Merge pull request #61 from mbillow/claude/issue-9-optimistic-write-debug-k4fjdb

feat: add options flow to bypass the remote-control write block per device (issue #54)

README.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Your state stays on your LAN: HA talks to the appliance over a direct DTLS sessi
 | Type | Registry |
 |---|---|
 | Air conditioner | `by_type/airconditioner.py` |
+| Air purifier | `by_type/air_purifier.py` |
 | Dryer | `by_type/dryer.py` |
 | Oven | `by_type/oven.py` |
 | Cooktop (read-only burner status) | `by_type/cooktop.py` |

custom_components/localthings/climate.py

@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ snapshot via `coordinator.resource(href)` -- the same cross-resource read that
 
 Writes go through `coordinator.async_send_command(bound, (kind, value))`: the
 CLIMATE capability's `write_fn` maps each `(kind, value)` payload to the right
-`(path_segs, body)`, and `async_send_command` POSTs to those path_segs (the
-bound href is only used for logging), so one descriptor drives writes to power,
-mode, temperature and wind resources.
+`(path_segs, body)`, and `async_send_command` POSTs to those path_segs and
+applies the optimistic value/settle guard to that same href -- not the bound
+`/mode/vs/0` href -- so one descriptor drives writes to, and gets fresh state
+back for, power, mode, temperature and wind resources alike.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 

custom_components/localthings/config_flow.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from typing import Any
 
 import voluptuous as vol
 from homeassistant import config_entries
+from homeassistant.core import callback
 from homeassistant.data_entry_flow import FlowResult
 from homeassistant.helpers.selector import (
     TextSelector,
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ from .const import (
     CONF_HOST, CONF_PORT,
     CONF_CA_CERT_PEM, CONF_CA_KEY_PEM,
     CONF_LEAF_CERT_PEM, CONF_LEAF_KEY_PEM,
+    CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL,
     PROBE_PORT_RANGE, PREFERRED_PROBE_PORTS, LIVENESS_PROBE_TIMEOUT_S,
     PROBE_GET_TIMEOUT_S,
 )
@@ -300,6 +302,13 @@ class LocalThingsConfigFlow(config_entries.ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
         self._ca_key_pem: str = ""
         self._pending_info: dict | None = None
 
+    @staticmethod
+    @callback
+    def async_get_options_flow(
+        config_entry: config_entries.ConfigEntry,
+    ) -> LocalThingsOptionsFlow:
+        return LocalThingsOptionsFlow()
+
     def _create_entry(self, info: dict) -> FlowResult:
         return self.async_create_entry(
             title=f"Samsung Appliance ({self._host})",
@@ -384,3 +393,31 @@ class LocalThingsConfigFlow(config_entries.ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
                 "one_ui_version": self._pending_info["one_ui_version"] or "(none reported)",
             },
         )
+
+
+class LocalThingsOptionsFlow(config_entries.OptionsFlow):
+    """Per-device override of the remote-control-off write block (issue
+    #54). The block exists because most devices reject writes outright
+    while remote control is off and a clear error beats a silent
+    device-side rejection -- but not every model actually enforces that,
+    so this lets a user who's confirmed their device accepts writes anyway
+    turn the block off for just that device rather than it being
+    hardcoded on for everyone."""
+
+    async def async_step_init(
+        self, user_input: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+    ) -> FlowResult:
+        if user_input is not None:
+            return self.async_create_entry(data=user_input)
+
+        return self.async_show_form(
+            step_id="init",
+            data_schema=vol.Schema({
+                vol.Required(
+                    CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL,
+                    default=self.config_entry.options.get(
+                        CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL, False
+                    ),
+                ): bool,
+            }),
+        )

custom_components/localthings/const.py

@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ CONF_CA_KEY_PEM   = "ca_key_pem"
 CONF_LEAF_CERT_PEM = "leaf_cert_pem"
 CONF_LEAF_KEY_PEM  = "leaf_key_pem"
 
+# Options-flow key (entry.options, not entry.data): lets a user override the
+# device-wide remote-control-off write block for a specific device (issue
+# #54). Some devices report remote control off yet still accept certain
+# writes (e.g. default detergent/softener dosing on a washer, applied even
+# to the built-in programs) -- the block exists to give a clear error
+# instead of a silent device-side rejection, but that assumption doesn't
+# hold for every model. Defaults to False (block stays on) everywhere it's
+# read, so devices this doesn't apply to see no behavior change.
+CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL = "bypass_remote_control_lock"
+
 # The DTLS/CoAP local API binds somewhere in this ephemeral range; which port
 # depends on firmware. Newer builds answer on 49154/49155, but older ones have
 # been seen as low as 49153, so we sweep the whole range for a live UDP port

custom_components/localthings/coordinator.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from .observe import ObserveManager, MODE_OBSERVE, MODE_POLL, GRACE_PERIOD_S
 
 from .const import (
     DOMAIN, CONF_HOST, CONF_PORT, CONF_LEAF_CERT_PEM, CONF_LEAF_KEY_PEM,
-    DEVICE_SUPPORT_ISSUE_URL, SUMMARY_INTERVAL_S,
+    CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL, DEVICE_SUPPORT_ISSUE_URL, SUMMARY_INTERVAL_S,
 )
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ class LocalThingsCoordinator(DataUpdateCoordinator[dict[str, Any]]):
     # fine session shouldn't tear down a working OBSERVE subscription.
     _POLL_TIMEOUT_LIMIT: int = 3
 
+    # Timeouts for the two network round trips a write triggers: the PUT
+    # itself (_do_put), then the confirming full /device/0 summary poll
+    # async_send_command requests right after (_poll_once). Named here
+    # (rather than left as inline literals) so the write-settle window
+    # below can be sized to always outlast both — see async_send_command.
+    _POST_TIMEOUT_S: float = 8.0
+    _POLL_TIMEOUT_S: float = 35.0
+
     def __init__(self, hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry) -> None:
         # Per-device logger (module logger scoped to this device's host) so
         # every log line — including the base DataUpdateCoordinator's own
@@ -211,7 +219,7 @@ class LocalThingsCoordinator(DataUpdateCoordinator[dict[str, Any]]):
             # would have succeeded, not a dead session. 35s gives a slow
             # blockwise transfer room to actually finish instead of
             # generating a TimeoutError every cycle.
-            code, payload = sess.get(_SEED_PATH, timeout=35.0)
+            code, payload = sess.get(_SEED_PATH, timeout=self._POLL_TIMEOUT_S)
         except TimeoutError:
             raise
         except Exception as e:
@@ -526,7 +534,11 @@ class LocalThingsCoordinator(DataUpdateCoordinator[dict[str, Any]]):
         user-facing message -- as opposed to write_fn's silent no-op below
         -- is available to every platform for free. The remote-control
         check runs first and applies to every platform unconditionally,
-        ahead of any description-specific validate_fn."""
+        ahead of any description-specific validate_fn -- unless the user has
+        opted this device out of it via CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL (issue
+        #54: some devices accept certain writes, e.g. a washer's default
+        dosing levels, even while reporting remote control off, so the
+        block's assumption doesn't hold for every model)."""
         desc = bound_entity.desc
         write_fn = getattr(desc, 'write_fn', None)
         if write_fn is None:
@@ -534,7 +546,8 @@ class LocalThingsCoordinator(DataUpdateCoordinator[dict[str, Any]]):
         href = bound_entity.href
         rep = self._cache.get(href or '') or {}
         resources = self._cache.snapshot()
-        if not remote_control_enabled(resources):
+        bypass_remote_control = self._entry.options.get(CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL, False)
+        if not bypass_remote_control and not remote_control_enabled(resources):
             raise ServiceValidationError(_REMOTE_CONTROL_DISABLED_MESSAGE)
         validate_fn = getattr(desc, 'validate_fn', None)
         if validate_fn is not None:
@@ -547,6 +560,22 @@ class LocalThingsCoordinator(DataUpdateCoordinator[dict[str, Any]]):
             return
         path_segs, body = result
 
+        # The write's actual target, not necessarily bound_entity.href. Most
+        # descriptors write to the same resource they're bound to, but a
+        # composite entity -- the AC's ClimateDesc, bound to /mode/vs/0 --
+        # drives writes to several sibling resources via path_segs
+        # (/power/0, /temperature/desired/0, /wind/strength/vs/0, ...) that
+        # write_fn picks per payload (see airconditioner._climate_write).
+        # Applying the optimistic value and settle guard below to
+        # bound_entity.href instead of this target protected the wrong
+        # resource: /mode/vs/0 got the (nonsensical, wrong-shaped) optimistic
+        # merge while the resource the climate entity actually displays from
+        # (e.g. /power/0) never got one, so HA kept showing the pre-write
+        # state until the next real read of that resource -- the 20-60s lag
+        # in issues #17/#53, which survived the earlier optimistic-apply fix
+        # (issue #27) because that fix applied to the wrong href too.
+        write_href = '/' + '/'.join(path_segs)
+
         # Apply the write optimistically before starting the settle guard,
         # not after -- mark_write_pending gates every source (poll, sweep,
         # observe) through the same apply(), itself included, so flipping
@@ -555,19 +584,49 @@ class LocalThingsCoordinator(DataUpdateCoordinator[dict[str, Any]]):
         # onto, the settle window was just delaying the real device
         # confirmation for a few seconds on every write, which read exactly
         # like the write being silently reverted (issue #27).
-        self._observe.apply(href, body, source='optimistic')
-        self._observe.mark_write_pending(href)
+        #
+        # settle_s must outlast the PUT and the async_request_refresh()
+        # below combined, not just DEFAULT_SETTLE_S's fixed few seconds --
+        # that refresh is a full /device/0 summary poll, which
+        # _POLL_TIMEOUT_S itself admits can legitimately take tens of
+        # seconds on these devices (see _poll_once), and some writes settle
+        # on the device itself well after that: issue #9's washer packs
+        # cycle/detergent/softener selection into the same /course/vs/0
+        # options[] array, and picking a new value there visibly needs a
+        # few seconds of internal validation/dispenser movement before the
+        # device's own state agrees -- while /washer/vs/0's temperature/
+        # spin fields (plain flags, no device-side settling) confirm
+        # instantly on the same device. A short fixed window expired while
+        # the confirm poll was still in flight (or before the device had
+        # caught up internally), so that stale read landed unprotected and
+        # reverted the optimistic value, self-correcting again only once a
+        # later poll finally saw the real change -- read by the user as the
+        # write "reverting, then re-applying itself" a few seconds later.
+        #
+        # An earlier attempt at this also released the guard early, right
+        # after the confirming refresh completed, to avoid shutting out
+        # unrelated real updates (another automation, the physical remote)
+        # for the rest of settle_s. That was reverted: releasing the guard
+        # the moment one round trip finishes doesn't mean the device has
+        # actually caught up (exactly the slow-settling case above), and it
+        # introduced its own races around overlapping writes to the same
+        # href. Simpler and safer to just hold the guard for the full,
+        # generously-sized window and let it expire on its own.
+        self._observe.apply(write_href, body, source='optimistic')
+        self._observe.mark_write_pending(
+            write_href, settle_s=self._POST_TIMEOUT_S + self._POLL_TIMEOUT_S
+        )
 
         def _do_put():
             sess = self._session
             if sess is None:
                 raise RuntimeError("no session")
-            code, _ = sess.post(path_segs, cbor2.dumps(body), timeout=8.0)
-            self._log.info("PUT %s → code %#04x", href, code)
+            code, _ = sess.post(path_segs, cbor2.dumps(body), timeout=self._POST_TIMEOUT_S)
+            self._log.info("PUT %s → code %#04x", write_href, code)
 
         try:
             await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(_do_put)
         except Exception as e:
-            self._log.error("command failed for %s: %s", href, e)
+            self._log.error("command failed for %s: %s", write_href, e)
         else:
             await self.async_request_refresh()

custom_components/localthings/manifest.json

@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
     "pyOpenSSL>=23.0",
     "smartthings-local>=0.1.0"
   ],
-  "version": "0.10.1"
+  "version": "0.11.0"
 }

custom_components/localthings/observe.py

@@ -115,8 +115,22 @@ class ObserveManager:
         could each read the same prior rep and the second writer would
         silently lose the first's fields, reintroducing the exact bug
         this merge fixes.
+
+        `source == 'optimistic'` always bypasses the settle gate below,
+        even while this href is already settling from an earlier write.
+        Several independent selects can share one href -- issue #9's washer
+        packs cycle, detergent, and softener settings onto the same
+        /course/vs/0 -- so a second, different write to the same href
+        while the first's settle window is still open (up to
+        _POST_TIMEOUT_S + _POLL_TIMEOUT_S, tens of seconds -- see
+        coordinator.async_send_command) is an expected, normal sequence,
+        not a stale echo of the first write. Gating it the same as a
+        poll/sweep/observe update would silently drop the user's own
+        second selection from the cache until the first write's guard
+        happened to expire, i.e. the exact symptom this guard exists to
+        prevent, just relocated to whichever write loses the race.
         """
-        if self._is_settling(href):
+        if source != 'optimistic' and self._is_settling(href):
             self.log.debug("dropping %s update for %s (settling)", source, href)
             return False
         with self._cache_lock:

custom_components/localthings/registry/by_type/__init__.py

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 from ._base import DeviceRegistry
 from . import (
-    airconditioner, cooktop, dishwasher, dryer, oven, range as _range,
-    range_hood, refrigerator, washer,
+    air_purifier, airconditioner, cooktop, dishwasher, dryer, oven,
+    range as _range, range_hood, refrigerator, washer,
 )
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ __all__ = [
 
 
 _REGISTRY_BY_KEY: dict[str, DeviceRegistry] = {
+    'air_purifier': air_purifier.REGISTRY,
+    'airpurifier': air_purifier.REGISTRY,
     'airconditioner': airconditioner.REGISTRY,
     'air_conditioner': airconditioner.REGISTRY,
     'cooktop': cooktop.REGISTRY,
@@ -111,6 +113,10 @@ def for_device_by_model(model_num: str, description: str) -> Optional[DeviceRegi
     # 'P' sits between the underscore and 'RAC' in that token).
     if key is None and '_RAC_' in (model_num or ''):
         key = 'airconditioner'
+    # Air purifiers (e.g. ARTIK051_TVTL_18K, issue #56) report no
+    # oneUiVersion either, and carry the '_TVTL_' board-family token.
+    if key is None and '_TVTL_' in (model_num or ''):
+        key = 'air_purifier'
     model_identity = f'{model_num} {description}'.upper()
     if key is None and ('_COOKTOP' in model_identity or '_GB_CT_' in model_identity):
         key = 'cooktop'

custom_components/localthings/registry/by_type/air_purifier.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""Air-purifier device registry (Samsung ARTIK051_TVTL-class, issue #56).
+
+Reports no oneUiVersion; resolved via for_device_by_model's '_TVTL_' modelNum
+token (see registry.py). Reuses dishwasher.DIAGNOSIS for /diagnosis/vs/0
+(identical field/write contract).
+"""
+from ..capabilities import air_purifier, common, dishwasher, ignored
+from ._base import DeviceRegistry, _build
+
+REGISTRY = DeviceRegistry(
+    name='air_purifier',
+    capabilities=_build([
+        *ignored.IGNORED,
+        *common.UNIVERSAL,
+        *common.POWER,
+        dishwasher.DIAGNOSIS,
+        air_purifier.AIR_QUALITY,
+        air_purifier.FILTER,
+        air_purifier.DEVICE_ACTIVE,
+        air_purifier.AIRFLOW_GENERIC,
+        air_purifier.AIRFLOW_VS_FALLBACK,
+        air_purifier.MODE,
+        *air_purifier.COVERAGE,
+    ]),
+)

custom_components/localthings/registry/capabilities/air_purifier.py

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+"""Capabilities for the Samsung ARTIK051_TVTL-class air purifier family
+(model AX60R5080WD/SE, issue #56 -- verified against two independent
+diagnostics dumps of the same internal model).
+
+Power, kids-lock, remote-control, alarms, and the energy meter are the shared
+common.py capabilities (this family exposes the standard /power/0+/power/vs/0
+pair and /alarms/vs/0, /energy/consumption/vs/0). /diagnosis/vs/0 reuses
+dishwasher.DIAGNOSIS -- identical field/write contract
+(x.com.samsung.da.diagnosisStart, 'Ready' on both dumps).
+
+Two things are deliberately left as raw, unwritable diagnostic sensors rather
+than modeled as real controls, per the "don't guess" rule:
+
+  /airflow/0, /airflow/vs/0 -- OCF-standard + vendor pair for fan speed/
+    direction, both zeroed/'Off' on every dump seen (device was off in both).
+    No supportedSpeed/supportedModes list is present anywhere in either dump
+    to confirm the valid range, so a write-capable fan/select isn't safe to
+    build yet -- see the issue #56 request for a running-state dump.
+
+  /mode/vs/0's x.com.samsung.da.options array packs multiple independent
+    '<Prefix>_<value>' flags into one list -- the same packed-list/RMW
+    contract laundry.py's option_value/replace_in_options already model for
+    /course/vs/0's options[] (reused directly below, just against this
+    family's own href). Of the tokens seen:
+      Light_On / Light_Off       -- read as a plain on/off flag; MODE below
+                                     models it as a real switch, RMW-
+                                     replacing just that one list entry.
+      Comode_Off                 -- never seen non-'Off' on these dumps;
+                                     likely the fan operating mode the issue
+                                     describes (Auto/Sleep/1/2/3), but
+                                     unconfirmed -- exposed read-only.
+      Blooming_0 / Blooming_6     -- meaning unconfirmed; exposed read-only.
+      OptionCode_60282            -- opaque, unchanged across both dumps;
+                                     not modeled (same treatment as
+                                     range_hood's OptionCode_* token on the
+                                     same href).
+"""
+from ..capability import Capability
+from ..entities import BinarySensorDesc, SensorDesc, SwitchDesc
+from .common import int_or_none, sensor_item_value
+from .laundry import bool_option_exists, bool_option_value, option_value, replace_in_options
+
+_AIR_QUALITY_SENSORS = (
+    ('dust', 'Dust', 'mdi:blur', 'Dust'),
+    ('fine_dust', 'Fine dust', 'mdi:blur', 'FineDust'),
+    ('super_fine_dust', 'Super fine dust', 'mdi:blur', 'SuperFineDust'),
+    ('odor', 'Odor', 'mdi:scent', 'Odor'),
+    ('clean_level', 'Clean level', 'mdi:air-filter', 'CleanLevel'),
+)
+
+AIR_QUALITY = Capability(
+    href='/sensors/vs/0',
+    poll_tier='warm',
+    entities=tuple(
+        SensorDesc(key=key, field='x.com.samsung.da.items', name=name, icon=icon,
+                   value_fn=lambda items, t=sensor_type: sensor_item_value(items, t))
+        for key, name, icon, sensor_type in _AIR_QUALITY_SENSORS
+    ),
+)
+
+
+def _consumable_state(items, name):
+    """Read a `/consumable/vs/0`-style items[] entry -- {name, state} pairs,
+    unlike AIR_QUALITY's {type, value} shape above."""
+    for item in items or ():
+        if isinstance(item, dict) and item.get('x.com.samsung.da.name') == name:
+            return item.get('x.com.samsung.da.state')
+    return None
+
+
+# FilterProgress is a raw 0-100 percentage in both dumps (100 and 62); which
+# end of that scale means "replace me" isn't confirmed from the dump alone,
+# so the entity is named after the raw field rather than asserting a
+# direction (see issue #56 follow-up questions).
+FILTER = Capability(
+    href='/consumable/vs/0',
+    poll_tier='cold',
+    entities=(
+        SensorDesc(key='filter_progress', field='x.com.samsung.da.items',
+                   name='Filter progress', unit='%', state_class='measurement',
+                   icon='mdi:air-filter', entity_category='diagnostic',
+                   value_fn=lambda items: int_or_none(
+                       _consumable_state(items, 'FilterProgress'))),
+    ),
+)
+
+DEVICE_ACTIVE = Capability(
+    href='/devicespecificinfo/vs/0',
+    poll_tier='cold',
+    entities=(
+        BinarySensorDesc(key='device_active', field='x.com.samsung.da.deviceActive',
+                          name='Device active', icon='mdi:check-network-outline',
+                          entity_category='diagnostic',
+                          value_fn=lambda v: bool(v)),
+    ),
+)
+
+# OCF-native / vendor pair for fan speed+direction -- see module docstring for
+# why these are read-only for now.
+AIRFLOW_GENERIC = Capability(
+    href='/airflow/0',
+    poll_tier='warm',
+    entities=(
+        SensorDesc(key='fan_speed_level', field='speed',
+                   name='Fan speed level', icon='mdi:fan',
+                   state_class='measurement', entity_category='diagnostic'),
+        SensorDesc(key='fan_direction', field='direction',
+                   name='Fan direction', icon='mdi:rotate-3d-variant',
+                   entity_category='diagnostic'),
+    ),
+)
+
+AIRFLOW_VS_FALLBACK = Capability(
+    href='/airflow/vs/0',
+    match_fn=lambda rep, resources: '/airflow/0' not in resources,
+    poll_tier='warm',
+    entities=(
+        SensorDesc(key='fan_speed_level', field='x.com.samsung.da.speedLevel',
+                   name='Fan speed level', icon='mdi:fan',
+                   state_class='measurement', entity_category='diagnostic',
+                   value_fn=int_or_none),
+        SensorDesc(key='fan_direction', field='x.com.samsung.da.direction',
+                   name='Fan direction', icon='mdi:rotate-3d-variant',
+                   entity_category='diagnostic'),
+    ),
+)
+
+
+def _light_write(payload, rep, href=None):
+    opts = list(rep.get('x.com.samsung.da.options') or [])
+    return ['mode', 'vs', '0'], {
+        'x.com.samsung.da.options': replace_in_options(opts, 'Light', payload),
+    }
+
+
+MODE = Capability(
+    href='/mode/vs/0',
+    poll_tier='warm',
+    entities=(
+        SwitchDesc(key='display_light', name='Display light', icon='mdi:led-on',
+                   entity_category='config',
+                   rep_fn=bool_option_value('Light'),
+                   exists_fn=bool_option_exists('Light'),
+                   write_fn=_light_write),
+        # Read-only pending issue #56 follow-up -- see module docstring.
+        SensorDesc(key='operating_mode', name='Operating mode', icon='mdi:fan',
+                   entity_category='diagnostic',
+                   rep_fn=lambda rep: option_value(rep.get('x.com.samsung.da.options'), 'Comode'),
+                   exists_fn=bool_option_exists('Comode')),
+        SensorDesc(key='blooming_level', name='Blooming level', icon='mdi:flower',
+                   entity_category='diagnostic',
+                   rep_fn=lambda rep: option_value(rep.get('x.com.samsung.da.options'), 'Blooming'),
+                   exists_fn=bool_option_exists('Blooming')),
+    ),
+)
+
+# /humidity/0 and /humidity/vs/0 are empty {} on both dumps this family has
+# been verified against -- covered here (not globally, per ignored.py's
+# module docstring) since those hrefs collide with fridge/AC schemas
+# elsewhere. Same two hrefs and reasoning as airconditioner.py's _AC_IGNORED.
+COVERAGE = [
+    Capability(href='/humidity/0'),
+    Capability(href='/humidity/vs/0'),
+]

custom_components/localthings/registry/capabilities/common.py

@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ def _num(v):
         return None
 
 
+def int_or_none(v):
+    try:
+        return int(v)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+
+
 def clamp_power(v):
     n = _num(v)
     return 0.0 if (n is not None and n < 0) else n
@@ -58,6 +65,26 @@ def _active_alarm_codes(items):
     return ', '.join(codes) if codes else 'none'
 
 
+def sensor_item_value(items, sensor_type, index=0):
+    """Pull one reading out of a `/sensors/vs/0`-style items[] list -- each
+    item is `{type, value: [...]}`; `index` picks which slot of a possibly
+    multi-value reading to read (index 0 is the raw measurement on every
+    family seen so far). Shared by range_hood.AIR_QUALITY and
+    air_purifier.AIR_QUALITY, which read the same resource shape."""
+    for item in items or ():
+        if not isinstance(item, dict):
+            continue
+        if item.get('x.com.samsung.da.type') != sensor_type:
+            continue
+        values = item.get('x.com.samsung.da.value') or ()
+        if index < len(values):
+            try:
+                return int(values[index])
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                return None
+    return None
+
+
 # OCF-native / vendor '-vs' fallback pairs for power, kids-lock, remote control.
 #
 # These three controls exist as both a standard OCF resource (/power/0,

custom_components/localthings/registry/capabilities/range_hood.py

@@ -17,13 +17,7 @@ from ..entities import (
     SensorDesc,
     SwitchDesc,
 )
-
-
-def _int_or_none(value):
-    try:
-        return int(value)
-    except (TypeError, ValueError):
-        return None
+from .common import int_or_none, sensor_item_value
 
 
 def _timestamp(value):
@@ -33,18 +27,6 @@ def _timestamp(value):
         return None
 
 
-def _item_value(items, sensor_type, index=0):
-    for item in items or ():
-        if not isinstance(item, dict):
-            continue
-        if item.get('x.com.samsung.da.type') != sensor_type:
-            continue
-        values = item.get('x.com.samsung.da.value') or ()
-        if index < len(values):
-            return _int_or_none(values[index])
-    return None
-
-
 def _active_alarm_codes(items):
     """Discard the hood firmware's retained/deleted ``ErrorCode_OFF`` row.
 
@@ -176,7 +158,7 @@ HOOD_FILTER = Capability(
             state_class='measurement',
             icon='mdi:air-filter',
             entity_category='diagnostic',
-            value_fn=_int_or_none,
+            value_fn=int_or_none,
         ),
         SensorDesc(
             key='hood_filter_status',
@@ -193,7 +175,7 @@ HOOD_FILTER = Capability(
             icon='mdi:timer-outline',
             entity_category='diagnostic',
             enabled_default=False,
-            value_fn=_int_or_none,
+            value_fn=int_or_none,
         ),
     ),
 )
@@ -208,25 +190,25 @@ AIR_QUALITY = Capability(
             field='x.com.samsung.da.items',
             name='Clean level',
             icon='mdi:air-filter',
-            value_fn=lambda items: _item_value(items, 'CleanLevel'),
+            value_fn=lambda items: sensor_item_value(items, 'CleanLevel'),
         ),
         SensorDesc(
             key='dust',
             field='x.com.samsung.da.items',
             name='Dust',
-            value_fn=lambda items: _item_value(items, 'Dust'),
+            value_fn=lambda items: sensor_item_value(items, 'Dust'),
         ),
         SensorDesc(
             key='fine_dust',
             field='x.com.samsung.da.items',
             name='Fine dust',
-            value_fn=lambda items: _item_value(items, 'FineDust'),
+            value_fn=lambda items: sensor_item_value(items, 'FineDust'),
         ),
         SensorDesc(
             key='super_fine_dust',
             field='x.com.samsung.da.items',
             name='Super fine dust',
-            value_fn=lambda items: _item_value(items, 'SuperFineDust'),
+            value_fn=lambda items: sensor_item_value(items, 'SuperFineDust'),
         ),
     ),
 )

custom_components/localthings/strings.json

@@ -246,6 +246,17 @@
       "already_configured": "This device is already configured."
     }
   },
+  "options": {
+    "step": {
+      "init": {
+        "title": "Local Things Options",
+        "description": "Some devices accept certain writes (e.g. default detergent/softener dosing on a washer) even while reporting remote control off. By default, LocalThings blocks every write with a clear error whenever a device reports remote control off, rather than letting the device silently reject it. Only enable this if you've confirmed writes actually work on this device with remote control off -- otherwise you'll trade that clear error for a silent failure.",
+        "data": {
+          "bypass_remote_control_lock": "Allow writes even when remote control is reported off"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
   "issues": {
     "device_gap": {
       "title": "Incomplete capability coverage for {device_name}",

custom_components/localthings/translations/en.json

@@ -246,6 +246,17 @@
       "already_configured": "This device is already configured."
     }
   },
+  "options": {
+    "step": {
+      "init": {
+        "title": "Local Things Options",
+        "description": "Some devices accept certain writes (e.g. default detergent/softener dosing on a washer) even while reporting remote control off. By default, LocalThings blocks every write with a clear error whenever a device reports remote control off, rather than letting the device silently reject it. Only enable this if you've confirmed writes actually work on this device with remote control off -- otherwise you'll trade that clear error for a silent failure.",
+        "data": {
+          "bypass_remote_control_lock": "Allow writes even when remote control is reported off"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
   "issues": {
     "device_gap": {
       "title": "Incomplete capability coverage for {device_name}",

tests/fixtures/air_purifier_device.json

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+{
+  "device0": [
+    {
+      "rt": [
+        "x.com.samsung.devcol"
+      ],
+      "if": [
+        "oic.if.baseline",
+        "oic.if.ll",
+        "oic.if.b"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/airflow/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "speed": 0,
+        "direction": "Off"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/airflow/vs/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "x.com.samsung.da.speedLevel": "0",
+        "x.com.samsung.da.direction": "Off"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/alarms/vs/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "x.com.samsung.da.items": [
+          {
+            "x.com.samsung.da.id": "0",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.description": "Alarm",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.alarmType": "Device",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.code": "ErrorCode_OFF",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.triggeredTime": "2026-07-23T15:56:55",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.state": "Deleted"
+          },
+          {
+            "x.com.samsung.da.id": "1",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.description": "Alarm",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.alarmType": "Device",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.code": "FilterAlarm",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.triggeredTime": "2026-07-23T15:56:55",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.state": "Created"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/configuration/vs/0",
+      "rep": {}
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/consumable/vs/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "x.com.samsung.da.items": [
+          {
+            "x.com.samsung.da.state": "100",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.name": "FilterProgress"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/devicespecificinfo/vs/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "x.com.samsung.da.deviceActive": true
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/diagnosis/vs/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "x.com.samsung.da.diagnosisStart": "Ready"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/energy/consumption/0",
+      "rep": {}
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/energy/consumption/vs/0",
+      "rep": {}
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/humidity/0",
+      "rep": {}
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/humidity/vs/0",
+      "rep": {}
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/information/vs/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "x.com.samsung.da.modelNum": "ARTIK051_TVTL_18K|10193941|7000023C001111C40100000000000000",
+        "x.com.samsung.da.description": "ARTIK051_TVTL_18K",
+        "x.com.samsung.da.serialNum": "**REDACTED**",
+        "x.com.samsung.da.otnDUID": "**REDACTED**",
+        "x.com.samsung.da.items": [
+          {
+            "x.com.samsung.da.id": "0",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.description": "Version",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.type": "Software",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.number": "02059A230513",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.newVersionAvailable": "0"
+          },
+          {
+            "x.com.samsung.da.id": "1",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.description": "Version",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.type": "Firmware",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.number": "19071703,19071706",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.newVersionAvailable": "0"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/mode/vs/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "x.com.samsung.da.options": [
+          "Comode_Off",
+          "Blooming_0",
+          "Light_On",
+          "OptionCode_60282"
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/power/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "value": false
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/power/vs/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "x.com.samsung.da.power": "Off"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/realtimenotiforclient/vs/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "x.com.samsung.da.timeforshortnoti": "0",
+        "x.com.samsung.da.longnotisubscription": "true",
+        "x.com.samsung.da.periodicnotisubscription": "false"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "href": "/sensors/vs/0",
+      "rep": {
+        "x.com.samsung.da.items": [
+          {
+            "x.com.samsung.da.id": "0",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.description": "Sensor for Dust",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.type": "Dust",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.value": [
+              "11",
+              "0"
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "x.com.samsung.da.id": "1",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.description": "Sensor for FineDust",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.type": "FineDust",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.value": [
+              "9",
+              "0"
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "x.com.samsung.da.id": "2",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.description": "Sensor for Odor",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.type": "Odor",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.value": [
+              "0"
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "x.com.samsung.da.id": "3",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.description": "Sensor for CleanLevel",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.type": "CleanLevel",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.value": [
+              "0"
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "x.com.samsung.da.id": "4",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.description": "Sensor for SuperFineDust",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.type": "SuperFineDust",
+            "x.com.samsung.da.value": [
+              "5",
+              "0"
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}

tests/fixtures/golden/air_purifier.json

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "state_keys": [
+    "alarm_code",
+    "blooming_level",
+    "clean_level",
+    "device_active",
+    "diagnosis_status",
+    "display_light",
+    "dust",
+    "energy_kwh",
+    "energy_last_month_kwh",
+    "energy_saved_kwh",
+    "energy_this_month_kwh",
+    "fan_direction",
+    "fan_speed_level",
+    "filter_progress",
+    "fine_dust",
+    "odor",
+    "operating_mode",
+    "power_energy_kwh",
+    "power_switch",
+    "power_watts",
+    "super_fine_dust"
+  ]
+}

tests/localthings/test_config_flow.py

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from homeassistant.data_entry_flow import FlowResultType
 from pytest_homeassistant_custom_component.common import MockConfigEntry
 
 from custom_components.localthings.const import (
-    CONF_CA_CERT_PEM, CONF_CA_KEY_PEM, CONF_HOST, CONF_PORT, DOMAIN,
+    CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL, CONF_CA_CERT_PEM, CONF_CA_KEY_PEM,
+    CONF_HOST, CONF_PORT, DOMAIN,
 )
 
 from .conftest import (
@@ -276,3 +277,45 @@ def test_probe_marks_washer_as_recognized(monkeypatch):
         ) is not None
     )
     assert recognized is True
+
+
+async def test_options_flow_default_is_off(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+    """The bypass defaults to False, so devices that never touch this
+    option see no change in the remote-control write block."""
+    entry = MockConfigEntry(domain=DOMAIN, data=ENTRY_DATA, unique_id=f'localthings_{MOCK_SERIAL}')
+    entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+
+    result = await hass.config_entries.options.async_init(entry.entry_id)
+
+    assert result['type'] == FlowResultType.FORM
+    assert result['step_id'] == 'init'
+    assert result['data_schema']({})[CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL] is False
+
+
+async def test_options_flow_can_enable_bypass(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+    """Submitting the form with the toggle on stores it in entry.options,
+    where coordinator.async_send_command reads it (issue #54)."""
+    entry = MockConfigEntry(domain=DOMAIN, data=ENTRY_DATA, unique_id=f'localthings_{MOCK_SERIAL}')
+    entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+
+    result = await hass.config_entries.options.async_init(entry.entry_id)
+    result = await hass.config_entries.options.async_configure(
+        result['flow_id'], user_input={CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL: True}
+    )
+
+    assert result['type'] == FlowResultType.CREATE_ENTRY
+    assert entry.options[CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL] is True
+
+
+async def test_options_flow_reflects_previously_saved_value(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+    """Reopening the form shows the currently-saved choice as the default,
+    not always False."""
+    entry = MockConfigEntry(
+        domain=DOMAIN, data=ENTRY_DATA, unique_id=f'localthings_{MOCK_SERIAL}',
+        options={CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL: True},
+    )
+    entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+
+    result = await hass.config_entries.options.async_init(entry.entry_id)
+
+    assert result['data_schema']({})[CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL] is True

tests/localthings/test_coordinator.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from homeassistant.exceptions import ServiceValidationError
 from homeassistant.helpers import issue_registry as ir
 
 from custom_components.localthings.const import (
-    CONF_HOST, DOMAIN, SUMMARY_INTERVAL_S,
+    CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL, CONF_HOST, DOMAIN, SUMMARY_INTERVAL_S,
 )
 from custom_components.localthings.coordinator import LocalThingsCoordinator
 from custom_components.localthings.registry.capabilities.common import (
@@ -643,7 +643,13 @@ async def test_write_marks_href_pending_before_post(
     hass: HomeAssistant, mock_entry, mock_coordinator_observe_session
 ) -> None:
     """async_send_command must call mark_write_pending before POSTing so a
-    slow-to-settle device can't immediately revert the optimistic write."""
+    slow-to-settle device can't immediately revert the optimistic write --
+    and it must guard the write's actual target href (write_fn's own
+    path_segs), not bound_entity.href. Those differ for a composite entity
+    like the AC's ClimateDesc (bound to /mode/vs/0, but writing power/temp/
+    fan/swing/preset to their own sibling hrefs) -- guarding the bound href
+    protected the wrong resource and left the one the entity actually
+    displays from unprotected (issues #17/#53)."""
     from custom_components.localthings.registry.discovery import BoundEntity
     from custom_components.localthings.registry.entities import NumberDesc
 
@@ -662,17 +668,23 @@ async def test_write_marks_href_pending_before_post(
         fake.post = lambda *a, **k: (0x44, b'')
         await coordinator.async_send_command(bound, 5)
 
-    assert coordinator._observe._settle_until.get('/test/vs/0') is not None
+    assert coordinator._observe._settle_until.get('/some/path') is not None
+    assert coordinator._observe._settle_until.get('/test/vs/0') is None
 
 
 async def test_send_command_applies_write_optimistically_before_settling(
-    hass: HomeAssistant, mock_entry, mock_coordinator_observe_session
+    hass: HomeAssistant, mock_entry, mock_coordinator_observe_session,
 ) -> None:
-    """The cache must reflect a write immediately, and stay put against a
-    stale echo for the rest of the settle window -- otherwise
-    mark_write_pending has nothing to protect and just delays the real
-    device confirmation instead, which reads to a user as the write being
-    silently reverted (issue #27)."""
+    """The cache must reflect a write immediately at the write's actual
+    target href (write_fn's path_segs) -- not bound_entity.href, which
+    differs for a composite entity like the AC's ClimateDesc -- and stay put
+    against a stale echo for the rest of the settle window there.
+
+    Applying the optimistic value to bound_entity.href instead is exactly
+    how issues #17/#53 survived the original optimistic-apply fix (issue
+    #27): the bound href got a harmless (if nonsensical) optimistic merge,
+    while the resource the entity actually reads from for its displayed
+    state never got one and stayed stale until the next real read of it."""
     from custom_components.localthings.registry.discovery import BoundEntity
     from custom_components.localthings.registry.entities import NumberDesc
 
@@ -691,18 +703,150 @@ async def test_send_command_applies_write_optimistically_before_settling(
         fake.post = lambda *a, **k: (0x44, b'')
         await coordinator.async_send_command(bound, 5)
 
-    # The optimistic value is visible right away, without waiting for a
-    # device response.
-    assert coordinator._cache.get('/test/vs/0') == {'value': 5}
+    # The optimistic value is visible right away at the write's real
+    # target, not the bound href.
+    assert coordinator._cache.get('/some/path') == {'value': 5}
+    assert coordinator._cache.get('/test/vs/0') != {'value': 5}
 
     # A stale update racing in behind the write (e.g. a poll/notify that
     # was already in flight before the PUT) must not clobber it while the
     # settle window is open.
+    applied = coordinator._observe.apply('/some/path', {'value': 0}, source='observe')
+    assert applied is False
+    assert coordinator._cache.get('/some/path') == {'value': 5}
+
+
+async def test_climate_power_write_applies_to_its_own_href_not_bound_href(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, mock_entry, mock_coordinator_observe_session
+) -> None:
+    """Regression for issues #17/#53, using the real AC capability. The
+    composite climate entity binds /mode/vs/0 (airconditioner.CLIMATE.href),
+    but a power command's write_fn (airconditioner._climate_write) targets
+    the sibling /power/0 -- the href climate.py's `_is_on()` actually reads.
+    The optimistic value and settle guard must land there, not on the bound
+    /mode/vs/0, or the entity never sees the write and shows stale state
+    until the next unrelated read of /power/0."""
+    from custom_components.localthings.registry.capabilities import airconditioner
+    from custom_components.localthings.registry.discovery import BoundEntity
+
+    fake = mock_coordinator_observe_session
+    await hass.config_entries.async_setup(mock_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+    coordinator: LocalThingsCoordinator = hass.data[DOMAIN][mock_entry.entry_id]
+
+    bound = BoundEntity(
+        href=airconditioner.CLIMATE.href,
+        capability=coordinator.bound[0].capability,
+        desc=airconditioner.CLIMATE.entities[0],
+    )
+
+    with patch.object(fake, 'subscribe'):
+        fake.post = lambda *a, **k: (0x44, b'')
+        await coordinator.async_send_command(bound, ('power', True))
+
+    assert coordinator._cache.get('/power/0') == {'value': True}
+    assert coordinator._cache.get(airconditioner.CLIMATE.href) != {'value': True}
+    assert coordinator._observe._settle_until.get('/power/0') is not None
+
+
+async def test_send_command_survives_stale_confirm_poll(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, mock_entry, mock_coordinator_observe_session, fridge_resources,
+) -> None:
+    """The settle window must outlast the confirm poll async_send_command
+    triggers via async_request_refresh(), not just DEFAULT_SETTLE_S's fixed
+    few seconds (issue #9). Some devices settle a write internally slower
+    than that refresh's own round trip -- issue #9's washer packs cycle/
+    detergent/softener selection into /course/vs/0's shared options[]
+    array, which visibly takes a few seconds of validation/dispenser
+    movement to catch up, unlike /washer/vs/0's plain temperature/spin
+    fields on the same device, which confirm instantly. A confirm poll that
+    lands before the device has caught up is stale, and a settle window
+    sized only to the fixed default (rather than the PUT+poll round trip)
+    expires before that poll even returns, so the stale read lands
+    unprotected and reverts the optimistic value -- self-correcting again
+    only once a later poll finally sees the real change. That reads to a
+    user as the write reverting, then reapplying itself, a few seconds
+    later."""
+    from custom_components.localthings.registry.discovery import BoundEntity
+    from custom_components.localthings.registry.entities import NumberDesc
+
+    fake = mock_coordinator_observe_session
+    await hass.config_entries.async_setup(mock_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+    coordinator: LocalThingsCoordinator = hass.data[DOMAIN][mock_entry.entry_id]
+
+    def _write_fn(payload, rep, href):
+        return (['test', 'vs', '0'], {'value': payload})
+
+    desc = NumberDesc(key='test', field='value', write_fn=_write_fn)
+    bound = BoundEntity(href='/test/vs/0', capability=coordinator.bound[0].capability, desc=desc)
+
+    def _stale_confirm_poll():
+        # Stand-in for the write's own confirming /device/0 poll racing
+        # against a stale read for the same href -- the device's internal
+        # state hasn't caught up to the write yet, even though it will a
+        # little later.
+        coordinator._observe.apply('/test/vs/0', {'value': 0}, source='poll')
+        return fridge_resources
+
+    with (
+        patch.object(fake, 'subscribe'),
+        patch.object(LocalThingsCoordinator, '_poll_once', side_effect=_stale_confirm_poll),
+    ):
+        fake.post = lambda *a, **k: (0x44, b'')
+        await coordinator.async_send_command(bound, 5)
+
+    # The optimistic value is visible right away and survived the stale
+    # confirm-poll race triggered by the refresh above.
+    assert coordinator._cache.get('/test/vs/0') == {'value': 5}
+
+    # The settle window is still open afterward -- sized to outlast the
+    # whole PUT + confirm-poll round trip, not released the moment that
+    # round trip happens to finish.
     applied = coordinator._observe.apply('/test/vs/0', {'value': 0}, source='observe')
     assert applied is False
     assert coordinator._cache.get('/test/vs/0') == {'value': 5}
 
 
+async def test_second_write_to_same_href_lands_during_first_writes_settle_window(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, mock_entry, mock_coordinator_observe_session,
+) -> None:
+    """Regression for issue #9: /course/vs/0 backs several independent
+    washer selects (cycle, detergent quantity, softener quantity, ...)
+    sharing one href. The settle window is now sized to tens of seconds
+    (see test_send_command_survives_stale_confirm_poll), which makes a
+    second, different write to that href landing while the first write's
+    window is still open a routine occurrence -- e.g. a user picking a
+    cycle and then adjusting detergent quantity within the same minute --
+    not a rare edge case. The second write's own optimistic value must
+    still show up immediately; a guard meant to protect optimistic writes
+    from stale device echoes must not itself suppress a later one."""
+    from custom_components.localthings.registry.discovery import BoundEntity
+    from custom_components.localthings.registry.entities import NumberDesc
+
+    fake = mock_coordinator_observe_session
+    await hass.config_entries.async_setup(mock_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+    coordinator: LocalThingsCoordinator = hass.data[DOMAIN][mock_entry.entry_id]
+
+    desc_a = NumberDesc(key='cycle', field='cycle',
+                        write_fn=lambda p, rep, href: (['test', 'vs', '0'], {'cycle': p}))
+    desc_b = NumberDesc(key='detergent', field='detergent',
+                        write_fn=lambda p, rep, href: (['test', 'vs', '0'], {'detergent': p}))
+    bound_a = BoundEntity(href='/test/vs/0', capability=coordinator.bound[0].capability, desc=desc_a)
+    bound_b = BoundEntity(href='/test/vs/0', capability=coordinator.bound[0].capability, desc=desc_b)
+
+    with patch.object(fake, 'subscribe'):
+        fake.post = lambda *a, **k: (0x44, b'')
+        await coordinator.async_send_command(bound_a, 'Eco')
+        assert coordinator._cache.get('/test/vs/0') == {'cycle': 'Eco'}
+
+        # Still well within the first write's settle window.
+        await coordinator.async_send_command(bound_b, 'High')
+
+    assert coordinator._cache.get('/test/vs/0') == {'cycle': 'Eco', 'detergent': 'High'}
+
+
 class TestRemoteControlEnabled:
     """remote_control_enabled (registry/capabilities/common.py) is the
     single source of truth for the /remotectrl on/off signal, shared by
@@ -803,7 +947,7 @@ async def test_send_command_allowed_when_remote_control_enabled(
         fake.post = lambda *a, **k: (0x44, b'')
         await coordinator.async_send_command(bound, 5)
 
-    assert coordinator._observe._settle_until.get('/test/vs/0') is not None
+    assert coordinator._cache.get('/some/path') == {'value': 5}
 
 
 async def test_send_command_remote_control_check_precedes_validate_fn(
@@ -835,3 +979,44 @@ async def test_send_command_remote_control_check_precedes_validate_fn(
 
     with pytest.raises(ServiceValidationError, match="Remote control is turned off"):
         await coordinator.async_send_command(bound, 'On')
+
+
+async def test_send_command_bypasses_remote_control_when_option_enabled(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, mock_coordinator_observe_session
+) -> None:
+    """Issue #54: some devices accept certain writes even while reporting
+    remote control off, so a user who's confirmed that for their device can
+    opt it out of the block entirely via the options flow
+    (CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL, entry.options -- not entry.data)."""
+    from pytest_homeassistant_custom_component.common import MockConfigEntry
+
+    from custom_components.localthings.registry.discovery import BoundEntity
+    from custom_components.localthings.registry.entities import NumberDesc
+
+    entry = MockConfigEntry(
+        domain=DOMAIN, data=ENTRY_DATA, unique_id=f'localthings_{MOCK_SERIAL}',
+        options={CONF_BYPASS_REMOTE_CONTROL: True},
+    )
+    entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+
+    fake = mock_coordinator_observe_session
+    await hass.config_entries.async_setup(entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+    coordinator: LocalThingsCoordinator = hass.data[DOMAIN][entry.entry_id]
+    coordinator._cache.apply_rep(
+        '/remotectrl/vs/0',
+        {'x.com.samsung.da.remoteControlEnabled': 'false'},
+        source='test',
+    )
+
+    def _write_fn(payload, rep, href):
+        return (['some', 'path'], {'value': payload})
+
+    desc = NumberDesc(key='test', field='value', write_fn=_write_fn)
+    bound = BoundEntity(href='/test/vs/0', capability=coordinator.bound[0].capability, desc=desc)
+
+    with patch.object(fake, 'subscribe'):
+        fake.post = lambda *a, **k: (0x44, b'')
+        await coordinator.async_send_command(bound, 5)
+
+    assert coordinator._cache.get('/some/path') == {'value': 5}

tests/localthings/test_observe.py

@@ -67,6 +67,30 @@ def test_apply_drops_update_during_settle_window():
     assert mgr.cache.get('/oven/vs/0') == {'a': 1}
 
 
+def test_apply_optimistic_bypasses_an_in_progress_settle_window():
+    """Regression for issue #9: /course/vs/0 backs several independent
+    washer selects (cycle, detergent quantity, softener quantity, ...).
+    Picking a second one while the first's settle window is still open
+    (now sized to tens of seconds -- see coordinator._POST_TIMEOUT_S/
+    _POLL_TIMEOUT_S) is a normal sequence, not a stale echo of the first
+    write, and must land in the cache immediately -- not get silently
+    dropped by a guard that exists to protect optimistic writes, not
+    suppress them."""
+    mgr = _manager()
+    mgr.cache.apply_rep('/course/vs/0', {'Course': '1C', 'Detergent': '1'}, source='seed')
+    mgr.mark_write_pending('/course/vs/0', settle_s=30.0)
+
+    result = mgr.apply('/course/vs/0', {'Detergent': '2'}, source='optimistic')
+
+    assert result is True
+    assert mgr.cache.get('/course/vs/0') == {'Course': '1C', 'Detergent': '2'}
+
+    # A poll/sweep/observe update racing in right behind it is still
+    # gated -- the second write's own guard (re-armed by mark_write_pending,
+    # not exercised directly here) is what protects it going forward.
+    assert mgr.apply('/course/vs/0', {'Detergent': '1'}, source='poll') is False
+
+
 def test_apply_accepts_update_after_settle_window_elapses():
     mgr = _manager()
     mgr.mark_write_pending('/oven/vs/0', settle_s=0.05)

tests/test_air_purifier_capabilities.py

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+"""Tests for the ARTIK051_TVTL_18K air-purifier profile (issue #56)."""
+from custom_components.localthings.registry.adapter import flatten
+from custom_components.localthings.registry.by_type import for_device_by_model
+from custom_components.localthings.registry.capabilities import air_purifier
+from custom_components.localthings.registry.discovery import discover
+from tests.conftest import _load_device
+
+
+def _purifier():
+    resources = _load_device('air_purifier')
+    info = resources['/information/vs/0']
+    reg = for_device_by_model(
+        info['x.com.samsung.da.modelNum'], info['x.com.samsung.da.description'],
+    )
+    return reg, resources
+
+
+def _state():
+    reg, resources = _purifier()
+    bound = discover(resources, reg.capabilities, reg.pattern_capabilities)
+    return flatten(bound, resources)
+
+
+def test_model_resolves_to_air_purifier_registry():
+    reg, _ = _purifier()
+    assert reg is not None
+    assert reg.name == 'air_purifier'
+
+
+def test_no_unbound_hrefs():
+    """Every resource in the issue #56 dump binds or is ignored -- clears the
+    coverage-gap repair."""
+    reg, resources = _purifier()
+    unbound = []
+    discover(resources, reg.capabilities, reg.pattern_capabilities, log=unbound.append)
+    assert unbound == []
+
+
+def test_expected_entities_present():
+    state = _state()
+    for key in (
+        'power_switch', 'alarm_code', 'dust', 'fine_dust', 'super_fine_dust',
+        'odor', 'clean_level', 'filter_progress', 'device_active',
+        'diagnosis_status', 'fan_speed_level', 'fan_direction',
+        'display_light', 'operating_mode', 'blooming_level',
+    ):
+        assert key in state, key
+
+
+def test_air_quality_sensor_values():
+    """Dust/FineDust/SuperFineDust/Odor/CleanLevel read index 0 of each
+    items[] entry's value list (the raw measurement, per common.sensor_item_value)."""
+    state = _state()
+    assert state['dust'] == 11
+    assert state['fine_dust'] == 9
+    assert state['super_fine_dust'] == 5
+    assert state['odor'] == 0
+    assert state['clean_level'] == 0
+
+
+def test_filter_progress_reads_named_consumable_item():
+    assert _state()['filter_progress'] == 100
+
+
+def test_diagnosis_reuses_dishwasher_capability():
+    """/diagnosis/vs/0 has the identical field/write contract as
+    dishwasher.DIAGNOSIS, so the by_type registry reuses it directly."""
+    from custom_components.localthings.registry.capabilities import dishwasher
+    reg, _ = _purifier()
+    assert dishwasher.DIAGNOSIS in reg.capabilities['/diagnosis/vs/0']
+
+
+def test_light_switch_write_contract():
+    """The display-light switch RMW-replaces only the 'Light_*' entry in the
+    packed /mode/vs/0 options list (via laundry.replace_in_options), leaving
+    the other flags and the list order untouched."""
+    desc = next(e for e in air_purifier.MODE.entities if e.key == 'display_light')
+    rep = {'x.com.samsung.da.options': [
+        'Comode_Off', 'Blooming_0', 'Light_On', 'OptionCode_60282',
+    ]}
+    assert desc.rep_fn(rep) is True
+    assert desc.write_fn('Off', rep) == (
+        ['mode', 'vs', '0'],
+        {'x.com.samsung.da.options': [
+            'Comode_Off', 'Blooming_0', 'Light_Off', 'OptionCode_60282',
+        ]},
+    )
+
+
+def test_mode_tokens_are_read_only_diagnostics():
+    """Comode_/Blooming_ tokens surface as raw diagnostic sensors rather than
+    a select/control -- their valid value ranges aren't confirmed yet (see
+    the air_purifier.py module docstring and the issue #56 follow-up)."""
+    operating_mode = next(e for e in air_purifier.MODE.entities if e.key == 'operating_mode')
+    blooming = next(e for e in air_purifier.MODE.entities if e.key == 'blooming_level')
+    rep = {'x.com.samsung.da.options': ['Comode_Off', 'Blooming_6']}
+    assert operating_mode.rep_fn(rep) == 'Off'
+    assert blooming.rep_fn(rep) == '6'
+    assert not hasattr(operating_mode, 'write_fn')
+
+
+def test_airflow_vs_fallback_only_binds_without_generic():
+    """/airflow/vs/0 is a match_fn fallback -- it must not bind when the
+    OCF-standard /airflow/0 is also present (both are on every dump seen)."""
+    assert air_purifier.AIRFLOW_VS_FALLBACK.match_fn(
+        {}, {'/airflow/0': {'speed': 0, 'direction': 'Off'}},
+    ) is False
+    assert air_purifier.AIRFLOW_VS_FALLBACK.match_fn({}, {}) is True

tests/test_golden_regression.py

@@ -244,6 +244,20 @@ def test_registry_reproduces_golden_state_keys_for_range():
     )
 
 
+def test_registry_reproduces_golden_state_keys_for_air_purifier():
+    """ARTIK051_TVTL_18K (issue #56) -- reports no oneUiVersion; resolved via
+    the '_TVTL_' modelNum token fallback in for_device_by_model."""
+    from tests.conftest import _load_device
+    resources = _load_device('air_purifier')
+    golden = json.loads((GOLDEN / 'air_purifier.json').read_text())
+    state_keys = _new_state_keys('air_purifier', resources)
+    assert set(state_keys) == set(golden['state_keys']), (
+        f"state_keys mismatch:\n"
+        f"  extra:   {sorted(set(state_keys) - set(golden['state_keys']))}\n"
+        f"  missing: {sorted(set(golden['state_keys']) - set(state_keys))}"
+    )
+
+
 def test_registry_reproduces_golden_state_keys_for_oven():
     """Wall oven (model TP1X_DA-KS-OVEN-0107X, issue #55) -- reports no
     oneUiVersion; resolved via the '-OVEN-' modelNum token fallback in