startSession always fails on load due to tokenCreated defaulting to datetime.min

[markybry]

Summary

The Hive integration fails to initialise on every HA startup and first setup due to two related bugs. The integration shows "Initialising" indefinitely before failing with HiveRefreshTokenExpired.

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Bug 1 — tokenCreated defaults to datetime.min when loading stored tokens

When startSession loads tokens from the HA config entry it calls:

await self.updateTokens(config["tokens"], False)

With update_expiry_time=False, tokenCreated is never set and stays at datetime.min (0001-01-01). The expiry check then always evaluates as expired:

Current : 2026-05-04 19:30:37
Expiry  : 0001-01-01 00:54:00  ← always in the past

This happens even when tokens were issued seconds earlier during the config flow.

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Bug 2 — force_refresh=True after _retryLogin hangs indefinitely

After the fallback login succeeds and fresh tokens are obtained, _retryLogin immediately calls:

await self.hiveRefreshTokens(force_refresh=True)

Attempting a Cognito token refresh on a brand new refresh token either:

• Hangs until boto3 timeout (~5 minutes in v1.0.8)
• Fails with HiveRefreshTokenExpired causing setup cancellation

There is no reason to force refresh tokens that were just issued.

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Observed log sequence

tokenCreated: 0001-01-01 00:00:00 | tokenExpiry: 1:00:00
Session token expiry time (Current: 2026-05-04 19:30:37 | Expiry: 0001-01-01 00:54:00)
WARNING: Refresh token is invalid or expired.
WARNING: Session Token refresh failed (HiveRefreshTokenExpired), falling back to login.
... login succeeds, fresh tokens obtained ...
tokenCreated: 2026-05-04 19:30:37
[hangs here on force_refresh=True]
ERROR: Setup of config entry cancelled

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Impact

Affects all users on first setup or after any HA restart.

Version	Behaviour
1.0.8	Falls back to _retryDeviceLogin → hangs ~5 min → fails
1.0.9	Falls back to _retryLogin → login succeeds → hangs on force refresh

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Fix

Option 1 (recommended): Remove the redundant force refresh after a successful login

# _retryLogin — remove this line, tokens from fresh login are already valid
await self.hiveRefreshTokens(force_refresh=True)

Option 2: Store tokenCreated in the config entry so tokens survive HA restarts without appearing immediately expired

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Environment

• pyhive-integration 1.0.8 and 1.0.9
• Home Assistant (all recent versions)
• Python 3.14

[markybry]

@KJonline and @Rendili Any progress on this it seems to be a pretty serious bug.

[maxwell-01]

bump please