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title: The month of 'What the Heck?!'
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title: The month of 'What the Heck?! (2020)'
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description: "Ever felt that 'What the heck Home Assistant?!' moment? This month, we would like to learn about your 'what the heck?!' moments..."
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date: 2020-08-18 00:00:00
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date_formatted: "August 18, 2020"
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title: The month of 'What the Heck?!' 2022
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description: "Ever felt that 'What the heck Home Assistant?!' moment? This month, we would like to learn about your 'what the heck?!' moments..."
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date: 2022-09-30 00:00:00
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date_formatted: "September 30, 2022"
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author: Franck Nijhof
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author_twitter: frenck
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categories: Announcements
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og_image: /images/blog/2022-09-30-the-month-of-what-the-heck/social.png
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<a href='https://community.home-assistant.io/c/what-the-heck/56'><img src='/images/blog/2022-09-30-the-month-of-what-the-heck/social.png' style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;'></a>
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**TL;DR**: For all of October, we are opening up to report any issue,
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suggestion, or annoyance you have with Home Assistant [on the forums!][forum]
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## Welcome to the month of “What the heck?!” 2022! 🎉
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[Two years ago], we had the first month of "What the heck?!",
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and [it was great]! So, this year, for the entire month of October,
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we are doing it again!
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Home Assistant is growing fast, and the development pace is high! Every month's
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release almost feels like a birthday present, full of new features and
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improvements. But did everything turn out the way it should? Are there
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things missing? Could it be [streamlined] more? Or, worse, maybe something
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started annoying you?
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That is what this month is about!
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## Lowering the barrier for sharing WTH?! moments
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We realize reporting bugs on our [GitHub][github-issues] might be a steep hill
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and, for some, maybe even a bit scary (although you shouldn't be). You need a
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GitHub account, report an issue following issue templates and forms, and the
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report itself needs to be written in a way a developer can work with it.
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Above all, we use our issue tracker for tracking actual issues and bugs,
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not small feature requests or annoyances.
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While this is a common and reasonable process to collect, track, and process
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bugs, our issue tracking process might not be the ideal way to learn about
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your _"What the heck?!"_ moments, small tweaks, and improvements that can make
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us all enjoy Home Assistant even more.
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Today, we have opened up a [Community Forum category][forum] as a safe, lower
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barrier place to tell about your Home Assistant “What the heck?!” moments.
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More importantly: discuss and vote on topics your fellow home
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automators have brought up.
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## What are we looking for?
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Last week I've [sent out a Twitter message][tweet] asking:
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> Enlighten me 💡 The whole community would celebrate and be shedding happy
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> tears of joy if just this tiny little thing was added to Home Assistant...
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The goal of that question: finding those little additions, annoyances,
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inconsistencies, and more. Things that, if addressed, could make a
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big difference or provide a more streamlined experience, making Home Assistant
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even more enjoyable.
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I've got a whopping 200+ responses to that [tweet], and the truth is: Most
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of them are exactly what this month is about! I've picked a few of them to
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show you what I mean:
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- _Helper entity to add/sum multiple sensor values like multiple energy
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metering sensors._
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([@NoahM_M](https://twitter.com/NoahM_M/status/1572216035452899331))
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- _More of an app thing maybe, but moving the top dashboards view menu to the
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bottom when on the phone.
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([@teachingbirds](https://twitter.com/teachingbirds/status/1572105538288373761))_
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- _It be great if automations were aware that another process/interaction/human
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had changed a setting. E.g., if I turn the lights back up, I don’t want the
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auto-dimmer to continue auto-dimming.
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“Abandon automation if the state is modified,” or something.
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([@jameswood](https://twitter.com/jameswood/status/1571973440567123968))_
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- _Being able to select (using the mouse) the time period I want from a graph
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instead of manually selecting hours/days from the dropdown would be a great
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improvement in my humble opinion!
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([@WouterSchoot](https://twitter.com/WouterSchoot/status/1572505967023226888))_
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- _Toggling two lights should put them all in the same state. So if 1 light is
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on and 1 off, toggling them together should make them both on, then next
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toggle turn both off.
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([@balloob](https://twitter.com/balloob/status/1572406925844946946))_
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- _Option to retain associated history when renaming entity id
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([@SadGamerGeek](https://twitter.com/SadGamerGeek/status/1571964442237337600))_
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These are great examples of the things we are looking for, the things we
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should share this month.
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We are looking forward to all the things that will be brought up!
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And are hoping it will be just as [successful as the previous edition][fixed].
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**[Join us on the forums!][forum]**, or read the **[FAQ](#faq)** below.
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<p class='img'>
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<img src='/images/blog/2020-08-18-the-month-of-what-the-heck/jackie-chan-what-the-heck.jpg' alt='Image of a person expressing a what the heck moment'></a>
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So, when does Home Assistant trigger this moment for you?
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</p>
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## Hacktoberfest 2022
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This is not just the month of “What the heck?!”, it is also the month of
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"[Hacktoberfest]"! 🎉
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[Hacktoberfest] is a worldwide, month-long celebration of open source. An event
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open to everyone. Whether you’re a developer, student learning to code,
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documenter, or designer, you can help drive open-source projects,
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like Home Assistant.
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The idea is that open source projects will gather entry-level bugs,
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features, and small improvements that current or future contributors can pick
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up and address; The month of “What the heck?!”, is a great way to provide these!
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By participating in Hacktoberfest and by contributing four GitHub pull
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requests, you will complete the challenge and earn either a free t-shirt
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or have a tree planted.
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This year, just like previous years, Home Assistant is open to and welcomes
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participants of Hacktoberfest ❤️
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## FAQ
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- **_“I have multiple things! Should I put all my stuff in a single topic?!”_**
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**No**, please create **multiple**, **smaller** topics. There is no limitation
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on how many forums topics one can create for WTH. Each topic can be
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voted on, picked up, and resolved. Having multiple things stacked in a single
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forum topic makes resolving, discussing, and voting on them hard.
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- **_"Is everything reported going to be fixed/addressed?"_**
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There is no guarantee that will happen. The goal is to lower the barrier to
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report things for one month. Home Assistant mostly relies on contributors
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to address or improve the project. However, we think collecting feedback
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this way can tremendously help during [Hacktoberfest].
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- **_"I really want this new integration or add-on to be implemented, so I can
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use my devices. Is this the right place for it?"_**
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**No**, this event is **not** for requesting new add-ons or device/services
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integrations. Please use the [“Feature Requests”][fr] forum category instead.
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- **_"My WTH topic is one of the top-voted ones, so it is going to be
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fixed/addressed, right?"_**
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This is **not** a contest. Voting will help with visibility and getting a
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feeling of the impact the suggestion might have. However, it might be
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difficult or too big to implement. Home Assistant mostly relies on
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contributors to address or improve the project. A topic with lots of votes
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is more likely to be noticed by a contributor, but it is not guaranteed
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to be picked up.
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- **_"I’ve found a bug and am comfortable with GitHub. Where should I report my
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issue now?"_**
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If you are comfortable with using GitHub, please, by all means, [file an issue
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report on GitHub][github-issues] instead.
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[fixed]: /blog/2020/09/19/summing-up-the-month-of-what-the-heck/#so-what-was-fixed
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[forum]: https://community.home-assistant.io/c/what-the-heck/56
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[fr]: https://community.home-assistant.io/c/feature-requests/13
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[github-issues]: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/new/choose
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[Hacktoberfest]: https://hacktoberfest.com/
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[streamlined]: /blog/2022/01/19/streamlining-experiences/
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[tweet]:https://twitter.com/Frenck/status/1571961147305218055
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[Two years ago]: /blog/2020/08/18/the-month-of-what-the-heck/
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[it was great]: /blog/2020/09/19/summing-up-the-month-of-what-the-heck/
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