Is it possible to rename a MQTT entity?

Development
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Hello,

I create a entity via

mosquitto_pub -h "$addr" -p "$port" -u "$username" -P "$password" -t "homeassistant/switch/SW_test/config" -m "{"name": "test name", "object_id": "SW_test", "state_topic": "homeassistant/switch/SW_test/state", "unique_id": "some_SW_test", "command_topic": "homeassistant/switch/SW_test/state", "device": {"identifiers": ["Some device"], "name": "MyDevice", "sw_version": "1.0"}}"

Is it possible to change the name later? I thought of something similar to this

mosquitto_pub -h "$addr" -p "$port" -u "$username" -P "$password" -t "homeassistant/switch/SW_test/config" -m "{"name": "another name"}"

But it doesn’t work.

2

I don’t know. I do know, when you choose rename in Zigbee2MQTT, it deletes the device and creates a new one with the new name.

3

You’re right. At least the config topic has to be deleted and recreated with the new name. The state data isn’t lost as long as object_id/unique_id remain unchanged.