Release 2.5.0 available

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Release 2.5.0.123 Available

Changes from 2.4.4.156

Platform Changes

• Split built-in apps and added menu: "Integrations"/"Automations"/"Apps" app definition field.
• Added doNotFocus: true/false app definition field to stop auto focusing on the next empty input.
• Added MQTT device import integration that uses Home Assistant device config.
• Added tooling and UI to import zigbee2mqtt devices.
• Added tooling and UI to manually import MQTT devices and map topics.
• Added Home Assistant device config to MQTT modes export.
• Updated Bluetooth stack (again).
• Re-engineered app/driver update to avoid loading classes on version update.
• New Matter logs for troubleshooting.
• ZWave-JS Logs improved handling of line endings for easier to reading.
• Re-work of ZWave-JS value parsing to prevent possible stale values getting reported as new and improve reporting reliability.
• ZWave-JS Details page shows device battery %
• ZWave-JS driver function zwave.getStoredValues() - Can be used to skip initial polling since ZWave-JS already polled all CC values.
• ZWave-JS details page display controller firmware version.
• Z-Wave User Code V2 CC added.
• Z-Wave Long Range channel selection (Please read warning, LR devices will need re-including if you change the channel).
• Removed ZWave-JS Details page node route changes since ZWave-JS doesn’t report it.
• Refreshed Matter Details page.
• Node count added to ZWave/Zigbee/Matter Details pages.
• Added device type icon (Zigbee/Z-Wave/Matter, etc.) to devices and rooms pages.
• Added ZWave-JS node state browser UI added to Z-Wave Details page. (More)
• Added Device Firmware Updater in Hub UI on Z-Wave Details page.
• Added HomeKit bridge and smoke detector device support to HomeKit controller integration. Improved fan support.
• Added "identify hub" button in hub details screen. Clicking it makes hub's LED rotate colors blue -> red -> green several times.
• Hardened platform firmware update logic.
• Added an option to switch to new ChromeCast integration implementation back end.
• Added endpoints to generate charts (More).
• ChromeCast integration now finds and updates device IPs in the background.

New Apps

• Ring Integration - Ring doorbells/cameras/lights/sirens/chimes (more to come) (More)
• Comfort Engine (Beta)- Creates a child thermostat and adjusts the real thermostat based on how the room feels, not just the raw temperature. (More)
• Power and Energy Manager app including existing Power Aggregator app plus new child apps:
  • Maximum Usage (turn devices off when power consumption, energy usage, or time on exceeds threshold)
  • Load Shedding (turn devices off when power exceeds threshold and optionally turn back on after time below)
  • Power and Energy tracker to chart energy usage or cost over time

New Devices

• Ikea Bilresa Scroll Button using Ikea Bilresa Matter Button driver (driver renamed from Ikea Bilresa Dual Matter Button)
• Open-Meteo Weather Driver
• UniFi Protect motion-capable sensors (via UniFi Protect integration app; experimental)
• Aeotec TriSensor 8
• Aqara Matter Multi-State Sensor P100

App Changes

• Device Firmware Updater app facelift / bug fixes.
• Added notes to MakerAPI device details endpoint.
• Simplified ChromeCast integration app UI.

New Devices

• Ring Doorbell
• Ring Spotlight/Floodlight Cams
• Ring Chime
• Ring Camera
• Ring Motion
• Ring Light
• Ring Alarm
  • Contact Sensors
  • Locks
  • Motion Sensors
  • Switches
  • Dimmers

Bug Fixes

• Fixed MQTT export unable to start after app was deleted and re-installed.
• Possibly fixed HomeKit devices going "not responding".
• ZWave-JS prevent some duplicate reports caused by optimistic supervision responses.
• Fixed Matter error when a packet gets sent before initialization is complete.
• ZWave-JS Indicator Report v2+ fixed solicited report error
• Fixed ZWave-JS Switch Multilevel reporting issues.
• Fixed occasional z-wave discovery not completing on Zipgateway.
• Fixed Zipgateway Device Firmware Updater startup and abort.
• Device Firmware Updater firmware file sorting.
• Fix for ZWave-JS Radio Reset using Diagnostic Tool.
• OpenWeatherMap driver now reports cloudiness attribute as number
• Likely fixed high CPU utilization issue when viewing Zigbee logs over remote admin.
• Fixed ZWave-JS Door Lock CC missing report.
• Fixed ZWave-JS occasional missed Notification report.
• Fixed some ZWave-JS SwitchMultilevel partial value updates missing report.

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Release 2.5.0.126 Available

Changes from 2.5.0.123

Platform Changes

• Reworked Zigbee2MQTT and Home Assistant MQTT import workflows.
• Added mDNS device discovery page under Settings - Network (accessible directly at /hub/mdnsDevices endpoint).
• Added Tasmota devices detection and support (early beta).
• Added TLS support to build-in MQTT broker.
• Added an option to minimize pending SmartStart devices alert.
• Added network status support to existing ChromeCast (not new/beta) integration.

App Changes

• Improved Visual Rule Builder UI.
• Improved Power and Energy Tracker UI.

Bug Fixes

• Added F <-> C temperature conversion support for Zigbee2MQTT devices.
• Fixed unnecessary events raised by Zigbee2MQTT import integration.
• Fixed some Ring Floodlights being detected as normal cameras.
• Fixed Bluetooth stack restart logic.
• Added HSM event re-subscribe call on boot.
• Ensured proper integrations/apps/automations page landing when app is deleted.
• Added Ring Integration App UI tweaks / fixes for device install.
• Added more Ring device type detection fixes.
• Fixed Comfort Engine log spam issue.
• Fixed Ring Alarm error when arming/disarming.
• Possibly fixed lack of scrolling in Add Device - Virtual - device list dropdown on iOS devices.

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Release 2.5.0.135 Available

Changes from 2.5.0.126

Platform Changes

• Added optional graphs to the home page.
• Added Shades & Blinds, Doors, Windows, and Garage doors to the summary.
• Added a way to manage home page summary stats devices and summary visibility.
• Added a separate historical data store for chartable attributes, with 31 day/1000 values history. It comes with an endpoint to fetch the raw data, e.g. /hub2/chart/data?deviceId=299&attribute=temperature for a sample temperature sensor.

Integration Changes

• Modified Tuya integration to create devices manually (on demand) instead of creating them automatically upon discovery.

New Devices

• Aeotec Door/Window Sensor 8
• Shelly Wave Door/Window

Bug Fixes

• Hopefully fixed the dropdown scrolling issue on iOS devices.
• Hopefully fixed high CPU utilization while using remote admin.
• Fixed hub mesh child devices not geting enabled/disabled along with parent.
• Reworked data access concurrency to hopefully fix the occasional long delays.
• Increase Ring websocket buffer size to accommodate more devices.
• Added Matter reinstall endpoint to fix broken installs.
• Fixed notification based ChromeCast status update in the new processing flow.
• Ensured that ChromeCast commands are attempted regardless of perceived online/offline status in the new processing flow.
• Fixed the issue with incomplete device delete and potential child devices left behind.
• Fixed the issue of zombie open connections for deleted devices.
• Hardened Matter installation check.
• Fixed the issue of detected MQTT devices dropping on reconnect.
• Fixed ZWave-JS invalid Switch Multilevel Report of > 99.
• Zooz Zen56 Driver multiple fixes.
• Hopefully fixed occasional long automation delays (if related to data cleanups).
• Fixed the issue with integration related mDNS listeners not starting if home page device discovery was turned off.
• Ring Bridge fixes.
• Ensured that power meters with no other relevant capabilities count towards the power summary bubble value.

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Release 2.5.0.136 Available

Changes from 2.5.0.135

Bug Fixes

• Removed LIFX RSSI logging.
• Ring Integration log spam reduction and load reduction.
• Ring Location device mirror Ring Alarm Base when present.
• Added a way to exclude devices from power summary pill.

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Release 2.5.0.143 Available

Changes from 2.5.0.136

Platform Changes

• Added date format setting in Settings - Hub details.
• Added date/time format functions for apps and drivers to use:

String formatActivityDateTime(date) // yyyy-MM-dd h:mm:ss a z or yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z, depending on time format selection
String formatActivityDateTimeShort(date) // d/M h:mma, M/d h:mma, d/M HH:mm, or M/d HH:mm, depending on format selections
String formatTimeHourMinute(date) // h:mma or HH:mm, depending on time format selection
String formatTimeHourMinuteSecond(date) // h:mm:ss a or HH:mm:ss, depending on time format selection
String formatTimeHourMinuteSecondMillis(date) // h:mm:ss.SSS a or HH:mm:ss.SSS, depending on time format selection
String formatDate(date) // M/d/yyyy, d/M/yyyy, or yyyy/M/d, depending on date format selection
String formatShortDate(date) // d/M, M/d, or M/d, depending on date format selection

• Added title override for the home page graphs.
• Added more options for device summary on the home page.
• Added summary specific attribute override for device summary drilldown (e.g. show switch attribute status for lights on drilldown)

New App Features

• UniFi Protect integration now supports contact, temperature, humidity, and lux sensors
• Ring Mailbox Sensor support.

New Driver Features

• Zooz ZSE50: Added color and level control commands (replaces color preference); added additional configuration parameter preferences.

Bug Fixes

• Ensured Ethernet disconnect sticks until reboot.
• Maybe fixed incorrect ChromeCast device status while using beta integration.
• Maybe fixed high CPU after using remote admin.
• Ring camera light controls cause enough log spam to cause delays.
• More Ring device features exposed RSSI/Tamper/PowerSource.
• More Ring log/event spam reduction.
• Updated ChromeCast drivers to make IP override stick until manually removed.
• Fixed ZWave-JS node refresh bug.
• More Ring log/event spam cleanup.
• More Ring device capabilities that were missed.
• Fixed a rare Ring bug preventing alarm controls.
• Hardened Matter startup logic.
• Added special handling for the ChromeCast groups.
• Likely fixed the MissingPropertyException in the Ecobee integration.
• Added more mDNS info to the Settings - Network setup - Show mDNS page.

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Release 2.5.0.153 Available

Changes from 2.5.0.143

Platform Changes

• Updated IoT dependency libraries.

• Added /hub/advanced/dumpThreadsToLog endpoint to log top 10 threads in the engineering log for troubleshooting.

• Changed database settings to hopefully reduce database growth.

• Updated the UI to reduce page load sizes and speed up initialization. This should be particularly relevant to the Remote Admin users.

New Device Drivers

• Added email notification driver with options to use free starter packs from Brevo, Mailjet, Resend, MailGun, Smtp2Go, MailerSend, and PostMark. Also supports plain SMTP configuration. [more]

New Driver Features

• Implemented “Strobe” command on Zooz ZSE50 (note: device uses predetermined color, not user-set value)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed hub mesh not working when HTTPS only is enabled.

• Fixed old sound names persisting if removed on Zooz ZSE50

• Likely fixed https://community.hubitat.com/t/2-5-0-145-c8pro-js-runtime-exceptions-on-145/164136.

• Fixed event filtering by date in Logs and Device logs.

• Possible fix for the failing Matter pairing issue.

• Fixed the failure to timely reconnect to a Matter device.

• ZWave-JS userCode command class fixes for some missing reports.

• Generic Z-Wave Lock driver getCodes reliability improvements.

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Release 2.5.0.157 Available

Changes from 2.5.0.153

Platform Changes

• Added “Temperature” summary item on the home page.

• Added “suggested devices” section to Home page’s discovered devices section and Add device page.

• Added a top left corner alert for when hub’s scheduler didn’t start.

• Tweaked Easy Dashboard for faster loading.

New Devices

• Added HomeKit alarm driver.

Driver Changes

• Added Gmail and Proton support to the email notification driver.

• Added Subject:subject,body support to the email notification driver.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed missing refresh() command for generic Matter switch driver.
• Complete hub attribute responses for Zigbee Time Cluster (0x000A) read attribute requests.