Enhancement: MQTT LWT status about aqualinkd HOT 5 CLOSED

Thanks for the suggestion. AqualinkD already publishes with the retain flag, so anything connecting should get the last set of values AqualinkD posted directly from the MQTT server. So I’m not sure what this adds over that from an AqualinkD perspective. If a client dies, AqualinkD really doesn’t care about knowing that. At the time the client reconnects it will get the latest messages AqualinkD sent.
What problem / or potential issue do you see this solving?

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Sorry for the poor description! Client = aqualinkd, server = mqtt broker.

This would let you have a simple status topic in mqtt to see if aqualinkd is running. For example... When daemon starts, aqualinkd posts “online” message to a status topic. At the same time it sets the last will message to be “offline”. When daemon stops, it should post “offline” to the status message. If aqualinkd dies unexpectedly (eg WiFi drops, error, etc), then mqtt server will post the last will message on aqualinkd behalf. It’s a nice feature of mqtt tbh.

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Now I understand what you are after.
I've made the changes, Last Will Message is now supported.
aqualinkd/Alive (0 or 1)

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works like a charm! Thanks!!

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