VW Group Connect v5.2.0

Home Assistant integration for Audi · VW · Škoda · SEAT · CUPRA · Porsche · VW US/CA.

What changed / Was hat sich geändert

Added

• The closure and lock sensors now say when the car captured them — #1950 · thanks @Adcad1970
• The door, boot and bonnet locks now say when the car captured them — #1950 · thanks @Adcad1970

Changed

• Ready for Home Assistant 2026.11 before it reaches you — #1965
• A code comment called last_seen_at a delivery clock, which it is not (#1950, #1917) — #1950 #1917 · thanks @Adcad1970
• Code comments described the dataset-level capture time as a "~15-min" floor, which is not what it is — #1950 #1688 #465 #1195 · thanks @Adcad1970

Fixed

• The Charging Port sensor could fail to be created at all, with "Error adding entity" in the log instead of an unavailable sensor — #1739 · thanks @awood-ops
• A log line promised that a car refused by the legacy gateway would be retried after twelve hours, which for many setups never happens — #584 · thanks @Mjukes
• A repair card from a car you no longer own could keep your full VIN, and put it in the diagnostics file you attach to a public issue — #923 #1768 #1626 · thanks @skornehl

📖 The full account of all 8 changes is in the changelog: CHANGELOG.md → v5.2.0

Each line above is one paragraph there: what broke, how it was measured, and what was deliberately left alone. Written out in full on purpose — for anyone debugging the same thing, and so a summary of this release can be made from the reasoning rather than from the headline.

Die vollständige Fassung jedes Punkts steht im Changelog, verlinkt oben.

Full diff vs v5.1.3 / Kompletter Diff zu v5.1.3

Every commit, file and code change between the two versions:
Jeder Commit, jede Datei und jede Code-Änderung zwischen beiden Versionen:

➜ v5.1.3...v5.2.0

Recent releases / Letzte Releases

If you're upgrading from an older version, also read these notes:

Wenn du von einer älteren Version updatest, lies auch diese Release-Notes:

• v5.1.3 · 2026-10-28
• v5.1.2 · 2026-10-28
• v5.1.1 · 2026-10-21

Full history: CHANGELOG.md

Installation / Update

HACS users: the update notification appears automatically within ~6 hours of the release.

HACS-User: Der Update-Hinweis erscheint automatisch innerhalb von ~6 Stunden nach dem Release.

Manual install / Manuelle Installation:

1. Download vag_connect.zip from this release / vag_connect.zip aus diesem Release herunterladen
2. Unzip and copy custom_components/vag_connect/ to your HA config/custom_components/ folder, replacing any older copy / Entpacken und den Ordner custom_components/vag_connect/ in dein HA config/custom_components/ kopieren — alten Ordner ersetzen
3. Restart Home Assistant / Home Assistant neu starten

Supported brands / Unterstützte Marken

Volkswagen EU · Audi · Škoda · SEAT · CUPRA · Volkswagen US/CA (Beta) · Porsche (Beta)

Found a bug? / Bug gefunden?

Open an issue with the bug-report template: https://github.com/its-me-prash/vwgroup-connect-ha/issues/new/choose

Bug-Report-Template: https://github.com/its-me-prash/vwgroup-connect-ha/issues/new/choose

Please mask your VIN to the last 6 characters and remove email/tokens/GPS before posting.

Bitte VIN auf die letzten 6 Zeichen kürzen und Email/Tokens/GPS vor dem Posten entfernen.