@homebridge-plugins/homebridge-meross 10.16.3 → 10.16.5

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 
 All notable changes to `@homebridge-plugins/homebridge-meross` will be documented in this file.
 
+## v10.16.5 (2026-07-18)
+
+### Changed
+
+- chore: remove the looking-for-maintainers message
+- chore(github): update the setup-node action to v7
+- chore(deps): dependency updates
+
+## v10.16.4 (2026-07-14)
+
+### Changed
+
+- fix: never pass external accessories to the homebridge cache so saving no longer fails (#792)
+
 ## v10.16.3 (2026-07-13)
 
 ### Changed

package/README.md

@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ Homebridge plugin to integrate Meross devices into HomeKit
   - supports configuring devices for local-only control without your Meross credentials
   - can ignore any HomeKit-native devices you have using the configuration
 
-> I'm looking for some lovely people to help maintain this plugin, please get in touch on GitHub or Discord if you'd like to help out 😄
-
 ### Prerequisites
 
 - To use this plugin, you will need to already have:

package/lib/platform.js

@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ export default class {
       })
 
       // Setup successful
-      this.log('%s. %s', platformLang.complete, platformLang.welcome)
+      this.log('%s.', platformLang.complete)
     } catch (err) {
       // Catch any errors during setup
       const eText = parseError(err, [platformLang.noCredentials])
@@ -1092,6 +1092,12 @@ export default class {
         )
         .setCharacteristic(this.api.hap.Characteristic.Identify, true)
 
+      // Mark the accessory as external so it is never passed to
+      // updatePlatformAccessories, since Homebridge 2 adds any accessory passed
+      // there to its cached list, and an external accessory has no associated
+      // platform so every cache save then fails to serialize it (#792)
+      accessory.context.isExternal = true
+
       // Register the accessory
       this.api.publishExternalAccessories(plugin.name, [accessory])
       this.log('[%s] %s.', device.devName, platformLang.devAdd)
@@ -1122,7 +1128,7 @@ export default class {
   }
 
   updateAccessory(accessory) {
-    if (!accessory.context.hidden) {
+    if (!accessory.context.hidden && !accessory.context.isExternal) {
       this.api.updatePlatformAccessories([accessory])
     }
     if (accessory.context.isOnline) {
@@ -1133,7 +1139,7 @@ export default class {
   }
 
   saveAccessoryUpdate(accessory) {
-    if (!accessory.context.hidden) {
+    if (!accessory.context.hidden && !accessory.context.isExternal) {
       this.api.updatePlatformAccessories([accessory])
     }
     this.devicesInHB.set(accessory.UUID, accessory)

package/lib/utils/lang-en.js

@@ -108,6 +108,5 @@ export default {
   storageWriteErr: 'could not save accessory to file as',
   timeout: 'the request timed out',
   viaAL: 'via adaptive lighting',
-  welcome: 'I\'m looking for some lovely people to help maintain this plugin, please get in touch on GitHub or Discord if you\'d like to help out 😄',
   wrongDevice: 'queried IP belongs to a different Meross device',
 }

package/package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@homebridge-plugins/homebridge-meross",
   "alias": "Meross",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "10.16.3",
+  "version": "10.16.5",
   "description": "Homebridge plugin to integrate Meross devices into HomeKit.",
   "author": {
     "name": "bwp91",