The Briefing

23 September 2026

Quiet overnight on Core / ESPHome / Z2M / Z-Wave tags. Lead today is the calendar: Open Home Foundation team meetup in Lisbon tonight (7:00 PM, Impact Hub Penha). Stack holds — HAOS 18.3, Core 2026.9.3, Supervisor 2026.09.3, ESPHome 2026.9.0.

01 · Open Home Foundation

OHF team meetup — Lisbon, tonight

What happened: Open Home Foundation hosts a free in-person gathering tonight, Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 7:00 PM at Impact Hub Penha da França (Rua Neves Ferreira 13, 3rd floor, Lisbon). Luma lists the full foundation crew plus commercial partners and community; registration required, spots limited, swag promised.

Why it matters: Not a product release — the only annual all-hands-style room for the foundation, partners, and the Lisbon community. If you are in or near Lisbon, doors open this evening.

Primary source: Luma: Meet the Open Home Foundation team — Lisbon

02 · Home Assistant / Supervisor

Supervisor still 2026.09.3

What happened: No newer Supervisor tag overnight. Tuesday’s catch-up on 2026.09.3 (17 Sep) still stands: feature flags to drop NET_RAW / MKNOD / AUDIT_WRITE / SETFCAP from apps, plus block start/update APIs while Supervisor is not fully running.

Primary source: home-assistant/supervisor 2026.09.3; prior brief 22 Sep

03 · Home Assistant OS

HAOS still 18.3

What happened: No 18.4 (or newer RC) overnight. Monday’s lead — ha docker reset-storage, Yellow mini-UART Bluetooth fix, RPi HDMI / USB-SSD repairs — remains the current stable OS tag.

Primary source: home-assistant/operating-system 18.3

04 · Home Assistant

Home Assistant Core still 2026.9.3

What happened: No 2026.9.4 and no 2026.10 beta on the releases list this morning. Latest stable remains Friday’s 2026.9.3.

Primary source: home-assistant/core 2026.9.3

05 · ESPHome

ESPHome still 2026.9.0

What happened: Latest stable tag remains 2026.9.0 (16 Sep). No 2026.9.1 on the blog or releases list this morning.

Primary source: ESPHome blog, 16 Sep 2026; esphome/esphome 2026.9.0

06 · Devices / Hue

Hue Play strip pro — UK still In stock; US still Coming soon

Philips Hue Play gradient strip light pro installed behind a television — Philips Hue Play gradient strip light pro — source Signify press kit

What happened: Live check this morning: UK pro 65" page still In stock (£139.99); US pro 65" page still Coming soon ($179.99). No market flip overnight.

Primary source: Hue UK pro 65" (In stock); Hue US pro 65" (Coming soon)

07 · Matter & Thread / Devices

Aqara FP400 — still shipping; Matter zone caveat holds

Aqara Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400 product photo — Aqara Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400 — source Aqara product page

What happened: No new Aqara calendar overnight. FP400 remains on sale worldwide after the 16 Sep availability push. Matter caveat unchanged — third-party Thread joins expose overall presence + illuminance; do not assume full zone export.

Primary source: Aqara availability announcement, 16 Sep 2026

08 · Z-Wave

Z-Wave JS UI still 11.24.1

What happened: Latest GitHub release remains v11.24.1 (15 Sep). No 11.24.2 / 11.25.0 overnight.

Primary source: zwave-js-ui v11.24.1

09 · Zigbee

Zigbee2MQTT still 2.14.1

What happened: Latest GitHub release tag remains 2.14.1 (3 Sep). No 2.14.2 on the releases list as of this morning.

Primary source: Zigbee2MQTT 2.14.1

10 · Devices / Cameras

Tapo Matter cameras — end-of-September window closing

What happened: Still no new TP-Link calendar confirmation. HW revisions of C560WS, C260, and C660 Kit for Matter camera code remain framed as end of September — with seven days left in the month, the window is closing, not locked.

Primary source: Prior brief 11 Sep (heise / Tapo C560WS)

11 · Devices / Shelly

Shelly ThreadLink Gen4 still ~December

What happened: No newer ThreadLink calendar overnight. Gen4 ThreadLink remains the ~December watch from prior IFA framing.

Primary source: Shelly ThreadLink IFA 2026 media kit