🚀 Virtual v0.10.0-beta.1 — Beta Stabilization & Linked Entity Fixes

⚠️ Beta Release & Community Testing Notice

Virtual v0.10 has entered beta!

If you encounter any bugs, regressions, or configuration issues, please open a GitHub issue.

(Legacy v0.9 documentation is archived in docs/README_v9.md).

🌟 What's New in v0.10.0-beta.1

1. Linked Entity Candidate Resolution Fix

• Fixed an issue in _resolve_switch_id and _resolve_sensor_id where referencing a parent device as a linked switch or power sensor generated a duplicated slug candidate (e.g. switch.<device>_<device>) before entities finished registering during startup.
• Sibling entity lookups now cleanly check if dev_slug != slug before inserting compound prefixes, allowing direct binding to primary entities like switch.living_room_tv_outlet.

2. Standardized Appliance Configurations

• Modernized examples/virtual-sonoff.yaml so that appliance outlet devices cleanly use concise sub-entity names (name: Power and name: Energy with linked_power: "Power").
• Updated examples/virtual-solark.yaml to reference the standardized power sensor entity IDs in its linked_loads.

3. Virtual Siren Platform (siren)

• Added full virtual siren platform support (VirtualSiren), expanding hass-virtual to 18 Home Assistant entity platforms.
• Operational Modes:
  • Manual Control (duration: 0 or omitted): Turns on and stays on indefinitely until explicitly turned off via siren.turn_off.
  • Automatic Timed Auto-Off (duration: N > 0): Automatically shuts off after N seconds when triggered via UI toggle or siren.turn_on.
  • Dynamic Duration Overrides: Respects one-off durations when invoked via siren.turn_on(duration=X).
• Tone & Volume Features: Dynamically supports SirenEntityFeature.TONES when available_tones are provided, and SirenEntityFeature.VOLUME_SET when support_volume_set: true.
• Virtual Device Editor Integration: Fully integrated into the web UI builder with form controls, feature toggles, and a "Security Siren" template.

4. Climate Native Property Migration

• Migrated deprecated Home Assistant temperature attributes in VirtualClimate (_attr_temperature_unit, _attr_target_temperature, _attr_current_temperature) to modern native properties (_attr_native_temperature_unit, _attr_native_target_temperature, _attr_native_current_temperature), eliminating core deprecation warnings.

5. Transition to Beta

• Virtual v0.10 core architecture (18 platforms, ADR-0007 entity naming model, simulation engines, and async persistence) is now feature-frozen and entering beta stabilization.