zwave_js locks appending a space (" ") to the end of the friendly name

[chelming]

The problem

All of my Z-wave locks added through the front end using the zwave_js integration have a space appended to the friendly name.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.3.0

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

Integration causing the issue

Z-wave JS

Link to integration documentation on our website

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

Diagnostics information

config_entry-zwave_js-29ccdc63c0d7636a48df0351d73f3476.json

Example YAML snippet

`{{ state_attr('lock.back_door_deadbolt', 'friendly_name')+'nospaces!' }}`

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

{{ state_attr('lock.back_door_deadbolt', 'friendly_name')+'nospaces!' }}

Back door deadbolt nospaces!

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[chelming]

it looks like it's only happening to the lock entity and not any other entities it creates.

[MartinHjelmare]

We strip the default name of spaces at the ends before setting it. If there's a space you've probably added it when changing the name.

[chelming]

this is without a friendly name manually set. another user confirmed the same thing on discord. :/

[chelming]

entity registry json for the lock:

      {
        "aliases": [],
        "area_id": null,
        "capabilities": null,
        "config_entry_id": "29ccdc63c0d7636a48df0351d73f3476",
        "device_class": null,
        "device_id": "e17223c16cc35da546ae0f2736d8c684",
        "disabled_by": null,
        "entity_category": null,
        "entity_id": "lock.back_door_deadbolt",
        "hidden_by": null,
        "icon": null,
        "id": "a7b1d130794550a482cb8f3168a28897",
        "has_entity_name": true,
        "labels": [],
        "name": null,
        "options": {
          "conversation": {
            "should_expose": true
          }
        },
        "original_device_class": null,
        "original_icon": null,
        "original_name": "",
        "platform": "zwave_js",
        "supported_features": 0,
        "translation_key": null,
        "unique_id": "3489038839.3-98-0-currentMode",
        "previous_unique_id": null,
        "unit_of_measurement": null
      }

The only thing that sticks out to me compared to the other sensors that are created is that the original_name is set to an empty string vs an actual name.

Compared to the entity registry json for one of the binary sensors:

    {
        "aliases": [],
        "area_id": null,
        "capabilities": null,
        "config_entry_id": "29ccdc63c0d7636a48df0351d73f3476",
        "device_class": null,
        "device_id": "80dd766f7b3bef06c61f2c69c08566c2",
        "disabled_by": null,
        "entity_category": null,
        "entity_id": "binary_sensor.front_door_deadbolt_keypad_temporary_disabled",
        "hidden_by": null,
        "icon": null,
        "id": "bc32847bf1768e99c9c7b4e94d267435",
        "has_entity_name": true,
        "labels": [],
        "name": null,
        "options": {
          "conversation": {
            "should_expose": false
          }
        },
        "original_device_class": null,
        "original_icon": null,
        "original_name": "Keypad temporary disabled",
        "platform": "zwave_js",
        "supported_features": 0,
        "translation_key": null,
        "unique_id": "3489038839.4-113-0-Access Control-Keypad state.16",
        "previous_unique_id": null,
        "unit_of_measurement": null
      }

[MartinHjelmare]

Ok, I see the problem. The default entity name was calculated to empty string. That's not expected.

We should set the default entity name to None for lock entities as they will be the main feature of lock devices.

https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/core/entity#entity-naming

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[cdonovan]

In addition to locks, I'm also seeing this for my lights and fans as well. I have a few other device types (motion, water & smoke detector sensors and it does not seem to add the errant space at the end for those types.