Zigbee2MQTT mqtt topic zigbee2mqtt/bridge/devices list doesn't include Area for devices?

[sprior (Steve)]

I have a couple of Zigbee devices defined and I’ve set their Area in the HA Settings->Devices->Entities list. But I’ve noticed that Area does not appear in the published MQTT message on topic zigbee2mqtt/bridge/devices list and I’d really like for mqtt client code I write to be able to auto-discover the location of the devices. I’m also surprised this isn’t already included in that list.

Is there a different MQTT topic where the area is broadcast along with the device?

[francisp (Francis)]

This is done in HA :

@sprior

I’ve set their Area in the HA Settings->Devices->Entities list.

This is data from Zigbee2MQTT :

@sprior

published MQTT message on topic zigbee2mqtt/bridge/devices list

Zigbee2MQTT does not know what area you have set for your devices in HA, so can’t be included in the devices list.

[sprior (Steve)]

I hope I’m not the first person to want this, is there a common approach to broadcasting the Area associated with devices as persistent MQTT messages even if HA ends up doing it in parallel to the Zigbee2MQTT generated message?