Next due date updates slowly

[zsmb13]

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Describe the issue

This might not be a bug per se, but perhaps just a lack of understand on my part. I'm trying to figure out when and how exactly chores should have their next due dates updated. Generally, chores do seem to work fine on my installation, their next due dates just update really slowly.

1. For chores that I freshly create, it takes them a while to receive their first due dates. It shows as "Unknown" for quite some time. (This is what the logs below show, two new chores with no due dates determined, even after restarting HA.)
   Here's a chore I created 15 minutes ago which still doesn't have any due date, and therefore doesn't show up on my dashboard either:

   

2. For existing chores that have due dates that I complete, it also takes them a while (several hours in some cases) for their next due date to be updated.
   Here's an older screenshot where I completed a chore well before its due date, 11 days early. The chore is set up to every 14 days, so its next due date should be in March after completing it on the 18th of February. However, it still showed up with a due date of the 29th for at least half a day. It eventually updated, but I don't know when and how.

   

Is it possible I have something set up incorrectly? Is there something I could do (like call a service manually) to force chores to update their due dates?

Reproduction steps

1. Create a new chore
2. Look at its next due date shortly after its creation
3. It just shows up as "Unknown"

Debug logs

2024-02-28 11:25:01.568 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event state_changed[L]: entity_id=sensor.weekly_plant_watering, old_state=None, new_state=<state sensor.weekly_plant_watering=unknown; last_completed=None, last_updated=None, overdue=False, overdue_days=None, next_due_date=None, offset_dates=None, add_dates=None, remove_dates=None, unit_of_measurement=days, device_class=chore_helper__schedule, icon=mdi:watering-can-outline, friendly_name=Weekly plant watering @ 2024-02-28T11:25:01.567935+01:00>>
2024-02-28 11:25:01.572 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event component_loaded[L]: component=min_max>
2024-02-28 11:25:01.574 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.binary_sensor] Setting up trend.binary_sensor
2024-02-28 11:25:01.577 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event state_changed[L]: entity_id=sensor.triweekly_plant_watering, old_state=None, new_state=<state sensor.triweekly_plant_watering=unknown; last_completed=None, last_updated=None, overdue=False, overdue_days=None, next_due_date=None, offset_dates=None, add_dates=None, remove_dates=None, unit_of_measurement=days, device_class=chore_helper__schedule, icon=mdi:watering-can-outline, friendly_name=Triweekly plant watering @ 2024-02-28T11:25:01.577002+01:00>>
2024-02-28 11:25:24.764 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event chore_helper_loaded[L]: entity_id=sensor.weekly_plant_watering, due_dates=[]>
2024-02-28 11:25:24.765 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event state_changed[L]: entity_id=sensor.weekly_plant_watering, old_state=<state sensor.weekly_plant_watering=unknown; last_completed=None, last_updated=None, overdue=False, overdue_days=None, next_due_date=None, offset_dates=None, add_dates=None, remove_dates=None, unit_of_measurement=days, device_class=chore_helper__schedule, icon=mdi:watering-can-outline, friendly_name=Weekly plant watering @ 2024-02-28T11:25:01.567935+01:00>, new_state=<state sensor.weekly_plant_watering=unknown; last_completed=None, last_updated=2024-02-28T11:25:24.764716+01:00, overdue=False, overdue_days=None, next_due_date=None, offset_dates=None, add_dates=None, remove_dates=None, unit_of_measurement=days, device_class=chore_helper__schedule, icon=mdi:watering-can-outline, friendly_name=Weekly plant watering @ 2024-02-28T11:25:01.567935+01:00>>
2024-02-28 11:25:24.765 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event chore_helper_loaded[L]: entity_id=sensor.triweekly_plant_watering, due_dates=[]>
2024-02-28 11:25:24.766 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event state_changed[L]: entity_id=sensor.triweekly_plant_watering, old_state=<state sensor.triweekly_plant_watering=unknown; last_completed=None, last_updated=None, overdue=False, overdue_days=None, next_due_date=None, offset_dates=None, add_dates=None, remove_dates=None, unit_of_measurement=days, device_class=chore_helper__schedule, icon=mdi:watering-can-outline, friendly_name=Triweekly plant watering @ 2024-02-28T11:25:01.577002+01:00>, new_state=<state sensor.triweekly_plant_watering=unknown; last_completed=None, last_updated=2024-02-28T11:25:24.766093+01:00, overdue=False, overdue_days=None, next_due_date=None, offset_dates=None, add_dates=None, remove_dates=None, unit_of_measurement=days, device_class=chore_helper__schedule, icon=mdi:watering-can-outline, friendly_name=Triweekly plant watering @ 2024-02-28T11:25:01.577002+01:00>>

Diagnostics dump

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[adbsmith]

I am also seeing this issue where my next due dates are not updating after marking chores as complete. I didn’t have this issue the first day of installing but now a few days later it’s taking forever to update. Love the chore system, but this needs a fix to really be useable.

[bmcclure]

Hm, the dates should be calculated anytime the state is updated. This normally happens automatically, but there is also an update_state service which can be used to update it anytime.

When you're experiencing the delays in updating, does it fix it by calling the update service, or is the update not working even then?

[renasg]

I am also facing this issue. I have been playing a bit with this chore system and kinda of trying to find a way to define the date when the chore was complete because I probably will not right way mark it as completed. So I wanted to create some sort of interface where I could define the date in case I completed let's say 2 days ago today and I want to register that as my date of completion instead of current date.

I used the chore_helper.complete service and included last_completed attribute and it worked in the sense the "Last completed" date changed to the one I defined but the next due date did not change right way. I even tried the chore_helper.update_state service and still no change on the due date.

I even tried yesterday using the chore_helper.complete service without defining the last_completed, so the current date would be used and again the due date did not change. In fact, it seems that it got updated but only at midnight.

Sorry somethings are in portuguese but I think you get the idea. This is an After 2 weeks chore to clean my cat's litter box. The due date before was 23rd July as you can see I even tried to play with the chore_helper.remove_date service.

I also tried to define it as an After 14 days chore with an alternative chore and still got the same issue. I set it as completed and then 6 minutes after not updating the due date, I called the chore_helper.update_state service and as you can see from the print below it still says 13 days and the due date set to 30th July, when should be 14 days and due date 31st July. My guess is it will be corrected at midnight today.

Hope this helps you debug it.

I really like this chore system and I hope this is a minor bug that could be easily spotted.

Keep up with the good work!