openHAB 4.0 wishlist

I wonder what is the right way to handle a device disconnected from the network :

  • Having the thing “ONLINE” (meaning the handler is functional) and a dedicated channel “online” like network binding does it
  • Having the thing “OFFLINE” without dedicated channel (like done in Netatmo binding).

I’d like your insights on this and OH4 could be a good time to enforce a single way of operating on this.