Third release candidate of the full controller. It fixes what came up watering with v2026.11.0-rc2, and shows a run while it is going. v2026.11.0-rc1 lists everything the candidates bring. If your garden depends on Smart Irrigation and you do not want surprises, stay on v2026.10.10.
Fixes
- A zone could be linked to its own valve entity, the
valve.smart_irrigation_<zone>added in rc1. Opening it opened the zone again, every 30 seconds, without end. The zone form no longer offers Smart Irrigation's own entities, saving such a link is refused, and a run never opens one (#1021). - A manual zone lost the duration you typed after its first run: the credit recalculated it from the water balance. It now keeps it (#1021).
- The main program's sensor read "idle" through a whole run. It now follows the run, and its name and states are translated (#1024).
- Texts of daily use (#1022):
- a manual zone said it "waters only when you ask", while every start waters it for its duration;
- durations were written five different ways, and now read the same everywhere ("2 min", "1 h 03 min");
- History fits a phone and gives the start in your language;
- a program reads "2 steps" instead of "2 step(s)".
- The thin line touching the two red buttons at the bottom of the Zones tab is gone (#1019).
New
The running watering is shown where you look (#1023). Until now only Watering › Planning said a run was going:
- Start shows the run under way: which zone is watering and how long is left;
- each zone shows that it is watering;
- the card shows the running program;
- a pause says what it holds and when it goes on.
This is the last new feature before the stable release: from here, only fixes for what the candidates bring up.
Thanks @johnnyh1975, who found all of this watering with rc2, and @Megalos for the patience on the red buttons.
Trying it
In HACS, turn on "Show beta versions" for Smart Irrigation, update, restart Home Assistant, and reload the browser so the panel is the new one. 3578 Python tests and 202 panel tests pass.