Getting vacuums added back

[akuehner]

Are there any other options to action all the requests for vacuums getting added back that used to work pre 2024.12?
There's 39 open issues, the majority of which are requests to get vacuums added back that used to work. I understand all the reasons that the fallback device was removed, but for so many of us this made the integration completely useless. Most of us don't have a sandboxed Home Assistant environment where we can attempt the workarounds that are loosely presented as options to regain support.
I've asked multiple questions on my own request to get a model added back, and never gotten so much as a peep in response.
Nothing on this suggestion either: #627
Can a process be created for those of us who know our model worked with the fallback, without having to jump through all the technical hoops presented as workarounds so far? This is a core HA integration, that for many of us is now absolutely useless, and the communication in the repo has been of no help.

[edenhaus]

Short answer is No.

Sure, in your case, the fallback worked perfectly and without issues, but I had many issues where that was not the case. For the greater good, I decided to remove the fallback completely, and it was the best decision for maintaining this library.
Sure, there are many issues open to support different models, but most of them are new models, which would not even work with the fallback model as Ecovacs uses different commands in the new models.

This is a core HA integration, that for many of us is now absolutely useless,
You could also write Ecovacs to publish their API documentation so I can easily add all models. Until then, we will need to manually add each model.

Can a process be created for those of us who know our model worked with the fallback
As I looked over all open "support issues", I only saw a few bots, that could even work with the removed fallback. Most issues are about new bots. But in your case feel free to add it support for yourself. The fallback was only a old bot

[akuehner]

Is there an easy way to get my specific model re-added, the current guidance is not realistic for most users. This used to work.