From 24152569e7393a70403052df82d1566244866d9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mart=C3=ADn=20Villagra?= <mvillagra0@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:49:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] update state only on changes

---
 custom_components/localtuya/common.py | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/custom_components/localtuya/common.py b/custom_components/localtuya/common.py
index 88b434f..2573b1a 100644
--- a/custom_components/localtuya/common.py
+++ b/custom_components/localtuya/common.py
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@ class LocalTuyaEntity(RestoreEntity, pytuya.ContextualLogger):
 
         def _update_handler(status):
             """Update entity state when status was updated."""
-            if status is not None:
-                self._status = status
-                self.status_updated()
-            else:
-                self._status = {}
-
-            self.schedule_update_ha_state()
+            if status is None:
+                status = {}
+            if self._status != status:
+                self._status = status.copy()
+                if status:
+                    self.status_updated()
+                self.schedule_update_ha_state()
 
         signal = f"localtuya_{self._config_entry.data[CONF_DEVICE_ID]}"
         self.async_on_remove(