gree-controller/BUILD_REPORT.md

GREE Controller v0.7.0 - build and validation report

Scope

Version 0.6.7 includes the previous climate-group and whole-house changes plus a reorganized main dashboard. Global controls are consolidated, group control stays immediately below them, and lower-priority dashboard sections are collapsed on demand.

Implemented changes

• Night-mode settings moved out of application Settings into a dedicated Night mode page.
• Home Assistant connection, sensor aliases and integration access tokens moved to a dedicated Home Assistant / Sensors page.
• Settings now contains application/technical settings only.
• Unit-feature controls on device cards are smaller, centered and visually aligned with the other compact device controls.
• Disabled thermostat zones continue refreshing and showing room temperature while control commands remain disabled.
• Home Assistant sensor aliases are now presentation-only end-to-end: backend reads resolve aliases back to the original entity_id, settings are canonicalized, and zone/outdoor polling records the real entity ID.
• Outdoor temperature now falls back to the median outdoor reading from online GREE units when the configured Home Assistant outdoor sensor is unavailable.
• GREE optional capabilities are discovered from status properties (Lig, Quiet, Tur, Air, Blo, Health, SwhSlp) and persisted with each device.
• Supported unit features are shown in the Web UI and exposed as Home Assistant switches for panel light, Quiet, Turbo, X-FAN, Air, Health and Sleep.
• Night mode can use native GREE Sleep in the same command as the standby setpoint, fan limit and Quiet when the unit supports it.
• Home Assistant now exposes every controller zone as a full climate entity with Off / Auto (follow house mode) / Cool / Heat plus current and target temperature. Existing zone number/switch entities are retained.
• Decorative icons were removed from Settings block headers.
• Replaced the textual Connected/Disconnected label with a green/amber/red status dot in the top-left brand header.
• Fixed History filter layout so Zone/Device/Sensor and time-range controls keep equal heights and do not stretch after changing tabs.
• Reworked the Simulator into a Node-RED-style dotted flow board with connected live nodes for sensor input, thermostat target, decision, unit command and next event.
• Added configurable night mode (default 22:00-06:00): thermostat fan speed is capped during quiet hours and compatible units can be asked to keep Quiet enabled.
• Device cards now use Name / protocol instead of Rename and no longer show the fixed UDP port next to the IP address.
• Settings are split into visual blocks; the self-signed HA example uses a generic private address instead of an installation-specific address.
• Event/debug log retention is configurable and old rows are pruned automatically; the Events page can change retention and prune immediately.
• Home Assistant temperature sensors can have UI aliases; aliases replace raw entity IDs in history selectors, legends and custom-chart labels without changing stored entity IDs.
• Added a dedicated Web UI simulator page that visualizes thermostat/automation decisions as graphical blocks with hours, targets, demand, standby behavior, rule actions and upcoming events.
• Quick Thermostat cards on the dashboard can enable/disable a zone directly; the edit dialog is no longer required for this action.
• SQLite history housekeeping is tiered to chart resolution: full recent data, 10-minute buckets after 24 hours and 30-minute buckets after 7 days.
• Optional long-term InfluxDB archive supports both InfluxDB 1.x (database/basic auth) and 2.x (org/bucket/token), from persisted settings or environment variables.
• New samples are written to SQLite and InfluxDB in parallel when the archive is enabled.
• Maintenance backfills compacted legacy SQLite samples older than the configured Influx handoff age. A local row is deleted only after the Influx batch succeeds; archive failures keep the SQLite copy.
• History requests crossing the handoff age merge old InfluxDB data with recent SQLite data and fall back to SQLite when the archive query fails.
• Device commands are reduced to fields that actually changed. Optional GREE buzzer suppression uses Buzzer_ON_OFF/BuzzerCtrl; incompatible devices automatically fall back to normal frames and are remembered for the running process.
• Smart Fan now uses Low speed (WdSpd=1) when a zone is satisfied. The thermostat sends standby setpoint + Low fan + optional Quiet=1 in one GREE frame. If a unit rejects Quiet, the controller retries without it and remembers that capability fallback until restart; when demand resumes, controller-owned Quiet is released on the transition.
• Toast progress indicators have horizontal inset so they stay inside rounded toast corners.
• Settings can be exported/imported as JSON. Metrics, event logs and generated API-token records are preserved during import. Exported configuration contains configured secrets and must be protected.
• Optional on-screen debug overlay is available on every Web UI route, can be changed through /api/debug, shows controller events plus live HTTP method/path/status timing and can include sanitized decrypted GREE request/response payloads.
• /api/control-plan exposes house state, current zone decisions, schedules, upcoming transitions and automation rules/time events.
• The dashboard renders the control plan as blocks with current targets/demand and upcoming actions.
• Home Assistant integration now also exposes whole-house/per-zone plan sensors, writable per-zone target-temperature number entities and per-zone enable switch entities via the restricted integration API.

0.6.1 compile hotfix

• Fixed u8/u32 mismatches in communication-failure threshold handling without changing the persisted Device.communication_failures type or notification-settings schema.
• Removed the unused AppState parameter from Slack/Discord webhook delivery.
• Bumped application, Cargo lock root package, Home Assistant custom-component and PWA cache versions to 0.6.1.

Validation performed in packaging environment

• node --check web/app.js.
• Python syntax validation for the Home Assistant integration and helper scripts.
• Shell syntax validation for all scripts/*.sh files.
• JSON validation for EN/PL language packs, PWA manifest, Home Assistant manifest and HA translations.
• EN/PL UI translation-key parity and literal UI translation-reference validation.
• SQLite schema execution plus tiered compaction and event-log retention tests.
• SQLite archive-selection query tests for device, zone and Home Assistant histories.
• Configuration-clear behavior verified to preserve metric history, event logs and API tokens.
• Version consistency checked for Cargo package, Cargo lock root package, README and Home Assistant manifest.
• Archive ZIP integrity and SHA-256 manifest are verified during final packaging.

Rust compiler note

The packaging environment does not contain rustc, cargo or rustfmt, so a Rust compile cannot be executed here. Rust unit tests cover unchanged-command filtering, history compaction, HA alias resolution, GREE outdoor fallback, night/native-Sleep decisions and combined standby command payloads; they cannot be executed in this packaging environment. The target LXC update/install scripts remain the authoritative compile gate and run:

cargo test --all-targets
cargo build --release

The update script must complete those commands before replacing the running binary.

2026-08-24 update

Implemented from the current source archive:

• Decimal thermostat input accepts both . and , in mobile/desktop UI via locale-independent parser and decimal keyboard hints.
• Notifications persisted in runtime settings with Pushover, Slack and Discord providers, test endpoint/button, two modes (problems, important), per-event cooldown, communication failure threshold and target-not-reached timeout.
• Device polling emits one offline anomaly after the configured consecutive-failure threshold and one recovery event when communication returns.
• Zone control tracks continuous demand and emits a zone.target_timeout anomaly once per demand episode when the target is not reached within the configured time.
• Automation dialog includes practical presets for high-temperature cooling, low-temperature heating, morning comfort and night power-off.
• Event log page has level/category filters and stronger visual separation by category/severity.
• Zone editor can copy thermostat tuning/profile settings from another zone without overwriting the destination zone identity, device assignment or HA entity.
• Language selector shows flags; theme selector shows compact theme icons.
• Home Assistant custom component includes icon.png and logo.png based on the existing project mark.
• New installs create a minimal environment file, keep SIMULATE=false and AUTO_SEED=false, and intentionally allow an empty application token. Existing env files remain untouched.
• Reverse-proxy support includes base-path routing, X-Forwarded-Prefix, prefix-aware UI/API/WebSocket/PWA assets and helper script health URLs.
• Removed permissive CORS and added basic browser security headers. Notification webhooks are HTTPS-only, host-restricted and do not follow redirects.
• Added docs/SECURITY.md and docs/REVERSE_PROXY.md.

History review: the supplied counts (28,133 GREE, 1,889 zone, 5,626 HA samples) are modest for the existing SQLite design. The current schema already has time/entity indexes, history bucketing, query limits, retention and compaction, so no database migration was added solely for these counts.

Validation performed in the build environment:

• node --check web/app.js - passed.
• JSON parsing of language files and web manifest - passed.
• bash -n scripts/install.sh - passed.
• Home Assistant icon files generated and verified as 256x256 RGBA PNG.
• Rust compilation was not executed because this execution environment does not contain cargo/Rust toolchain. Backend changes were therefore statically reviewed but require the normal project CI/build host to run cargo test/cargo build --release before deployment.

0.6.2 thermostat copy hotfix

• The destination zone identity is now stored independently from the form payload while editing.
• Copy-source choices exclude the currently edited zone.
• Copying thermostat settings explicitly preserves the destination zone ID, name, assigned device, sensor strategy/entity and enabled state.
• Zone updates use the independently tracked destination ID, preventing the source profile from being overwritten by a stale or mutated form ID.

0.6.3 house climate mode highlight

• The selected whole-house climate mode (Cool / Heat / Off) now has a persistent illuminated border, accent fill and glowing status dot.
• The active mode is still derived from persisted settings.house_mode, so the highlight survives refreshes and reconnects.
• Mode buttons now expose aria-pressed for an explicit accessible selected state.

0.6.4 Home Assistant zone thermostat naming

• Zone climate entities now use a descriptive entity name, Thermostat.
• New zone entities are therefore created as climate.<zone_name>_thermostat instead of falling back to ambiguous numeric suffixes such as _2.
• Existing zone climate registry entries are migrated on integration reload to the same scheme based on the zone's current name, fixing stale IDs left after zone renames (for example climate.jan_2 for a zone currently named Igor).
• Migration is collision-safe: if the desired climate.<zone_name>_thermostat ID is already occupied, the existing entity ID is retained and a warning is logged instead of overwriting another entity.

0.6.5 house control, Home Assistant and LAN response time

• Whole-house thermostat off is presented as Do not control and no longer continuously powers units down. Directly operated devices remain untouched, while a zone explicitly overridden to Heat/Cool can continue controlling its own unit.
• Added a separate persistent whole-house master-power state. Turn all off powers enabled units down and prevents zone/controller automations from restarting them without modifying the selected thermostat mode/profile; Turn all on re-enables master power and powers enabled units on.
• Whole-house mode and preset buttons use the same normal active fill as other controls; the obsolete activity-dot styling was removed. Uniform whole-house presets remain visibly selected, while mixed zone profiles show no false global selection.
• Home Assistant now exposes controller-level Thermostat mode and Work profile select entities plus an All air conditioners master-power switch, backed by dedicated restricted HA endpoints.
• Device state stores the latest successful GREE communication round-trip time. LAN network -> Devices displays it in milliseconds next to the IP address and protocol.
• PWA cache key advanced to gree-controller-v065.

0.6.6 synchronized whole-house activation

• The global power panel is displayed above House climate mode.
• Selecting whole-house Cooling or Heating clears a previous global power-off and powers on all enabled units.
• Selecting Auto, Comfort, Sleep or Away as a whole-house profile does the same.
• House mode off / Do not control remains non-invasive and does not alter master power.
• The behavior is implemented in the shared backend endpoints, so Home Assistant house-mode/profile controls follow the same rules.

0.6.6 climate groups, HA off-target and standalone simulation

• Added persistent named climate groups based on thermostat zones, with independent group power, Heat/Cool/whole-house-follow mode and Auto/Comfort/Sleep/Away profile control.
• Added group controls directly below the global All air conditioners panel plus a dedicated Groups view for membership management.
• Whole-house Turn all on, Cooling/Heating and whole-house profile activation now re-enable all groups as part of their existing "all units" semantics; global power-off remains the authoritative master block.
• Automation actions can target either a direct device or a climate group and can apply group mode/power/profile changes.
• The control plan keeps a resolved thermostat target temperature while a zone, group or whole-house inherited mode is off, so Home Assistant zone climate entities no longer expose the configured target as unknown solely because control is disabled.
• Home Assistant documentation and zone attributes clarify that zone thermostat Auto means follow the controller's whole-house Heating/Cooling mode; the direct physical-device climate entity still uses native GREE Auto.
• The simulator can be opened as a standalone new-tab view, switched to browser full-screen mode, and filtered by individual unit or climate group.
• Configuration backup/import, bootstrap/WebSocket state, SQLite schema and API documentation include groups.

Validation performed in this packaging environment:

• node --check web/app.js and node --check web/sw.js.
• Home Assistant Python modules compiled with python3 -m py_compile.
• English/Polish translation packs parsed and checked for key parity and static UI references.
• HTML IDs and translation references checked for duplicates/missing keys.
• INIT_SCHEMA executed against an empty SQLite database and the new climate_groups table verified.
• Rust compilation cannot be executed here because the environment does not contain cargo, rustc or rustfmt; the backend changes were statically reviewed and still require the normal LXC/CI cargo test --all-targets and cargo build --release gate before deployment.

0.6.7 dashboard hierarchy

• Reorganized the main dashboard into three levels: whole-house controls, climate-group controls, and secondary details.
• Global master power and whole-house climate mode/profile now share one panel instead of competing for separate dashboard space.
• Group controls remain directly below global control, use a compact horizontal strip, and omit duplicate mode/profile/member summary boxes on the dashboard while retaining full details on the Groups page.
• Control plan, quick thermostats and direct device controls remain available from the dashboard but are collapsed by default and can be expanded independently.
• Dashboard section badges show current group, zone and device counts.
• Mobile layout keeps global actions and expandable sections compact without removing any controls.
• PWA cache key advanced to gree-controller-v067-dashboard so the reorganized web assets replace cached v0.6.6 files after update.

0.6.8 compact dashboard without horizontal scrolling

• Removed the horizontally scrolling group strip from the main dashboard.
• Dashboard group cards now use a responsive wrapped grid and flow into additional rows.
• Group mode/profile controls use fixed grids on the dashboard, so they never require horizontal scrolling.
• Whole-house profile controls also wrap into a grid on narrow screens.
• Kept Control plan, Zones and Devices as collapsed disclosure panels.
• Reduced dashboard hero, metric, global-control, group-card and disclosure spacing for a denser layout without removing functionality.
• Advanced PWA cache key to gree-controller-v068-dashboard-wrap.

0.6.9 dashboard fit, compact summary and group-aware control plan

• Reworked dashboard Quick Thermostats so the target-temperature control occupies its own row and measured/device-target temperatures sit below it; labels no longer collide or clip in medium-width cards.
• Kept the quick-thermostat list as a wrapped responsive grid with no horizontal scrolling.
• Compressed the Home / Comfort under control summary into one short card; average temperature and small online/active/demand counters now share the same row instead of consuming a separate large hero plus metrics row.
• Reduced dashboard control-plan blocks to compact simulator-style cards.
• Added explicit climate-group cards to What happens next, combining member demand and upcoming member-zone events.
• Zone plan cards identify their climate group membership, and automation plan rows preserve group targets.
• Advanced the PWA cache key to gree-controller-v069-dashboard-fit.

0.7.0 UI cleanup and scheduler/automation integrity audit

• Removed directional arrow glyphs from Swing controls on dashboard and device cards.
• Removed the divider above the unit feature block and tightened desktop quick-mode/fan controls so all buttons fit without horizontal scrolling.
• Allowed the detailed zone quick-change hint to wrap naturally on desktop.
• Added an explicit Mode policy hint: keep Follow house mode when the zone should inherit the global GREE Controller mode; fixed Cooling/Heating are intentional overrides.
• Fixed the Always-comfort schedule template to represent a true 24-hour window without a one-minute gap.
• Added overlap detection for enabled schedules, including overnight windows, and deterministic handling for legacy overlapping rows.
• Fixed the Workday template Sunday-to-Monday handoff so Sunday Sleep ends at 06:30 before Monday Morning starts.
• Manual zone/profile overrides now expire at the actual next weekly schedule transition; if none exists, they remain active until explicitly cleared instead of expiring after an arbitrary fallback timeout.
• Editing/deleting/applying schedule templates refreshes the active manual-override boundary.
• Time automations are limited to one execution per local minute even with the minimum 30-second cooldown; failed actions now also observe cooldown to avoid retry/log storms.
• Temperature automations ignore stale readings from disabled/offline trigger devices.
• Direct-device automations cannot wake a unit blocked by a disabled climate group.
• Group power-on respects other disabled overlapping groups; group power-off remains authoritative.
• Automation creation/import validates target/trigger references, empty actions and unsupported group-action fields.
• Device/zone deletion now protects automation/group references and removes orphaned schedules. A physical device can be assigned to only one thermostat zone.
• Control-plan event timestamps are normalized to minute boundaries; time-event preview covers DST-length local days.
• Added Rust unit-test cases for overnight/full-day schedules, overlap detection, weekly boundary lookup, Workday weekend handoff and one-fire-per-minute time automations.

Rust compilation/tests still require a host with the Rust toolchain (cargo/rustc); this build environment does not provide it. Static frontend, JSON, Python/Home Assistant, archive and manifest validation are performed below.

Validation for the 0.7.0 package:

• node --check passed for web/app.js and web/sw.js.
• PL/EN JSON and Home Assistant manifest parsed successfully; PL/EN translation key sets are identical (578 keys each).
• Home Assistant Python modules passed python3 -m py_compile.
• web/index.html parsed with Python's HTML parser; CSS braces are balanced.
• No Swing arrow glyph remains in web controls, the device feature divider rule is removed, and the detailed-zone quick hint has an explicit wrapping rule.
• All built-in schedule templates were exercised against the weekly minute-mask model: no overlaps; Family/Child/Bedroom/Always cover the full week, and Workday's intentional uncovered period falls back to the normal Comfort profile.
• SQLite INIT_SCHEMA and device-delete orphan-schedule cleanup SQL were executed successfully against temporary in-memory databases.
• Rust source delimiter/static checks passed. Rust compile/test execution is unavailable here because no Rust toolchain is installed.