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author: Erik Montnemery
authorURL: https://github.com/emontnemery
title: "The DeviceEntry.suggested_area attribute has been deprecated and will be removed"
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The `DeviceEntry.suggested_area` attribute has been deprecated and will be removed in HA Core 2026.9. Also, `suggested_area` will no longer be present in `EVENT_DEVICE_REGISTRY_UPDATED` events when HA Core 2026.9 is released.

Custom integrations should not access `DeviceEntry.suggested_area`. If it's important to know which area a device is part of, use `DeviceEntry.area_id` instead.

During the deprecation period, accessing `DeviceEntry.suggested_area` will log a warning.

For more details, refer to the [DeviceEntry documentation](/docs/device_registry_index#device-properties) and core [PR 149730](https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/149730) which deprecated `DeviceEntry.suggested_area`.
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| model | The model name of the device. |
| model_id | The model identifier of the device. |
| serial_number | The serial number of the device. Unlike a serial number in the `identifiers` set, this does not need to be unique. |
| suggested_area | The suggested name for the area where the device is located. |
| sw_version | The firmware version of the device. |
| via_device | Identifier of a device that routes messages between this device and Home Assistant. Examples of such devices are hubs, or parent devices of a sub-device. This is used to show device topology in Home Assistant. |

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