FR/BUG.... friendly_name change in HA 2026.4 not picked up by button-card

[Mariusthvdb]

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HA changed friendly_name, to be prefixed using the device name. This results in

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[[[ return `Schakelen/toggle ${entity.attributes.friendly_name}?` ]]]

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id love to be able to get to the new entity_name, or any other way we use programmatically to get to the namin we set in the entity UI:

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I did try to get to that using the pass variable, but didnt manage.

 [[[ return `Wil je ${hass.states[entity.entity_id].name} schakelen?`; ]]]

there's a lof of chatter on the change in HA, see dedicated Discord inside the #beta channnel

https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1486652019887312938/1486771667928748073

[RomRider]

This has been the case for quite some time AFAIK (friendly name containing device name, I have this behavior in 2026.3 already and probably also was the case before). However, I think you can try this starting 2026.4 (I didn't test, but based on the current core frontend code, it should work):

[[[ return `Schakelen/toggle ${hass.formatEntityName(entity)}?` ]]]

Edit: typo in the function name, sorry 😁

[Mariusthvdb]

haha, I just tested that previous and came back to say that didnt work ;-)

but this doesnt either, it returns the same as the new friendly_name

and it really was changed this release, the other template worked until yesterday

[RomRider]

It will only remove the device name if the device name is exactly the same as the prefix. How is it displayed in a standard HA button?

[Mariusthvdb]

[Mariusthvdb]

That is without anything further just the straight entity

[RomRider]

Which means it's the same behavior in HA core so there's not much I can do here it seems.

[Mariusthvdb]

So JS can't do what Jinja can in this case ? {{entity_name(entity_id)}}

It would be really helpful... to mitigate the trouble HA 2026.4 brings us

[RomRider]

Quite ugly but until there's an official communication on how to retrieve the name without the prefix, you should be able to try this...

[[[ return `Schakelen/toggle ${entity.attributes.friendly_name.replace(hass.devices[hass.entities[entity.entity_id].device_id].name + " ", "")}?` ]]]

That would only work if the device name is exactly the same as the entity name prefix.

[Mariusthvdb]

Right....
An old fashioned string manipulation ... but I guess it will have to do .

Do you have a link on tht communication ? I must have missed that sorry

[RomRider]

There's nothing yet, waiting for it

[dcapslock]

I believe the formatEntityName() with type will be the way that will be documented. I am adding such a rename option to auto-entities with also a fallback of removing device by direct maniuplation, as well as find/replace/prepend/append options.