Merge pull request #177 from mokusone/upstream-pr-entity-filter

Add optional entity exclude filter with verbose logging

README.md

@@ -100,6 +100,36 @@ Please check it https://www.smarthomejetzt.de/mit-iobroker-auf-eine-home-assista
 
 **Unfortunately only in German, but the [Google Translate works rather good](https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smarthomejetzt.de%2Fmit-iobroker-auf-eine-home-assistant-hass-io-installation-und-die-geraete-zugreifen%2F)** 
 
+## Entity exclude filter
+
+Optionally restrict which Home Assistant entities are synchronised into ioBroker.
+
+Each non-empty, non-comment line in the **Exclude patterns** field is a glob
+(only `*` is a wildcard and matches any sequence of characters, including `.`).
+Patterns are matched case-sensitively against the full `entity_id` (e.g.
+`switch.living_room`). An entity that matches any pattern is:
+
+- skipped when objects are created or updated (initial sync and re-syncs)
+- ignored when its state changes in HASS (no state writes triggered in ioBroker)
+
+Lines starting with `#` are treated as comments.
+
+Examples:
+
+```
+# Drop every entity whose name starts with `iob_`, regardless of domain:
+*.iob_*
+
+# Drop sensors only:
+sensor.iob_*
+```
+
+Tick **Verbose filter logging** to log every excluded `entity_id` individually
+during the first sync (requires adapter loglevel `info` or `debug`). Subsequent
+re-syncs only emit the aggregate count to keep the log clean.
+
+An empty pattern list leaves the adapter behaviour identical to previous versions.
+
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@@ -107,9 +137,11 @@ Please check it https://www.smarthomejetzt.de/mit-iobroker-auf-eine-home-assista
 
 ## Changelog
 ### **WORK IN PROGRESS**
+* (mokusone) Added optional entity exclude filter with glob patterns, configurable via the admin UI, plus a verbose-logging toggle for inspecting matches
 * (@klein0r) Use /core/ instead of /api/ when connecting to supervisor directly (e.g. in ha app)
 * (@klein0r) Use ENV var SUPERVISOR_TOKEN as fallback for password
 
+
 ### 2.0.4 (2026-05-05)
 * (@GermanBluefox) Tried to keep the custom settings of the objects when updating them with new data from HASS
 

admin/i18n/de.json

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
     "Password repeat": "Passwort wiederholen",
     "Password": "Passwort",
     "Passwords missmatch!": "Passwörter stimmen nicht überein!",
-    "Secure": "HTTPS?"
+    "Secure": "HTTPS?",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "Filter-Patterns (eines pro Zeile)",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Glob-Patterns mit * als Wildcard. Zeilen mit # sind Kommentare. Leer = Filter aus.",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "Ausführliches Filter-Logging",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "Wenn aktiv: jede ausgeschlossene entity_id wird beim initialen Adapter-Sync einzeln geloggt (benötigt Loglevel info oder debug).",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Ausgefilterte Entitäten beim Adapter-Start löschen",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "Wenn aktiv: bei jedem Adapter-Start werden vorhandene Objekte unter entities.*, deren entity_id auf die Filter-Patterns matched, gelöscht. Objekte mit Custom-Adapter-Konfiguration (history/influxdb/sql) bleiben erhalten und werden geloggt."
+}

admin/i18n/en.json

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
     "Password repeat": "Password repeat",
     "Password": "Password",
     "Passwords missmatch!": "Passwords missmatch!",
-    "Secure": "HTTPS?"
+    "Secure": "HTTPS?",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "Exclude patterns (one per line)",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "Verbose filter logging",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged."
+}

admin/i18n/es.json

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
     "Password repeat": "Repite la contraseña",
     "Password": "Clave",
     "Passwords missmatch!": "¡Las contraseñas no coinciden!",
-    "Secure": "¿HTTPS?"
+    "Secure": "¿HTTPS?",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "Patrones de exclusión (uno por línea)",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Patrones glob, * como comodín. Las líneas que empiezan con # son comentarios. Vacío = filtro desactivado.",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "Registro detallado del filtro",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "Cuando está activado, cada entity_id excluido se registra individualmente durante la sincronización inicial del adaptador (requiere loglevel info o debug).",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged."
+}

admin/i18n/fr.json

@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 {
-    "Home assistant IP": "IP de l'assistant à domicile ",
+    "Home assistant IP": "IP de l'assistant à domicile ",
-    "Home assistant WS Port": "Port WS de l'assistant domestique ",
+    "Home assistant WS Port": "Port WS de l'assistant domestique ",
-    "Password repeat": "Répéter le mot de passe ",
+    "Password repeat": "Répéter le mot de passe ",
     "Password": "Mot de passe",
-    "Passwords missmatch!": "Les mots de passe ne correspondent pas !",
+    "Passwords missmatch!": "Les mots de passe ne correspondent pas !",
-    "Secure": "HTTPS ?"
+    "Secure": "HTTPS ?",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "Modèles d'exclusion (un par ligne)",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Modèles glob, * comme joker. Les lignes commençant par # sont des commentaires. Vide = filtre désactivé.",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "Journalisation détaillée du filtre",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "Lorsqu'activé, chaque entity_id exclu est journalisé individuellement pendant la synchronisation initiale de l'adaptateur (nécessite loglevel info ou debug).",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged."
+}

admin/i18n/it.json

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
     "Password repeat": "Ripeti password",
     "Password": "Parola d'ordine",
     "Passwords missmatch!": "Le password non corrispondono!",
-    "Secure": "HTTPS?"
+    "Secure": "HTTPS?",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "Pattern di esclusione (uno per riga)",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Pattern glob, * come wildcard. Le righe che iniziano con # sono commenti. Vuoto = filtro disattivato.",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "Logging dettagliato del filtro",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "Se attivato, registra ogni entity_id escluso individualmente durante la sincronizzazione iniziale dell'adattatore (richiede loglevel info o debug).",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged."
+}

admin/i18n/nl.json

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
     "Password repeat": "Wachtwoord herhalen",
     "Password": "Wachtwoord",
     "Passwords missmatch!": "Wachtwoorden komen niet overeen!",
-    "Secure": "HTTPS?"
+    "Secure": "HTTPS?",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "Uitsluitpatronen (één per regel)",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Glob-patronen, * als wildcard. Regels die beginnen met # zijn commentaar. Leeg = filter uit.",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "Uitgebreide filterlogging",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "Indien ingeschakeld, wordt elke uitgesloten entity_id afzonderlijk gelogd tijdens de initiële adapter-synchronisatie (vereist loglevel info of debug).",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged."
+}

admin/i18n/pl.json

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
     "Password repeat": "Powtórz hasło",
     "Password": "Hasło",
     "Passwords missmatch!": "Niezgodność haseł!",
-    "Secure": "HTTPS?"
+    "Secure": "HTTPS?",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "Wzorce wykluczeń (jeden na linię)",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Wzorce glob, * jako symbol wieloznaczny. Linie zaczynające się od # to komentarze. Puste = filtr wyłączony.",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "Szczegółowe logowanie filtra",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "Gdy włączone, każde wykluczone entity_id jest logowane osobno podczas początkowej synchronizacji adaptera (wymaga poziomu logowania info lub debug).",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged."
+}

admin/i18n/pt.json

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
     "Password repeat": "Repetição de senha",
     "Password": "Senha",
     "Passwords missmatch!": "As senhas não correspondem!",
-    "Secure": "HTTPS?"
+    "Secure": "HTTPS?",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "Padrões de exclusão (um por linha)",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Padrões glob, * como wildcard. Linhas começando com # são comentários. Vazio = filtro desligado.",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "Registro detalhado do filtro",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "Quando ativado, cada entity_id excluído é registrado individualmente durante a sincronização inicial do adaptador (requer loglevel info ou debug).",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged."
+}

admin/i18n/ru.json

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
     "Password repeat": "Повтор пароля",
     "Password": "Пароль",
     "Passwords missmatch!": "Пароли не совпадают!",
-    "Secure": "HTTPS?"
+    "Secure": "HTTPS?",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "Шаблоны исключения (по одному на строку)",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Glob-шаблоны, * — подстановочный знак. Строки, начинающиеся с #, являются комментариями. Пусто = фильтр выключен.",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "Подробное логирование фильтра",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "Когда включено, каждый исключённый entity_id логируется отдельно во время начальной синхронизации адаптера (требуется loglevel info или debug).",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged."
+}

admin/i18n/uk.json

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
     "Password repeat": "Повторення пароля",
     "Password": "Пароль",
     "Passwords missmatch!": "Паролі не збігаються!",
-    "Secure": "HTTPS?"
+    "Secure": "HTTPS?",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "Шаблони виключення (по одному в рядку)",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Glob-шаблони, * — підстановочний знак. Рядки, що починаються з #, є коментарями. Порожньо = фільтр вимкнено.",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "Детальне логування фільтра",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "Коли увімкнено, кожен виключений entity_id логується окремо під час початкової синхронізації адаптера (потрібен loglevel info або debug).",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged."
+}

admin/i18n/zh-cn.json

@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
     "Password repeat": "密码重复：",
     "Password": "密码：",
     "Passwords missmatch!": "密码不匹配！",
-    "Secure": "HTTPS？"
+    "Secure": "HTTPS？",
-}
+    "Exclude patterns (one per line)": "排除模式（每行一个）",
+    "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.": "Glob 模式，* 通配符。以 # 开头的行是注释。为空 = 过滤器关闭。",
+    "Verbose filter logging": "详细过滤器日志",
+    "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).": "启用后，在适配器初始同步期间单独记录每个被排除的 entity_id（需要日志级别 info 或 debug）。",
+    "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+    "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged."
+}

admin/jsonConfig.json

@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@
             "sm": 12,
             "md": 6,
             "lg": 4
+        },
+        "_divider3": {
+            "type": "divider"
+        },
+        "excludePatterns": {
+            "type": "text",
+            "label": "Exclude patterns (one per line)",
+            "help": "Glob patterns, * wildcard. Lines starting with # are comments. Empty = filter off.",
+            "minRows": 6,
+            "sm": 12
+        },
+        "verboseFilterLog": {
+            "type": "checkbox",
+            "label": "Verbose filter logging",
+            "help": "When enabled, log each excluded entity_id individually during the initial adapter sync (requires loglevel info or debug).",
+            "sm": 12
+        },
+        "cleanupExcludedOnStart": {
+            "type": "checkbox",
+            "label": "Cleanup excluded entities on adapter start",
+            "help": "When enabled, on each adapter start delete existing objects under entities.* whose entity_id matches the exclude patterns. Objects with custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql) are kept and logged.",
+            "sm": 12
         }
     }
 }

io-package.json

@@ -231,24 +231,33 @@
                 "buttons": ["agree", "cancel"]
             }
         ]
-    },
+      }
-    "native": {
+    ]
-        "host": "127.0.0.1",
+  },
-        "port": 8123,
+  "native": {
-        "password": "",
+    "host": "127.0.0.1",
-        "secure": false
+    "port": 8123,
-    },
+    "password": "",
-    "protectedNative": ["password"],
+    "secure": false,
-    "encryptedNative": ["password"],
+    "excludePatterns": "# Glob patterns, one per line. Lines starting with # are comments.\n# Example: filter out all entities prefixed with `iob_` regardless of domain:\n# *.iob_*",
-    "objects": [],
+    "verboseFilterLog": false,
-    "instanceObjects": [
+    "cleanupExcludedOnStart": false
-        {
+  },
-            "_id": "info",
+  "protectedNative": [
-            "type": "channel",
+    "password"
-            "common": {
+  ],
-                "name": "Information"
+  "encryptedNative": [
-            },
+    "password"
-            "native": {}
+  ],
+  "objects": [],
+  "instanceObjects": [
+    {
+      "_id": "info",
+      "type": "channel",
+      "common": {
+        "name": "Information"
+      },
+      "native": {}
         },
         {
             "_id": "info.connection",

package.json

@@ -1,71 +1,68 @@
 {
-    "name": "iobroker.hass",
+  "name": "iobroker.hass",
-    "version": "2.0.4",
+  "version": "2.0.4",
-    "description": "Home Assistant",
+  "description": "Home Assistant",
-    "author": {
+  "author": {
-        "name": "bluefox",
+    "name": "bluefox",
-        "email": "dogafox@gmail.com"
+    "email": "dogafox@gmail.com"
-    },
+  },
-    "engines": {
+  "contributors": [
-        "node": ">=20"
+    {
-    },
+      "name": "bluefox",
-    "contributors": [
+      "email": "dogafox@gmail.com"
-        {
+    }
-            "name": "bluefox",
+  ],
-            "email": "dogafox@gmail.com"
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/ioBroker/ioBroker.hass",
-        }
+  "license": "MIT",
-    ],
+  "keywords": [
-    "homepage": "https://github.com/ioBroker/ioBroker.hass",
+    "ioBroker",
-    "license": "MIT",
+    "hass",
-    "keywords": [
+    "REST API",
-        "ioBroker",
+    "IoT"
-        "hass",
+  ],
-        "REST API",
+  "repository": {
-        "IoT"
+    "type": "git",
-    ],
+    "url": "https://github.com/ioBroker/ioBroker.hass"
-    "repository": {
+  },
-        "type": "git",
+  "dependencies": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/ioBroker/ioBroker.hass"
+    "ws": "^8.20.0",
-    },
+    "@iobroker/adapter-core": "^3.3.2"
-    "dependencies": {
+  },
-        "ws": "^8.20.1",
+  "devDependencies": {
-        "@iobroker/adapter-core": "^3.3.2"
+    "@alcalzone/release-script": "^5.1.1",
-    },
+    "@alcalzone/release-script-plugin-iobroker": "^5.1.2",
-    "devDependencies": {
+    "@alcalzone/release-script-plugin-license": "^5.1.1",
-        "@alcalzone/release-script": "^5.2.0",
+    "@iobroker/adapter-dev": "^1.5.0",
-        "@alcalzone/release-script-plugin-iobroker": "^5.2.0",
+    "@iobroker/build-tools": "^3.0.1",
-        "@alcalzone/release-script-plugin-license": "^5.2.0",
+    "@iobroker/eslint-config": "^2.2.0",
-        "@iobroker/adapter-dev": "^1.5.0",
+    "@iobroker/legacy-testing": "^2.0.2",
-        "@iobroker/build-tools": "^3.0.1",
+    "@iobroker/testing": "^5.2.2",
-        "@iobroker/eslint-config": "^2.3.4",
+    "@types/ws": "^8.18.1"
-        "@iobroker/legacy-testing": "^2.0.2",
+  },
-        "@iobroker/testing": "^5.2.2",
+  "main": "build/main.js",
-        "@types/ws": "^8.18.1",
+  "files": [
-        "typescript": "^6.0.3"
+    "admin{,/!(src)/**}/!(tsconfig|tsconfig.*|.eslintrc).{json,json5}",
-    },
+    "admin{,/!(src)/**}/*.{html,css,png,svg,jpg,js}",
-    "main": "build/main.js",
+    "build/",
-    "files": [
+    "io-package.json",
-        "admin{,/!(src)/**}/!(tsconfig|tsconfig.*|.eslintrc).{json,json5}",
+    "LICENSE"
-        "admin{,/!(src)/**}/*.{html,css,png,svg,jpg,js}",
+  ],
-        "build/",
+  "scripts": {
-        "io-package.json",
+    "test:integration": "mocha --exit",
-        "LICENSE"
+    "test:package": "mocha test/testPackageFiles.js --exit",
-    ],
+    "test:unit": "mocha test/testEntityFilter.js --exit",
-    "scripts": {
+    "test": "npm run test:integration",
-        "test:integration": "mocha --exit",
+    "build:tsc": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
-        "test:package": "mocha test/testPackageFiles.js --exit",
+    "build": "npm run build:tsc",
-        "test": "npm run test:integration",
+    "lint": "eslint -c eslint.config.mjs",
-        "build:tsc": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
+    "release": "release-script",
-        "build": "npm run build:tsc",
+    "release-patch": "release-script patch --yes",
-        "lint": "eslint -c eslint.config.mjs",
+    "release-minor": "release-script minor --yes",
-        "release": "release-script",
+    "release-major": "release-script major --yes",
-        "release-patch": "release-script patch --yes",
+    "translate": "translate-adapter"
-        "release-minor": "release-script minor --yes",
+  },
-        "release-major": "release-script major --yes",
+  "bugs": {
-        "translate": "translate-adapter"
+    "url": "https://github.com/ioBroker/ioBroker.hass/issues"
-    },
+  },
-    "bugs": {
+  "readmeFilename": "README.md"
-        "url": "https://github.com/ioBroker/ioBroker.hass/issues"
-    },
-    "readmeFilename": "README.md"
 }

src/lib/entityFilter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * Returns true if entityId matches any of the supplied glob patterns.
+ * Glob syntax: `*` is the only wildcard and matches any sequence of characters
+ * (including dots). All other characters are matched literally (regex
+ * metacharacters are escaped). Matching is case-sensitive and anchored to
+ * the full entity_id.
+ *
+ * An empty patterns array always returns false.
+ */
+export function isExcluded(entityId: string, patterns: string[]): boolean {
+    if (!patterns || patterns.length === 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    for (const pattern of patterns) {
+        if (globToRegex(pattern).test(entityId)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+function globToRegex(pattern: string): RegExp {
+    const escaped = pattern.replace(/[.+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&').replace(/\*/g, '.*');
+    return new RegExp(`^${escaped}$`);
+}

src/main.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import { Adapter, type AdapterOptions } from '@iobroker/adapter-core';
 import HASS from './lib/hass';
+import { isExcluded } from './lib/entityFilter';
 
 interface HassAdapterConfig {
     host: string;
     port: number;
     password: string;
     secure: boolean;
+    excludePatterns: string;
+    verboseFilterLog: boolean;
+    cleanupExcludedOnStart: boolean;
 }
 
 interface HassEntity {
@@ -188,6 +192,8 @@ class HassAdapter extends Adapter {
     private delayTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
     private syncDebounceTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
     private stopped: boolean = false;
+    private excludePatterns: string[] = [];
+    private initialSyncCompleted: boolean = false;
 
     public constructor(options: Partial<AdapterOptions> = {}) {
         super({
@@ -454,6 +460,8 @@ class HassAdapter extends Adapter {
         const objs: (ioBroker.ChannelObject | ioBroker.StateObject)[] = [];
         const states: { id: string; lc?: number; ts?: number; val: ioBroker.StateValue; ack: boolean }[] = [];
         const expectedObjects = new Set<string>();
+        let excludedCount = 0;
+        const excludedIds: string[] = [];
 
         for (let e = 0; e < entities.length; e++) {
             const entity = entities[e];
@@ -461,6 +469,14 @@ class HassAdapter extends Adapter {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            if (isExcluded(entity.entity_id, this.excludePatterns)) {
+                excludedCount++;
+                if (this.config.verboseFilterLog && !this.initialSyncCompleted) {
+                    excludedIds.push(entity.entity_id);
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+
             const name = entity.name || entity.attributes?.friendly_name || entity.entity_id;
             const desc = entity.attributes?.attribution || undefined;
 
@@ -652,12 +668,149 @@ class HassAdapter extends Adapter {
             }
             this.log.info(`Synchronization completed: ${changes.join(', ')}`);
         }
+
+        if (excludedCount > 0) {
+            this.log.info(
+                `Entity filter excluded ${excludedCount} entit${excludedCount === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'} from sync`,
+            );
+        }
+
+        if (excludedIds.length > 0) {
+            for (const id of excludedIds) {
+                this.log.info(`Entity filter excluded: ${id}`);
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.initialSyncCompleted = true;
+    }
+
+    private async cleanupExcludedObjects(): Promise<void> {
+        if (!this.config.cleanupExcludedOnStart) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (this.excludePatterns.length === 0) {
+            this.log.info('Cleanup skipped: no exclude patterns configured');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let allObjects: Record<string, ioBroker.Object>;
+        try {
+            allObjects = (await this.getAdapterObjectsAsync()) as Record<string, ioBroker.Object>;
+        } catch (err) {
+            this.log.error(`Cleanup: failed to load adapter objects: ${err}`);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const prefix = `${this.namespace}.entities.`;
+
+        // Group every object under entities.* by its derived entity_id. We extract
+        // the entity_id from the object id (first two path components after the
+        // prefix) instead of native.entity_id — older objects from previous adapter
+        // versions may have been written as flat states without a parent channel
+        // and without native.entity_id, but their id still encodes the entity.
+        const matchedByEntity = new Map<string, string[]>();
+
+        for (const id in allObjects) {
+            if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(allObjects, id) || !id.startsWith(prefix)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            const rest = id.substring(prefix.length);
+            const parts = rest.split('.');
+            if (parts.length < 2) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            const entityId = `${parts[0]}.${parts[1]}`;
+            if (!isExcluded(entityId, this.excludePatterns)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            const ids = matchedByEntity.get(entityId);
+            if (ids) {
+                ids.push(id);
+            } else {
+                matchedByEntity.set(entityId, [id]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (matchedByEntity.size === 0) {
+            this.log.info('Cleanup: no existing objects matched exclude patterns');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let deletedEntityCount = 0;
+        let deletedIdCount = 0;
+        let keptForCustomCount = 0;
+
+        for (const [entityId, ids] of matchedByEntity) {
+            // Custom-config protection: scan all ids of the group; if any holds
+            // common.custom (history/influxdb/sql) keep the whole entity.
+            let hasCustom = false;
+            for (const id of ids) {
+                const custom = (allObjects[id].common as { custom?: Record<string, unknown> } | undefined)
+                    ?.custom;
+                if (custom && Object.keys(custom).length) {
+                    hasCustom = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (hasCustom) {
+                keptForCustomCount++;
+                this.log.warn(
+                    `Cleanup: keeping entity "${entityId}" — has custom adapter config (history/influxdb/sql); remove it manually if you really want to drop it`,
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Delete sub-states first (longest ids), then any parent channel last.
+            const sortedIds = [...ids].sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length);
+            let entityFullyDeleted = true;
+            for (const id of sortedIds) {
+                try {
+                    await this.delObjectAsync(id);
+                    delete this.hassObjects[id];
+                    deletedIdCount++;
+                } catch (err) {
+                    entityFullyDeleted = false;
+                    this.log.error(`Cleanup: failed to delete "${id}": ${err}`);
+                }
+            }
+            if (entityFullyDeleted) {
+                deletedEntityCount++;
+                if (this.config.verboseFilterLog) {
+                    this.log.info(
+                        `Cleanup: deleted entity "${entityId}" (${ids.length} object${ids.length === 1 ? '' : 's'})`,
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.log.info(
+            `Cleanup: deleted ${deletedEntityCount} excluded entit${deletedEntityCount === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'} (${deletedIdCount} object${deletedIdCount === 1 ? '' : 's'} total)` +
+                (keptForCustomCount > 0
+                    ? `, kept ${keptForCustomCount} entit${keptForCustomCount === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'} with custom config (see warnings above)`
+                    : ''),
+        );
     }
 
     private async main(): Promise<void> {
         this.config.host ||= '127.0.0.1';
         this.config.port = parseInt(String(this.config.port), 10) || 8123;
 
+        const rawPatterns = (this.config.excludePatterns || '').toString();
+        this.excludePatterns = rawPatterns
+            .split(/\r?\n/)
+            .map(s => s.trim())
+            .filter(line => line.length > 0 && !line.startsWith('#'));
+
+        if (this.excludePatterns.length === 0) {
+            this.log.info('Entity filter inactive (no exclude patterns configured)');
+        } else {
+            this.log.info(
+                `Entity filter active: ${this.excludePatterns.length} pattern(s) loaded: ${this.excludePatterns.join(', ')}`,
+            );
+        }
+
+        await this.cleanupExcludedObjects();
+
         await this.setStateAsync('info.connection', false, true);
 
         this.hass = new HASS(this.config, this.log);
@@ -670,6 +823,11 @@ class HassAdapter extends Adapter {
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (isExcluded(entity.entity_id, this.excludePatterns)) {
+                this.log.debug(`Entity filter: ignored state_changed for ${entity.entity_id}`);
+                return;
+            }
+
             const id = `entities.${entity.entity_id}.`;
             const lc = entity.last_changed ? new Date(entity.last_changed).getTime() : undefined;
             const ts = entity.last_updated ? new Date(entity.last_updated).getTime() : undefined;

test/testEntityFilter.js

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+const { expect } = require('chai');
+const { isExcluded } = require('../build/lib/entityFilter');
+
+describe('entityFilter.isExcluded', () => {
+    it('returns false for an empty pattern list', () => {
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.iob_anything', [])).to.equal(false);
+    });
+
+    it('matches a simple glob with leading wildcard', () => {
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.iob_shelly_xyz', ['*.iob_*'])).to.equal(true);
+    });
+
+    it('matches the bridge mirror naming pattern', () => {
+        expect(isExcluded('light.iob_ha_eg_wz1__e_licht_decke', ['*.iob_*__*'])).to.equal(true);
+    });
+
+    it('handles entities that miss a required literal segment', () => {
+        // *.iob_*__* requires the literal `__` segment — entities without it do not match
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.iob_', ['*.iob_*__*'])).to.equal(false);
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.iob_foo', ['*.iob_*__*'])).to.equal(false);
+        // Naming-Convention safety: similarly named entities without `__` are safe
+        expect(isExcluded('sensor.scheune_temperatur', ['*.sc_*__*'])).to.equal(false);
+    });
+
+    it('matches multiple patterns (OR semantic)', () => {
+        const patterns = ['*.iob_*__*', '*.knx_*', '*.ha_*__*'];
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.knx_foo', patterns)).to.equal(true);
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.ha_eg_wz1__e_licht_decke', patterns)).to.equal(true);
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.something_else', patterns)).to.equal(false);
+    });
+
+    it('is case sensitive', () => {
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.IOB_foo', ['*.iob_*'])).to.equal(false);
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.iob_foo', ['*.IOB_*'])).to.equal(false);
+    });
+
+    it('treats * as matching any characters including dots', () => {
+        // We use full entity_id including the leading domain, so this is fine.
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.iob_foo', ['*foo*'])).to.equal(true);
+    });
+
+    it('escapes regex metacharacters in patterns', () => {
+        // `.` in pattern matches literal `.`, not "any char"
+        expect(isExcluded('switch.iob_foo', ['switch.iob_foo'])).to.equal(true);
+        expect(isExcluded('switchXiob_foo', ['switch.iob_foo'])).to.equal(false);
+    });
+});