espHome binary_sensor doesn't get picked up by HA

ESPHome
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I have ESPHome set up and I’ve added successfully a d1_mini esp8266 device. I can see it in the ESPHome dashboard, it appears online and I can flash code to it.
My problem is that I don’t see a binary_sensor I’am adding in the YAML. This doesn’t only happens with binary_sensors, I’ve tried other components with same luck.

This is the YAML config for my device:

esphome:
  name: esp-02
  friendly_name: ESP 02

esp8266:
  board: d1_mini

# Enable logging
logger: 
  level: DEBUG


# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
    key: "[redacted]"

ota:
  password: "[redacted]"

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password

  manual_ip: 
    gateway: 10.10.10.1
    subnet: 255.255.255.0
    static_ip: 10.10.10.71

  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Esp-02 Fallback Hotspot"
    password: "[redacted]"

captive_portal:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: status
    name: "ESP-02 Status"

These are the ESPHome logs, where everything looks correct:

2024-06-06 13:14:54,936 INFO 304 GET /devices (0.0.0.0) 1.89ms
2024-06-06 13:14:59,934 INFO 304 GET /devices (0.0.0.0) 1.24ms
2024-06-06 13:15:00,935 INFO 304 GET /edit?configuration=esp-02.yaml (0.0.0.0) 1.64ms
2024-06-06 13:15:00,953 INFO 101 GET /ace (0.0.0.0) 0.75ms
2024-06-06 13:15:00,955 INFO Running command 'esphome --dashboard -q vscode --ace /config/esphome'
2024-06-06 13:16:23,471 INFO 200 POST /edit?configuration=esp-02.yaml (0.0.0.0) 1.95ms

I can flash the device and see the logs. But binary_sensors or any other components do not appear in HA Overview dashboard or Developer Tools or ESPHome device config.

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Note, the HA server is not on the same subnet as the ESP device, I don’t know if this is relevant, since I can see the logs.

Any help is appreciated on how to proceed.

Thanks

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Did you add the ESPHome device to the integration page? The add-on is only used for “maintaining” the device, you need to add the running ESP device also as an integration to see the sensors of that device in HA. See also ESPHome - Home Assistant

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That was it. Thanks for your time :heart: