From e77fb6071a9a432f245d21a1e427f2b544409d97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:13:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Home Assistant: warn when deprecated 'token' parameter is
 used (#31876)

---
 util/homeassistant/config.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/util/homeassistant/config.go b/util/homeassistant/config.go
index 77d7bcb98..1e4d5fa84 100644
--- a/util/homeassistant/config.go
+++ b/util/homeassistant/config.go
@@ -13,5 +13,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // NewConnection creates a Home Assistant connection from the config
 func (c Config) NewConnection(log *util.Logger) (*Connection, error) {
+	if c.Token_ != "" {
+		log.WARN.Println("using deprecated 'token' parameter, it is no longer used for authentication - please authorize the Home Assistant instance via the web UI instead")
+	}
+
 	return NewConnection(log, c.URI, c.Home_, c.Insecure)
 }