failed to validate widget(s) due to invalid options - weather widget

[ksfezz]

Windows version

Windows 11

Windows OS build

25H2

YASB version installed

1.8.8

Describe the bug

looks right to me?
this error occured when i updated to 1.8.8 from 1.8.6 i think (or 1.8.5)

Relevant log output

2026-02-06 17:59:52,000 [ERROR] [MainThread] [root/widget_builder.py:111]: Failed to validate widget(s) due to invalid options  - weather
      icons:
        snowyIcyDay:
        - Extra inputs are not permitted
        snowyIcyNight:
        - Extra inputs are not permitted

[github-actions]

Thank you for reporting this issue! 👋

This is a duplicate of #692 which was just resolved. In YASB v1.8.8, there was a major refactor that switched from Cerberus to Pydantic for validation (see the release notes). This change affected the weather widget icon configuration.

The Issue

The icon names snowyIcyDay and snowyIcyNight are no longer valid in v1.8.8. The weather widget now uses stricter validation and only recognizes these icon names:

• sunnyDay
• clearNight
• cloudyDay
• cloudyNight
• rainyDay
• rainyNight
• snowyDay ← Use this instead
• snowyNight ← Use this instead
• blizzardDay
• blizzardNight
• foggyDay
• foggyNight
• thunderstormDay
• thunderstormNight
• default

Solution

Update your config.yaml to replace:

icons:
  snowyIcyDay: "\udb81\udf17"
  snowyIcyNight: "\udb81\udf17"

With:

icons:
  snowyDay: "\udb81\udf17"
  snowyNight: "\udb81\udf17"

This should resolve the validation error. If you continue to experience issues after making this change, please let us know!

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