The only thing that stops me from automating the backups using the “samba backup” addon is the fact that I would like to receive a notification when the backup is successful or especially when it fails. I can solve this in Samba backup with the status entity “sensor.samba_backup” and trigger a notification when the corresponding change occurs
The new HA backup system must offer status entities. A backup solution is useless without an easy way to monitor the success/failure of the backups. This was submitted as a bug via Git Hub (which it is), but the issue was unfortunately closed and suggested to be moved here. I cant found any Sensor for BackUp Status · Issue #138181 · home-assistant/core · GitHub.
This should get a lot more votes than it has right niw. I would love to trigger an automation if my nightly backup fails and I would love to show the time of last backup in my dashboard.
I agree at least a sensor that shows when the last successful backup was done is essential.