[EPic Games Free] error appears in cli as soon as add-on starts

[Shiroe93]

Description

As soon as i start the Epic Games Free
Add-on this error appears in the cli
'crond[501] crond (busybox 1.36.1) started log level 8'
I'm not entirely sure it's a bug but on the home assistant forum it was reported as such
Do you know what it is?
And if needed how it can be fixed

Reproduction steps

1. Start the add-on
2. Go to your home assistant video output on your monitor 
3. See error

Addon Logs

Execute /homeassistant/addons_config/epicgamesfree/epicgamesfree.sh if existing
Wiki here : github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Add-ons-feature-:-customisation
/etc/cont-init.d/20-folders.sh: executing
/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh: executing
[06:35:27] WARNING: The config.json file found in /config/addons_config/epicgamesfree will be used. Please customize according to https://github.com/claabs/epicgames-freegames-node#json-configuration and restart the add-on
 
[06:35:27] INFO: Starting the app
 
 
Starting the upstream container
 
Setting localtime: redacted
Setting timezone: redacted
Run on startup: true
[2024-05-14 06:35:29.387 ] INFO: Started epicgames-freegames-node
    COMMIT_SHA: "afcf312cbe9bf7bbc39136f1448772981bfcbe9a"
    BRANCH: "master"
    DISTRO: "alpine"
[2024-05-14 06:35:29.708 ] INFO: Checking free games for redacted_user@redacted_domain 
    user: "redacted_user@redacted_domain"
[2024-05-14 06:35:31.216 ] INFO: searchStrategy is `all`: searching for weekly and promotional games
    user: "redacted_user@redacted_domain"
[2024-05-14 06:35:42.161 ] INFO: Available free games
    user: "redacted_user@redacted_domain"
    availableGames: [
      "Circus Electrique",
      "Firestone Free Offer"
    ]
[2024-05-14 06:35:42.403 ] INFO: Unpurchased free games
    user: "redacted_user@redacted_domain"
    purchasableGames: []
[2024-05-14 06:35:42.572 ] INFO: No free games available
    user: "redacted_user@redacted_domain"
[2024-05-14 06:35:42.572 ] INFO: Exiting successfully
Run once: false
Setting cron schedule as 0 */6 * * *
Starting...
/etc/cont-init.d/00-banner.sh: executing

-----------------------------------------------------------
 Add-on: Epic Games Free
 Automatically login and redeem promotional free games from Epic Games Store
-----------------------------------------------------------
 Add-on version: debian-2024-04-28
 You are running the latest version of this add-on.
 System: Home Assistant OS 12.3  (amd64 / generic-x86-64)
 Home Assistant Core: 2024.5.3
 Home Assistant Supervisor: 2024.05.1
-----------------------------------------------------------
 Please, share the above information when looking for help
 or support in, e.g., GitHub, forums
-----------------------------------------------------------
 Provided by: https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons 
-----------------------------------------------------------
/etc/cont-init.d/00-global_var.sh: executing
/etc/cont-init.d/01-config_yaml.sh: executing
Setting permissions for the config.yaml directory

Load environment variables from /config/addons_config/epicgamesfree/config.yaml if existing
If accessing the file with filebrowser it should be mapped to /homeassistant/addons_config/epicgamesfree/config.yaml
---------------------------------------------------------
Wiki here on how to use : github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Add‐ons-feature-:-add-env-variables

... no env variables found, exiting
/etc/cont-init.d/01-custom_script.sh: executing
Execute /homeassistant/addons_config/epicgamesfree/epicgamesfree.sh if existing
Wiki here : github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Add-ons-feature-:-customisation
/etc/cont-init.d/20-folders.sh: executing
/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh: executing
[06:53:13] WARNING: The config.json file found in /config/addons_config/epicgamesfree will be used. Please customize according to https://github.com/claabs/epicgames-freegames-node#json-configuration and restart the add-on
 
[06:53:13] INFO: Starting the app
 
 
Starting the upstream container
 
Setting localtime: redacted
Setting timezone: redacted
Run on startup: true
[2024-05-14 06:53:15.828 ] INFO: Started epicgames-freegames-node
    COMMIT_SHA: "afcf312cbe9bf7bbc39136f1448772981bfcbe9a"
    BRANCH: "master"
    DISTRO: "alpine"
[2024-05-14 06:53:16.180 ] INFO: Checking free games for redacted_user@redacted_domain 
    user: "redacted_user@redacted_domain"
[2024-05-14 06:53:17.711 ] INFO: searchStrategy is `all`: searching for weekly and promotional games
    user: "redacted_user@redacted_domain"
[2024-05-14 06:53:28.201 ] INFO: Available free games
    user: "redacted_user@redacted_domain"
    availableGames: [
      "Circus Electrique",
      "Firestone Free Offer"
    ]
[2024-05-14 06:53:28.434 ] INFO: Unpurchased free games
    user: "redacted_user@redacted_domain"
    purchasableGames: []
[2024-05-14 06:53:28.708 ] INFO: No free games available
    user: "redacted_user@redacted_domain"
[2024-05-14 06:53:28.709 ] INFO: Exiting successfully
Run once: false
Setting cron schedule as 0 */6 * * *

Architecture

amd64

OS

HAos

[alexbelgium]

Hi! It's not a bug it just means that cron, a service that periodically runs apps, is using such a log level. 8 is either the min or the max level of details depending on the linux distribution. I think i set it to 8 here to be the minimum. So no issue :)

[alexbelgium]

BTW this error does not appear in your log?

OK I think i understand you mean in the HA cli? I could need to redirect the output then I had that on other addons

[Shiroe93]

Happy is not a bug
Sorry to had bothered you for nothing but my research led me astray

[Shiroe93]

And to answer your question no it doesn't appear anywhere the only reason i noticed it's because i had a freeze in home assistant (the system stopped responding completely and i had to do an hard reboot so i began a troubleshooting session) and i find this line on my monitor when i connect the pc

[Shiroe93]

On I side note I'm not able to access the web ui (Both from inside nor outside my home network) and the redemption of the games is not automatic as I understood it from your description
Do you happen to know why?
(If you prefer i can open another issue)

[alexbelgium]

Well webui is broken but when we investigated why the original developer there was no solution that could be fine... But in theory everything should work without user input by using the config file

However the games redemption should be automatic? Or is the app not working as expected? I'm not using it myself but i see that other users do and they had seemed to report it works?

[alexbelgium]

Happy is not a bug Sorry to had bothered you for nothing but my research led me astray

No worry! Unless i'm wrong and something else doesn't work but it should be fine if there is "just" that

[Shiroe93]

For me a link arrives via my configured notification method and i need to open it and click buy to complete the redemption process also the games are almost always a couple for week but i received only one link (I started using the add-on this week and there was two) am i missing something?

[alexbelgium]

Hum I actually don't use the app so i'm not sure... I thought it redeemed automatically have you checked the project documentation?

[Shiroe93]

Okay i found the issue:
The last release changelog mentions that automatic redemption is not possible anymore due to epic improvement on automation detection
I suggest you modify the add-on description to specify that a redemption link is sent to your preferred notification method instead of being automated

[alexbelgium]

Thanks!

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