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ESPHome 2021.8.0 - 18th August 2021

.. seo::
    :description: Changelog for ESPHome 2021.8.0.
    :image: /_static/changelog-2021.8.0.png
    :author: ESPHome
    :author_twitter: @esphome_


.. imgtable::
    :columns: 4

    AM43, components/sensor/am43, am43.jpg
    AM43 Cover, components/cover/am43, am43.jpg
    Color Temperature Light, components/light/color_temperature, brightness-medium.svg, dark-invert
    Demo, components/demo, description.svg, dark-invert
    DSMR, components/sensor/dsmr, dsmr.svg
    HRXL MaxSonar WR, components/sensor/hrxl_maxsonar_wr, hrxl_maxsonar_wr.jpg
    PipSolar - compatible PV Inverter, components/pipsolar, pipsolar.jpg
    PM1006 Sensor, components/sensor/pm1006, pm1006.jpg
    PMSA003I, components/sensor/pmsa003i, pmsa003i.jpg
    RGBCT Light, components/light/rgbct, rgbw.png
    SDP3x, components/sensor/sdp3x, sdp31.jpg
    Selec Meter, components/sensor/selec_meter, selec_meter_em2m.jpg
    T6613/15, components/sensor/t6615, t6615.jpg
    TLC5947, components/output/tlc5947, tlc5947.jpg
    Select Core, components/select/index, folder-open.svg, dark-invert
    Template Select, components/select/template, description.svg, dark-invert
    TSL2591, components/sensor/tsl2591, tsl2591.jpg

Since starting monthly cycles, it just made sense to make this release, ESPHome 2021.8.0. From now ESPHome will be versioned according to the year and month of the release. We hope that this will not confuse everyone too much =).

There are a bunch of new integrations this release as seen above and a few breaking changes below. Hopefully nothing has been missed out.

Also, look at that nice sorted and categorized home page of sensors. Thanks to :ghuser:`patfelst` for doing this.

Select Entities

ESPHome devices can now create :doc:`Select</components/select/index>` entities in Home Assistant. This allows you to not have to create input_select from HA and then import the current option into ESPHome. The chosen option can be updated from both sides and will be reflected accordinlgy.

Light Color Modes

:ghuser:`oxan` has been at it working hard on getting the all of the light code up to scratch and working really well with the latest changes to Home Assistant. This is mostly an internal change, but ESPHome has been updated to properly support Home Assistant's color modes for lights. For the most part it mainly fixes issues that have come up with the color mode on Home Assistant not doing what people expected in ESPHome.

DSMR

:ghuser:`glmnet` and :ghuser:`zuidwijk` have worked together to bring DSMR support to ESPHome. This platform allows you to read your DSMR smart meter via the P1 port. Check out the repo with more info on the hardware required for this.

Thermostat Breaking changes

:ghuser:`kbx81` Has made a few changes to the :doc:`thermostat</components/climate/thermostat>` climate platform in :esphomepr:`2032`, :esphomepr:`2073` and :esphomepr:`2114` to allow for the many different use cases that everyone has. Unfortunately this means you might need to make some changes to your YAML configuration to utilize the new code.

  • hysteresis has been replaced with cool_deadband, cool_overrun, heat_deadband and heat_overrun.
  • Climate action timers now govern how quickly climate actions may be called:
    • min_idle_time is required for all configurations.
    • min_cooling_off_time and min_cooling_run_time are required where cool_action or dry_action is used.
    • min_heating_off_time and min_heating_run_time are required where heat_action is used.
    • min_fanning_off_time and min_fanning_run_time are required where fan_only_action is used.
    • min_fan_mode_switching_time is required where any fan_mode actions (ex.: fan_mode_auto_action, fan_mode_on_action) are used.

Anova Souve

There is a change with the :doc:`Anova BLE Souve</components/climate/anova>` climate platform that has a new required config option: unit_of_measurement.

Home Assistant Add-on

For a while there has been an option in the Add-on to allow specifying the esphome_version which would allow the addon to download a specific version to use. This has been removed in this release as it causes more issues than it solves. It may be added back to the development addon only in the future if there is demand, but the stable add-ons should stay stable. If you need to downgrade the esphome version because a new version does not work the way you expect, then you should be using the snapshot/backup feature built into Home Assistant Supervisor to rollback.

Release 2021.8.1 - August 24

Release 2021.8.2 - August 25

Full list of changes

New Features

New Components

Breaking Changes

Beta Fixes

Notable Changes

All changes

Past Changelogs