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Sensor in Home Assistant

sensor part of Home Assistant since 0.7

Quality: Internal

Sensor is an official Home Assistant integration for Sensor.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Setup
in configuration.yaml
Kind
Entity type
Quality scale
Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
Installations
116,911 (17.1 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Sensor
Maintained by
@home-assistant/core

Setup

  1. Nothing to install: this is part of Home Assistant and available as soon as it is running.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Automation Sensor Light ♥ 1,689 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Cover Control Automation (CCA) ♥ 785 · Import · Forum
  • Automation NSPanel Configuration ♥ 626 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Appliance Notifications & Actions ♥ 481 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Bathroom Humidity Exhaust Fan ♥ 389 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Smart Light ♥ 215 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

2 open issues and 8 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Sensor in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.2.0.

Open

  • open Reported problem #168394 since April 16, 2026 · 2 reactions · 8 comments · #168394
  • open Reported problem #133588 since December 19, 2024 · 0 reactions · 14 comments · #133588

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 13, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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