Show uptime as readable text

[bharvey88]

Version: 26.9.29.1

What does this implement/fix?

Replaces the numeric Uptime sensor with ESPHome's built-in uptime text sensor, so Home Assistant shows uptime as 3d 4h 12m instead of a raw count of seconds. Thanks to @kernelpanic85 for the idea in ApolloAutomation/R_PRO-1#72.

• Uptime is now a text entity. Its history graph and long-term statistics stop, and any automation or template that treats uptime as a number needs updating.
• Home Assistant sees it as a new entity. The old numeric Uptime entity will show as unavailable and can be deleted.
• The ID stays sys_uptime, so component.update: sys_uptime in the report scripts still works.
• At the 60s update interval ESPHome leaves seconds off, so uptime under a minute reads 0m. Battery devices that sleep right after reporting will usually show 0m.

Types of changes

• Bugfix (fixed change that fixes an issue)
• New feature (thanks!)
• Breaking change (repair/feature that breaks existing functionality)
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• The code change has been tested and works locally
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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Updates
  • Updated the reported firmware version to 26.9.29.1.
  • Uptime is now displayed as a text value with a space-separated format, replacing the previous uptime sensor presentation.

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Walkthrough

The ESPHome Core configuration updates the firmware version substitution and replaces the uptime sensor with a text sensor. The new text sensor keeps the sys_uptime ID and a 60-second update interval.

Changes

ESPHome Core Configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Firmware version and uptime entity Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml	Updates the firmware version substitution from 26.8.27.1 to 26.9.29.1. Replaces the uptime sensor with a text sensor using the sys_uptime ID, a 60-second update interval, and a space separator.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: bunton33

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 04bbd

Uptime will be displayed as formatted text, so external automations that expect a number may need updates. No in-repository numeric consumer was found, and the existing refresh action remains valid.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 04bbd

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: Integrations

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Review details

Systems and components

• observed — Integrations (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml: The firmware version substitution changes from 26.8.27.1 to 26.9.29.1.
• observed — Modified behavior in Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml: The sensor platform uptime entry, named Uptime with ID sys_uptime and a 60-second update interval, is removed.
• observed — Modified behavior in Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml: A text_sensor uptime entry is added with ID sys_uptime, a 60-second update interval, and a space separator for its formatted value; the existing reportAllValues script continues to update this ID.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title, "Show uptime as readable text," clearly and concisely describes the primary change from a numeric uptime sensor to a readable text sensor.
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Text now shows the running time,
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