Multi Parent Approval Routing

By default every approval buzzes every parent. Two other modes are available via the parent_routing setting, for households where that gets noisy.

Mode	Behaviour
all (default)	Every enabled parent, as before
home	Only parents whose presence entity says they're here
round_robin	One parent per notification, rotating

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Presence Entities

For home mode, give each parent a presence entity in the notification settings — a device_tracker.*, a person.*, or anything that reads home / on / true / present.

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Every Fallback Errs Towards Over-Notifying

An unseen approval is worse than a redundant buzz, so every failure path widens the audience rather than narrowing it:

• Nobody home → everyone is told, not nobody.
• No presence entity set → that parent counts as available and is never silently cut out.
• Broken or unavailable presence sensor → fails open.
• Round-robin state pointing at a deleted parent → starts from the beginning rather than wedging.

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Round-Robin Detail

Round-robin position is tracked per notification type, so a reward claim doesn't advance the chore-approval rotation. Each kind of approval keeps its own place in the queue.

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Children Are Never Affected

None of this touches child notifications. A reminder for a child must always reach that child — routing applies only to the parent-facing approvals.

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Related

• Notifications — the full notification system, actionable callbacks and bus events
• Quiet Hours — per-child do-not-disturb windows
• Reminder Escalation — nudge → reminder → parent alert
• Parent Access — giving a second parent control without HA admin rights
• Settings — where parent_routing lives