Forcing an Update throws an error #1488
Description
What installation are you running?
Production (netalertx) 📦
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I have searched the existing open and closed issues and I checked the docs https://docs.netalertx.com/
The issue occurs in the following browsers. Select at least 2.
- Firefox
- Chrome
- Edge
- Safari (unsupported) - PRs welcome
- N/A - This is an issue with the backend
Current Behavior
Following these the wiki instructions for forcing an update in an attempt to trigger all MQTT discovery messages to be resent to Home Assistant. I get an error message when I try to Purge MQTT Plugin_Objects by selecting MQTT Publisher and click the Delete all (filters are ignored) button. The error says _"Error: Validation Error: Input should be a valid list".
Expected Behavior
I expected the MQTTT object to be deleted and the MQTT plugin to rescan all devices and issue mqtt discovery /config messages.
Steps To Reproduce
See steps outlined above.
Relevant app.conf settings
docker-compose.yml
Debug or Trace enabled
- I have read and followed the steps in the wiki link above and provided the required debug logs and the log section covers the time when the issue occurs.
Relevant app.log section
PASTE LOG HER20:59:02 [HTTP] OPTIONS /messaging/in-app/unread from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:02] "OPTIONS /messaging/in-app/unread HTTP/1.1" 200 -
20:59:02 [HTTP] GET /messaging/in-app/unread from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:02] "GET /messaging/in-app/unread HTTP/1.1" 200 -
20:59:03 [WF] get_new_app_events - new events count: 0
20:59:04 [HTTP] OPTIONS /messaging/in-app/unread from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:04] "OPTIONS /messaging/in-app/unread HTTP/1.1" 200 -
20:59:04 [HTTP] GET /messaging/in-app/unread from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:04] "GET /messaging/in-app/unread HTTP/1.1" 200 -
20:59:09 [WF] get_new_app_events - new events count: 0
20:59:12 [HTTP] OPTIONS /messaging/in-app/unread from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:12] "OPTIONS /messaging/in-app/unread HTTP/1.1" 200 -
20:59:12 [HTTP] GET /messaging/in-app/unread from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:12] "GET /messaging/in-app/unread HTTP/1.1" 200 -
20:59:14 [WF] get_new_app_events - new events count: 0
20:59:14 [HTTP] OPTIONS /messaging/in-app/unread from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:14] "OPTIONS /messaging/in-app/unread HTTP/1.1" 200 -
20:59:14 [HTTP] GET /messaging/in-app/unread from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:14] "GET /messaging/in-app/unread HTTP/1.1" 200 -
20:59:17 [HTTP] OPTIONS /dbquery/delete from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:17] "OPTIONS /dbquery/delete HTTP/1.1" 200 -
20:59:17 [HTTP] POST /dbquery/delete from 192.168.1.5
20:59:17 [Validation] Error for dbquery_delete: 1 validation error for DbQueryDeleteRequest
id
Input should be a valid list [type=list_type, input_value='MQTT', input_type=str]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.12/v/list_type
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:17] "�[31m�[1mPOST /dbquery/delete HTTP/1.1�[0m" 422 -
20:59:19 [WF] get_new_app_events - new events count: 0
20:59:22 [HTTP] OPTIONS /messaging/in-app/unread from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:22] "OPTIONS /messaging/in-app/unread HTTP/1.1" 200 -
20:59:22 [HTTP] GET /messaging/in-app/unread from 192.168.1.5
192.168.1.5 - - [04/Feb/2026 20:59:22] "GET /messaging/in-app/unread HTTP/1.1" 200 -E. Using the triple backticks preserves format.
Docker Logs
PASTE DOCKER LOG HERE. Using the triple backticks preserves format.