ESPHome sensor to report App status

ESPHome
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I am using a status_led component to visibly indicate the status on my device. But I would like to see the same thing remotely (via MQTT.)

Is there some type of sensor that I can add to my YAML to report the App status?

I searched through all the component sources and it seems that only the status_led component calls App.get_app_state().

2

Use a template sensor with lambda.

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The status binary sensor and status_led report different things.

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@clydebarrow
Of course! Brilliant, thanks.
MV

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@clydebarrow
It seems a template sensor can only report a float value, not text.

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So use a template text sensor!

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Yes, just found it.

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There are template versions of all kinds of entities.