Merge pull request #185: Release 0.17.0

SAFETY-107 row names the tested base; MAINT-17 says code reading only;
SAFETY-105 figure is from a simulation; SAFETY-97 edge is 175 W; the
maintenance note cites MAINT-14 and MAINT-15; SAFETY-108 "about 15 s".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

goodwe_controller/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,49 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.17.0
+
+**A minor bump: changed behaviour, and no option changes.** No option was
+added, removed or renamed, and no default changed (83 options). Options you
+saved work as before. The changes below apply with one inverter or two, unless
+a line says "Two inverters".
+
+**Maintenance with no battery level.** When the battery level is missing,
+battery maintenance now ends on its own time limits instead of waiting for the
+level to come back (MAINT-14, MAINT-15). You do not need to change any option.
+
+Contents of this release, in merge order since 0.16.0 (`451729c`):
+
+| | |
+|---|---|
+| `b527e99` | Two inverters: after a drain ends, the other battery no longer swings on old readings. In the test, it held steady for 23 s where 0.16.0 moved it by 720 W ([[SAFETY-103]]) |
+| `8a17711` | A full battery that stops at 98 or 99 % no longer counts as a failed charge. After 60 min with no new high, the charge counts as done; a charge that truly fails now waits 7 days and shows one notice ([[MAINT-13]]) |
+| `bf3ac79` | With no battery level, a maintenance charge still ends at its time limit and a drain waits at 0 W. The log no longer repeats a line every second ([[MAINT-14]]) |
+| `db9e231` | One inverter: when maintenance charges a battery that is already full, the log no longer repeats "The battery refuses to give power" every second. In the test, 1 line in 16 min where the code before this fix wrote about 1,700 in 15 min; the power does not change ([[SAFETY-107]]) |
+| `580c200` | The balancing hold after a charge now ends on time when the battery level is missing. Before, it waited until the level came back ([[MAINT-15]]) |
+
+### Known issues
+
+- A false "Battery is not keeping up" can still show when the peak guard pauses a maintenance charge ([[SAFETY-92]]).
+- A battery capped at a low limit with a perfectly flat reading can still trip the stale check ([[SAFETY-74]]).
+- A battery whose reading at rest is beyond about ±175 W is still not caught when it refuses ([[SAFETY-97]]).
+- The peak guard can still back off near the end of a 15-minute period when a meter reading is late, by less than 30 s ([[SAFETY-99]]).
+- Two inverters: the maintenance charge can switch on and off while the house is above the peak aim ([[SAFETY-88]]).
+- Two inverters: the "circulating" figure counts a battery's reading at rest ([[SAFETY-98]]).
+- Two inverters: a drain that starts during a big step in house use can send the other battery to full power, and about 1 kW goes to the grid for about 10 s ([[SAFETY-104]]).
+- Two inverters: when a battery comes back during a maintenance charge, the grid can step by several kW at once ([[SAFETY-101]]).
+- Two inverters: when a battery drops out during a solar surplus, the others can swing by up to 1.5 kW in a simulation ([[SAFETY-105]]).
+- Two inverters: after a drain ends, a change in house use can go unanswered for about 9 s, because some readings are old ([[SAFETY-106]]).
+- Two inverters: when one battery's level is missing, both batteries are held at 0 W, and for about 15 s the last command stays on ([[SAFETY-108]]).
+- Two inverters: if one battery's level stays missing for 12 h, the other battery's cycle can be marked failed, with a 7-day wait and a notice, though it is healthy. This comes from reading the code; it has not been seen on a site ([[MAINT-17]]).
+- One inverter: after a link drop, the battery's own safety stop to 0 W can be taken as a refusal, and the site stays at 0 W for up to 15 min ([[SAFETY-102]]).
+
+### If you are crossing from a version older than 0.10.0
+
+`## 0.10.0` below can refuse an old config: `slew_w` above its limit, and the
+withdrawn `price_provider` ids `engie_dynamic`, `totalenergies_dynamic` and
+`eneco_eddy`. Read it before you update. Run `tools/predeploy_check.py` with the
+bare options (`jq '.data.options'`) first.
+
 ## 0.16.0
 
 **A minor bump: changed behaviour, no option added or removed, and one default

goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/MAINT-14-no-soc-in-maintenance.md

@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ allows discharge.
 
 ## What this does not cover
 
-- **HOLD with no SoC** still holds 0 W and, as before, does not end while the
-  reading is missing: its time check sits behind the same early return. A HOLD
-  needs no level to end, so this is a candidate follow-up, not part of this fix. It is card MAINT-15. The "no battery level" line in
-  HOLD says only that the hold waits for the level.
+- **HOLD with no SoC**: closed by MAINT-15 (`MAINT-15-hold-ends-without-soc.md`).
 - It does not tell the operator why the reading is missing (sensor, register,
   link). It does not reuse the stale-input gate; it is the cycle's own rule.
 - The charge itself is still driven by the control loop, which has its own

goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/MAINT-15-hold-ends-without-soc.md

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# MAINT-15 - the balancing hold ends on time with no SoC reading
+
+**Status: for review.** Tests: `test_maint15.py`. No option added.
+
+**The fault.** `step()` sent every tick with no SoC to `_no_soc()`, and for
+HOLD that returned 0 W without the time check. A hold that lost its reading
+never ended: `last_completed` was never written and the next due date never
+moved. Harmless for power (0 W), but the cycle was stuck. This was left open
+in MAINT-14.
+
+## Rule
+
+1. **HOLD ends at `hold_min` whether or not there is a reading.** One helper,
+   `Maintenance._hold()`, holds the time check and is used by both paths. When
+   the time is up it writes `last_completed`, goes IDLE and logs the same
+   "cycle COMPLETE" line. Before the time is up it commands 0 W as before.
+2. **Text.** The 15-min "no battery level" line in HOLD now reads "The hold
+   still ends at its normal time." Still once per episode.
+
+## Why
+
+HOLD is reached only after the charge counted as done. Every entry into HOLD
+is in `step()` or `_no_soc()` and follows a charge that reached the target,
+stalled near full (MAINT-13) or timed out near full (MAINT-13/14). Nothing else
+sets the phase to HOLD (`_enter(HOLD` has four call sites, all after a done
+charge). The hold is a wait for the BMS to balance; it never needed the level.
+So a hold that ends with no reading is a completed cycle. The "cycle COMPLETE"
+line is true without a reading: it names minutes of hold, not a level.
+
+## Cost
+
+- If the level was lost during the hold, the cycle is recorded as complete
+  without anyone seeing the final level. The charge had counted as done, so this
+  is the same trust MAINT-14 already gives a charge that ends with no reading.
+
+## What this does not cover
+
+- It does not check that the pack is still full at the end of the hold.
+- It does not say why the reading was lost.
+- With a reading, nothing changes. `test_maint15.py` section 7 compares the new
+  HOLD tick by tick with a frozen copy of the release/1.0 HOLD branch (phase,
+  setpoint, owner, events, `last_completed`) at four `hold_min` values. A wider
+  trace of the whole cycle (800 seeded runs against db9e231) was run outside the
+  repo; its script and log are kept under `scratch/MAINT-15/` of the dev
+  workspace, not in this repository.
+- A state file written by an older version with `phase: hold` loads and ends on
+  time; the file is not changed in format.

goodwe_controller/app/maintenance.py

@@ -541,11 +541,29 @@ class Maintenance:
         events.append(msg)
         return MaintResult(IDLE, True, 0.0, False, events, failed=kind)
 
+    def _hold(self, now: datetime, events: list) -> MaintResult:
+        """HOLD for one tick, with or without a SoC reading (MAINT-15).
+
+        HOLD needs no level to end: it is reached only after the charge counted
+        as done (MAINT-13/14), so its end is a time check and nothing else.
+        """
+        elapsed = self._elapsed_min(now)
+        if elapsed >= self.cfg.hold_min:
+            self.store.set_time("last_completed", now)
+            self._enter(IDLE, now, events,
+                        f"maintenance: cycle COMPLETE ({elapsed:.0f} min hold) "
+                        "- handing back to the loop")
+            return MaintResult(IDLE, False, None, False, events)
+        # 0 W, not "do nothing": commanding zero is what stops the loop
+        # pulling the pack straight back down the moment it is full, which
+        # is exactly when the BMS needs it parked at the top.
+        return MaintResult(HOLD, True, 0.0, False, events)
+
     def _no_soc(self, now: datetime, phase: str, gate_open: bool,
                 events: list) -> MaintResult:
         """MAINT-14: one tick of a pack in a moving phase with no SoC reading.
 
-        HOLD is unchanged (0 W). DRAIN holds at 0 W, like HOLD, and its 12 h
+        HOLD stays at 0 W and ends at its normal time (MAINT-15). DRAIN holds at 0 W, like HOLD, and its 12 h
         timeout still runs. CHARGE keeps its timeout and wall backstop: out of
         time is a failure, except when the last SoC seen was within
         CHARGE_NEAR_FULL_PCT of the target, which counts as done (MAINT-13).
@@ -563,7 +581,7 @@ class Maintenance:
         if (not self._nosoc_said and (now - self._nosoc_since).total_seconds()
                 >= NOSOC_NOTE_MIN * 60):
             self._nosoc_said = True
-            tail = ("The hold waits for the level to come back."
+            tail = ("The hold still ends at its normal time."
                     if phase == HOLD else
                     f"The time limit of the {phase} still applies.")
             msg = (f"maintenance: no battery level for {NOSOC_NOTE_MIN} min. "
@@ -571,7 +589,7 @@ class Maintenance:
             _LOG.warning("%s", msg)
             events.append(msg)
         if phase == HOLD:
-            return MaintResult(HOLD, True, 0.0, False, events)
+            return self._hold(now, events)
         elapsed = self._elapsed_min(now)
         if phase == DRAIN:
             if elapsed > DRAIN_TIMEOUT_MIN:
@@ -736,16 +754,7 @@ class Maintenance:
             return MaintResult(CHARGE, False, None, True, events)
 
         if phase == HOLD:
-            if elapsed >= self.cfg.hold_min:
-                self.store.set_time("last_completed", now)
-                self._enter(IDLE, now, events,
-                            f"maintenance: cycle COMPLETE ({elapsed:.0f} min hold) "
-                            "- handing back to the loop")
-                return MaintResult(IDLE, False, None, False, events)
-            # 0 W, not "do nothing": commanding zero is what stops the loop
-            # pulling the pack straight back down the moment it is full, which
-            # is exactly when the BMS needs it parked at the top.
-            return MaintResult(HOLD, True, 0.0, False, events)
+            return self._hold(now, events)
 
         _LOG.error("maintenance: unknown phase %r, forcing idle", phase)
         events += self.abort(now, f"unknown phase {phase!r}")

goodwe_controller/config.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: GoodWe RS485 Controller
-version: "0.16.0"
+version: "0.17.0"
 slug: goodwe_controller
 description: >-
   Drives a GoodWe ES/BP battery inverter over RS485 by emulating its smart

goodwe_controller/test_maint14.py

@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ m = in_charge()
 m.tick(T0 + MIN, 100.0)
 _, _, _, ev = run(m, T0 + 2 * MIN, 30, None)
 note = [e for e in ev if "no battery level for" in e]
-check("HOLD: the line exists and claims no time limit",
-      len(note) == 1 and "time limit" not in note[0] and "waits" in note[0])
+check("HOLD: the line exists and says the hold ends at its normal time (MAINT-15)",
+      len(note) == 1 and "normal time" in note[0] and "waits" not in note[0])
 m = in_charge()
 _, _, _, ev = run(m, T0, 30, None)
 check("charge keeps its wording", any("time limit of the charge" in e for e in ev))
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ _, _, out, _ = run(m, T0 + 10 * MIN, CHARGE_TIMEOUT_MIN + 20, None)
 _, _, _, ev = run(m, out[1] + MIN, 30, None)
 check("charge done with no SoC, then HOLD with no SoC: a new episode, so the "
       "HOLD line is said", out[0].phase == HOLD
-      and sum("hold waits" in e for e in ev) == 1)
+      and sum("normal time" in e for e in ev) == 1)
 
 print("6. restart while the SoC is missing")
 with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as d:

goodwe_controller/test_maint15.py

@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+"""MAINT-15: the HOLD ends on time with no SoC reading.
+`python3 test_maint15.py`
+
+Graded here: a HOLD that loses its SoC (at the start, mid-hold, just before
+hold_min) ends on time, writes last_completed and says the COMPLETE line; SoC
+back mid-hold changes nothing; HOLD stays 0 W; one pack's loss leaves the other
+pack alone; a restart in HOLD with no SoC and an old state file.
+See DECISIONS/MAINT-15-hold-ends-without-soc.md.
+
+Mutating what this file grades? Read MUTATION.md first (stale bytecode).
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+from app.maintenance import (
+    CHARGE, DRAIN, HOLD, IDLE, NOSOC_NOTE_MIN, MaintConfig, Maintenance,
+)
+from app.store import DEFAULTS, Store
+
+UTC = timezone.utc
+fails = []
+
+
+def check(name, cond):
+    print(f"  {'ok  ' if cond else 'FAIL'} {name}")
+    if not cond:
+        fails.append(name)
+
+
+CFG = MaintConfig(enabled=True, interval_days=28, start_hour=19,
+                  discharge_w=2000, charge_w=2000, soc_floor=11,
+                  soc_target=100, hold_min=120)
+T0 = datetime(2026, 10, 4, 18, 24, tzinfo=UTC)
+MIN = timedelta(minutes=1)
+
+
+class Mem:
+    def __init__(self, data=None):
+        self.data = dict(DEFAULTS, **(data or {}))
+
+    def set(self, k, v):
+        self.data[k] = v
+
+    def set_time(self, k, when):
+        self.data[k] = when.astimezone(UTC).isoformat() if when else None
+
+    def get_time(self, k):
+        raw = self.data.get(k)
+        return datetime.fromisoformat(raw) if raw else None
+
+    def save(self):
+        pass
+
+
+def in_drain(store=None, unit=None, at=T0):
+    m = Maintenance(CFG, store or Mem(), unit=unit, name=unit or "")
+    m.force_start(at)
+    assert m.phase == DRAIN
+    return m
+
+
+def in_charge(store=None, unit=None, at=T0):
+    m = in_drain(store, unit, at)
+    m.tick(at, 11.0)
+    assert m.phase == CHARGE
+    return m
+
+
+def run(m, start, minutes, soc, gate=True, step=1):
+    """Tick every `step` min; returns (last result, end time, first result that
+    is not the starting phase with its time, all events)."""
+    ph, t, res, out, ev = m.phase, start, None, None, []
+    for i in range(0, minutes, step):
+        t = start + i * MIN
+        s = soc(i) if callable(soc) else soc
+        res = m.tick(t, s, gate_open=gate)
+        ev += res.events
+        if out is None and res.phase != ph:
+            out = (res, t)
+            break
+    return res, start + minutes * MIN, out, ev
+
+
+
+HOLD_MIN = CFG.hold_min
+
+
+def in_hold(store=None, unit=None, at=T0):
+    """A pack in HOLD that started at `at` + 1 min (charge counted as done)."""
+    m = in_charge(store, unit, at)
+    m.tick(at + MIN, 100.0)
+    assert m.phase == HOLD
+    return m
+
+
+H0 = T0 + MIN            # the hold's start
+print("1. SoC lost in HOLD: the hold ends on time")
+for label, lost_at in (("at the start", 0), ("mid-hold", 60),
+                       ("just before hold_min", HOLD_MIN - 1)):
+    m = in_hold()
+    run(m, H0, lost_at, 100.0) if lost_at else None
+    res, _, out, ev = run(m, H0 + lost_at * MIN, HOLD_MIN + 5 - lost_at, None)
+    check(f"lost {label}: ends at hold_min, to IDLE, not failed",
+          out is not None and out[0].phase == IDLE and out[0].failed == ""
+          and out[1] == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN)
+    check("...last_completed is written at that time",
+          m.store.get_time("last_completed") == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN)
+    check("...the same COMPLETE line, once, and no last_failed",
+          sum("cycle COMPLETE (120 min hold)" in e for e in ev) == 1
+          and m.store.get_time("last_failed") is None)
+    check("...the pack is idle and hands the setpoint back",
+          m.phase == IDLE and not out[0].owns_setpoint)
+
+m = in_hold()
+res, _, out, _ = run(m, H0, HOLD_MIN - 1, None)
+check("before hold_min: still HOLD at 0 W, owned, nothing written",
+      out is None and res.phase == HOLD and res.owns_setpoint
+      and res.setpoint_w == 0.0 and m.store.get_time("last_completed") is None)
+check("...the pack is not due again (next due date moved after the end)",
+      (run(m, H0 + (HOLD_MIN - 1) * MIN, 3, None), m.due(H0 + 130 * MIN))[1] is False)
+
+print("2. the text")
+m = in_hold()
+_, _, out, ev = run(m, H0, HOLD_MIN + 5, None)
+note = [e for e in ev if "no battery level for" in e]
+check("one 15 min line, saying the hold ends at its normal time",
+      len(note) == 1 and "normal time" in note[0] and "waits" not in note[0]
+      and f"{NOSOC_NOTE_MIN} min" in note[0])
+check("...and the other events are the one COMPLETE line only", len(ev) == 2)
+m = in_hold()
+_, _, _, ev = run(m, H0, NOSOC_NOTE_MIN - 2, None)
+check("under the threshold the line is not said", ev == [])
+
+print("3. SoC comes back mid-hold")
+ends = {}
+for label, soc in (("no SoC", lambda i: None if i < 40 else 100.0),
+                   ("SoC the whole time", 100.0),
+                   ("a low SoC after the gap", lambda i: None if i < 40 else 55.0)):
+    m = in_hold()
+    res, _, out, ev = run(m, H0, HOLD_MIN + 5, soc)
+    ends[label] = (out[1], m.store.get_time("last_completed")) if out else None
+    check(f"{label}: ends at hold_min", out is not None
+          and out[1] == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN)
+check("...the end time is the same with or without the gap",
+      len(set(ends.values())) == 1)
+m = in_hold()
+run(m, H0, 40, None)
+res, _, out, _ = run(m, H0 + 40 * MIN, 30, 100.0)
+check("back mid-hold: still HOLD at 0 W until the time is up",
+      out is None and res.phase == HOLD and res.setpoint_w == 0.0)
+
+print("4. restart in HOLD with no SoC")
+with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as d:
+    path = os.path.join(d, "state.json")
+    m = Maintenance(CFG, Store(path))
+    m.force_start(T0)
+    m.tick(T0, 11.0)
+    m.tick(H0, 100.0)
+    run(m, H0, 50, None)
+    m2 = Maintenance(CFG, Store(path))
+    r = m2.tick(H0 + 51 * MIN, None)
+    check("a fresh process reads HOLD and holds 0 W", m2.phase == HOLD
+          and r.phase == HOLD and r.owns_setpoint and r.setpoint_w == 0.0)
+    res, _, out, _ = run(m2, H0 + 52 * MIN, HOLD_MIN, None)
+    check("...and the hold ends at hold_min from the hold start, not the restart",
+          out and out[0].phase == IDLE and out[1] == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN
+          and m2.store.get_time("last_completed") == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN)
+    import json
+    old = {"phase": "hold", "phase_started": H0.isoformat(),
+           "last_completed": None, "last_start_attempt": None, "auto": True}
+    p2 = os.path.join(d, "old.json")
+    json.dump(old, open(p2, "w"))
+    mo = Maintenance(CFG, Store(p2))
+    r = mo.tick(H0 + 10 * MIN, None)
+    check("an old state file in HOLD loads and holds 0 W", mo.phase == HOLD
+          and r.setpoint_w == 0.0)
+    res, _, out, _ = run(mo, H0 + 11 * MIN, HOLD_MIN, None)
+    check("...and ends on time, writing last_completed",
+          out and out[1] == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN
+          and mo.store.get_time("last_completed") == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN)
+    mr = Maintenance(CFG, Store(p2))
+    check("...the written file reloads as a finished cycle",
+          mr.phase == IDLE and mr.store.get_time("last_completed") is not None)
+
+print("5. two packs")
+a, b = (Maintenance(CFG, Mem(), unit="inverter-a", name="inverter-a"),
+        Maintenance(CFG, Mem(), unit="inverter-b", name="inverter-b"))
+a_ok, b_ok = (Maintenance(CFG, Mem(), unit="inverter-a", name="inverter-a"),
+              Maintenance(CFG, Mem(), unit="inverter-b", name="inverter-b"))
+for x in (a, a_ok):
+    x.force_start(T0)
+    x.tick(T0, 11.0)
+    x.tick(H0, 100.0)
+# B is idle; A's hold loses its SoC (twin site: A keeps it)
+same, a_end = True, None
+for i in range(0, HOLD_MIN + 10):
+    t = H0 + i * MIN
+    ra = a.tick(t, None)
+    rb = b.tick(t, 60.0)
+    ra2 = a_ok.tick(t, 100.0)
+    rb2 = b_ok.tick(t, 60.0)
+    same = same and (rb.phase, rb.owns_setpoint, rb.setpoint_w) == \
+        (rb2.phase, rb2.owns_setpoint, rb2.setpoint_w) and b.phase == b_ok.phase
+    if a_end is None and a.phase == IDLE:
+        a_end = t
+check("A loses SoC in HOLD: A ends on time (as the twin with a reading)",
+      a_end == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN and a_ok.phase == IDLE
+      and a.store.get_time("last_completed") == a_ok.store.get_time("last_completed"))
+check("...B is the same as in the twin site where A kept its SoC", same)
+# B in its own HOLD with SoC, A in HOLD without
+a, b = (Maintenance(CFG, Mem(), unit="inverter-a", name="inverter-a"),
+        Maintenance(CFG, Mem(), unit="inverter-b", name="inverter-b"))
+a.force_start(T0); a.tick(T0, 11.0); a.tick(H0, 100.0)
+b_start = H0 + 30 * MIN
+b.force_start(b_start - MIN); b.tick(b_start - MIN, 11.0); b.tick(b_start, 100.0)
+b_end = None
+for i in range(0, HOLD_MIN + 40):
+    t = H0 + i * MIN
+    a.tick(t, None)
+    if t >= b_start:
+        b.tick(t, 100.0)
+        if b_end is None and b.phase == IDLE:
+            b_end = t
+check("B (SoC present) ends at its own hold_min, A's loss changes nothing",
+      b_end == b_start + HOLD_MIN * MIN and a.phase == IDLE
+      and b.store.get_time("last_completed") == b_start + HOLD_MIN * MIN)
+check("...A's end is not delayed by B", a.store.get_time("last_completed")
+      == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN)
+
+print("6. other phases unchanged")
+m = in_drain()
+res, _, out, _ = run(m, T0, 60, None)
+check("DRAIN with no SoC still holds 0 W and does not end", out is None
+      and res.phase == DRAIN and res.setpoint_w == 0.0)
+m = in_charge()
+res, _, out, _ = run(m, T0, 600, None)
+check("CHARGE with no SoC still keeps charging", out is None
+      and res.phase == CHARGE and res.charge_only)
+
+
+def old_hold_branch(phase_started, last_completed, now, hold_min):
+    """FROZEN copy of release/1.0 (db9e231) HOLD branch of step(), with a
+    reading: returns (phase, owns_setpoint, setpoint_w, events,
+    last_completed). Kept as a reference for the differential check below."""
+    elapsed = (now - phase_started).total_seconds() / 60.0
+    if elapsed >= hold_min:
+        return (IDLE, False, None,
+                [f"maintenance: cycle COMPLETE ({elapsed:.0f} min hold) "
+                 "- handing back to the loop"], now)
+    return (HOLD, True, 0.0, [], last_completed)
+
+
+print("7. with a reading: the new HOLD against the frozen release/1.0 branch")
+for hm in (0, 5, 60, 120):
+    cfg = MaintConfig(enabled=True, interval_days=28, start_hour=19,
+                      discharge_w=2000, charge_w=2000, soc_floor=11,
+                      soc_target=100, hold_min=hm)
+    m = Maintenance(cfg, Mem())
+    m.force_start(T0)
+    m.tick(T0, 11.0)
+    m.tick(H0, 100.0)
+    started, last, same, end = H0, None, True, None
+    for i in range(0, hm + 15):
+        t = H0 + i * MIN
+        if m.phase != HOLD:
+            break
+        want = old_hold_branch(started, last, t, hm)
+        r = m.tick(t, 100.0 - (i % 3))
+        got = (r.phase, r.owns_setpoint, r.setpoint_w, r.events,
+               m.store.get_time("last_completed"))
+        same = same and got == want
+        last = want[4]
+        if r.phase == IDLE:
+            end = t
+    check(f"hold_min {hm}: every tick identical (phase, owns, W, events, "
+          "last_completed)", same)
+    check("...ends at hold_min, last_completed = that tick, one COMPLETE line",
+          end == H0 + hm * MIN and m.store.get_time("last_completed") == end
+          and m.phase == IDLE)
+
+m = in_hold()
+res, _, out, ev = run(m, H0, HOLD_MIN + 5, 100.0)
+check("HOLD with a reading: 0 W until the end, then IDLE at hold_min",
+      out is not None and out[1] == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN and out[0].phase == IDLE)
+check("...last_completed is that tick and the COMPLETE line is said once",
+      m.store.get_time("last_completed") == H0 + HOLD_MIN * MIN
+      and ev == ["maintenance: cycle COMPLETE (120 min hold) "
+                 "- handing back to the loop"])
+
+print()
+if fails:
+    print(f"{len(fails)} FAILED:")
+    for f in fails:
+        print("  -", f)
+    sys.exit(1)
+print("all ok")