Sony Bravia "Terminate apps" doesn't actually kill apps

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The problem

Current behavior:
When my TV is on and I use the "Terminate apps" pre-built configuration/entity, my TV just switches to an HDMI input and apps are not actually closed. When I press the home button and attempt to open an app that was recently open, such as DiscoveryPlus, the app loads instantly back to the show I was just watching, or wherever I navigated in the app prior to attempting the Terminate Apps.

Expected behavior:
When the Terminate Apps configuration is pressed/used, all third party applications running on the device should actually terminate. After running the configuration, and I attempt to load an app that was previously used, it should be loading as if the app was not already previously running and bring me to the app's loading/profile choice screen, as an example.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2025.3.4

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Bravia TV

Link to integration documentation on our website

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

Diagnostics information

config_entry-braviatv-01JP1VWAQVQKQS8XBQD8XJHT2Q.json

Example YAML snippet

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Additional information

No response

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[bieniu]

This button sends the API terminateApps command to the device. If the device does not respond to the command correctly, then either the device does not support this command, or there is some communication error, or... which is unfortunately common in the case of the Sony Bravia API, your Sony Bravia TV model is not compliant with the Sony Bravia API specification.

To make sure, enable debug logging for BraviaTV integration, restart HA, wait 5 minutes, press the Terminate apps button, disable debug logging, and attach the log file here.