esphome / esphome/feature-requests

Provide a REST endpoint to prompt Home Assistant immediate connection to a device

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Description

**Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like**
When using deep sleep devices, on wake up the device must wait for the Home Assistant integration to reconnect to ESPHome which can lead to a fair bit of delay.

If the ESPHome integration presented an invokeable action in Home Assistant that would trigger an immediate connection to a specific ESPHome devices, then devices which have just woken up would be able to request an immediate reconnection from the API.

**Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:**
Using deep sleep capable devices without needing an MQTT integration to achieve prompt runtimes.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the ESPHome integration's existing Home Assistant actions and connection handling. Determine how a REST endpoint could target a specific device and trigger an immediate reconnection, then identify the relevant tests and define completion as a callable action that reconnects the requested device promptly.

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Assessment

Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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