Fix Apollo Firmware Version sensor showing unknown

[bharvey88]

What does this implement/fix?

Fixes Apollo Firmware Version text sensor showing "unknown" in Home Assistant.

• Replaced component.update with text_sensor.template.publish for the version sensor in both on_client_connected and reportAllValues script
• Removed update_interval: never so the lambda also fires periodically (every 60s) as a fallback

The root cause is that ESPHome's component.update action silently skips execution when the component's is_ready() check fails (see UpdateComponentAction::play() in esphome/core/base_automation.h). The text_sensor.template.publish action calls publish_state() directly without this guard.

Same fix as ApolloAutomation/AIR-1#87

Types of changes

• Bugfix (fixed change that fixes an issue)

Checklist / Checklijst:

• The code change has been tested and works locally

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Refactor
  • Enhanced firmware version sensor responsiveness in ESPHome integration by refactoring how version changes are communicated and detected across system states.

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• Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml

Walkthrough

This pull request modifies the ESPHome configuration to change how the apollo_firmware_version sensor is updated. Instead of using component update calls, the firmware version is now published via text_sensor.template.publish events in API actions, boot scripts, and status reporting. The update_interval constraint is also removed from the sensor definition.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
ESPHome Firmware Version Sensor Integrations/ESPHome/Core.yaml	Replaced component.update: apollo_firmware_version with text_sensor.template.publish calls in API actions and boot scripts; removed update_interval: never from text_sensor definition.

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🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~5 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• [version] Add ESPHome and Apollo firmware version sensors #20 — Directly modifies the same apollo_firmware_version text_sensor and its update flows
• [api] Rename services to actions (breaking change) #21 — Also changes the apollo_firmware_version sensor declaration and replaces component.update calls with text_sensor.template.publish

Suggested reviewers

• TrevorSchirmer

Poem

🐰 The firmware hops in a brand new way,
No more component.update delays,
With template.publish, so swift and light,
The version sensors bounce just right!
Update_interval? Gone without a trace,
Let the text_sensor publish with grace! ✨

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title directly and accurately summarizes the main change: fixing the Apollo Firmware Version sensor that was showing unknown values in Home Assistant.
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[bharvey88]

confirmed working with sleep as well!