Show broken entities

[j1234]

I’d really like a screen that lists everything that contains an entity that doesn’t exist.

I have scripts, automations, manual yaml files, etc. and it’s a real pita finding entities for devices that have been renamed, or removed and replaced over time, maybe with a slightly different entity name.

I recently converted some Tasmota devices to esphome and as such the entity names changed.

So now i need to manually find the broken entries in the scheduler, scripts, alexa yaml, automations, blueprints etc. It’s time-consuming.

Having a demon that runs through all config checking that an entity exists would be a very nice addition.

[mobile.andrew.jones (Andrew Jones)]

Watchman is your friend.

Watchman - keeps track of missing entities and services in your config files

Would like to present a custom integration to identify entities and services in your configuration files that either no longer exist or have a wrong state. Along with a few sensors, it may create a text version of the report or send it via notification service of choice. Please don’t be afraid of the documentation volume, I’ve tried to keep the balance between versatility and simplicity of use during development, so all parameters are optional: https://github.com/dummylabs/thewatchman Example…

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

2options available:

Spook by Frenck, and Watchman. Both are in HACS

(btw, always vote for your own FR… _

but you can close, as already available