I never saw this in a release notes...but the addition of this:
is AMAZING!!!!
Thank you!!!!!!
Talk about making it easy to add/remove devices on the network. That's huge for me.
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I think I have an idea what this may mean, can you clarify for me how you would use it.
Thanks.
Scenario:
A dimmer Zwave device on Hub 1 is shared using HubMesh.
Hub 2 is using this device in your automations.
Let's say you either want to replace it or remove from zwave mesh and re-add it (for you know 100 reasons). All you have to do is go into the device on Hub 1 and remove and exclude it. Then re-include it, OR include a NEW zwave dimmer. Now enable hub mesh on that new device.
Then on Hub 2 the original dimmer is going to show as "OFFLINE" Just go into that device scroll down to the Device Information section and you will now see this drop down box that says "Keep current device link" When you open up the dropdown it will show all the devices on hub mesh that are not yet linked (aka your new device) just select it...and bingo! All your automations and everything you had tied to that device on HUB 2 is now working great with the new device.
I use one hub for zwave radio and a different hub for zigbee radio and a third hub for automations. So as you can see for me...this is really flexible. I used this today when I had a zwave device that I had added early in the sequence...and it just wasn't being a very good repeater. Literally in 2 minutes I had exluded and removed it, re-added it to the zwave mesh and linked it back using this method. It's brilliant!
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Gotcha. That's what I was hoping. I've been redoing everything, rules and dashboards etc, on both hubs if I changed a device.
Thanks for the concise answer. 
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Ok....seems as if I spoke a little too soon. I did this now to two devices. Everything looked great...and the remote (Hub 2) is getting updates from Hub 1. However it seems that events from Hub 2 don't get relayed to Hub 1 (the actual hub with the device). Clicking the on or off button from the device page does nothing. Moved another zwave device and the exact same behavior. Both devices working fine on the hub they are paired to. @gopher.ny
I got things working by rebooting Hub 2. Hub 1 had been rebooted a few times and still no joy. After rebooting BOTH hubs...it's back to working. Just a little FYI in there in case this happens to someone else.
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