2021.7 release notes: Several updates

source/_posts/2021-07-07-release-20217.markdown

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ og_image: /images/blog/2021-07/social.png
 feedback: true
 ---
 
-<!--<a href='/integrations/#version/2021.7'><img src='/images/blog/2021-07/social.png' style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;'></a>-->
+<a href='/integrations/#version/2021.7'><img src='/images/blog/2021-07/social.png' style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;'></a>
 
 These are the beta release notes for Home Assistant Core 2021.7 (and is thus a
 work in progress).
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ Issues introduced in the beta are processed with priority.
 - [Breaking Changes](#breaking-changes)
 - [All changes](#all-changes)
 
-<!--<p class='img'>
-<img src='/images/blog/2021-07/themes.png' alt='Screenshot of a custom theme supporting both light & dark mode'>
-Screenshot of a custom theme supporting both light & dark mode.
-</p>-->
-
 ## New entity: Select
 
 This release we welcome the `select` entity to the Home Assistant family. The
@@ -66,10 +61,10 @@ This means integrations can now provide provide entities that give a choice.
 Either in the Lovelace UI, but also via automations using services,
 and via the Google Assistant.
 
-<!--<p class='img'>
-<img src='/images/blog/2021-07/themes.png' alt='Screenshot of a custom theme supporting both light & dark mode'>
-Screenshot of a custom theme supporting both light & dark mode.
-</p>-->
+<p class='img'>
+<img src='/images/blog/2021-07/select.png' alt='Screenshot of a select entity, providing a choice from a list of options'>
+Screenshot of a select entity, providing a choice from a list of options.
+</p>
 
 Some integrations started implementing the first select entities as of this
 release. MQTT & KNX made it available for use, WLED uses it to provide
@@ -92,9 +87,11 @@ automation:
       - platform: state
         id: "normal"
         entity_id: binary_sensor.gate
+        state: "on"
       - platform: state
         id: "forgotten"
         entity_id: binary_sensor.gate
+        state: "on"
         for:
           minutes: 10
     ...
@@ -142,7 +139,7 @@ automation:
     action:
       - service: notify.frenck_iphone
         data:
-          message: "Close the windows, it is warm outside!"
+          message: "Close all windows, it is warm outside!"
 ```
 
 The numeric state conditions supports the same.
@@ -154,8 +151,8 @@ added support for that already in a previous release.
 ## Working with dates in templates
 
 If you ever tried to work with dates in templates, you probably know that that
-is hard. And honestly, that will never go away, a time and timezones is a
-complex little beast.
+is hard. And honestly, that will never go away, times, dates and timezones are
+a complex little beasts.
 
 However, we realized that the hardest part of using date & times with templates,
 is actually converting the state of a sensor or text to an datetime. This
@@ -179,8 +176,8 @@ we recommend to use a specific version tag, however, that means
 you need to update the version tag each time we release a new patch version
 of Home Assistant.
 
-As of this release, we also provide a series version tag, that always
-points to the latest patch version of that release.
+Thanks to [@kmdm], as of this release, we also provide a series version tag
+that always points to the latest patch version of that release.
 
 ```shell
 docker pull ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:2021.7
@@ -246,7 +243,7 @@ We welcome the following new integrations this release:
 
 The following integration got support for a new platform:
 
-- [AVM FRITZ!Box Tools][fritz docs] now has switches available, added by [[@chemelli74]
+- [AVM FRITZ!Box Tools][fritz docs] now has switches available, added by [@chemelli74]
 - [Bosch SHC][bosch_shc docs] has now several sensors for their devices, added by [@tschamm]
 - [Groups][group docs] now support creating Media Player groups, added by [@definitio]
 - [Hyperion][hyperion docs] can now provide a camera feed with the live image, added by [@dermotduffy]
@@ -313,6 +310,11 @@ If you are using Home Assistant Container, Home Assistant OS or the Home Assista
 Supervised installation method, you will automatically get this update on upgrade
 and no additional interaction is needed.
 
+Please note, that Alpine 3.13 on an ARM devices running a 32-bits operating
+system (armhf/armv7), requires your Docker version to be at least 19.03.9
+(although, we recommend updating to an even higher version). Additionally,
+you need to have `libseccomp` 2.42 or newer.
+
 ([@pvizeli] - [#51628])
 
 {% enddetails %}
@@ -696,7 +698,7 @@ It's no longer possible to set attributes defined in the the base component
 via a configured `json_attributes_topic`.
 
 For example a light no longer accepts brightness via the `json_attribute_topic`.
-This was unintended and undocumented functionality that lead to expected
+This was unintended and undocumented functionality that lead to unexpected
 behavior.
 
 This change applies to all supported MQTT platforms.
@@ -761,6 +763,19 @@ We have merely listed this to be complete in our breaking changes report.
 
 {% enddetails %}
 
+{% details "Recorder" %}
+
+The underlying library that is used for the database connections, has been
+updated. This fixes a bug, that might be a breaking change for you.
+
+If you use an `@` in your database username or password, you will have to
+adjust your database connection string to use `%40` instead.
+
+Database connection strings are considered URLs, thus special charaters need
+to be encoded. `%40` is the URL encoded version of `@`.
+
+{% enddetails %}
+
 ## All changes
 
 {% details "Click to see all changes!" %}