Compatibility with new addons_config folder

[DJBenson]

System Health details

System Information

version	core-2023.11.2
installation_type	Home Assistant OS
dev	false
hassio	true
docker	true
user	root
virtualenv	false
python_version	3.11.6
os_name	Linux
os_version	6.1.59
arch	x86_64
timezone	Europe/London
config_dir	/config

Home Assistant Community Store

GitHub API | ok -- | -- GitHub Content | ok GitHub Web | ok GitHub API Calls Remaining | 5000 Installed Version | 1.33.0 Stage | running Available Repositories | 1411 Downloaded Repositories | 87

Home Assistant Cloud

logged_in | false -- | -- can_reach_cert_server | ok can_reach_cloud_auth | ok can_reach_cloud | ok

Home Assistant Supervisor

host_os | Home Assistant OS 11.1 -- | -- update_channel | stable supervisor_version | supervisor-2023.11.3 agent_version | 1.6.0 docker_version | 24.0.6 disk_total | 251.3 GB disk_used | 178.7 GB healthy | true supported | true board | ova supervisor_api | ok version_api | ok installed_addons | Samba share (12.1.0), Studio Code Server (5.14.2), Mosquitto broker (6.3.1), Advanced SSH & Web Terminal (16.0.1), phpMyAdmin (0.8.9), Node-RED (16.0.2), TasmoAdmin (0.26.0), Let's Encrypt (4.12.9), rtl_433 MQTT Auto Discovery (0.7.0), rtl_433 (0.4.1), MariaDB (2.6.1), Portainer (2.19.1), AirSonos (4.0.0), Frigate (0.12.1), AppDaemon (0.14.0), Tuya Grab (0.8), Cloudflared (4.2.10), ESPHome (2023.11.1), InfluxDB (4.8.0), Grafana (9.1.1), Matter Server (4.10.2), EMHASS (0.4.2), Z-Wave JS (0.3.0), RTSPtoWeb - WebRTC (1.4.0), Piper (1.4.0), Whisper (1.0.0), Tailscale with features (0.13.1.4), OneDrive Backup (2.2.4), GivTCP (2.4.1), File editor (5.7.0), openWakeWord (1.8.2), porcupine1 (1.0.3), Zigbee2MQTT (1.33.2-1), TubesZB TI CC2652 FW Flasher (0.2.2), Scrypted (18-jammy-full.s6-v0.57.0), Network UPS Tools (0.12.2)

Dashboards

dashboards | 4 -- | -- resources | 50 views | 40 mode | storage

Recorder

oldest_recorder_run | October 20, 2023 at 10:22 -- | -- current_recorder_run | November 17, 2023 at 13:07 estimated_db_size | 17405.47 MiB database_engine | mysql database_version | 10.6.12

Solcast PV Forecast

can_reach_server | ok -- | -- used_requests | 7 rooftop_site_count | 1

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Describe the issue

The 0.15.0 version of the AppDaemon addon for Home Assistant moved to using the new addons_config folder for consolidated storage - this was something mandated by Nabu Casa so will eventually impact all addons which use external storage.

AppDaemon apps installed using HACS (example https://github.com/springfall2008/batpred) currently save their configuration to the /homeassistant/appdaemon/apps folder but this is no longer used by AppDaemon and needs to be overridden to get these apps up and running again.

Ideally all apps should support installation and updating of apps to the new directory but HACS is unable to see this directory.

I have tried to capture as much as possible but not sure everything is relevant as it's not strictly a bug but if I've missed anything please let me know.

Reproduction steps

1. Install HACS
2. Install AppDaemon 0.14 addon
3. Install an AppDaemon app via HACS
4. Upgrade to AppDaemon 0.15

AppDaemon will move the config to the new location but HACS is unable to read/write that location so the app cannot be upgraded via HACS.

Debug logs

N/A

Diagnostics dump

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[ludeeus]

Check the appdaemon documentation on how to point to a different directory for apps. This is not something HACS can change.

[DJBenson]

@ludeeus I'm aware of how to make AppDaemon point to different diretories - the issue is that Home Assistant is mandating files be stored outside of /config by default and HACS is seemingly unable to write outside of /config.