WTF is it with all the ESPHome device updates every single time HA updates?

[orange-assistant]

@orange-assistant

need to change names

Steve Assistant and ESPWells maybe? Looking forward for the first release!

@wellsy what would be your plans be for the release cycle, every 6 months? You might find an audience

WTH can't we have a long term "stable" (LTS) branch for people who don't need lots of new features and just want stability and less breaking changes?

I’m embarrassed to admit that after more than 5 years using HA, I just can’t keep up with the maintenance of it. I haven’t updated in more than 6 months and there’s still stuff broken from my last update. I’d like to keep my system up to date at least on the patches and things that won’t cause me problems, but my setup already does what I want it to do, so the updates are universally a net negative for me, breaking stuff rather than adding stuff I need. If I’m going to spend time on my smart ho…

Has there ever been a discussion on a LTS version of HA?

Home Assistant gets updated quite a lot, and that is fantastic! It has come to a point where the system is rock solid and very stable in my experience. Due to this, my HA instance often just minds its own business, and i do not need to update it really. While monthly releases is great, it also has a drawback. I dont know if its even required, but i feel like i need to update each month at least once to make sure i get a smooth update. Like, chances for issues are higher if i update from 2024.1 …

I've just registerd this account to tell you that i am so (breaking) update tired

I started with home assistant 1.5 years ago and been fine tuning it ever since. Spend a lot of time to get everything running and got lights / heating / curtains / windows and more all controlled by home assistant. It al runs well with many automation’s and scripts until an update But then the updates every week/month and the time a have to put into it because of stuff that is changed / deprecated in update is huge and my willingness to spend time on getting it goes down fast It is working fi…

Stop breaking my sh*t

Home Assistant is better than any commercial product. BUT, I should not be afraid to update. Most recent problem is with zigbee. Given the interface, it seems that maybe I should migrate, but there’s absolutely no details in the UI about migration or even why I may need to migrate. So now my zigbee devices are dead to mev until I can spend a few hours to research it. I don’t have a few hours for this. It’s this sort of thing that absolutely, positively MUST be resolved, on every effing release,…