Proposed change

The generic_thermostat has a minimum cycle duration that only reacts to temp change events and doesn't prevent the thermostat from being toggled without delay. The description provided with said setting is also misleading and doesn't convey that it is only effective for temp changes.

This change repurposes and enhances the minimum cycle duration setting (renamed to minimum run time) and introduces two new settings to the generic_thermostat. In all, the three main changes are that there is now a minimum run time, maximum run time, and a cooldown time setting.

The minimum run time setting ensures that once the generic_thermostat is on, it must stay on until at least the specified time has passed. The maximum run time setting does something similar and ensures that the thermostat cannot stay on for more than the configured time. Finally, the cooldown time setting ensures that the specified amount of time is passed in an off state before being turned on again.

The purpose to these settings is to introduce duty cycle type features to the generic_thermostat, as all sorts of devices could be attached to it that may require such control (to ensure safety and lifespan of the devices).

Finally, these changes are backwards compatible - it will automatically migrate an existing minimum cycle duration setting to the new minimum run time and cooldown time (effectively providing the exact same functionality). As well, these settings only affect the generic_thermostat control itself for changing state between on and off; it does not prevent the attached switch device from being manually controlled if required.

Type of change

• Dependency upgrade
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Additional information

• This PR fixes or closes issue: fixes #
• This PR is related to issue: Fix generic thermostat state issues #133180
• Link to documentation pull request: Document generic_thermostat enhancements for PR #136298. home-assistant.io#37546

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