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Unifi Protect warning when enabling Privacy Mode #153026

@TexTown

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@TexTown

The problem

When I enable privacy mode (In my use case using a simple script) for a camera, this warning is logged:

Logger: py.warnings
Source: components/unifiprotect/switch.py:544
First occurred: 10:49:45 (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 10:57:36

/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pydantic/main.py:463: UserWarning: Pydantic serializer warnings: PydanticSerializationUnexpectedValue(Expected `str` - serialized value may not be as expected [input_value=390, input_type=int]) return self.__pydantic_serializer__.to_python(
/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pydantic/main.py:463: UserWarning: Pydantic serializer warnings: PydanticSerializationUnexpectedValue(Expected `str` - serialized value may not be as expected [input_value=100, input_type=int]) PydanticSerializationUnexpectedValue(Expected `str` - serialized value may not be as expected [input_value=433, input_type=int]) return self.__pydantic_serializer__.to_python(

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2025.9.4

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

unifi protect

Link to integration documentation on our website

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

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

alias: Camera - Turn on Privacy Mode
sequence:
  - action: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
      entity_id:
        - input_boolean.camera_s_aan_uit
    data: {}
  - action: switch.turn_on
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id:
        - switch.studio_privacy_mode
        - switch.camera_studio_privacy_mode
mode: single
icon: mdi:cctv-off
description: ""

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Additional information

This log warning is not new or specific for this version, it has been around since I use the script.

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