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shy lake Mar 14, 2026, 5:37 PM

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Passwords shouldn't be in the state machine.

hollow jay Mar 14, 2026, 5:39 PM

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I believe it was more like a "these are the keys" options + option to create a new temporary key

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So not the direct password

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In any case, still not nice

shy lake Mar 14, 2026, 5:46 PM

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They call it password and it's decrypted in the state machine.

hollow jay Mar 14, 2026, 6:09 PM

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Oh you're correct, didn't have the code top of mind

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But yea, it's an awkward entity now among other things, mind giving it a push in a direction that could work?

shy lake Mar 15, 2026, 6:53 PM

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I think it's similar to the lock credential handling we have in Matter and Z-Wave. There we have added custom service actions. I'd propose to do the same here, unless there is something I'm missing, that makes that bad.

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The credentials are never stored in Home Assistant in Matter and Z-Wave.

#Switchbot opened a PR to kinda abuse the