WTH - ESPHome updates are dangerous with "breaking changes" and zero detections of what might break

So… I first posted this on Reddit here.

The bottom line is that when an ESPHome update comes out, it flags me in Home Assistant with an orange number, and it tells me to update. However, only if I dig into the release notes, can I then find breaking updates. Then I have to click into each issue to fully understand what the breaking update might be. THEN I have to scan my 40 YAML files to see if anything in there might be broken.

For 99% of the breaking updates I see, it would be very possible to just have HA scan my YAML files to see if anything will break, and if it will break, don’t prompt me to update. Instead, prompt me to fix my YAML.

OK THX.

ESPHome is outside the scope of WTH Month.

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