---
title: "Real Last Changed"
description: "Real Last Changed is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 88 installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated July 16, 2026."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/hamletdufromage-ha-real-last-changed"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/hamletdufromage-ha-real-last-changed.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-23"
version: "1.4"
---

# Real Last Changed

> Real Last Changed is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 88 installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated July 16, 2026.

Real Last Changed is an integration that creates sensors tracking when other entities last changed state. It is meant to keep the last changed time useful after a Home Assistant restart, since the built-in value does not persist across reboots. Each sensor logs the last time an entity went from one valid state to another and keeps the previous valid state as an attribute. Setup happens in the UI, where a single sensor can be added for one chosen entity with an optional name. Another option matches entities by a pattern, with an optional regular expression mode. Both options accept optional from and to states, and the integration works locally.

Automatic summary of the README and code of HamletDuFromage/ha\_real-last-changed. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact)

[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=HamletDuFromage&repository=ha_real-last-changed&category=integration)

On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=HamletDuFromage&repository=ha_real-last-changed&category=integration)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS.
- **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

## Setting it up

Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services.

### Add Single Sensor

- **Entity to track**
- **Name (optional)**
- **From state (optional)**
- **To state (optional)**

### Pattern Matching

- **Pattern (matches entity ID)**
- **Use regex**
- **From state (optional)**
- **To state (optional)**

Texts from the code of [HamletDuFromage/ha\_real-last-changed](https://github.com/HamletDuFromage/ha_real-last-changed).

## From the README

> This component creates entities that track the last time an entity's state has actually been changed. This is meant to make last\_changed useful even after a HA restart.
>
> There have been multiple feature requests over the years to make the last changed state persist reboots.
>
> - Logs the last time an entity went from one valid state to another
> - Stores the last valid state in previous\_valid\_state attribute

From the README of [HamletDuFromage/ha\_real-last-changed](https://github.com/HamletDuFromage/ha_real-last-changed#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened.

## At a glance

- Kind: Marketplace integration
- Category: [Helpers](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/helpers.md), Store a value
- Number: 88 installs sharing analytics; 40 GitHub stars
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
- Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
- Latest version: v0.7.0, last updated July 16, 2026
- Domain: `real_last_changed`
- Source: <https://github.com/HamletDuFromage/ha_real-last-changed>
- Issues: <https://github.com/HamletDuFromage/ha_real-last-changed/issues>
- Screenshot: https://vulpo.app/integrations-img/6b843ee14dda6366.webp (from HamletDuFromage/ha\_real-last-changed's README)

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Last updated 2026-10-23. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/hamletdufromage-ha-real-last-changed

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