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.

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• New feature (thanks!)
• Breaking change (repair/feature that breaks existing functionality)
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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Improvements
  • Updated the ESPHome firmware version to 26.9.29.1.
  • Uptime is now presented as a text value, with a space separating parts of its formatted output for easier reading. These changes affect the firmware version and how uptime is displayed.

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Walkthrough

The ESPHome firmware version changes to 26.9.29.1. The uptime entity moves from sensor to text_sensor, retaining its name, ID, and update interval, and gaining a space separator.

Changes

ESPHome configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Firmware version and uptime entity Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml	The firmware version changes to 26.9.29.1. The uptime entity moves to text_sensor and gains a space separator. Its name, ID, and 60-second update interval remain the same.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: bunton33

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d91ae

Uptime now shows as readable text in Home Assistant. The PR documents that the old numeric entity becomes unavailable, which is intended. The change has not been tested locally, but no concrete problem was found.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to d91ae

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 configured firmware version changes from 26.8.27.1 to 26.9.29.1.
• observed — Modified behavior in Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml: The uptime sensor is removed from the sensor section; it previously exposed Uptime with a 60-second update interval.
• observed — Modified behavior in Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml: The uptime entity is added to text_sensor with the same name, ID, and 60-second update interval, and a space format separator.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: displaying uptime as readable text instead of a numeric value.
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