Month of What the heck?! 2022 (#24287)

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-title: The month of 'What the Heck?!'
+title: The month of 'What the Heck?! (2020)'
 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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+title: The month of 'What the Heck?!' 2022
+description: "Ever felt that 'What the heck Home Assistant?!' moment? This month, we would like to learn about your 'what the heck?!' moments..."
+date: 2022-09-30 00:00:00
+date_formatted: "September 30, 2022"
+author: Franck Nijhof
+author_twitter: frenck
+categories: Announcements
+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>
+
+**TL;DR**: For all of October, we are opening up to report any issue,
+suggestion, or annoyance you have with Home Assistant [on the forums!][forum]
+
+## Welcome to the month of “What the heck?!” 2022! 🎉
+
+[Two years ago], we had the first month of "What the heck?!",
+and [it was great]! So, this year, for the entire month of October,
+we are doing it again!
+
+Home Assistant is growing fast, and the development pace is high! Every month's
+release almost feels like a birthday present, full of new features and
+improvements. But did everything turn out the way it should? Are there
+things missing? Could it be [streamlined] more? Or, worse, maybe something
+started annoying you?
+
+That is what this month is about!
+
+## Lowering the barrier for sharing WTH?! moments
+
+We realize reporting bugs on our [GitHub][github-issues] might be a steep hill
+and, for some, maybe even a bit scary (although you shouldn't be). You need a
+GitHub account, report an issue following issue templates and forms, and the
+report itself needs to be written in a way a developer can work with it.
+Above all, we use our issue tracker for tracking actual issues and bugs,
+not small feature requests or annoyances.
+
+While this is a common and reasonable process to collect, track, and process
+bugs, our issue tracking process might not be the ideal way to learn about
+your _"What the heck?!"_ moments, small tweaks, and improvements that can make
+us all enjoy Home Assistant even more.
+
+Today, we have opened up a [Community Forum category][forum] as a safe, lower
+barrier place to tell about your Home Assistant “What the heck?!” moments.
+More importantly: discuss and vote on topics your fellow home
+automators have brought up.
+
+## What are we looking for?
+
+Last week I've [sent out a Twitter message][tweet] asking:
+
+> Enlighten me 💡 The whole community would celebrate and be shedding happy
+> tears of joy if just this tiny little thing was added to Home Assistant...
+
+The goal of that question: finding those little additions, annoyances,
+inconsistencies, and more. Things that, if addressed, could make a
+big difference or provide a more streamlined experience, making Home Assistant
+even more enjoyable.
+
+I've got a whopping 200+ responses to that [tweet], and the truth is: Most
+of them are exactly what this month is about! I've picked a few of them to
+show you what I mean:
+
+- _Helper entity to add/sum multiple sensor values like multiple energy
+  metering sensors._
+  ([@NoahM_M](https://twitter.com/NoahM_M/status/1572216035452899331))
+- _More of an app thing maybe, but moving the top dashboards view menu to the
+  bottom when on the phone.
+  ([@teachingbirds](https://twitter.com/teachingbirds/status/1572105538288373761))_
+- _It be great if automations were aware that another process/interaction/human
+  had changed a setting. E.g., if I turn the lights back up, I don’t want the
+  auto-dimmer to continue auto-dimming.
+  “Abandon automation if the state is modified,” or something.
+  ([@jameswood](https://twitter.com/jameswood/status/1571973440567123968))_
+- _Being able to select (using the mouse) the time period I want from a graph
+  instead of manually selecting hours/days from the dropdown would be a great
+  improvement in my humble opinion!
+  ([@WouterSchoot](https://twitter.com/WouterSchoot/status/1572505967023226888))_
+- _Toggling two lights should put them all in the same state. So if 1 light is
+  on and 1 off, toggling them together should make them both on, then next
+  toggle turn both off.
+  ([@balloob](https://twitter.com/balloob/status/1572406925844946946))_
+- _Option to retain associated history when renaming entity id
+  ([@SadGamerGeek](https://twitter.com/SadGamerGeek/status/1571964442237337600))_
+
+These are great examples of the things we are looking for, the things we
+should share this month.
+
+We are looking forward to all the things that will be brought up!
+And are hoping it will be just as [successful as the previous edition][fixed].
+
+**[Join us on the forums!][forum]**, or read the **[FAQ](#faq)** below.
+
+<p class='img'>
+<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>
+So, when does Home Assistant trigger this moment for you?
+</p>
+
+## Hacktoberfest 2022
+
+This is not just the month of “What the heck?!”, it is also the month of
+"[Hacktoberfest]"! 🎉
+
+[Hacktoberfest] is a worldwide, month-long celebration of open source. An event
+open to everyone. Whether you’re a developer, student learning to code,
+documenter, or designer, you can help drive open-source projects,
+like Home Assistant.
+
+The idea is that open source projects will gather entry-level bugs,
+features, and small improvements that current or future contributors can pick
+up and address; The month of “What the heck?!”, is a great way to provide these!
+
+By participating in Hacktoberfest and by contributing four GitHub pull
+requests, you will complete the challenge and earn either a free t-shirt
+or have a tree planted.
+
+This year, just like previous years, Home Assistant is open to and welcomes
+participants of Hacktoberfest ❤️
+
+## FAQ
+
+- **_“I have multiple things! Should I put all my stuff in a single topic?!”_**
+
+  **No**, please create **multiple**, **smaller** topics. There is no limitation
+  on how many forums topics one can create for WTH. Each topic can be
+  voted on, picked up, and resolved. Having multiple things stacked in a single
+  forum topic makes resolving, discussing, and voting on them hard.
+
+- **_"Is everything reported going to be fixed/addressed?"_**
+
+  There is no guarantee that will happen. The goal is to lower the barrier to
+  report things for one month. Home Assistant mostly relies on contributors
+  to address or improve the project. However, we think collecting feedback
+  this way can tremendously help during [Hacktoberfest].
+
+- **_"I really want this new integration or add-on to be implemented, so I can
+  use my devices. Is this the right place for it?"_**
+
+  **No**, this event is **not** for requesting new add-ons or device/services
+  integrations. Please use the [“Feature Requests”][fr] forum category instead.
+
+- **_"My WTH topic is one of the top-voted ones, so it is going to be
+  fixed/addressed, right?"_**
+
+  This is **not** a contest. Voting will help with visibility and getting a
+  feeling of the impact the suggestion might have. However, it might be
+  difficult or too big to implement. Home Assistant mostly relies on
+  contributors to address or improve the project. A topic with lots of votes
+  is more likely to be noticed by a contributor, but it is not guaranteed
+  to be picked up.
+
+- **_"I’ve found a bug and am comfortable with GitHub. Where should I report my
+  issue now?"_**
+
+  If you are comfortable with using GitHub, please, by all means, [file an issue
+  report on GitHub][github-issues] instead.
+
+[fixed]: /blog/2020/09/19/summing-up-the-month-of-what-the-heck/#so-what-was-fixed
+[forum]: https://community.home-assistant.io/c/what-the-heck/56
+[fr]: https://community.home-assistant.io/c/feature-requests/13
+[github-issues]: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/new/choose
+[Hacktoberfest]: https://hacktoberfest.com/
+[streamlined]: /blog/2022/01/19/streamlining-experiences/
+[tweet]:https://twitter.com/Frenck/status/1571961147305218055
+[Two years ago]: /blog/2020/08/18/the-month-of-what-the-heck/
+[it was great]: /blog/2020/09/19/summing-up-the-month-of-what-the-heck/