12/03/2026

• #10 Disable in-game buttons for incompatible emulators (ppsspp for now) (by @ooree23 )
• PR#8 Add Spanish translations (thanks to @MiguelAngelLV)
• PR#6 Update services.yaml to filter on Recalbox switch entities only (thanks to @MiguelAngelLV)
• PR#6 Add english services translations for Dev Tools (thanks to @MiguelAngelLV)
• Ignore case on Kodi console name to ensure its consistency between polling, script, and other methods (by @ooree23 )

13/02/2026

Polling mode workflow

• When pulling data from Recalbox via API (get_current_status), try to get the Recalbox version
  with its API (new function get_recalbox_version, using "api/versions")
• When pulling data from Recalbox, if getting game info fails, do not clean current games infos
• Clean game name in pulling mode : remove the "NNN " prefix number

Cleaning data

• As soon as 4 pings fail, clean current game/system attributes

Raspberry Pi 3 exceptions

• Split screenshot feature in two cases :
  • if the hardware contains "pi 3" (ignoring case), we consider it is a Raspberry Pi 3, failing API screenshot,
    so we use UDP first, and then API
  • if any other device, we first try API, and if it fails, we use UDP command.

Dev tools

• Fix integration services declaration (missed save_state, load_state, pause_resume_game declarations for dev tools)
• Remove hardcoded version from const.py, now uses the one parsed from manifest.json
• Update frontend __init__.py from KipK documentation

12/02/2026 - Stats available

• Re-add a specific game name entity, because when using the name as the picture title,
  it fails if the game ends with a number (Home Assistant tries to use it as a date).
  So now there are two sensors per Recalbox : picture, and game name
• Add current console entity (can be useful for statistics)
• In the Recalbox card, update the github link to go straight to the repo wiki, not the intro webpage
• Add advanced documentation on how to display statistics charts :
  • https://github.com/recalbox/RecalboxHomeAssistant/wiki/EN_Usage-on-Lovelace-Dashboard-Advanced
  • https://github.com/recalbox/RecalboxHomeAssistant/wiki/FR_Usage-on-Lovelace-Dashboard-Advanced

10/02/2026 - Status polling when no script on Recalbox

Added polling mode, that doesn't require Recalbox script installation anymore.

• Updating data/Ui cant take up to 30 seconds
• Turning OFF Recalbox can take up to 2 minutes

• Add a polling mode : if the user didn't install the script in Recalbox, he will not receive events in real time,
  but the ping each 30 sec will pull the Racalbox status and current game/system.
• Add image path generation HomeAssistant-side when in polling mode
• Add an image entity, showing current game picture and title.
  It can be displayed in a dashboard, and its state, containing the current game title, is saved in history.

HACS integration preparation

• #1 Implements and fixes HACS and hessfest validations on github
• Move "only_ip_v4" back to diagnistics, because when is config as a switch, we can select it in the Recalbox Card... Not convenient

First Recalbox version

First version after project migration to Recalbox repository

• Move Recalbox parameter entities to editable Configuration instead of Diagnostic section
• Update docs to new Recalbox repository !