The month of ‘What the Heck?!’ 2022

TL;DR: For all of October, we’re opening as much as report any difficulty,
suggestion, or annoyance you might have with Dwelling Assistant on the forums!

Welcome to the month of “What the heck?!” 2022! 🎉

Two years ago, we had the first month of “What the heck?!”,
and it was great! So, this year, for the entire month of October,
we are doing it again!

Lowering the barrier for sharing WTH?! moments

We realize reporting bugs on our GitHub could be a steep hill
and, for some, possibly even a bit scary (though you shouldn’t be). You want a
GitHub account, report a problem following difficulty templates and kinds, and the
report itself must be written in a means a developer can work with it.
Above all, we use our difficulty tracker for monitoring precise points and bugs,
not small characteristic requests or annoyances.

Whereas it is a frequent and affordable course of to gather, observe, and course of
bugs, our difficulty monitoring course of may not be the best strategy to find out about
your “What the heck?!” moments, small tweaks, and enhancements that may make
us all take pleasure in Dwelling Assistant much more.

Right this moment, we now have opened up a Community Forum category as a secure, decrease
barrier place to inform about your Dwelling Assistant “What the heck?!” moments.
Extra importantly: focus on and vote on matters your fellow dwelling
automators have introduced up.

What are we looking for?

Last week I’ve sent out a Twitter message asking:

Enlighten me 💡 The entire group would rejoice and be shedding glad
tears of pleasure if simply this tiny little factor was added to Dwelling Assistant…

The objective of that query: discovering these little additions, annoyances,
inconsistencies, and extra. Issues that, if addressed, may make a
large distinction or present a extra streamlined expertise, making Dwelling Assistant
much more pleasing.

I’ve acquired a whopping 200+ responses to that tweet, and the reality is: Most
of them are precisely what this month is about! I’ve picked just a few of them to
present you what I imply:

• Helper entity so as to add/sum a number of sensor values like a number of vitality
  metering sensors.
  (@NoahM_M)
• Extra of an app factor possibly, however shifting the highest dashboards view menu to the
  backside when on the cellphone.
  (@teachingbirds)
• It’s nice if automations have been conscious that one other course of/interplay/human
  had modified a setting. E.g., if I flip the lights again up, I don’t need the
  auto-dimmer to proceed auto-dimming.
  “Abandon automation if the state is modified,” or one thing.
  (@jameswood)
• With the ability to choose (utilizing the mouse) the time interval I would like from a graph
  as an alternative of manually choosing hours/days from the dropdown can be a terrific
  enchancment in my humble opinion!
  (@WouterSchoot)
• Toggling two lights ought to put all of them in the identical state. So if 1 gentle is
  on and 1 off, toggling them collectively ought to make them each on, then subsequent
  toggle flip each off.
  (@balloob)
• Choice to retain related historical past when renaming entity id
  (@SadGamerGeek)

These are nice examples of the issues we’re searching for, the issues we
ought to share this month.

We’re trying ahead to all of the issues that will probably be introduced up!
And are hoping it is going to be simply as profitable because the earlier version.

Join us on the forums!, or learn the FAQ beneath.

So, when does Dwelling Assistant set off this second for you?

Hacktoberfest 2022

This is not just the month of “What the heck?!”, it is also the month of
“Hacktoberfest”! 🎉

Hacktoberfest is a worldwide, month-long celebration of open supply. An occasion
open to everybody. Whether or not you’re a developer, scholar studying to code,
documenter, or designer, you may assist drive open-source tasks,
like Dwelling Assistant.

The thought is that open supply tasks will collect entry-level bugs,
options, and small enhancements that present or future contributors can decide
up and handle; The month of “What the heck?!”, is an effective way to supply these!

By collaborating in Hacktoberfest and by contributing 4 GitHub pull
requests, you’ll full the problem and earn both a free t-shirt
or have a tree planted.

This 12 months, identical to earlier years, Dwelling Assistant is open to and welcomes
individuals of Hacktoberfest ❤️

FAQ

• “I have multiple things! Should I put all my stuff in a single topic?!”

  No, please create multiple, smaller topics. There is no limitation
  on how many forums topics one can create for WTH. Each topic can be
  voted on, picked up, and resolved. Having multiple things stacked in a single
  forum topic makes resolving, discussing, and voting on them hard.

• “Is everything reported going to be fixed/addressed?”

  There is no guarantee that will happen. The goal is to lower the barrier to
  report things for one month. Home Assistant mostly relies on contributors
  to address or improve the project. However, we think collecting feedback
  this way can tremendously help during Hacktoberfest.

• “I actually need this new integration or add-on to be applied, so I can
  use my units. Is that this the precise place for it?”

  No, this occasion is not for requesting new add-ons or system/providers
  integrations. Please use the “Feature Requests” discussion board class as an alternative.

• “My WTH subject is among the top-voted ones, so it will be
  fastened/addressed, proper?”

  That is not a contest. Voting will assist with visibility and getting a
  feeling of the impression the suggestion might need. Nevertheless, it could be
  tough or too large to implement. Dwelling Assistant principally depends on
  contributors to deal with or enhance the undertaking. A subject with a lot of votes
  is extra more likely to be seen by a contributor, however it’s not assured
  to be picked up.

• “I’ve discovered a bug and am snug with GitHub. The place ought to I report my
  difficulty now?”

  If you’re snug with utilizing GitHub, please, by all means, file an issue
  report on GitHub as an alternative.