v4.69.0

⚠️ Upcoming Deprecations:

• The next major version v5 of the Homebridge UI will:
  • Be compatible with Homebridge v1 and v2
  • Drop support for Node.js v18 and earlier, so please update to v20 or v22 - more info on updating
  • Drop support for Raspberry Pi devices running on the armv6 architecture (like the Pi 1 and Pi Zero) - please update your hardware
  • Drop support for instances using pnpm as the package manager - consider updating your Homebridge instance to use npm instead - more info on updating
• Note that these are not requirements for UI v4.69.0

⚠️ Plugin Config Validation

This version of Homebridge UI adds validation to plugin config screens. This does not apply to manual plugin configuration (with raw JSON).

• If your entered configuration is valid, then you will see a green tick by the save button.
• If your configuration is not valid, then you will see an orange warning triangle by the save button. You will still be allowed to save the configuration.
• A plugin can enforce strict validation:
  • For plugin developers: if you want to enforce a valid configuration, you can add "strictValidation": true as a root property to your config.schema.json file.
  • For users: if the plugin developer has enabled this setting and your configuration is invalid, then you will see a red warning triangle by the save button. You will not be allowed to save the configuration until it is valid.

If you have a plugin which can be configured multiple times, then an icon will be shown on each configuration block.

Plugin developers:

• Please do not rely on this validation and assume that a user's configuration will be valid: you should still validate the user's config on plugin startup
• Remember that some users do not use the UI at all, and other users may prefer to configure using raw JSON rather than config screens
• For custom UI screens, the validation icon will be hidden when the save button is disabled (using homebridge.disableSaveButton() from @homebridge/plugin-ui-utils)
• Please report any cases where the validation is not working as expected

UI Changes

• updates to the uk.json language file (#2312) (@xrust83)
• updates to the cs.json language file (#2332) (@DavidHuljak)
• fix typos in hb/ui settings schemas (#2317) (@dnicolson)
• fix margins in update plugin modal
• add plugin config validation functionality
• refactor status and child bridge widgets
  • the existing 'status' widget has been renamed to 'update info' widget
  • the existing 'child bridges' widget has been renamed to 'bridges' widget
  • the homebridge status (from the old status widget) is now shown as a bridge in the new bridges widget
  • node update information has been added to the new update info widget
    • a widget option has been added to hide node update information: this may be useful for docker/synology users
  • homebridge and ui version information has been moved from the footer to the new update info widget
• add 'homebridge name' setting to settings page
• migrate bootstrap from v4 to v5
• fix plugin config/bridge screens for certain plugins
• add lighting mode option for terminal and log widgets
  • only available when the UI is already in light mode
• fix long press on mobile devices
• control fan rotation direction from the ui

Other Changes

• improvements to GH actions and build processes (@NorthernMan54)

Homebridge Dependencies

• @homebridge/hap-client @ v2.0.5
• @homebridge/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch @ v0.11.14
• @homebridge/plugin-ui-utils @ v2.0.1