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Summary

Add an opt-in reduced reporting mode for AIR-1 measurements. When enabled, meaningful changes publish immediately while stable values publish at least once per hour. Existing reporting behavior remains the default.

Context

AIR-1 environmental sensors update frequently and can produce a significant share of Home Assistant recorder data. Most small fluctuations add little value, but important air quality changes should remain responsive.

Changes

• Add a disabled-by-default Reduce DB Reporting switch.
• Apply measurement-specific reporting deltas with an hourly heartbeat.
• Keep NOx and AQI unfiltered because their reporting volume is already low.
• Set decimal precision appropriate for each measurement.

Measurement Configuration

The table documents how each decimal setting and reporting delta was selected. Reporting deltas apply only when Reduce DB Reporting is enabled, while decimal settings apply regardless of the switch state.

Measurement	Decimal places	Why this precision	Reporting delta	Why this delta
Temperature	1	The specified repeatability is 0.1 °C, so additional digits would exceed repeatability.	0.2	Shows heating and cooling trends without reporting every 0.1 °C fluctuation.
Relative humidity	1	Tenths preserve 0.1% RH changes while omitting hundredths, which are far below the specified ±1% RH repeatability.	2	Captures ventilation and humidity events without reporting every 1% movement.
Atmospheric pressure	1	One decimal represents the 0.5 hPa reporting delta without displaying unused finer resolution.	0.5	Weather-related pressure changes are typically several hPa, so 0.5 hPa preserves the trend without reporting every minor variation.
PM1	1	The sensor reports values in 0.1 µg/m³ increments.	0.5	Preserves detail within low single-digit indoor PM levels without reporting every 0.1 µg/m³ fluctuation.
PM2.5	1	The sensor reports values in 0.1 µg/m³ increments.	0.5	Preserves detail within low single-digit indoor PM levels without reporting every 0.1 µg/m³ fluctuation.
PM4	1	The sensor reports values in 0.1 µg/m³ increments.	0.5	Preserves detail within low single-digit indoor PM levels without reporting every 0.1 µg/m³ fluctuation.
PM10	1	The sensor reports values in 0.1 µg/m³ increments.	0.5	Preserves detail within low single-digit indoor PM levels without reporting every 0.1 µg/m³ fluctuation.
PM 0.3 to 1 µm	1	Calculated from one-decimal PM measurements.	0.5	Uses the same threshold as its source PM measurements.
PM 1 to 2.5 µm	1	Calculated from one-decimal PM measurements.	0.5	Uses the same threshold as its source PM measurements.
PM 2.5 to 4 µm	1	Calculated from one-decimal PM measurements.	0.5	Uses the same threshold as its source PM measurements.
PM 4 to 10 µm	1	Calculated from one-decimal PM measurements.	0.5	Uses the same threshold as its source PM measurements.
VOC index	0	The VOC Index is interpreted in whole points.	5	Filters small index fluctuations while retaining detail in gradual VOC changes (index range: 1 to 500).
NowCast AQI	0	AQI is represented as a whole-number index.	None	In practical use, AQI changes infrequently enough that another reporting filter provides little reduction.
CO2	0	The sensor reports CO2 as integer ppm.	10	Filters single-digit fluctuations while preserving occupancy and ventilation changes, which typically span tens or hundreds of ppm.
Carbon monoxide	1	Tenths omit unsupported hundredths while still showing movement around the stated minimum detection level of 1 ppm.	1.0	The sensor has no specified concentration accuracy, so sub-ppm changes are not reliable enough to report separately.
NOx index	0	The NOx Index is interpreted in whole points.	None	The index already changes in whole-number increments, and those changes are infrequent in practice.
Nitrogen dioxide	2	Two decimals are required to represent the stated minimum detection level of 0.05 ppm.	0.05	Changes below 0.05 ppm are beneath the stated minimum detection level.
Hydrogen	1	One decimal matches the 0.1 ppm reporting delta and omits unsupported hundredths.	0.1	The calculated output starts around 1 ppm, so 0.1 ppm preserves changes within its low range without reporting finer movement.
Ethanol	1	One decimal omits unsupported hundredths from this qualitative calculated output.	0.5	The stated detection range starts at 10 ppm, so reporting changes smaller than 0.5 ppm would add detail well below the sensor's intended range.
Methane	0	The first nonzero calculated output is approximately 1000 ppm, so fractional ppm digits add no information.	100	Readings begin around 1000 ppm, so changes are reported in hundreds rather than implying tens-of-ppm precision.
Ammonia	1	One decimal matches the 0.1 ppm reporting delta and omits unsupported hundredths.	0.1	The stated detection range starts at 1 ppm, so 0.1 ppm retains one decimal of detail without reporting hundredths.

Closes #120

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• New Features
  • Added an optional setting to reduce database reporting for supported sensors. When enabled, readings are reported initially, when changes reach configured thresholds, or after the reporting interval.
  • Added configurable change thresholds and displayed decimal precision for sensor readings, including derived particulate-matter readings.
  • Reduced reporting is off by default, so existing reporting behavior remains unchanged unless enabled.
  • Updated the ESPHome firmware version to 26.10.27.1.

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Walkthrough

ESPHome sensor definitions now use configurable decimal precision and optional reduced reporting. When enabled, the filter reports initial values, values that meet configured change thresholds, or values after the heartbeat interval. The firmware version changes to 26.10.27.1.

Changes

Sensor Reporting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reporting controls and filter Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml, Integrations/ESPHome/reduce_filter.yaml	Adds reporting threshold and precision substitutions, a heartbeat setting, and a default-off Reduce DB Reporting switch. The filter passes all values when disabled. When enabled, it reports the first value, values meeting the configured delta, or values after the heartbeat interval.
Environmental and particulate sensor reporting Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml	Adds configurable precision and reduced-reporting filters to applicable CO₂, pressure, SEN5x, and derived particulate sensors. Sets configurable precision for NowCast AQI.
MICS4514 reporting filters Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml	Adds configurable precision and reduced-reporting filters for six gas sensors. The 60-second update interval remains unchanged.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

• ApolloAutomation/AIR-1#138: Changes sensor update intervals to 60 seconds as a different approach to reducing reported state changes.
• ApolloAutomation/AIR-1#135: Adds predicted sensors that read source sensor IDs changed by this PR.

Suggested labels: new-feature

Suggested reviewers: bunton33

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to f3148

With reduced reporting enabled, unavailable sensors can appear current, AQI can miss PM updates, and the air-quality LED can lag behind a threshold crossing. Resolve these behaviors before merging.

Architecture risk: Low · up to df360

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Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml: The firmware version changes to 26.10.3.1; substitutions are added for reduced-reporting heartbeat and per-sensor reporting deltas and decimal places.
• observed — Modified behavior in Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml: The existing OTA password, default firmware channel, and stable and beta manifest-base substitutions are retained; surrounding whitespace changes only.
• observed — Modified behavior in Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml: Whitespace around the existing OTA/sleep warning and prevent_deep_sleep() call changes; behavior is unchanged.
• observed — Modified behavior in Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml: The two globals’ initial values retain their zero value; their YAML quoting changes.

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Linked Issues check		Issue #120 names PM, temperature, humidity, VOC, and NOX sensors and requests a switch between fast and reduced reporting. The switch and shared filter reduce reporting for the other named sensors, bu…	Apply reduce_filter.yaml to SEN55 NOX with a suitable reporting delta and the existing hourly heartbeat. Keep the filter disabled when Reduce DB Reporting is off.

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The switch, shared filter, reporting thresholds, decimal precision, and sensor configuration changes support the reduced-reporting objective in issue #120. The firmware version update delivers the configuration change. Formatting changes do not add unrelated behavior. No demonstrated unrelated change is present.

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Issue #120 names PM, temperature, humidity, VOC, and NOX sensors and requests a switch between fast and reduced reporting. The switch and shared filter reduce reporting for the other named sensors, but SEN55 NOX has no reduce_filter.yaml include. Enabling Reduce DB Reporting therefore does not reduce NOX reports.

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Apply reduce_filter.yaml to SEN55 NOX with a suitable reporting delta and the existing hourly heartbeat. Keep the filter disabled when Reduce DB Reporting is off.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Report a transition to NAN when reduced reporting is enabled.

When reduce_db_reporting is on, this filter drops a NAN input if the last reported value was valid:

• abs(NAN - last_reported_value) >= delta is false.
• is_first_report is false.
• The value is only reported once heartbeat_due becomes true.

So a sensor that becomes unavailable keeps showing its last valid value in Home Assistant for up to one hour. sen5x publishes NAN for invalid readings. x - id(sen55_temperature_offset).state and x - id(sen55_humidity_offset).state pass that NAN through. The on-device consumers also keep the stale value. These are update_air_quality_led and the aqi inputs pm_2_5 / pm_10_0.

The recovery path already works. A valid value after NAN goes through is_first_report.

The same block is copied at every reduced-reporting filter. Apply the fix at each one:

• CO2: Lines 345-348
• DPS310 pressure and temperature: Lines 384-387 and 409-412
• SEN55 PM1.0, PM2.5, PM4, PM10: Lines 438-441, 464-467, 490-493, 516-519
• SEN55 temperature, humidity, VOC: Lines 543-546, 570-573, 596-599
• Derived PM sensors: Lines 655-658, 688-691, 721-724, 754-757
• MICS4514 gases: Lines 799-802, 825-828, 851-854, 877-880, 903-906, 929-932

The logic is copied in 20 places, so every future fix also needs 20 edits. One shared helper would remove this duplication. You could put it in an esphome: includes: header, for example bool should_report(float x, float &last, uint32_t &last_ms, float delta). Each lambda would then only choose its delta.

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[bharvey88]

Thanks for this, and for the table. It made the deltas easy to review, and the logic matches what MSR-2 already ships for Reduce DB Reporting.

One change: firmware PRs in our product repos go to beta, not main. Could you change the base branch to beta and rebase onto it? beta has moved ahead in Core.yaml, so expect a conflict or two, and the version bump will need to be newer than whatever beta is on when you rebase.

Once it's on beta we'll build it and take another look.

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One more thing while you're rebasing: the reporting filter is the same lambda pasted 20 times. Could you move it into one file and include it from each sensor? For example, put the lambda in Integrations/ESPHome/reduce_filter.yaml (using ${delta} for the threshold), then each sensor's filter becomes:

filters:
  - !include { file: reduce_filter.yaml, vars: { delta: "${pm_reporting_delta}" } }

Please use !include for this, not esphome: includes: with a C++ header. Adopted devices load Core.yaml as a remote package, and includes: looks for the header in the user's own config folder, so their builds would fail. !include looks next to Core.yaml, so it works.

[gdt]

Reading the table, the thresholds make sense. I question the drive to reduce precision to the specifications, as it's useful to look at the data to understand how much measurement noise there is. (Well, combination of measurement noise and process noise.) Sensors are often more useful than they claim; an example is the Si7021 temperature/humidity sensor, which hazy memory puts at 1C accuracy, but I have it reporting at the meaurement granularity of 0.01C. I can see features at very low deltas that are real, even if absolute cal is off.

This is all assuming that the precisions will be always, and the reporting frequency would be once/minute if this is not enabled, and on-demand/1hr if enabled.

This also raises the question of how often measurements are taken, even if filtered. That uses power, and causes heating, which will throw off self-heating calibration.

Thus I lean to either "measurements are simply every minute, and this avoids reporting if enabled", but if measurements need to be more often (because somebody explains why that actually makes sense to skeptical me) then there should be a "measurement frequency" that is just a number in seconds that is the interval for doing measurements.

[jpaju]

@bharvey88 Thanks for the review! Made the proposed changes, could have an another look?

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Report a transition to NAN when reduced reporting is enabled.

If x is NAN and last_reported_value is valid, no condition is true. The filter drops the NAN. Home Assistant and on-device consumers keep the stale value for up to one hour. A valid value after NAN still reports through is_first_report.

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Keep NowCast AQI independent of the PM reporting filters.

When reduce_db_reporting is on, this filter suppresses PM2.5 readings below the configured delta. The PM10 filter at Line 392 does the same. NowCast AQI uses both sensors at Lines 495-496, and ESPHome calculates AQI from their filtered state callbacks. AQI therefore stops updating on every measurement even though the PR excludes it from reduced reporting. Give AQI unfiltered PM inputs while retaining the filters on the PM entities. (api-docs-dev.esphome.io)

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Keep the air-quality LED responsive to raw CO₂ and VOC readings.

When reduced reporting is on, these filters also suppress the sensors’ on_value callbacks. For example, CO₂ can rise from 799 to 805 ppm without meeting the 10 ppm reporting delta. The LED then remains in its previous severity band until a later report, potentially for an hour. Trigger the LED update from on_raw_value, and use the raw CO₂ and VOC readings in update_air_quality_led. Keep the filters for Home Assistant reporting. (esphome.io)

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[jpaju]

Hey @bharvey88, could I get another review?

[TrevorSchirmer]

@jpaju Thanks for the updates! We'll throw it on an AIR-1 this week and test out. @Bunton33

[gdt]

I think I may have commented before, but the reduction in accuracy_decimals is much too aggressive. This is not just a "how many should be displayed by default" value, but also a "how should the value be truncated crossing the ESPhome/HA boundary". For example, pressure and 1 means that it will be rounded to 0.1 hPa. While the calibrated accuracy is worse than that, relative pressure changes over hour or day time scales can be measured much more precisely than 0.1 hPa.

I am currently using 2 (0.01 hPa) and my pressure readings are pretty smooth. Another sensor with 0.1 hPa resolution has obvious quantization.

The same argument likely applies to everything else. The key question is not "what is the accuracy" but "what is the resolution below which it makes no sense to record". if at a given resolution the changes over time appear to be signal, then it's useful. If they are noise, then it isn't. For temps, 0.01C is the right value. For %H, it's probably 0.01.

I object to merging this PR until these precision changes are removed, or each justified by someone who has looked at the data. The point is record the raw data, unless it's outright silly - not to throw away data because the spec doesn't guarantee it.

[gdt]

I should say I'm fine with the option to say "only report every 5min, or 10 min, and also right away if there is a big change". That's a choice to reduce data volume for some loss in accuracy, and it's reasonable for someone to make that choice.

@TrevorSchirmer When you test, it would be cool to use a JouleScope or similar or at least observe the change in heating. I care about temp more than bluetooth so I'm running a build without even the proxy. If this is sampling every minute and just not reporting unless it's every N minutes or a big change, that's likely to be slightly lower power on balance but not really different. Beyond that, I'm not sure.

[jpaju]

@gdt The values for accuracy decimals and reporting deltas can of course be discussed. Let's give the team some time to test with these values first and let's hear from them if they think they need to be changed 👍🏼

[gdt]

In order to "test", they'll need to be doing data science on the values logged in home assistant :-) The key point, that took me a long time to figure out, is that accuracy_decimals in esphome is not a hint to home assistant to set the initial precision for display. It controls rounding, and so eg. 1 for hPa means that the 0.01 hPa digit is lost forever. This is arguably a bug in esphome not to separate recording_precision and display_precision.

I've attached an image showing 2 AIR-1s recording at 0.001 hPa (brown/peach), a BME280 (purple) at 0.01 hPa, and 2 Aranet sensors with 0.1 hPa granularity. You can see that the DPS310 pressure and the BME280 are pretty smooth at the level 0.01 hPa. (The yellow data poinits are from a sensorin my pocket, so the excursions are also height changes.) I hope this helps as an example of the data I'm seeing.