Service var.set broken and do nothing after update to 0.15.1

[gamba69]

Hello,
after update to 0.15.1 service var.set silently do nothing. Variable value and attributes not updated, and I don't see any error in log.

[estegewr]

I encounter the same problems after updating to 0.15.1

[snarky-snark]

Do one of you mind trying out the latest develop release to see if that fixes the problem?

[estegewr]

Perhaps I used the module in a non-standard way. This is my config

var:
  callmon_caller_1:
    icon: mdi:phone
    value_template: "{{ now() }}"
    attributes:
      name: "{{ state_attr('sensor.fritz_box_7590_ui_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'from_name') }} "
      number: "{{ state_attr('sensor.fritz_box_7590_ui_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'from') }} "
      start: ""
      duration: ""

In the past, I was able to initiate the attributes start and duration with an empty value when I set the variable. It seems to be strange that I use the update call, but all value rules are defined in the configuration:

service: var.update
data:
  entity_id: var.callmon_caller_1

A few events later I would like to set the two attributes start and duration using the set call:

service: var.set
data:
  entity_id: var.callmon_caller_1
  attributes:
    duration: '00:00:11'

This doesn't work anymore for attributes that are "initiated" in the configuration. Interestingly I can set attributes which are not initiated in config. But thiese variables always get overwritten whenever I restart HA.

[GaPhi]

Same problem here : I had to remove the "initialization" in my var.yaml configuration file.

[nm20220210]

downgrade to an old version in HA now

alias: vartest
description: ""
trigger: []
condition: []
action:
  - service: var.set
    data:
      entity_id: var.pmx152
      value: test
  - if:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: var.pmx152
        state: test
    then:
      - service: notify.persistent_notification
        metadata: {}
        data:
          message: OK
    else:
      - service: notify.persistent_notification
        metadata: {}
        data:
          message: NIO
mode: single

[gamba69]

Do one of you mind trying out the latest develop release to see if that fixes the problem?

Checked. Now I have error:
[ ... skipped ...]
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2356, in _execute_service
return await target(service_call)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 905, in entity_service_call
single_response = await _handle_entity_call(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 975, in _handle_entity_call
result = await task
^^^^^^^^^^
File "/config/custom_components/var/init.py", line 448, in async_set
await self.async_write_ha_state()
TypeError: object NoneType can't be used in 'await' expression

and after I change
"await self.async_write_ha_state()" -> "self.async_write_ha_state()"

all working fine.

[snarky-snark]

Thanks! I made the fix in v0.15.2.