Change sensor hardware

ESPHome
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I am building a new (first) Home Assistant setup on a raspberry pi 4b with several esp wifi boards as sensors.
If, in the future, one of the sensors need to be replaced, can I simply flash a new esp board with esphome and simply copy (parts of) the configuration file of the defect esp board, or will I lose the complete history of this sensor?

I would like to use the existing history with the new sensor as if it is the old one.
Which part of the configuration is important for this, the id?

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Most likely not. I’ve replaced ESP boards before and not had this issue.

Where you may have difficulty is if you use device automations. See: What happens if I have to replace a device - #2 by tom_l

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Tnx for your quick reply!
Good to read the mentioned topic also!