Health Monitoring: Integrations & Devices

Summary

Monitor the health of integrations and devices in Home Assistant installations to proactively detect and report issues before customers are affected.

Value

• Proactive Issue Detection: Raise errors and warnings before customers report problems, reducing support burden.
• Operational Visibility: Gain visibility into integration and device health across deployments.

Scope

• Health monitoring for Home Assistant integrations and devices.
• Proactive error detection and alerting.
• Technical approach is TBD—may be implemented as a Home Assistant integration or a Selora add-on.

Dependencies

• Selora Foundation Infrastructure (Epic #7): For alerting, data storage, and fleet-wide visibility.

Use Cases

1. Proactive Error Detection: Monitor integrations and devices continuously to identify and raise errors before customers notice.

Technical Considerations

• The technical implementation is still under exploration. Options include:
  • A Home Assistant integration that monitors system health.
  • A Selora add-on with health monitoring capabilities.
  • A combination of both approaches.
• Need to define health metrics and thresholds for different integrations and device types.
• Integration with existing alerting and notification mechanisms.
• Performance impact on Home Assistant instances must be minimal.

Open Questions

• What specific health metrics should be tracked for integrations and devices?
• What is the performance impact of continuous monitoring on Home Assistant instances?
• How should alerts be delivered to administrators and support teams?
• Should health monitoring be opt-in or enabled by default for all deployments?

Related

• Infrastructure (Epic #7): GitLab epic #7