v0.5.0

Breaking change

• Changed "Allocated power" from number to sensor. Please delete then re-add the integration.

New feature

• Added power monitor duration to turn off charger if average power in duration drops below "Min workable current". Requires "Min workable current" to be a non-zero value.

Improvement

• The minimum requirement for a custom charger is the charger on/off switch entity.
• Updated run state sensor to reflect state-machine states.
• Refactored to use state machine to manage charging process.
• Added charger "Instance count", "Share allocation" and "Consumed power" sensors.
• SolarCharge class now has direct access to control entities.
• "Power allocation weight" can be zero, ie. keep current power level and not get future power allocation/deallocation.
• "Power allocation weight" and "Allocated power" entities can now be overriden in config.
• Included brand icons for SolarCharger starting with HA 2026.3.
• Included sun integration as dependency in manifest.json.