Action entity missing for zigbee switches - Zigbee2MQTT

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Loads of breaking changes in this z2m update, particularly if you setup z2m years ago.

  1. Before updating to the latest z2m I’ve enabled the option “Home assistant experimental event entities” in Settings → Home Assistant Integration. I’ve left the legacy options intact for now
  2. Restart z2m
  3. Check the States page in Home Assistant for all of the new event.xyz_action entities that have appeared
    4. In your YAML, update the old sensor.xyz_action entity name with the new event.xyz_action entity name.

In my case I don’t think any other changes are required? My event.xyz_action entities are named exactly the same as my sensor.xyz_action entities, so I only have to swap sensor for event in my YAML. And the actions themselves seem to be the same. ie “off-hold”, “single” etc

Sample YAML where I’ve only needed to swap out sensor with event:

</s> <s> - platform: state # zigbee2mqtt event</s> <s> entity_id: event.sitting_room_hue_dimmer_switch_action</s> <s> attribute: action</s> <s> to: "off-hold"</s> <s>

I’m not updating z2m yet though as I have to make this change across many YAML automations and also have to work out the impacts from the removal of legacy entity attributes; I’ve had that option enabled from day one and I think I have a lot of custom sensors and automations that rely on this.

EDIT: check my post below for some issues with this approach, such as automations not triggering where the same button is pressed more than once: Action entity missing for zigbee switches - Zigbee2MQTT - #25 by jdbrookes

You should instead follow the guide below to handle the new event entities: Using the new action events in Zigbee2MQTT 2.0 - Configuration / Zigbee - Home Assistant Community

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