proactiveEvent() built every proactive event without a context, so doorbellPress() and
device.raise(DoorbellEventSource, "DoorbellPress") left out the "context": {} that the example of
alexa-doorbelleventsource.html has. The Event of Alexa.SimpleEventSource is printed without one, so
the event descriptor says which it is (emptyContext) and raise() passes it on to the builder.
A raised DoorbellPress is now { event, context: {} }, 13 bytes longer; the Event of a button is
unchanged. The tests compare the keys and the context of the built message with the fixture of the
page, for the builder, the descriptor and raise(). 267 tests pass.
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Six descriptors written from their pages replace the last stubs of tiers 1 and 2. A scene answers Activate and
Deactivate through ctx.respond() with ActivationStarted and DeactivationStarted, the time and the cause filled
in. device.raise(descriptor, name, payload) publishes DoorbellPress and the Event of a button on <root>/event
with the endpoint and a new messageId; it throws a MessageError for an interface or instance the device did
not declare, an event that answers a directive, a payload that does not fit and a message over 16000 bytes.
TurnOn of a device with WakeOnLANController is deferred without the warning.
On the wire: a doorbell has no properties object and proactivelyReported on the capability; SimpleEventSource
is version 1.0, InventoryLevelSensor and WakeOnLANController version 3 (1.5.2: 1). A scene declared without
options is announced as before. Alex2MQTT has no topic yet for the WakeUp event.
24 examples of the six pages are saved as fixtures. 267 tests pass, 241 before.
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Eight descriptors written from their pages, each with its version, the value of its property and the payload of
every directive. Seven replace a stub; Alexa.HumiditySensor is new, as AlexaInterfaceType.HUMIDITY_SENSOR.
LockController is deferrable: defer() on a lock logs no warning.
A 1.x declaration of LockController, MotionSensor, PercentageController or PowerLevelController now lists its
property in discovery, where 1.5.2 listed none: the zoo's lock, motion sensor and heater come out as the JSON
Alexa accepted. A payload that does not fit (hue 361, 900 K) is answered with INVALID_VALUE.
48 examples of the eight pages are saved as fixtures. 191 tests pass, 168 before.
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The three generic controllers are described in full and leave the stub table (62 stubs remain). A declaration
takes an instance name, friendly names from text() and asset(), and the options of the interface: range, unit and
presets for a range; supportedModes and ordered for a mode; semantics() for all three, with actions mapped to
directives and states mapped to a value or a range of values.
Refused at device.add(), each with the endpoint, interface and instance in the message: no instance name or no
friendly name; an instance declared twice; a first friendly name or a phrase used by another capability of the
endpoint; a reserved word, an asset id that is not in the catalog; range.max not above range.min; a preset off the
precision grid or outside the range; fewer than two modes or a mode listed twice; a mapping to a directive the
interface does not have, to a payload that does not fit, to a mode that is not listed, to AdjustMode on modes
that are not ordered; SetEcoOn, SetEcoOff, EcoOn and EcoOff on anything but a toggle.
For 1.x callers: Alexa.RangeController lists rangeValue (1.5.2 sent supported: []); addSupportedModes() announces
a mode given as a string as { value } and notes it, and takes { ordered: false } as a second argument, the default
stays true as 1.5.2 sent it (device.add() defaults to false). Declared the 1.x way, the zoo fan and curtain give
the same JSON as before.
Tests: the zoo blind, whose range, unit and semantics were written by hand into the JSON of 1.5.2, is declared
with device.add() and equals that JSON plus the Alexa capability; five capability objects of Amazon's examples
are reproduced the same way. 27 examples of four pages added. npm test: 108 pass (was 85) in 10.5-11.3 s, also on
Node 18.20.8 and 20.20.2.
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A capability is a descriptor plus what the endpoint declares (device/Capability.ts), and its discovery object is
generated from the two. The new API is bridge.addDevice({ endpointId, name, categories, ... }) and
device.add(PowerController, options): both throw a DeclarationError that names the endpoint, the interface and
the instance (device/validate.ts), and leave the bridge and the device as they were. AlexaInterface is the same
Capability with the 1.x methods on it; it, ActionMapping and the enums moved to src/compat/, Device to src/device/.
What a 1.x caller can observe:
- every endpoint ends with { type: "AlexaInterface", interface: "Alexa", version: "3" } (alexa-interface.html);
new Alex2MQTT(..., { alexaInterface: false }) leaves it out
- the fields of a capability object come in the order of Amazon's examples; their content is unchanged
- addCapability() with a name that is not an interface throws (1.5.2 announced it with the version "UNKNOWN")
- ActionMapping takes the payload as an object; a JSON string is parsed (1.5.2 sent the string), any other throws
- what Alexa would reject in a 1.x declaration is not refused: device.check() lists it and the bridge logs each
line once, as "warning: ..." through the log hook, when it answers a discovery
- a device whose JSON cannot be built is left out of the answer and reported as an error event
- PowerController and EndpointHealth are the descriptors and keep ON/OFF and OK/UNREACHABLE; PowerState is new
Tests: six zoo devices declared the 1.x way give the JSON that Alexa accepted from 1.5.2 on 2026-09-28, plus the
Alexa capability. npm test: 85 pass (was 57) in 10-12 s, also on Node 18.20.8 and 20.20.2.
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