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getting a lot of MQTT errors in HA logs...

eg.

2024-01-25 03:15:29.082 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt.mixins] MQTT entity name starts with the device name in your config {'icon': 'mdi:window-maximize', 'unique_id': '9437ba0c-a2df-4f1a-9761-76ee4169028b', 'object_id': 'BRYAN-PC_activewindow', 'availability_topic': 'homeassistant/sensor/BRYAN-PC/availability', 'device': {'identifiers': ['hass.agent-BRYAN-PC'], 'manufacturer': 'HASS.Agent Team', 'model': 'Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0', 'name': 'BRYAN-PC', 'sw_version': '2.0.1', 'connections': []}, 'name': 'BRYAN-PC_activewindow', 'state_topic': 'homeassistant/sensor/BRYAN-PC/BRYAN-PC_activewindow/state', 'force_update': False, 'enabled_by_default': True, 'availability_mode': 'latest', 'payload_not_available': 'offline', 'payload_available': 'online', 'qos': 0, 'encoding': 'utf-8'}, this is not expected. Please correct your configuration. The device name prefix will be stripped off the entity name and becomes '_activewindow'

2024-01-25 03:15:29.082 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt.mixins] MQTT entity name starts with the device name in your config {'icon': 'mdi:window-maximize', 'unique_id': '9437ba0c-a2df-4f1a-9761-76ee4169028b', 'object_id': 'BRYAN-PC_activewindow', 'availability_topic': 'homeassistant/sensor/BRYAN-PC/availability', 'device': {'identifiers': ['hass.agent-BRYAN-PC'], 'manufacturer': 'HASS.Agent Team', 'model': 'Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0', 'name': 'BRYAN-PC', 'sw_version': '2.0.1', 'connections': []}, 'name': 'BRYAN-PC_activewindow', 'state_topic': 'homeassistant/sensor/BRYAN-PC/BRYAN-PC_activewindow/state', 'force_update': False, 'enabled_by_default': True, 'availability_mode': 'latest', 'payload_not_available': 'offline', 'payload_available': 'online', 'qos': 0, 'encoding': 'utf-8'}, this is not expected. Please correct your configuration. The device name prefix will be stripped off the entity name and becomes '_activewindow'

this is just one of many. literally every sensor or command has this same error message attached to it in the logs. I was able to find a post on the community site that references this. Hopefully this information posted helps, thanks for keeping this going!

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/psa-mqtt-name-changes-in-2023-8/598099

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PSA: MQTT Name changes in 2023.8

Everyone, there will be MQTT name changes in the next release of the software. There is nothing to worry about, your names are safe. However the change caused addons like Z2M (and other MQTT integrations) to update their discovery information. As it stands, Z2M will not be able to release a version with this fix until September 2023. During ...

Solution

Cjheck out the server guide for a help page on this.

Also available here: #entity-names

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getting a lot of MQTT errors in HA logs...

eg.

2024-01-25 03:15:29.082 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt.mixins] MQTT entity name starts with the device name in your config {'icon': 'mdi:window-maximize', 'unique_id': '9437ba0c-a2df-4f1a-9761-76ee4169028b', 'object_id': 'BRYAN-PC_activewindow', 'availability_topic': 'homeassistant/sensor/BRYAN-PC/availability', 'device': {'identifiers': ['hass.agent-BRYAN-PC'], 'manufacturer': 'HASS.Agent Team', 'model': 'Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0', 'name': 'BRYAN-PC', 'sw_version': '2.0.1', 'connections': []}, 'name': 'BRYAN-PC_activewindow', 'state_topic': 'homeassistant/sensor/BRYAN-PC/BRYAN-PC_activewindow/state', 'force_update': False, 'enabled_by_default': True, 'availability_mode': 'latest', 'payload_not_available': 'offline', 'payload_available': 'online', 'qos': 0, 'encoding': 'utf-8'}, this is not expected. Please correct your configuration. The device name prefix will be stripped off the entity name and becomes '_activewindow'

2024-01-25 03:15:29.082 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt.mixins] MQTT entity name starts with the device name in your config {'icon': 'mdi:window-maximize', 'unique_id': '9437ba0c-a2df-4f1a-9761-76ee4169028b', 'object_id': 'BRYAN-PC_activewindow', 'availability_topic': 'homeassistant/sensor/BRYAN-PC/availability', 'device': {'identifiers': ['hass.agent-BRYAN-PC'], 'manufacturer': 'HASS.Agent Team', 'model': 'Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0', 'name': 'BRYAN-PC', 'sw_version': '2.0.1', 'connections': []}, 'name': 'BRYAN-PC_activewindow', 'state_topic': 'homeassistant/sensor/BRYAN-PC/BRYAN-PC_activewindow/state', 'force_update': False, 'enabled_by_default': True, 'availability_mode': 'latest', 'payload_not_available': 'offline', 'payload_available': 'online', 'qos': 0, 'encoding': 'utf-8'}, this is not expected. Please correct your configuration. The device name prefix will be stripped off the entity name and becomes '_activewindow'

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PSA: MQTT Name changes in 2023.8

Solution

Cjheck out the server guide for a help page on this.

Also available here: #entity-names

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