Sensors
Last Changed Keeper
hiSweid/last_changed_keeper · vv0.9.16
HACSCalculated
Restore the real native last_changed of entities after a Home Assistant restart, directly on the entity, no extra sensors.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
sensor | Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…) | |
button | Button (as a switch) |
How it connects
Calculated
Works out its values from other data rather than talking to a device.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 62 (0.01%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 29 |
| Latest version | v0.9.16 (2026-10-01) |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @hiSweid |
| License | MIT |
Limitations from the README
- Requires the recorder integration, nothing to install, it ships with Home Assistant and is on by default unless you've explicitly removed it; setup fails without it.
- A brand-new entity (never seen by this integration before) is only picked
- If a value changed while Home Assistant was off, the timestamp restored at
- The bulk recorder lookback is 30 days; entities untouched for longer than
- The incremental store write is debounced (coalesced up to
- The lasttriggered` patch is a best-effort attribute correction on the
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
Sources
- Documentation: https://github.com/hiSweid/last_changed_keeper
- Source code: https://github.com/hiSweid/last_changed_keeper
- Issues: https://github.com/hiSweid/last_changed_keeper/issues
- HACS: https://hacs.xyz
