[sveinse]

This PR is the release of (the long overdue) v0.8.8

@rhammen @steinmn please review the changelog text which will be the release message. Since you can't see the diff log yet, below is the full list of changes that will be listed on the release page. There is quite a bit of changes here, so I would be grateful if you have any comments or suggestions to the release text. Thanks!

🌻 What's Changed

• Update github actions versions to newest version to support Node.js 24 by @steinmn in Update github actions versions to newest version to support Node.js 24 #373
• Add LockMotorCurrents to CHARGER_EXCLUDES by @rhammen in Add LockMotorCurrents to CHARGER_EXCLUDES #380
• Add Hacs installations badge by @steinmn in Add Hacs installations badge #383
• More ruff and warning cleanup by @steinmn in More ruff and warning cleanup #356
• Update voltage labels in Swedish translation by @WaterInTheLake in Update voltage labels in Swedish translation #385
• Fix reportIncompatibleVariableOverride type errors in platform entities by @rhammen in Fix reportIncompatibleVariableOverride type errors in platform entities #387
• Fix ruff lint errors in api.py by @rhammen in Fix ruff lint errors in api.py #390
• Add offline unit tests for the Zaptec API client by @rhammen in Add offline unit tests for the Zaptec API client #391
• Use requirements.txt for ruff version in ci-pipeline by @steinmn in Use requirements.txt for ruff version in ci-pipeline #407
• Add readme-section on undocumented API calls by @steinmn in Add readme-section on undocumented API calls #409
• Retry transient server errors on setup (fixes Setting up Zaptec integration fails #392) by @rhammen in Retry transient server errors on setup (fixes #392) #393
• Increase redaction from polling calls and request-errors by @steinmn in Increase redaction from polling calls and request-errors #413
• Add AI policy derived from HA by @sveinse in Add AI policy derived from HA #408
• i18n: add German (de) translation by @rhammen in i18n: add German (de) translation #404
• i18n: add French (fr) translation by @rhammen in i18n: add French (fr) translation #405
• Relax over-strict validation models to fields api.py uses (fixes Review all validation models and make sure we don't require something we don't use. #359, Setup fails because ChargerFirmware requires fields no longer returned by the API #400) by @rhammen in Relax over-strict validation models to fields api.py uses (fixes #359, #400) #415
• Reconnect the live update stream after a transient failure by @rhammen in Reconnect the live update stream after a transient failure #418
• Clear session observations that Zaptec sends without a value by @rhammen in Clear session observations that Zaptec sends without a value #425
• Add sensors for who authorized a charging session by @rhammen in Add sensors for who authorized a charging session #431
• Poll when the stream signals a session boundary by @rhammen in Poll when the stream signals a session boundary #434
• Bump ruff to 0.16.9 by @rhammen in Bump ruff to 0.16.9 #440

[rhammen]

Thanks! Suggested replacement for the highlights section:

This is a maintenance release fixing a lot of minor issues. Main highlights are:

  * Fixed the recorder warning about the charger's state attributes exceeding 16 KB (#382, #421, #436).
    Heads-up: these state attributes are targeted to be removed entirely in 0.9.0 (#388).
  * More robust against Zaptec API and connection problems (#359, #392, #400, #417, #433).
  * Session details now update within seconds when a charging session starts or ends (#434).
  * Added sensors showing who authorized a charging session (#431).
  * Added German and French translations.

Plus in the paragraph below it:

• Mention the azure-servicebus bump to 7.15.0, since it's not in the generated list. (I tested 7.15.0 against a live stream: connect, reconnect after errors and shutdown all fine, no duplicate messages.)
• "we have update" → "we have updated", "Code quality have been" → "Code quality has been".

[steinmn]

Given https://github.com/custom-components/zaptec/actions/runs/39033100222/job/117397405725, this release also needs to be marked as a requirement for HA 2026.11+ (once #445 is included)

[sveinse]

I merged #445, but it still fails CI. I think the cause is hassfest that's not yet updated its dependencies.

[sveinse]

I think I'd also would like to start to inform about the future migration to https://github.com/ha-zaptec-community/ha-zaptec so that when we make the move, the information about it is already out there.