Gree "X-Fan" switch goes back to off on its own

[adan2013]

The problem

I am using Gree Clivia air conditioner. A few days ago, I noticed that the X-Fan function stopped working after using the official Gree integration. After little investigation, I noticed that the "XFan" switch entity goes back to off on its own after 5-60 seconds. No matter if I first turn on the A/C (set HVAC mode) or I turn on the "XFan" switch. The turn on operation is always confirmed by the "beep" sound.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2023.11.2

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

gree

Link to integration documentation on our website

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

Diagnostics information

home-assistant_gree_2024-06-28T20-13-30.495Z (1).log

Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Logbook on the right side:
June 28, 2024
9424b8b91313 XFan turned off
22:20:39 - Now
9424b8b91313 XFan turned on triggered by service Switch: Turn on
22:19:44 - 1 minute ago - Daniel

Additional information

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[cmroche]

Please share debug logs for greeclimate from the time you set XFan until the time it resets. Off the cuff though, if it sets correctly, I would think it's the device changing it back, but I won't know for sure until I can see logs.

[adan2013]

Do you mean the "Enable debug logging" option? I already shared a piece of the logs with both events in "Diagnostics information" section.

[adan2013]

@cmroche I noticed the pattern. The XFan stays on only in the "cool" mode. If you choose "auto", "fan", and probably "heat", the XFan will turn off after one minute - likely due to the polling interval. It would be great if the integration saved the state chosen by the user and applied that state after selecting "cool" mode. I am not sure if this is technically possible and it might be difficult to override this strange behavior.

[cmroche]

I tested now, it's not just XFan even. When you go to auto the temp resets too. I cannot avoid a small delay, but I think I can force an update from the device once state changes to confirm the extra values.