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Platform rest does not generate unique IDs #143096

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The problem

I created a rest sensor and the log says that platform rest does not generate unique IDs. The ID already exists and so is ignoring the sensor. I f I change name or unique id to that sensor, the problem would still eprsist with that new unique id.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2025.4.2

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

RESTful

Link to integration documentation on our website

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

Diagnostics information

home-assistant_rest_2025-04-16T14-45-27.532Z.log

Example YAML snippet

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

"Platform rest does not generate unique IDs. ID assist_conversation_history_custom already exists - ignoring sensor.assist_conversation_history"

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