[Possible early Bug]: in iOS 16 beta 4 thermostat creates a humidity accessory regardless of one being connected.

[houser42]

NRCHKB Plugin Version

1.4.3

Node JS Version

16.16.0

NPM Version

8.11.0

Node-RED Version

3.0.1

Operating System

Ubuntu 20.04

What happened?

When a thermostat is created a humidity accessory is created even if there is no humidity accessory in Node Red.

How to reproduce?

Create a thermometer in NR. publish the thermometer to HK.

Expected behavior:

There should be no humidity accessory in HK unless one is connected and programmed in NR

Additional comments?

I of course realize this might be a bug in iOS 16. But maybe a heads-up is useful in your flow regardless..
Maybe it simply needs new Characteristic Properties added?
Ah well. Will try to report back when iOS 16 goes live in September if it is still there.

Relevant log output

No response

[patrickharris]

I am also seeing this behaviour.

[crxporter]

Let's watch this one. I think your guess that it might need some characteristic property to explicitly say "there is no humidity sensor on this" - I could test on my dev iOS 16 setup later today and see if I can replicate then fiddle with some char. props...

[crxporter]

Alright - I've done some testing. I think this will go away with a future beta - especially if we report it to apple as feedback.

I've got 4 screenshots to share today. 2 will show official homekit thermostats (ecobee) and 2 will show nrchkb thermostats.

Ecobee:

NRCHKB:

Notably, the humidity sensor in the room with a nodered t-stat does not show "0%" but instead shows "--". It doesn't have any value to put there. Also note the official t-stats show humidity in the details while the nodered one does not.

I'll send this to apple shortly as feedback. You should do the same - so they don't miss it and we have to live with the problem forever...

[houser42]

Good work. Yes, will report to Apple also.

[djashjones]

I'm seeing this too now (also happens in HA). Apple is so buggy!

[caitken-com]

@houser42 is this resolved?

[houser42]

No, this issue persists. I am on iOS 17 public beta.

[Shaquu]

Any updates?

[houser42]

This issue is still there. It is not a biggie but it is there,