Residence Assistant 2025.1! 🥂
Blissful New Yr! The entire Residence Assistant challenge needs you and your family members
a implausible and wholesome 2025! ❤️ Let’s make this 12 months even higher than the final!
We’re all tremendous excited to kick off the brand new 12 months with an absolute huge
launch! 🎆
This launch brings a whole overhaul of the backup system in Residence Assistant,
which has been within the works for months! And I’m not simply speaking about some
consumer interface modifications—no, we’re speaking a few full overhaul from entrance
to again!
Automated backups, encrypted Residence Assistant Cloud backup storage, retention
insurance policies, configuration wizards, and even the power for integrations to supply
backup storage areas! 🤯
However that’s not all! We additionally had the Month of “What the Heck?!”
in December, which resulted in numerous quality-of-life enhancements raised
by the neighborhood that month!
There may be a lot to unwrap on this launch, critically, let’s simply dive in!
Benefit from the launch!
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Overhaul of the backup system
Let’s discuss backups. Let’s be sincere: they’re one of the vital necessary but
typically missed duties. However when catastrophe strikes, like a {hardware} failure,
having a dependable backup can save the day. Wouldn’t you like to be again up and
working after catastrophe strikes?
Whereas Residence Assistant’s earlier backup system has confirmed to be strong
and dependable through the years, it didn’t precisely make following greatest
practices—like common backups, encryption, and off-site
storage—straightforward. Lots of you needed to depend on customized add-ons, automations,
or blueprints for backups to fill the gaps.
That modifications with this launch! 🎉
We’ve fully reworked the Residence Assistant backup expertise that can assist you set
up a strong backup technique, utilizing greatest practices in only a few clicks;
providing you with peace of thoughts relating to your backups.
No worries, in case you are utilizing any customized resolution for backups, they’ll proceed
to work at present. Even with every part new, we’ve made positive to maintain every part
backward appropriate.
So, with out additional ado, let’s dive into the brand new backup system!
Automated backups 🤖
Sure, you learn that proper—Residence Assistant now helps automated backups!
Utilizing a schedule, backups might be created regularly with out you having
to elevate a finger. This ensures you at all times have a latest backup out there,
with out having to fret about it.
Whenever you navigate to your backups within the settings menu, you’ll be
greeted with a brand new overview web page that reveals you precisely when your final backup
passed off and when the subsequent one is scheduled. Immediate peace of thoughts!
Automated backups are going down at 4:45 AM. So, whereas everybody in your house
is sleeping, Residence Assistant makes positive your knowledge is secure and sound. Backing up
at this early hour additionally means Residence Assistant is finished with its inside database
upkeep, guaranteeing your backup is as compact as potential.
If one thing ever goes improper through the automated scheduled backup course of,
Residence Assistant will notify you thru the restore middle, guaranteeing you’re
conscious of it and might take motion.
Triggering an off-schedule automated backup 👆
Automated backups on a schedule are nice, however typically, you may wish to
set off a backup proper now! Possibly you’re about to make massive modifications or
improve an entire bunch of issues throughout a night of tinkering.
No worries! Now you can set off an off-schedule automated backup from the backup
web page at any time. This can instantly create a backup with the identical
configuration as your scheduled automated backups.
The power to set off an on-demand automated backup is superb, because it covers
all of your backup settings in a single click on. Nonetheless, the power to create
guide backups additionally nonetheless exists. This lets you create a really particular
backup with the precise contents you wish to have in it.
Residence Assistant Cloud backups 😎
Are you a Residence Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
deal with! Now you can robotically retailer your newest, totally encrypted, backup in
your Residence Assistant Cloud account.
This characteristic supplies 5GB of storage at no additional value, providing totally
encrypted off-site safety to your knowledge! 🎁
The backup will be downloaded from Residence Assistant itself, but in addition from the
Residence Assistant Cloud account web page
in case you want it. This fashion, you’ll be able to at all times entry your newest backup, even
in case your Residence Assistant {hardware} fully fails.
Backup areas are extendable by design 🧩
So, automated backups will be saved in your native disk and in Residence Assistant
Cloud, however what if you wish to retailer your backups someplace else?
Alternative is a crucial facet of Residence Assistant; we wish to make every part as
versatile as potential with out vendor lock-in. Due to this fact, the backup system
is designed to be extendable.
This implies integrations can supply new storage areas—resembling NAS gadgets,
Google Drive, Backblaze B2, or different storage suppliers—sooner or later.
Presently, this characteristic is model new ✨, so no integrations supply extra
areas but. Nonetheless, we count on to see a couple of extra integrations that present
backup areas within the subsequent launch.
This extensibility ensures you’ll be able to retailer your backups the place you need them,
providing you with the flexibleness and selection to decide on the storage resolution you
choose and belief.
Encrypted backups by default 🔒
With the addition of Residence Assistant Cloud as an off-site backup location, and
the potential for integrations to supply much more (off-site) backup areas,
safety has turn out to be extra necessary than ever. Your backups not solely include the
entry credentials to your sensible residence gadgets but in addition the historical past of your private home,
and nobody ought to be capable to entry info that delicate! Ever!
That’s the reason all backups at the moment are AES-128
your backups’ safety we changed the earlier optionally available password
with a compulsory encryption key.
Whenever you arrange your backups for the primary time, an encryption key might be
generated for you. Be sure to retailer this key in a secure place, as you will have
it to revive your backups. To make this simpler, you’ll be able to obtain the important thing as
a part of an emergency equipment throughout setup—or anytime later from the backup settings
web page. Maintain it secure! 🔑
Restoring backups out there to all set up strategies 🤗
Extra excellent news—restoring backups is now supported throughout
all set up strategies! 🎉
Beforehand, solely Residence Assistant OS installations might restore backups. However
with this launch, this characteristic is now out there for all set up strategies!
Regardless of the way you run Residence Assistant, even should you use our containers in a Docker
surroundings, now you can restore your Residence Assistant backups.
This additionally means you’ll be able to restore backups from native storage, Residence Assistant
Cloud, or any future backup areas added by way of integrations.
As a matter of truth, all backup options, together with every part we launch at present,
might be out there whatever the set up methodology you’re utilizing. We wish
everybody to have a strong backup technique.
Backup retention 🗑
Our earlier backup system made strong backups, which was good, however should you didn’t
clear them up manually, ultimately, you’d annoyingly run out of disk house. 😬
So! Backup retention is now a factor! Now you can configure what number of backups you
wish to hold, and Residence Assistant will deal with the remaining.
This cleanup will occur robotically after every backup. If you happen to create a backup
manually for no matter purpose, these will stay untouched, providing you with full
management over particular circumstances and workflows.
Establishing backups for the primary time 🚀
Getting began with the brand new backup system is fast and straightforward!
The primary time you open the backup settings after upgrading, you’ll be greeted
by a setup wizard that can information you thru establishing your backups
step-by-step.
The wizard will enable you to arrange your encryption key, configure your backup
frequency, and arrange your backup retention coverage. And when it’s prepared, it
will instantly kick off your first backup!
All set! One much less factor to fret about 🎉
3…2…1… Backups 🎊
We’re tremendous enthusiastic about this new backup system! As we enter the brand new 12 months,
we encourage you to get severe about your backups.
An excellent New Yr’s decision, possibly? 😉
So, cease what you’re doing proper now and arrange your backups! Go forward and set
up that 3-2-1 backup technique. Unsure what that’s?
You possibly can learn all about it in our 3…2…1… Backup weblog publish.
Month of “What the Heck?!”
December’s Month of “What the Heck?!”
was an absolute blast! 🎉
A giant thanks to everybody who contributed by sharing their “What the Heck?!”
moments and concepts for enhancing Residence Assistant. Your enter is extremely
helpful and helps form our roadmap and priorities shifting ahead.
Fairly a bunch of shared “What the Heck?!” moments have been addressed on this
launch already 🚀 —and we’re not stopping there! Count on to see much more
enhancements impressed by your suggestions in upcoming releases.
Setting classes and labels when creating automations and scripts
For the primary WTH merchandise that has been resolved, now we have @jpbede
And this one can also be one of many higher-voted ones, so it’s a good one!
Andrew Jackson wrote:
“WTH are you able to not add classes, labels and so forth when creating an automation”
Yeah, that may be a good WTH! Everytime you create a brand new automation or script, you
most likely wish to set up it instantly and never have to return to the settings.
FIXED! 🎉
Whenever you create a brand new automation or script, and likewise when renaming it,
now you can set the outline, class, labels, and areas instantly!
🏷️ Good!
Shortly navigate to a tool
You is likely to be conscious you could carry up our fast navigation bar anyplace in
Residence Assistant by urgent the c key in your keyboard to navigate numerous
locations and the e key to look and navigate to any entity. Nonetheless…
“WTH is there no fast bar for gadgets?”
Effectively, that may be a good query that Andreas Brett raised! There may be certainly no
such factor for gadgets. @jpbede
system utilizing the fast bar by urgent the d key in your keyboard.
Zoom & Pan for charts
KNXBroker raised the next WTH matter:
“WTH lets improve Historical past Graphs”
You might be proper! The historical past graphs in Residence Assistant are fundamental however purposeful!
Nonetheless, we will do higher! 🚀
One of many larger gadgets in that WTH matter was the power to zoom and pan…
Due to @MindFreeze
in Residence Assistant! 📈
Zoom and drag any graph in Residence Assistant, by holding ctrl (or command on mac)
and scrolling your mouse wheel!
Maintain the management key (or command on macOS) and scroll to zoom out and in utilizing
your mouse. You can too click on and drag to pan across the zoomed graph.
Along with this modification, @MindFreeze
historical past graphs, making them look extra alive and fewer static.
Controlling the default publicity of recent entities to Help
mathd made the next level in a Month of “What the Heck?!” matter:
“WTH Are all new entities uncovered to Help by default?”
We hear you! Due to @jpbede
new entities to Help. Now you can toggle this on or off within the Residence Assistant
Voice Assistant settings.
Extra “What the Heck?!” enhancements
Many smaller enhancements originate from the Month of “What the Heck?!” on this
launch. Listed here are a few of the different noteworthy ones:
“WTH there isn’t any hotkey for Help”**
Effectively, due to @jpbedea key in your keyboard
anyplace in Residence Assistant to summon Help! 🎙️ Good!
“WTH doesn’t HA ask if I wish to save automations?”
Whoa! That could be a good one! Due to @jpbede
you wish to save your automation earlier than leaving the editor if there are unsaved
modifications. 🤖
“WTH Is in Vitality Dashboard the person gadgets not capable of reorder”
Thanks for that one yormedia! Truthfully, this one has been raised in earlier
editions of the Month of “What the Heck?!” a couple of instances. Motive sufficient for
@karwosts
the setting for categorization functions. 🔡
“WTH Can’t I filter labels inside a desk filter?”
Good query. When you have numerous labels, scrolling by way of the checklist of labels
within the filter choice is usually a bit cumbersome. Due to @silamon
now search and filter by way of the labels within the filter choice! 🔎
WTH sentence set off doesn’t include any context
Nice thought! Due to @balloob
to condemn triggers! 🗣️ This was truly the primary WTH merchandise to be resolved in
this version! 😎
Integrations
Due to our neighborhood for maintaining tempo with the brand new integrationsIntegrations join and combine Residence Assistant along with your gadgets, providers, and extra. [Learn more]
and enhancements to current ones! You’re all superior 🥰
New integrations
We welcome the next new integrations on this launch:
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Cookidoo, added by @miaucl
Work together along with your purchasing lists of Cookidoo the official Thermomix recipe platform. -
EHEIM Digital, added by @autinerd
Management your EHEIM Digital aquarium gadgetswith Residence Assistant. -
Ituran, added by @shmuelzon
Retrieve and use info out of your Ituran-equipped automobile. -
Ohme, added by @dan-r
Get sensor info out of your Ohme sensible EV charger. -
Peblar, added by @frenck
Management and monitor the charging periods of your Peblar EV Charger. -
Powerfox, added by @klaasnicolaas
Collect knowledge out of your Poweroptigadgets studying electrical energy, water, fuel, and warmth. -
Slide Native, added by @dontinelli
Combine your Slidecowl system instantly with Residence Assistant utilizing an area API. -
Watergate, added by @adam-the-hero
Combine your Watergate Sonic Native with Residence Assistant.
Noteworthy enhancements to current integrations
It’s not simply new integrationsIntegrations join and combine Residence Assistant along with your gadgets, providers, and extra. [Learn more] which were added; current
integrations are additionally being continually improved. Listed here are a few of the noteworthy
modifications to current integrations:
Now out there to arrange from the UI
Whereas most integrationsIntegrations join and combine Residence Assistant along with your gadgets, providers, and extra. [Learn more] will be arrange instantly from the Residence Assistant
consumer interface, some had been solely out there utilizing YAML configuration. We hold shifting
extra integrations to the UI, making them extra accessible for everybody
to arrange and use.
The next integration is now out there by way of the Residence Assistant UI:
Farewell to the next
The next integrationsIntegrations join and combine Residence Assistant along with your gadgets, providers, and extra. [Learn more] are additionally now not out there as
of this launch:
-
DTE Vitality Bridge has been eliminated after being deprecated. The mixing
was now not purposeful. - Simulated has been beforehand deprecated and is now eliminated.
-
Stookalert has been eliminated. The upstream knowledge is now not up to date.
The Stookwijzer integration is an effective different to get the identical info.
Different noteworthy modifications
There are lots of extra enhancements on this launch; listed below are a few of the different
noteworthy modifications:
- When viewing knowledge tables and utilizing
ctrl+fin your browser to look, the
search enter will now be centered robotically. As native browser searches
won’t work on knowledge tables. Thanks @jpbede! -
@marcinbauer85
adjusted the “Add card” dialog, to robotically give attention to the
search area if you add a card, so you can begin typing to look
instantly! Good contact! - Pictures uploaded by way of Residence Assistant (for instance, as background or as a
consumer profile image) at the moment are browsable within the media browser.
Thanks @karwosts! - The unit of measurement is now proven subsequent to the numeric slider within the
more-info dialog of quantity entities. Thanks, @abmantis! - Residence Assistant now helps
mWhas a unit of measurement for vitality sensors
andmWfor electrical potential energy sensors. Thanks @agners! -
@wendevlin
added settings and class overflow actions to the automation
and script editor (the three-dotted menu within the prime proper nook), making
it simpler to entry these straight from the editor. Good! - The logbook card helps choosing a goal for issues it ought to present
occasions for. Now you can decide based mostly on entities, gadgets, areas, flooring,
and labels! Thanks, @silamon!
Dashboard background settings
A couple of releases in the past, we made including a background picture to your dashboard simpler.
This launch, @silamon
to customise how the background picture is displayed.
This contains assist for tiled backgrounds, transparency, dimension settings,
alignment, and permitting the background to scroll with the web page or keep fastened.
Good! Thanks, @silamon
Media participant quantity characteristic for Tile card
It is a tremendous good addition from @simon-zumbrunnen
helps a media participant quantity slider characteristic. This characteristic means that you can
management the quantity of a media participant instantly from the Tile card. 🔉
Good work Simon!
Patch releases
We may even launch patch releases for Residence Assistant 2025.1 in January.
These patch releases solely include bug fixes. Our purpose is to launch a patch
launch each Friday.
2025.1.1 – January 7
2025.1.2 – January 9
2025.1.3 – January 20
2025.1.4 – January 24
Need assistance? Be a part of the neighborhood!
Residence Assistant has an excellent neighborhood of customers who’re all greater than keen
to assist one another out. So, be a part of us!
Our very energetic Discord chat server is a wonderful place to be
at, and don’t overlook to affix our superb boards.
Discovered a bug or challenge? Please report it in our challenge tracker
to get it fastened! Or, verify our assist web page for steering for extra
locations you’ll be able to go.
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to get the newest information about options, issues taking place in our neighborhood and
different information about constructing an Open Residence; straight into your inbox.
Backward-incompatible modifications
We do our greatest to keep away from making modifications to current performance which may
unexpectedly affect your Residence Assistant set up. Sadly, typically,
it’s inevitable.
We at all times make certain to doc these modifications to make the transition as straightforward as
potential for you. This launch has the next backward-incompatible modifications:
Denon HEOS
Grouping a HEOS media participant will now elevate an exception if one of many members
is just not a sound HEOS participant. Beforehand unknown or invalid members can be
silently dropped.
(@andrewsayre
devolo Residence Management
The mixing with devolo Residence Management has been up to date to take away the choice
to set the mydevolo URL. This feature was used to combine with the devolo
Residence Management Cloud for improvement functions solely.
This feature is now not out there.
(@Shutgun
FXCOM RFXtrx
The unit of measurement has been faraway from FXCOM RFXtrx counters as a result of
rely is just not a unit 😁
(@jrieger
HomeWizard Vitality
The unit of measurement for the “Water utilization” sensor has been up to date from
l/min to L/min. This modification standardizes the unit to enhance consistency
throughout Residence Assistant.
Any automations, scripts, or templates that depend on the previous unit might have to be
adjusted. Lengthy-term statistics will stay intact, however restore points might be
created to make sure the info is up to date with the brand new unit.
(@DCSBL
LIFX
The choices color_temp and kelvin are now not legitimate arguments for LIFX
actions. Please use color_temp_kelvin as a substitute.
(@epenet
Tesla Fleet
The included OAuth software credentials have been eliminated, as Tesla now not
helps Open Supply software registrations and is shifting to a pay-per-use
mannequin.
Learn extra about this announcement on this weblog publish
(@Bre77
UniFi Community
The states of “System State” sensors have been standardized to match
Residence Assistant core guidelines and be translatable. This impacts the next
UniFi sensor states:
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Related, which now turnedlinked -
Pending, which now turnedpending -
Firmware Mismatch, which now turnedfirmware_mismatch -
Upgrading, which now turnedupgrading -
Provisioning, which now turnedprovisioning -
Heartbeat Missed, which now turnedheartbeat_missed -
Adopting, which now turnedadopting -
Deleting, which now turneddeleting -
Inform Error, which now turnedinform_error -
Adoption Failed, which now turnedadoption_failed -
Remoted, which now turnedremoted -
Unknown, which now turnedunknown
If you happen to used these states instantly in your automations, scripts, or templates;
you will have to regulate these to match these modifications.
(@bieniu
Zabbix
The mixing now makes use of the official Zabbix Python API. Due to this, the
minimal supported Zabbix model is now 5.0. This modification drops assist for
Zabbix 4 and earlier than.
(@kruton
In case you are a customized integration developer and wish to study modifications and
new options out there to your integration: You’ll want to comply with our
developer weblog. The next are probably the most notable for this launch:
All modifications
After all, there’s much more on this launch. You will discover a listing of
all modifications made right here: Full changelog for Residence Assistant Core 2025.1
