Request new target if times have already started

[sshaikh]

Consider the following:

1. An EV needs x hours to charge, and a target sensor is dynamically updated to use x as it increases (using octopus_energy.update_target_config). For example, a 2 hour window is requested and the sensor is to begin at 1130am.
2. The EV reached the EVSE at 1215pm (ie 45 minutes after the target began), and so the target window is now too short.

What I would like is to be able to request to recalculate the window from now, without materially having to change its start and end time configuration (as generally 4-4 seems to work best). Is it just a matter of updating the configuration with a redundant value (eg setting hours again?).

I've had a look at some of the configuration options but not sure if they cover this situation. My guess is that the evaluation mode has something to do with it but neither of the two options[1] appear to cover a situation where target times have begun.

[1]

• All existing target rates are in the past
• Existing target rates haven't started or finished