The Briefing

25 September 2026

Quiet Friday on the Core patch cadence — no 2026.9.4 yet; latest stable remains 2026.9.3 (18 Sep). Stack otherwise holds — HAOS 18.3, Supervisor 2026.09.3, ESPHome 2026.9.0, Z2M 2.14.1, Z-Wave JS UI 11.24.1. OHF Lisbon meetup was two days ago (Wed 23 Sep).

01 · Home Assistant

Quiet Friday — no Core 2026.9.4 yet

What happened: Home Assistant’s 2026.9 release notes aim for Friday patch releases. As of this morning, the releases list still shows no 2026.9.4 and no 2026.10 beta. Latest stable remains 2026.9.3 (18 Sep).

Why it matters: A quiet Friday is still a signal on the patch cadence — watchers waiting on a weekly fix day have nothing new to install. The rest of the stack is likewise quiet overnight.

Primary source: home-assistant/core releases; 2026.9.3 (18 Sep)

02 · Home Assistant / Supervisor

Supervisor still 2026.09.3

What happened: No newer Supervisor tag overnight. Latest remains 2026.09.3 (17 Sep): 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: Same story as the lead: no 2026.9.4 and no 2026.10 beta on the releases list this morning. Latest stable remains Friday’s 2026.9.3 (18 Sep).

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 Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400; 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 — five days left in end-Sep window

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 five days left in the month as of 25 Sep, 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