Remove context_recent_time property from entity base class (#105652)

homeassistant/components/mqtt/mixins.py

@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ CONF_JSON_ATTRS_TEMPLATE = "json_attributes_template"
 MQTT_ATTRIBUTES_BLOCKED = {
     "assumed_state",
     "available",
-    "context_recent_time",
     "device_class",
     "device_info",
     "entity_category",

homeassistant/helpers/entity.py

@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ FLOAT_PRECISION = abs(int(math.floor(math.log10(abs(sys.float_info.epsilon)))))
 # How many times per hour we allow capabilities to be updated before logging a warning
 CAPABILITIES_UPDATE_LIMIT = 100
 
+CONTEXT_RECENT_TIME = timedelta(seconds=5)  # Time that a context is considered recent
+
 
 @callback
 def async_setup(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
@@ -340,7 +342,6 @@ class Entity(ABC):
     _attr_attribution: str | None = None
     _attr_available: bool = True
     _attr_capability_attributes: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None
-    _attr_context_recent_time: timedelta = timedelta(seconds=5)
     _attr_device_class: str | None
     _attr_device_info: DeviceInfo | None = None
     _attr_entity_category: EntityCategory | None
@@ -627,11 +628,6 @@ class Entity(ABC):
         """Flag supported features."""
         return self._attr_supported_features
 
-    @property
-    def context_recent_time(self) -> timedelta:
-        """Time that a context is considered recent."""
-        return self._attr_context_recent_time
-
     @property
     def entity_registry_enabled_default(self) -> bool:
         """Return if the entity should be enabled when first added.
@@ -942,7 +938,7 @@ class Entity(ABC):
         if (
             self._context_set is not None
             and hass.loop.time() - self._context_set
-            > self.context_recent_time.total_seconds()
+            > CONTEXT_RECENT_TIME.total_seconds()
         ):
             self._context = None
             self._context_set = None

pylint/plugins/hass_enforce_type_hints.py

@@ -631,10 +631,6 @@ _ENTITY_MATCH: list[TypeHintMatch] = [
         function_name="supported_features",
         return_type=["int", None],
     ),
-    TypeHintMatch(
-        function_name="context_recent_time",
-        return_type="timedelta",
-    ),
     TypeHintMatch(
         function_name="entity_registry_enabled_default",
         return_type="bool",

tests/helpers/test_entity.py

@@ -664,10 +664,9 @@ async def test_set_context_expired(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     """Test setting context."""
     context = Context()
 
-    with patch.object(
-        entity.Entity, "context_recent_time", new_callable=PropertyMock
-    ) as recent:
-        recent.return_value = timedelta(seconds=-5)
+    with patch(
+        "homeassistant.helpers.entity.CONTEXT_RECENT_TIME", timedelta(seconds=-5)
+    ):
         ent = entity.Entity()
         ent.hass = hass
         ent.entity_id = "hello.world"