diff --git a/custom_components/bahmcloud_store/providers.py b/custom_components/bahmcloud_store/providers.py
index e0561c6..494f61d 100644
--- a/custom_components/bahmcloud_store/providers.py
+++ b/custom_components/bahmcloud_store/providers.py
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
 from homeassistant.helpers.aiohttp_client import async_get_clientsession
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-UA = "BahmcloudStore (Home Assistant)"
 
-_RE_GITHUB = re.compile(r"(?:^|/)github\.com/([^/]+)/([^/#?]+)", re.IGNORECASE)
-_RE_GITLAB = re.compile(r"(?:^|/)gitlab\.com/([^/]+)/([^/#?]+)", re.IGNORECASE)
+UA = "BahmcloudStore (Home Assistant)"
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -23,6 +21,7 @@ class RepoInfo:
     description: str | None = None
     provider: str | None = None
     default_branch: str | None = None
+
     latest_version: str | None = None
     latest_version_source: str | None = None  # "release" | "tag" | "atom" | None
 
@@ -38,126 +37,251 @@ def _normalize_repo_name(name: str | None) -> str | None:
 
 def _split_owner_repo(repo_url: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
     u = urlparse(repo_url.rstrip("/"))
-    parts = [p for p in u.path.split("/") if p]
+    parts = [p for p in u.path.strip("/").split("/") if p]
     if len(parts) < 2:
         return None, None
-    owner = parts[0]
-    repo = parts[1]
-    repo = repo[:-4] if repo.endswith(".git") else repo
+    owner = parts[0].strip() or None
+    repo = _normalize_repo_name(parts[1])
     return owner, repo
 
 
 def detect_provider(repo_url: str) -> str:
-    u = urlparse(repo_url.rstrip("/"))
-    host = (u.netloc or "").lower()
+    host = urlparse(repo_url).netloc.lower()
     if "github.com" in host:
         return "github"
-    if "gitlab.com" in host:
+    if "gitlab" in host:
         return "gitlab"
-    # gitea heuristic: /user/repo + typical endpoints handled elsewhere
-    return "gitea" if host else "other"
+
+    owner, repo = _split_owner_repo(repo_url)
+    if owner and repo:
+        return "gitea"
+
+    return "generic"
 
 
-async def _safe_json(session, url: str, headers: dict) -> tuple[object | None, int]:
+async def _safe_json(session, url: str, *, headers: dict | None = None, timeout: int = 20):
     try:
-        async with session.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=20) as r:
-            status = r.status
+        async with session.get(url, timeout=timeout, headers=headers) as resp:
+            status = resp.status
             if status != 200:
                 return None, status
-            return await r.json(), status
+            return await resp.json(), status
     except Exception:
-        return None, 0
+        return None, None
 
 
-async def _safe_text(session, url: str, headers: dict) -> tuple[str | None, int]:
+async def _safe_text(session, url: str, *, headers: dict | None = None, timeout: int = 20):
     try:
-        async with session.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=20) as r:
-            status = r.status
+        async with session.get(url, timeout=timeout, headers=headers) as resp:
+            status = resp.status
             if status != 200:
                 return None, status
-            return await r.text(), status
+            return await resp.text(), status
     except Exception:
-        return None, 0
+        return None, None
+
+
+def _extract_tag_from_github_url(url: str) -> str | None:
+    m = re.search(r"/releases/tag/([^/?#]+)", url)
+    if m:
+        return m.group(1)
+    m = re.search(r"/tag/([^/?#]+)", url)
+    if m:
+        return m.group(1)
+    return None
 
 
 def _strip_html(s: str) -> str:
-    s = re.sub(r"<[^>]+>", " ", s or "")
-    s = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", s).strip()
-    return s
+    # minimal HTML entity cleanup for meta descriptions
+    out = (
+        s.replace("&amp;", "&")
+        .replace("&quot;", '"')
+        .replace("&#39;", "'")
+        .replace("&lt;", "<")
+        .replace("&gt;", ">")
+    )
+    return re.sub(r"\s+", " ", out).strip()
 
 
-async def _github_description_html(hass: HomeAssistant, owner: str, repo: str) -> str | None:
-    session = async_get_clientsession(hass)
-    url = f"https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}"
-    html, status = await _safe_text(session, url, {"User-Agent": UA})
-    if not html or status != 200:
-        return None
+def _extract_meta(html: str, *, prop: str | None = None, name: str | None = None) -> str | None:
+    # Extract <meta property="og:description" content="...">
+    # or <meta name="description" content="...">
+    if prop:
+        # property="..." content="..."
+        m = re.search(
+            r'<meta[^>]+property=["\']' + re.escape(prop) + r'["\'][^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']',
+            html,
+            flags=re.IGNORECASE,
+        )
+        if m:
+            return _strip_html(m.group(1))
+        m = re.search(
+            r'<meta[^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\'][^>]+property=["\']' + re.escape(prop) + r'["\']',
+            html,
+            flags=re.IGNORECASE,
+        )
+        if m:
+            return _strip_html(m.group(1))
 
-    # prefer og:description / description meta
-    m = re.search(r'<meta[^>]+property="og:description"[^>]+content="([^"]+)"', html, re.IGNORECASE)
-    if m:
-        return _strip_html(m.group(1))
-
-    m = re.search(r'<meta[^>]+name="description"[^>]+content="([^"]+)"', html, re.IGNORECASE)
-    if m:
-        return _strip_html(m.group(1))
+    if name:
+        m = re.search(
+            r'<meta[^>]+name=["\']' + re.escape(name) + r'["\'][^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\']',
+            html,
+            flags=re.IGNORECASE,
+        )
+        if m:
+            return _strip_html(m.group(1))
+        m = re.search(
+            r'<meta[^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)["\'][^>]+name=["\']' + re.escape(name) + r'["\']',
+            html,
+            flags=re.IGNORECASE,
+        )
+        if m:
+            return _strip_html(m.group(1))
 
     return None
 
 
-async def _github_latest_version(hass: HomeAssistant, owner: str, repo: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
+async def _github_description_html(hass: HomeAssistant, owner: str, repo: str) -> str | None:
+    """
+    GitHub API may be rate-limited; fetch public HTML and read meta description.
+    """
     session = async_get_clientsession(hass)
-    headers = {"User-Agent": UA, "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json"}
+    headers = {
+        "User-Agent": UA,
+        "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml",
+    }
 
-    # 1) latest release
-    data, st = await _safe_json(session, f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest", headers)
-    if isinstance(data, dict) and data.get("tag_name"):
-        return str(data["tag_name"]), "release"
+    html, status = await _safe_text(session, f"https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}", headers=headers)
+    if not html or status != 200:
+        return None
 
-    # 2) tags (first)
-    data, st = await _safe_json(session, f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/tags?per_page=1", headers)
-    if isinstance(data, list) and data:
-        t = data[0]
-        if isinstance(t, dict) and t.get("name"):
-            return str(t["name"]), "tag"
+    desc = _extract_meta(html, prop="og:description")
+    if desc:
+        return desc
 
-    # 3) atom releases feed fallback (HTML blocked cases)
-    atom, st = await _safe_text(session, f"https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/releases.atom", {"User-Agent": UA})
-    if atom and st == 200:
-        try:
-            root = ET.fromstring(atom)
-            ns = {"a": "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"}
-            entry = root.find("a:entry", ns)
-            if entry is not None:
-                title = entry.findtext("a:title", default="", namespaces=ns) or ""
-                title = title.strip()
-                # often: "v1.2.3" or "Release v1.2.3"
-                m = re.search(r"v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+([-\w\.]+)?", title)
-                if m:
-                    return m.group(0), "atom"
-        except Exception:
-            pass
+    desc = _extract_meta(html, name="description")
+    if desc:
+        return desc
+
+    return None
+
+
+async def _github_latest_version_atom(hass: HomeAssistant, owner: str, repo: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
+    session = async_get_clientsession(hass)
+    headers = {"User-Agent": UA, "Accept": "application/atom+xml,text/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8"}
+
+    xml_text, _ = await _safe_text(session, f"https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/releases.atom", headers=headers)
+    if not xml_text:
+        return None, None
+
+    try:
+        root = ET.fromstring(xml_text)
+    except Exception:
+        return None, None
+
+    for entry in root.findall(".//{*}entry"):
+        for link in entry.findall(".//{*}link"):
+            href = link.attrib.get("href")
+            if not href:
+                continue
+            tag = _extract_tag_from_github_url(href)
+            if tag:
+                return tag, "atom"
 
     return None, None
 
 
+async def _github_latest_version_redirect(hass: HomeAssistant, owner: str, repo: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
+    session = async_get_clientsession(hass)
+    headers = {"User-Agent": UA}
+    url = f"https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest"
+    try:
+        async with session.head(url, allow_redirects=False, timeout=15, headers=headers) as resp:
+            if resp.status in (301, 302, 303, 307, 308):
+                loc = resp.headers.get("Location")
+                if loc:
+                    tag = _extract_tag_from_github_url(loc)
+                    if tag:
+                        return tag, "release"
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return None, None
+
+
+async def _github_latest_version_api(hass: HomeAssistant, owner: str, repo: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
+    session = async_get_clientsession(hass)
+    headers = {"Accept": "application/vnd.github+json", "User-Agent": UA}
+
+    data, _ = await _safe_json(session, f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest", headers=headers)
+    if isinstance(data, dict):
+        tag = data.get("tag_name") or data.get("name")
+        if isinstance(tag, str) and tag.strip():
+            return tag.strip(), "release"
+
+    data, _ = await _safe_json(session, f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/tags?per_page=1", headers=headers)
+    if isinstance(data, list) and data:
+        tag = data[0].get("name")
+        if isinstance(tag, str) and tag.strip():
+            return tag.strip(), "tag"
+
+    return None, None
+
+
+async def _github_latest_version(hass: HomeAssistant, owner: str, repo: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
+    tag, src = await _github_latest_version_atom(hass, owner, repo)
+    if tag:
+        return tag, src
+
+    tag, src = await _github_latest_version_redirect(hass, owner, repo)
+    if tag:
+        return tag, src
+
+    return await _github_latest_version_api(hass, owner, repo)
+
+
 async def _gitea_latest_version(hass: HomeAssistant, base: str, owner: str, repo: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
     session = async_get_clientsession(hass)
-    headers = {"User-Agent": UA, "Accept": "application/json"}
 
-    # releases latest
-    data, st = await _safe_json(session, f"{base}/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases?limit=1", headers)
+    data, _ = await _safe_json(session, f"{base}/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases?limit=1")
     if isinstance(data, list) and data:
-        d0 = data[0]
-        if isinstance(d0, dict) and d0.get("tag_name"):
-            return str(d0["tag_name"]), "release"
+        tag = data[0].get("tag_name") or data[0].get("name")
+        if isinstance(tag, str) and tag.strip():
+            return tag.strip(), "release"
 
-    # tags latest
-    data, st = await _safe_json(session, f"{base}/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/tags?limit=1", headers)
+    data, _ = await _safe_json(session, f"{base}/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/tags?limit=1")
     if isinstance(data, list) and data:
-        d0 = data[0]
-        if isinstance(d0, dict) and d0.get("name"):
-            return str(d0["name"]), "tag"
+        tag = data[0].get("name")
+        if isinstance(tag, str) and tag.strip():
+            return tag.strip(), "tag"
+
+    return None, None
+
+
+async def _gitlab_latest_version(hass: HomeAssistant, base: str, owner: str, repo: str) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
+    session = async_get_clientsession(hass)
+    headers = {"User-Agent": UA}
+    project = quote_plus(f"{owner}/{repo}")
+
+    data, _ = await _safe_json(
+        session,
+        f"{base}/api/v4/projects/{project}/releases?per_page=1&order_by=released_at&sort=desc",
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    if isinstance(data, list) and data:
+        tag = data[0].get("tag_name") or data[0].get("name")
+        if isinstance(tag, str) and tag.strip():
+            return tag.strip(), "release"
+
+    data, _ = await _safe_json(
+        session,
+        f"{base}/api/v4/projects/{project}/repository/tags?per_page=1&order_by=updated&sort=desc",
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    if isinstance(data, list) and data:
+        tag = data[0].get("name")
+        if isinstance(tag, str) and tag.strip():
+            return tag.strip(), "tag"
 
     return None, None
 
@@ -183,8 +307,10 @@ async def fetch_repo_info(hass: HomeAssistant, repo_url: str) -> RepoInfo:
 
     try:
         if provider == "github":
-            headers = {"User-Agent": UA, "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json"}
-            data, st = await _safe_json(session, f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}", headers)
+            # Try API repo details (may be rate-limited)
+            headers = {"Accept": "application/vnd.github+json", "User-Agent": UA}
+            data, status = await _safe_json(session, f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}", headers=headers)
+
             if isinstance(data, dict):
                 info.description = data.get("description")
                 info.repo_name = _normalize_repo_name(data.get("name")) or repo
@@ -192,8 +318,12 @@ async def fetch_repo_info(hass: HomeAssistant, repo_url: str) -> RepoInfo:
                 if isinstance(data.get("owner"), dict) and data["owner"].get("login"):
                     info.owner = data["owner"]["login"]
             else:
+                # If API blocked, still set reasonable defaults
+                if status == 403:
+                    _LOGGER.debug("GitHub API blocked/rate-limited for repo info %s/%s", owner, repo)
                 info.default_branch = "main"
 
+            # If description missing, fetch from GitHub HTML
             if not info.description:
                 desc = await _github_description_html(hass, owner, repo)
                 if desc:
@@ -207,10 +337,10 @@ async def fetch_repo_info(hass: HomeAssistant, repo_url: str) -> RepoInfo:
         if provider == "gitlab":
             u = urlparse(repo_url.rstrip("/"))
             base = f"{u.scheme}://{u.netloc}"
-            headers = {"User-Agent": UA, "Accept": "application/json"}
+            headers = {"User-Agent": UA}
             project = quote_plus(f"{owner}/{repo}")
 
-            data, st = await _safe_json(session, f"{base}/api/v4/projects/{project}", headers)
+            data, _ = await _safe_json(session, f"{base}/api/v4/projects/{project}", headers=headers)
             if isinstance(data, dict):
                 info.description = data.get("description")
                 info.repo_name = _normalize_repo_name(data.get("path")) or repo
@@ -219,22 +349,16 @@ async def fetch_repo_info(hass: HomeAssistant, repo_url: str) -> RepoInfo:
                 if isinstance(ns, dict) and ns.get("path"):
                     info.owner = ns.get("path")
 
-            # latest tag (gitlab)
-            tags, st = await _safe_json(session, f"{base}/api/v4/projects/{project}/repository/tags?per_page=1", headers)
-            if isinstance(tags, list) and tags:
-                t0 = tags[0]
-                if isinstance(t0, dict) and t0.get("name"):
-                    info.latest_version = str(t0["name"])
-                    info.latest_version_source = "tag"
-
+            ver, src = await _gitlab_latest_version(hass, base, owner, repo)
+            info.latest_version = ver
+            info.latest_version_source = src
             return info
 
         if provider == "gitea":
             u = urlparse(repo_url.rstrip("/"))
             base = f"{u.scheme}://{u.netloc}"
-            headers = {"User-Agent": UA, "Accept": "application/json"}
 
-            data, st = await _safe_json(session, f"{base}/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}", headers)
+            data, _ = await _safe_json(session, f"{base}/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}")
             if isinstance(data, dict):
                 info.description = data.get("description")
                 info.repo_name = _normalize_repo_name(data.get("name")) or repo
@@ -251,49 +375,4 @@ async def fetch_repo_info(hass: HomeAssistant, repo_url: str) -> RepoInfo:
 
     except Exception as e:
         _LOGGER.debug("Provider fetch failed for %s: %s", repo_url, e)
-        return info
-
-
-async def fetch_readme(hass: HomeAssistant, repo_url: str, default_branch: str | None) -> object | None:
-    owner, repo = _split_owner_repo(repo_url)
-    if not owner or not repo:
-        return None
-
-    provider = detect_provider(repo_url)
-    branch = default_branch or "main"
-    session = async_get_clientsession(hass)
-
-    # GitHub: raw
-    if provider == "github":
-        for fn in ("README.md", "Readme.md", "readme.md"):
-            url = f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{owner}/{repo}/{branch}/{fn}"
-            txt, st = await _safe_text(session, url, {"User-Agent": UA})
-            if txt and st == 200:
-                return txt
-        return None
-
-    # GitLab raw
-    if provider == "gitlab":
-        u = urlparse(repo_url.rstrip("/"))
-        root = f"{u.scheme}://{u.netloc}/{owner}/{repo}"
-        for fn in ("README.md", "Readme.md", "readme.md"):
-            url = f"{root}/-/raw/{branch}/{fn}"
-            txt, st = await _safe_text(session, url, {"User-Agent": UA})
-            if txt and st == 200:
-                return txt
-        return None
-
-    # Gitea raw (supports both raw formats)
-    if provider == "gitea":
-        u = urlparse(repo_url.rstrip("/"))
-        root = f"{u.scheme}://{u.netloc}/{owner}/{repo}"
-        bases = [f"{root}/raw/branch/{branch}", f"{root}/raw/{branch}"]
-        for fn in ("README.md", "Readme.md", "readme.md"):
-            for b in bases:
-                url = f"{b}/{fn}"
-                txt, st = await _safe_text(session, url, {"User-Agent": UA})
-                if txt and st == 200:
-                    return txt
-        return None
-
-    return None
+        return info
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