🌱 2026.2.1

✨ New features

Replace Sensors from the UI — external sensors can now be changed via the integration's Configuration menu instead of requiring Developer Tools → Services (#359, #360)
Hysteresis for threshold checks — plant state no longer flickers between OK and problem when sensor values hover near a threshold. A configurable hysteresis band prevents rapid state changes (#354)

Crash on unavailable thresholds — ValueError: could not convert string to float: 'unavailable' when threshold number entities were unavailable or had bad restored values (#351, #368, #369)
Greyed-out threshold entities — number entities stuck as unavailable after being disabled and re-enabled, caused by None values overwriting valid defaults during state restore (#369)
Disabled entities triggered for updates — HA warning "Entity is incorrectly being triggered for updates while it is disabled" eliminated (#370)
Duplicate unique_id crash on reload — integration no longer crashes when a config entry reload creates entities that are already registered (#364)
Entity registry not ready at startup — retry loop replaces ConfigEntryNotReady for more reliable startup (#356, #358)
Plant entity cleanup on removal — plant entity is now properly tied to its config entry (#357)
Log spam — frequent non-numeric value warnings downgraded to debug level 🤫 (#371, #372)

Debug logging has been expanded throughout the integration. To enable it, add to your configuration.yaml:

logger:
  logs:
    custom_components.plant: debug

This will show threshold evaluations, state transitions, entity restore flow, and sensor setup details.