Deleting a Node does not remove the associated MQTT topic

[blhoward2]

After deleting a Node in ozwadmin, MQTT Explorer shows that the topic still existed within MQTT. The device didn't disappear automatically from HA, which I suspect is linked to this behavior.

[ajschmidt8]

Dropping a StackOverflow link here for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42218056/how-to-remove-a-published-topic

I'm not sure if removing a topic is a thing.

[blhoward2]

If true, then there must be a way to invalidate the payload so that HA knows the entity is deleted. Or maybe it’s just removing the retained flag.

[psgcooldog]

Use MQTT Explorer to manually delete the dead node.

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[blhoward2]

Yes, I fixed my setup months ago when I posted this. That doesn’t change the fact that it’s a bug and that this should happen automatically.