Breaking changes

• Home Assistant 2024.1 or later is now required #1444
• Light brightness now uses the full range in Home Assistant even when the range in Tuya is limited, this can lead to big differences for a given brightness value, especially toward the lower end of the scale for bulbs only supporting dimming down to 10%. #1444
• Both fan speed and light brightness can have small discrepencies in reported values due to the scaling change. #1444
• Support for Tadiran air conditioners has been removed. The company manufacturing these devices was spun out from an Israeli Military contractor and still maintains connections at board level. If you are using one of these devices you may wish to avoid upgrading until you find a more ethically sourced replacement.

I acknowledge that some users may be upset by this decision, but the
decision is final so it will not help to argue against it. In
particular abusive comments in discussions will not be tolerated.

New devices

• Moes IR/RF remote controls (IR support only for now) #929
• Wärme electric heater #1606 #1623
• Meterk single phase clamp meter #1575
• Tesla Smart XL dehumidifier #1600
• Leo's Loo Too cat litter box #1577
• Comon 8 function string lights #1630
• Mirabella Genio Pixel oval ceiling light #1538
• 1 channel dimmer module #1611
• Timeguard WFPIR motion light controller #1590
• Keyun RGB chandelier fan #1628
• Dual channel dimmer module #1649
• Holman WX8 irrigation controller #1566, #1650
• Dynasty BTX fireplace #1646
• Kesser 3000W infrared heater #1651
• Kesser 400W infrared wall heater #1651
• Graywind window shades #1656
• Kerui JS-P162 300W camera #1525
• Kerui 200W camera #1526
• Herschel infrared heater #1659
• Kabum Smart 700 vacuum 2023 model #1662
• SmartCurtain curtain motor #1627
• EPT tank level sensor #1653
• Tongou QCB2 single phase circuit breaker energy meter #1657

Improvements to existing devices

• ZN373186 temp/humidity: relax requirement for battery sensor to improve detection #1636
• Caldo Up T: separate out auto from hvac_mode as the device seems to reject combining two dps #1286
• Dual clamp meter: support use with a single clamp #1604
• BHT-002 GALW: support GBLW also #1593
• SmartplugV2 EnergyV2: expand to optionally support all Moes smartplug features #1409
• QS C01 curtain: support zigbee version also #1634
• NAC air purifier: improve device detection #1654
• BSTUOKEY access keypad: improve device detection #1152

General improvements

• fan: Use new (in HA 2024.1) scaling functions for fan speed #1444
• light: Use new scaling functions for brightness #1444

Development improvements

• light/fan configs: no longer require scale to be specified for fan
  speed or light brightness as scaling is automatic #1444
• CI now run with Python 3.12 to stay in sync with Home Assistant