

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The problem

As per title, when you have an the media_player state that is unavailable for whatever reason before upgrading, then you intitiate HA core update, the entity gets completely removed after reboot. Although, Xbox Network entities still remain.

You have to re-add the device again using discovery when the state is available.

This started happening since the the last 2-3 core updates that had xbox integration changes made.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

2025.12.4

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

2025.9/10

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Xbox

Link to integration documentation on our website

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

Diagnostics information

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Additional information

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