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 | Workflow | Since 2026-07-22: minor changes go to branch **`dev`** (build + smokes → deploy home → commit → push, NO release); releases are batched on the owner's command (merge dev→main, one tag, one release with a summary changelog, CI checked on dev beforehand) |
 | GitHub | https://github.com/Matysh/houseplan-card — **`main` carries every published release, the latest tag is the current version above**; `dev` is where work lands and is merged into `main` at release time (so `dev` is normally equal to or ahead of `main`, never behind). Push via SSH key `ha_jb` (remote git@github.com:…); API releases via the fine-grained PAT in `~/.git-credentials` (Contents R/W, issued 2026-07-23) |
 | CI | validate.yml (hacs + hassfest + frontend + backend) green; release.yml attaches the bundle on release publish |
-| HACS | Custom repository works. **Inclusion PR: hacs/default#9004** — open, valid, labeled; ~864 older open PRs but merge rate ≈180/mo; realistic ETA 1–3 months (checked 2026-07-24) |
+| HACS | Custom repository works. **Inclusion PR: hacs/default#9004** — open, valid, labeled, mergeable clean, never drafted. Queue: 1212 open, 835 older than ours. Merge rate COLLAPSED: 75 in July but almost all in the first decade, 0 in the last week (checked 2026-07-29) — maintainers process in rare bursts; ETA unknowable, months at best. Nothing actionable on our side |
 | Home instance | ha.jbstudio.pro (SSH port **22222**, key `ha_jb`; HA config root is `/mnt/data/supervisor/homeassistant` — `/config` does NOT exist in this SSH environment), deployed **v1.52.2** via direct copy (HACS custom repo also installed) |
 | Localization | UI en/ru (src/i18n/*.json), everything user-visible localized incl. kiosk popover |
 | Tests | Four layers: frontend unit (`npm test`, node:test over `test-build/`), pure backend (`pytest tests_backend`, runs anywhere), HA-harness backend (same folder, CI only — needs py3.13 + pytest-homeassistant-custom-component), and browser smokes (`demo/smoke_*.mjs`, headless chromium). **Counts are not written down here** — they went stale within two releases while the version line beside them was kept current, which reads as less coverage than exists (review R5-2). Run `npm run inventory` for the current numbers, or read them off the last CI run |