Every few second is a poll icloud.find_my_iphone service

[geo903]

Home Assistant release (hass --version): 0.35.3
Python release (python3 --version): Python 3.5.2
Component/platform: iCloud
Description of problem:
I use component device_tracker.icloud
Every few second is a poll icloud.find_my_iphone service

My logs:
17-01-18 14:00:48 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"shouldLocate": true, "fmly": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 14:00:49 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"shouldLocate": true, "fmly": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 14:00:49 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"shouldLocate": true, "fmly": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 14:00:49 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"shouldLocate": true, "fmly": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 14:00:49 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"shouldLocate": true, "fmly": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 14:00:50 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"shouldLocate": true, "fmly": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}

all repeats every few second
It drains the battery very

[partofthething]

Probably related to #4081. Looking at the code it looks like icloud.Icloud.determine_interval sets an interval to 1 second if the device is <=10 miles from home. That seems like a pretty rapid interval. @Bart274 can probably best help.

[Bart274]

@partofthething the interval is in minutes, not in seconds.

[Bart274]

@geo903 no idea what triggers this every second, the only repetitive part of the code is this:

        randomseconds = random.randint(10, 59)
        track_utc_time_change(
            self.hass, self.keep_alive,
            second=randomseconds
        )

it only triggers every minute :s

[geo903]

@partofthething my device is > 10 miles from home.
@Bart274 Is it possible set update interval manually? Service icloud_set_interval is not effect it.

[geo903]

POST request is performed 9 times in 3 seconds and goes to sleep for exactly one minute, then everything is repeated again.
Extended log

17-01-18 18:04:16 pyicloud.base: Authenticating
17-01-18 18:04:16 pyicloud.base.http: POST https://setup.icloud.com/setup/ws/1/login
17-01-18 18:04:17 pyicloud.base.http: {'hasMinimumDeviceForPhotosWeb'
17-01-18 18:04:17 pyicloud.base: Cookies saved
17-01-18 18:04:17 pyicloud.base: Authentication completed successfully
17-01-18 18:04:17 pyicloud.base: {'clientId
17-01-18 18:04:17 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"fmly": true, "shouldLocate": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 18:04:17 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"fmly": true, "shouldLocate": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 18:04:17 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"fmly": true, "shouldLocate": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 18:04:17 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"fmly": true, "shouldLocate": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 18:04:18 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"fmly": true, "shouldLocate": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 18:04:18 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"fmly": true, "shouldLocate": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 18:04:18 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"fmly": true, "shouldLocate": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 18:04:18 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"fmly": true, "shouldLocate": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}
17-01-18 18:04:19 pyicloud.services.findmyiphone.http: POST https://p42-fmipweb.icloud.com:443/fmipservice/client/web/refreshClient {"clientContext": {"fmly": true, "shouldLocate": true, "selectedDevice": "all"}}

...... sleep time ........


17-01-18 18:05:16 pyicloud.base: Authenticating as

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[martimarkov]

I don't want to open a new question for this as it seems pretty stupid to me.

In this https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/blob/dev/homeassistant/components/device_tracker/icloud.py#L309

What does the if clause do exactly (mainly the second part of it)?

Like if have this:

currentminutes = 1348
interval = 112

the condition will be successful so we will update the device? Why would we want to update it then?

Also I was thinking of introducing another config variable to allow manual increase of the update intervals. Would that make sense?

[geo903]

The manual update interval would be very useful!

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