ESPHome adds a recovery command that downloads a device’s saved configuration and writes it to a new folder. It retrieves the main YAML file and its included files, keeping their relative paths, without requiring the lost original configuration to connect.
This gives makers a built-in way to retrieve the device-held backups reported on November 5. The device must already have configuration storage enabled, and an encrypted device requires its API key. Recognized secrets normally return as placeholders to fill in; the command refuses to overwrite a nonempty destination folder.