Firmware sensor not accurate.

[rwelsh09]

The problem

update.[name]_firmware is not correct.

Example:
These devices are identical, but the floodlight I just updated today.


The latest version (2.2.0) for these devices was released November 28, 2023

Also found this issue mentioned in the forum.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.12.4

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

Unknown, I always assumed it was correct until today.

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Z-Wave

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zwave_js/

Diagnostics information

No response

Example YAML snippet

No response

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

No response

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[kpine]

Attach the device diagnostic file (attach file to comment, not copy and paste) for both devices. We can't possibly know anything about your devices from the screenshots. You can download the diagnostic file by going to Settings -> Devices & services -> Z-Wave "Devices" -> The Device -> Device info -> ... -> Download diagnostics.

[rwelsh09]

Floodlight Diagnostics.json
Kitchen Lights Diagnostics.json

[kpine]

The reason why the newer version is not reported is because Homeseer hasn't contributed the necessary firmware update information to the Z-Wave JS firmware update service. The update sensors rely on this online service to get update information. Update sensors are created for every device that has the capability to update firmware regardless of whether they are supported by the service or not. Until Homeseer provides those updates, your sensors will never change. Maybe you can ask their support to consider it, I believe they already have a working relationship with Z-Wave JS.

I agree it's confusing to list a "latest version" if a device is unsupported, but HA doesn't have the ability distinguish between "unsupported" and "is latest". Support for this has been requested at zwave-js/firmware-updates#82, so there's really nothing that can be done until then.