Add a camera specific logger to help diagnose stream errors (#61647)

* Add a camera specific logger to help diagnose stream errors

Add a camera specific logger to help users associate stream errors with a particular camera.
Issue #54659

* Apply code review feedback

* Update package name based on manual testing

homeassistant/components/camera/__init__.py

@@ -462,7 +462,12 @@ class Camera(Entity):
                 source = await self.stream_source()
             if not source:
                 return None
-            self.stream = create_stream(self.hass, source, options=self.stream_options)
+            self.stream = create_stream(
+                self.hass,
+                source,
+                options=self.stream_options,
+                stream_label=self.entity_id,
+            )
             self.stream.set_update_callback(self.async_write_ha_state)
         return self.stream
 

homeassistant/components/stream/__init__.py

@@ -69,12 +69,17 @@ def redact_credentials(data: str) -> str:
 
 
 def create_stream(
-    hass: HomeAssistant, stream_source: str, options: dict[str, str]
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    stream_source: str,
+    options: dict[str, str],
+    stream_label: str | None = None,
 ) -> Stream:
     """Create a stream with the specified identfier based on the source url.
 
-    The stream_source is typically an rtsp url and options are passed into
+    The stream_source is typically an rtsp url (though any url accepted by ffmpeg is fine) and
-    pyav / ffmpeg as options.
+    options are passed into pyav / ffmpeg as options.
+
+    The stream_label is a string used as an additional message in logging.
     """
     if DOMAIN not in hass.config.components:
         raise HomeAssistantError("Stream integration is not set up.")
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ def create_stream(
             **options,
         }
 
-    stream = Stream(hass, stream_source, options=options)
+    stream = Stream(hass, stream_source, options=options, stream_label=stream_label)
     hass.data[DOMAIN][ATTR_STREAMS].append(stream)
     return stream
 
@@ -192,12 +197,17 @@ class Stream:
     """Represents a single stream."""
 
     def __init__(
-        self, hass: HomeAssistant, source: str, options: dict[str, str]
+        self,
+        hass: HomeAssistant,
+        source: str,
+        options: dict[str, str],
+        stream_label: str | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Initialize a stream."""
         self.hass = hass
         self.source = source
         self.options = options
+        self._stream_label = stream_label
         self.keepalive = False
         self.access_token: str | None = None
         self._thread: threading.Thread | None = None
@@ -206,6 +216,11 @@ class Stream:
         self._fast_restart_once = False
         self._available: bool = True
         self._update_callback: Callable[[], None] | None = None
+        self._logger = (
+            logging.getLogger(f"{__package__}.stream.{stream_label}")
+            if stream_label
+            else _LOGGER
+        )
 
     def endpoint_url(self, fmt: str) -> str:
         """Start the stream and returns a url for the output format."""
@@ -285,11 +300,13 @@ class Stream:
                 target=self._run_worker,
             )
             self._thread.start()
-            _LOGGER.info("Started stream: %s", redact_credentials(str(self.source)))
+            self._logger.info(
+                "Started stream: %s", redact_credentials(str(self.source))
+            )
 
     def update_source(self, new_source: str) -> None:
         """Restart the stream with a new stream source."""
-        _LOGGER.debug("Updating stream source %s", new_source)
+        self._logger.debug("Updating stream source %s", new_source)
         self.source = new_source
         self._fast_restart_once = True
         self._thread_quit.set()
@@ -313,7 +330,8 @@ class Stream:
                     self._thread_quit,
                 )
             except StreamWorkerError as err:
-                _LOGGER.error("Error from stream worker: %s", str(err))
+                self._logger.error("Error from stream worker: %s", str(err))
+                self._available = False
 
             stream_state.discontinuity()
             if not self.keepalive or self._thread_quit.is_set():
@@ -332,7 +350,7 @@ class Stream:
             if time.time() - start_time > STREAM_RESTART_RESET_TIME:
                 wait_timeout = 0
             wait_timeout += STREAM_RESTART_INCREMENT
-            _LOGGER.debug(
+            self._logger.debug(
                 "Restarting stream worker in %d seconds: %s",
                 wait_timeout,
                 self.source,
@@ -363,7 +381,9 @@ class Stream:
             self._thread_quit.set()
             self._thread.join()
             self._thread = None
-            _LOGGER.info("Stopped stream: %s", redact_credentials(str(self.source)))
+            self._logger.info(
+                "Stopped stream: %s", redact_credentials(str(self.source))
+            )
 
     async def async_record(
         self, video_path: str, duration: int = 30, lookback: int = 5
@@ -390,7 +410,7 @@ class Stream:
         recorder.video_path = video_path
 
         self.start()
-        _LOGGER.debug("Started a stream recording of %s seconds", duration)
+        self._logger.debug("Started a stream recording of %s seconds", duration)
 
         # Take advantage of lookback
         hls: HlsStreamOutput = cast(HlsStreamOutput, self.outputs().get(HLS_PROVIDER))

tests/components/stream/test_worker.py

@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ async def test_durations(hass, record_worker_sync):
     )
 
     source = generate_h264_video(duration=SEGMENT_DURATION + 1)
-    stream = create_stream(hass, source, {})
+    stream = create_stream(hass, source, {}, stream_label="camera")
 
     # use record_worker_sync to grab output segments
     with patch.object(hass.config, "is_allowed_path", return_value=True):
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ async def test_has_keyframe(hass, record_worker_sync, h264_video):
         },
     )
 
-    stream = create_stream(hass, h264_video, {})
+    stream = create_stream(hass, h264_video, {}, stream_label="camera")
 
     # use record_worker_sync to grab output segments
     with patch.object(hass.config, "is_allowed_path", return_value=True):
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ async def test_h265_video_is_hvc1(hass, record_worker_sync):
     )
 
     source = generate_h265_video()
-    stream = create_stream(hass, source, {})
+    stream = create_stream(hass, source, {}, stream_label="camera")
 
     # use record_worker_sync to grab output segments
     with patch.object(hass.config, "is_allowed_path", return_value=True):