North Yorkshire - Timeout while updating data

[dannyteal1990]

Name of Council

North Yorkshire

Issue Information

Integration goes from initialising to:
homeassistant.exceptions.ConfigEntryNotReady: Timeout while updating data:

Browsing to the council site starts with URL: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/bin-calendar/lookup
Then asked to enter a postcode and select a house from a drop down, followed by hitting continue.
URL then changes to: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/bin-calendar/Selby/results/*UPRN*.

Changed the URL in reconfigure to use "https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/bin-calendar/Selby/results/" + UPRN which did refresh but on the next refresh it showed as "unknown" and then is back to to timing out.

Further log details:
Logger: custom_components.uk_bin_collection
Source: custom_components/uk_bin_collection/init.py:212
integration: UK Bin Collection Data (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 13:30:26 (17 occurrences)
Last logged: 13:58:22

[UKBinCollection] Unexpected error in async_setup_entry: Timeout while updating data:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/asyncio/tasks.py", line 488, in wait_for
return await fut
^^^^^^^^^
asyncio.exceptions.CancelledError

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/config/custom_components/uk_bin_collection/init.py", line 348, in _async_update_data
data = await asyncio.wait_for(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<2 lines>...
)
^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/asyncio/tasks.py", line 487, in wait_for
async with timeouts.timeout(timeout):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/asyncio/timeouts.py", line 114, in aexit
raise TimeoutError from exc_val
TimeoutError

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 426, in _async_refresh
self.data = await self._async_update_data()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/config/custom_components/uk_bin_collection/init.py", line 377, in _async_update_data
raise UpdateFailed(f"Timeout while updating data: {exc}") from exc
homeassistant.helpers.update_coordinator.UpdateFailed: Timeout while updating data:

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/config/custom_components/uk_bin_collection/init.py", line 212, in async_setup_entry
await coordinator.async_config_entry_first_refresh()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 319, in async_config_entry_first_refresh
await self._async_config_entry_first_refresh()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 351, in _async_config_entry_first_refresh
raise ex
homeassistant.exceptions.ConfigEntryNotReady: Timeout while updating data:

Verification

• I searched for similar issues at https://github.com/robbrad/UKBinCollectionData/issues?q=is:issue and found no duplicates
• I have checked my address/postcode/UPRN works on the council's website
• I have provided a detailed explanation of the issue as well as steps to replicate the issue
• I understand that this project is run by volunteer contributors therefore completion of this issue cannot be guaranteed

[gforce72]

I'm seeing similar issues with North Yorkshire.

Log below

This error originated from a custom integration.

Logger: custom_components.uk_bin_collection
Source: custom_components/uk_bin_collection/init.py:212
integration: UK Bin Collection Data (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 10 April 2026 at 14:05:27 (893 occurrences)
Last logged: 09:50:40

[UKBinCollection] Unexpected error in async_setup_entry: Unexpected error: expected string or bytes-like object, got 'list'
[UKBinCollection] Unexpected error in async_setup_entry: Unexpected error: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/config/custom_components/uk_bin_collection/init.py", line 348, in _async_update_data
data = await asyncio.wait_for(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<2 lines>...
)
^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/asyncio/tasks.py", line 488, in wait_for
return await fut
^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 86, in run
result = ctx.run(self.task)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 73, in run
return fn(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/collect_data.py", line 101, in run
return self.client_code(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
council_module.CouncilClass(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<9 lines>...
council_module_str=self.parsed_args.module,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/collect_data.py", line 121, in client_code
return get_bin_data_class.template_method(address_url, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/get_bin_data.py", line 61, in template_method
bin_data_dict = self.get_and_parse_data(this_url, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/get_bin_data.py", line 82, in get_and_parse_data
bin_data_dict = self.parse_data(page, url=address_url, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/councils/NorthYorkshire.py", line 33, in parse_data
soup = BeautifulSoup(bin_data[1]["data"], "html.parser")
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/bs4/init.py", line 467, in init
) in self.builder.prepare_markup(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
markup, from_encoding, exclude_encodings=exclude_encodings
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
):
^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/bs4/builder/_htmlparser.py", line 423, in prepare_markup
dammit = UnicodeDammit(
markup,
...<3 lines>...
exclude_encodings=exclude_encodings,
)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/bs4/dammit.py", line 811, in init
for encoding in self.detector.encodings:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/bs4/dammit.py", line 623, in encodings
self.declared_encoding = self.find_declared_encoding(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
self.markup, self.is_html
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/bs4/dammit.py", line 722, in find_declared_encoding
declared_encoding_match = xml_re.search(markup, endpos=xml_endpos)
TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object, got 'list'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 426, in _async_refresh
self.data = await self._async_update_data()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/config/custom_components/uk_bin_collection/init.py", line 383, in _async_update_data
raise UpdateFailed(f"Unexpected error: {exc}") from exc
homeassistant.helpers.update_coordinator.UpdateFailed: Unexpected error: expected string or bytes-like object, got 'list'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/config/custom_components/uk_bin_collection/init.py", line 212, in async_setup_entry
await coordinator.async_config_entry_first_refresh()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 319, in async_config_entry_first_refresh
await self._async_config_entry_first_refresh()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 351, in _async_config_entry_first_refresh
raise ex
homeassistant.exceptions.ConfigEntryNotReady: Unexpected error: expected string or bytes-like object, got 'list'

[iendicott]

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2026-04-13 21:00:49.346 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.uk_bin_collection] [UKBinCollection] Unexpected error: expected string or bytes-like object, got 'list'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/config/custom_components/uk_bin_collection/init.py", line 348, in _async_update_data
data = await asyncio.wait_for(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<2 lines>...
)
^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/asyncio/tasks.py", line 488, in wait_for
return await fut
^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 86, in run
result = ctx.run(self.task)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 73, in run
return fn(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/collect_data.py", line 101, in run
return self.client_code(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
council_module.CouncilClass(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<9 lines>...
council_module_str=self.parsed_args.module,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/collect_data.py", line 121, in client_code
return get_bin_data_class.template_method(address_url, **kwargs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/get_bin_data.py", line 61, in template_method
bin_data_dict = self.get_and_parse_data(this_url, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/get_bin_data.py", line 82, in get_and_parse_data
bin_data_dict = self.parse_data(page, url=address_url, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/councils/NorthYorkshire.py", line 33, in parse_data
soup = BeautifulSoup(bin_data[1]["data"], "html.parser")
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/bs4/init.py", line 467, in init
) in self.builder.prepare_markup(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
markup, from_encoding, exclude_encodings=exclude_encodings
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
):
^

[iendicott]

Now seems to be working so suspect it was the website that "fixed" the original problem.

[dannyteal1990]

I’ve had it refresh once and pulled the data. Unfortunately on the next refresh the data wasn’t pulled again. Not sure if it’s an intermittent issue but I haven’t had reliable data extract for a while.