Pre-releases
How to opt in to Selora AI pre-release builds through the Home Assistant Marketplace pre-release switch entity, and how to go back to stable releases.
Selora AI ships stable releases through the Home Assistant Marketplace. Between those, we sometimes publish pre-releases (betas) on GitHub: technology previews of unfinished features, or targeted builds containing a bug fix we want confirmed before it goes out to everyone.
By default, the Home Assistant Marketplace ignores pre-releases entirely: your Selora AI update entity only ever offers the latest stable version. Opting in is a per-integration switch you turn on yourself, and you can turn it back off at any time.
How it works
The Home Assistant Marketplace creates two entities for every project it installs, including Selora AI:
| Entity | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Update | update | Reports the latest available version and installs updates. |
| Pre-release | switch | Controls whether pre-releases count as “latest”. |
When the Pre-release switch is off (the default), the Home Assistant Marketplace only looks at stable
releases. When it is on, it also considers pre-releases when deciding what the
latest version is. Pre-release tags carry a -pre.N suffix, so if Selora AI has
published v0.14.0 and v0.14.1-pre.6, the update entity offers v0.14.0 with the
switch off, and v0.14.1-pre.6 with it on.
The switch does not install anything by itself. It only changes what the update entity considers available. You still trigger the install from the update entity.
Enable pre-releases for Selora AI
- Go to Settings → Devices & Services → Entities.
- Open Filters, expand the Status section, and select Disabled. The Home Assistant Marketplace creates the pre-release switch disabled, and the entity list hides disabled entities by default, so it stays invisible until you clear that filter.
- Search for
Selora AI. You should see two entities from the Home Assistant Marketplace integration on the Selora AI device: Pre-release and Update. - Click the Pre-release entity, open its settings (the gear icon), and set Enabled to on. Confirm the restart prompt if Home Assistant asks for one.
- Once the entity is enabled, turn the Pre-release switch on.
- Open the Update entity for Selora AI. It now shows the newest pre-release as the available version. Click Install.
- Restart Home Assistant when the download finishes.
You can confirm which version you are running under Settings → Devices & Services → Selora AI, or on the Selora AI page under Settings → Marketplace.
Going back to stable
Turning the Pre-release switch off stops the Home Assistant Marketplace from offering further pre-releases, but it does not remove the pre-release you already installed. Home Assistant update entities do not downgrade, so you have to reinstall the stable version explicitly:
- Turn the Pre-release switch off.
- Go to Settings → Marketplace and open Selora AI.
- From the three-dot menu, choose Install another version.
- Pick the latest stable version from the version list and confirm.
- Restart Home Assistant.
Reporting problems
If you are testing a pre-release, telling us what you saw is the whole point. When
reporting, include the exact version number (for example v0.14.1-pre.6), what you expected,
what happened instead, and the relevant lines from Settings → System → Logs.
Open an issue on the ha-selora-ai issue tracker, or reach us through the Selora Homes support portal.
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