Update User-Agent to include INSTANCE_ID - #144
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Preventing volume blocking blacklisting with unique ID per HA server on startup
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WalkthroughThe API module now generates an eight-character UUID-based instance identifier. The API session uses this identifier in its ChangesAPI identification
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change gives each process a randomized User-Agent to reduce shared-instance blacklisting, but the eight-character identifier can still collide between HA servers. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to use a longer UUID-derived value. Suggested reviewers: Poem
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In `@custom_components/recycle_app/api.py`:
- Line 12: Update the INSTANCE_ID definition to use the complete
uuid.uuid4().hex value instead of truncating it to eight characters, preserving
its use in the User-Agent.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
🔎 Supported by static analysis
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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- target module ---'
cat -n custom_components/recycle_app/api.py | sed -n '1,180p'
printf '%s\n' '--- direct identifier uses ---'
rg -n -C 4 --fixed-strings 'INSTANCE_ID' .
printf '%s\n' '--- related request identity and rate-limit terms ---'
rg -n -C 3 'User-Agent|user-agent|rate.?limit|blacklist|blacklisted|429' custom_components README.md .github 2>/dev/null || trueRepository: olibos/HomeAssistant-RecycleApp
Length of output: 14368
Use a longer instance identifier.
INSTANCE_ID contributes directly to the User-Agent header and contains only 32 random bits. Two instances can therefore produce the same User-Agent. Use uuid.uuid4().hex unless the upstream service requires eight characters.
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In `@custom_components/recycle_app/api.py` at line 12, Update the INSTANCE_ID
definition to use the complete uuid.uuid4().hex value instead of truncating it
to eight characters, preserving its use in the User-Agent.
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Hello @Jonah-Jordan, Thank you for the proposal! I really appreciate you taking the time to work on this. 🙏 The issue is that FostPlus seems to block the curl https://www.recycleapp.be/config/app.settings.json \
-H "x-customer: recycleapp.be" \
-H "User-Agent: HomeAssistant-RecycleApp";But adding a suffix doesn't help either: curl https://www.recycleapp.be/config/app.settings.json \
-H "x-customer: recycleapp.be" \
-H "User-Agent: HomeAssistant-RecycleApp-v2";So if they decide to block My current suspicion is that they've identified the integration because of an unusually high number of requests. I'll continue investigating the root cause and, if I can't find a proper solution, I think your PR could actually be a good fit to replace my current workaround. In the meantime, if you have any ideas about what could potentially cause a large number of API requests, I'd be very happy to hear them! |
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@olibos, correct point. I can confirm it is still working on my side currently so maybe there are other checks involved too. In that way I propose to make the whole user agent dynamic (but they will block this too in the near future I guess) or maybe just identify it as a real browser user agent. I did not investigate the code in detail but i think there may be an issue (thanks copilot) with the calendar's async_get_events function in the calendar. Here it always creates a new uncached call on opening, refresh or maybe even in automations. Maybe here we can use the same coordinator here or is there a specific reason to always use a fresh call? |
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I’ll add some logging to my dev branch/API to get a better idea of what’s happening. In the meantime, checking the calendar with a date range definitely sounds like a good first step. 👍 |
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Preventing volume blocking blacklisting with unique ID per HA server on startup
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