Unable to delete a wrongfully configured 'History Stats'-helper (no delete button in GUI)

Wendelstein7 commented 2 months ago

Checklist

[X] I have updated to the latest available Home Assistant version.
[X] I have cleared the cache of my browser.
[X] I have tried a different browser to see if it is related to my browser.
[x] I have tried reproducing the issue in safe mode to rule out problems with unsupported custom resources.

Describe the issue you are experiencing

I use all kinds of helpers all the time, and they're doing great. However, I have noticed that the information dialog behaviour is different for helpers which have not yet 'initialised' (my wording for: done their first measurement or meaningful action). Until they are 'initialised' - they open the configuration dialog when clicked, rather than an entity or entity-settings dialog. Only the latter dialog contains a 'delete' button, meaning that you can not remove/delete helpers which could not meaningfully initialise, for example because you configured them wrong.

Describe the behavior you expected

I expect the pop-up dialog of an 'uninitialised' or wrongly configured helper to feature a 'delete'-button.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Click 'Create Helper' in the Helpers overview.
Choose 'History Stats'.
In the first configuration dialog, enter a name, select any entity and type anything in the 'state' textbox. Click next.
In the second configuration dialog, enter garbage (any text) in the 'start' and 'end' templates. Click submit.
You will now find yourself with an non-deletable helper you just created that can not sucesfully 'initialise'.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

2024.8.2

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

In which browser are you experiencing the issue with?

Google Chrome 127.0.6533.119 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Which operating system are you using to run this browser?

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (x86-64)

State of relevant entities

N.A. (entities can not be found there)

Problem-relevant frontend configuration

No response

Javascript errors shown in your browser console/inspector

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Additional information

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ildar170975 commented 2 months ago

A similar issue - https://github.com/home-assistant/frontend/issues/21722 Agree that a history_stats helper must have a "Delete" button anyway - even when some options like "start" are defined in a wrong way. May be a core issue.

Wendelstein7 commented 2 months ago

@ildar170975 Would you recommend me that I raise this issue in the core repository?

ildar170975 commented 2 months ago

@Wendelstein7 Since I am not a part of HA team, I may only give suggestions based on my life experience))) Let's wait for an official feedback from Devs.

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