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CustomAPIDevice state subscription issues #5742

Closed olicooper closed 2 weeks ago

olicooper commented 3 weeks ago

The problem

Two issues I have spotted when using the CustomAPIDevice::subscribe_homeassistant_state function..

  1. I am getting no updates when subscribing to timer attribute updates i.e. this->subscribe_homeassistant_state(&MyComponent::on_entity_attr_finishes_at_update_, "timer.test_timer", "finishes_at");. It is working it fine for lots of other entity types, just not this one. It could be a Home Assistant issue though?

  2. When subscribing to attribute updates which contain arrays of items, I get back the python 'to_string' equivalent. i.e. calling this->subscribe_homeassistant_state(&MyComponent::on_entity_attr_supported_color_modes_update_, "light.my_light", "supported_color_modes"); I get the response [<ColorMode.COLOR_TEMP: 'color_temp'>, <ColorMode.HS: 'hs'>, <ColorMode.XY: 'xy'>] instead of color_temp,hs,xy. I also noticed that I get the return value None for certain entities too. I think the returned value should not be blindly to_string'd and instead be converted to an acceptable c++ equivalent?

Which version of ESPHome has the issue?

2023.11.2

What type of installation are you using?

Home Assistant Add-on

Which version of Home Assistant has the issue?

2024.3.3

What platform are you using?

ESP32

Board

NSPanel

Component causing the issue

CustomAPIDevice

Example YAML snippet

N/A

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

No response

olicooper commented 3 weeks ago

I have found this which may be related: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/112798

ssieb commented 3 weeks ago

Are you aware that custom components are deprecated and shouldn't be used? Also, your esphome version is getting old.

olicooper commented 3 weeks ago

Are you aware that custom components are deprecated and shouldn't be used? Also, your esphome version is getting old.

Thanks for the heads-up. I will look in to changing it. When will it be depreciated?

ssieb commented 3 weeks ago

It's already deprecated. We just haven't decided on when to remove it. I suggest you come ask on discord about what you're trying to do. It's very unlikely that you need to do this.