Entity Info (Diagnostic) is spamming the DB

[auanasgheps]

I noticed that my Home Assistant DB almost tripled in size.

After some troubleshooting, I found out that a new MioT entity called Info stores a lot of data and is spamming the DB.

By looking at the changelog, the Info Entity was added in 1.0.0.. So in about a month and half it has become the biggest entity so far.

This entity should be at least disabled by default, and in my opinion requires additional work to avoid this kind of issues.

Home Assistant: 2025.1.3
Xiaomi Miot Auto: 1.0.8

This is not a device specific issue. I have a friend with the same exact issue, for a different Vacuum and a Humidifier, with the same versions as mine:

If you have this issue, here's how to fix this:

• Disable the Info entity
• Go to Developer Tools > Actions
• Select Action "Recorder: Purge Entities"
  • Enable "Entities to Remove" and enter the entity ID
  • Select 0 days in "Days to keep"
  • Click on Perform Action

You can wait for the automated nightly purge or run it manually:

• Select Action "Recorder: Purge"
  • Enable "Days to keep" and choose how many to keep, I recommend 14
  • Enable Repack
  • Click on Perform Action
• Your DB will go back to an acceptable size.

[al-one]

You can also avoid this problem by adding the following configuration.

# configuration.yaml
# https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/recorder
recorder:
  exclude:
    entity_globs:
      - button.*_info

[auanasgheps]

The problem should be avoided in the first place. Are you planning to disable this entity by default or other actions?