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Why did they make the change to ping, dropping the interval setting? I looked through the linked pages but didn't see an obvious explanation. I assume there is a reasonably good reason for it.
The suggestion to remove the recorder days is interesting. I have mine set to just a few days, because the partition the database is on its low on space, and I haven't gotten around to dealing with it. Storing more in the same space would be good. I didn't understand how the database would be smaller despite having more info.
I normally shrug off most of the changes, but dropping ping from yaml AND fixing the interval just does my head in.
I'm using HA's basic, built-in, doesn't need an integration, standard ping, to monitor my network and inform me if people are home, turned off, etc...
And it was simple to just add more ping sensors in yaml, just copy some similar ones.
Now? Jeez...
And overloading HA via too high a ping rate? That's a fundamental design issue with HA, not a reason to force a move to an automation...
Oh... and my lights don't work now... ffs
Dropping things from yaml in general always makes me a little nervous. I understand why you'd want a UI for configuring things, especially for new people. I support that.
But, there are down sides. For example, I was using scrape to get some stuff off a page, and doing it through the UI took a long time and was prone to errors. It would have been much easier and more reliable to get it working once, then copy and paste and make the one or two changes each individual item required. But that's not an option as far as I can tell.
Yeah you would have to ping an absolutely absurd number of hosts at a very high rate to overload anything.