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### Test Core integration changes in your production Home Assistant environment
If you made a change to a core integration and you want to test it in your production Home Assistant environment, copy the integration folder into `/config/custom_components`, add a version to the `manifest.json` (e.g. "version": "0.0.0"), and restart Home Assistant. Home Assistant will always prioritize integrations in `custom_components` over the core integration. Don't forget to remove it once you are done testing; otherwise, you will be stuck on that version.
To test a core integration change in your production Home Assistant environment:
1. Copy the integration folder into `/config/custom_components`.
2. Add a **version** field to `manifest.json` (for example, `"version": "0.0.0"`).
3. If the integration uses localized strings, copy `strings.json` into `translations/en.json` under the integration folder as described in [Custom integration localization](internationalization/custom_integration).
4. Restart Home Assistant.
Home Assistant will always prioritize integrations in `custom_components` over the core integration. Don't forget to remove it once you are done testing; otherwise, you will be stuck on that version.
### When adding a config flow to an integration, be aware of the frontend