When creating a tag, the QR code corresponding QR only contains the Tag ID

[henriklund]

The problem

When creating a tag, the QR code corresponding QR only contains the Tag ID, ie. the 'https://www.home-assistant.io/tag/' part is missing and the QR code cannot be used in conjunction with the companion app .

• Go to Settings -> Tags
• Add Tag (provide a name) and Create
• Click on Gear right of newly created tag
• Scan QR code with camera (or a dedicated QR scanner app): The scanned value will be equal to the Tag ID and missing the 'https://www.home-assistant.io/tag/' part

Problem persists whether anything is written to an NFC tag or not.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

2024.1.2

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Tags

Link to integration documentation on our website

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

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

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Additional information

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Hey there @balloob, @dmulcahey, mind taking a look at this issue as it has been labeled with an integration (tag) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!

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[Aleksey-nt]

You can use this integration. Upload the desired tag from tag and create your own link. Both temporary and permanent solution. https://github.com/DeerMaximum/QR-Code-Generator

[abcrawford]

I can confirm the same issue with the QR code generated by Home Assistant ver 2024.1.3. Don’t know if this also affects NFC Tags as I was using this as a precursor to picking up NFC tags to test some automations.

My work around at the moment is to manually create the URL with the tag ID and use that to create the QR code in an external application. But kind of a pain if multiples need to be created.

Not related but a nice feature would be to have a download link under the QR code instead of having right click the image to download. It would also be nice to offer the download of an SVG version of the QR code as well.

[henriklund]

You can use this integration. Upload the desired tag from tag and create your own link. Both temporary and permanent solution. https://github.com/DeerMaximum/QR-Code-Generator

Thanks for the suggestion. I already have a working QR generator running (for generating the Wi-Fi code for the guest network). It is an option to repurpose, however, I rather prefer if the generated QR code would include the URL missing.

[henriklund]

Don’t know if this also affects NFC Tags as I was using this as a precursor to picking up NFC tags to test some automations

It does not. NFC tags work like a charm :)

[karwosts]

Likely broken by #19155

[abcrawford]

Don’t know if this also affects NFC Tags as I was using this as a precursor to picking up NFC tags to test some automations

It does not. NFC tags work like a charm :)

Good to know, thanks.

[samueldowd]

I’d like to add to this that it seems to extend beyond new codes.

Attached are screenshots of the same code, but one (the one in dark mode) is from 12/7 (before 2024.1.2) and the second (in light mode) is from today on 2024.1.5. You can see that the id is the same, but the QR code is different.

The dark mode code launches the HA companion app correctly, while the light mode only contains the tag id as described above.