Reporting the local stack, from radio to automations.
The Briefing
29 September 2026
Z-Wave JS UI 11.24.2 tagged this morning (zwave-js through 15.31.0). Supervisor stable pin catches up to 2026.09.3. Core stays on weekend’s 2026.9.4; HAOS 18.3, ESPHome 2026.9.0, Z2M 2.14.1 unchanged. Tapo Matter camera end-Sep window has one calendar day left.
01 · Z-Wave
Z-Wave JS UI 11.24.2 ships
What happened: zwave-js-bot tagged v11.24.2 today (2026-09-29T10:58:04Z). Release notes: bump zwave-js to 15.30.0 then 15.31.0, update @zwave-js/server to ^3.11.0, plus morgan 1.12.1 and multer 2.4.0 chore bumps. No UI-facing feature list beyond the driver/server floor raise.
Why it matters: Monday’s brief still sat on 11.24.1 (15 Sep). Anyone pinning the UI addon or Docker image has a fresh stable cut that carries two zwave-js minor bumps in one tag.
What happened:stable.json now advertises Supervisor 2026.09.3. Monday’s brief still saw the stable pin at 2026.09.2 while the 17 Sep tag existed. The pin and the GitHub tag are aligned this morning.
Why it matters: 2026.09.3 is the cut with app capability drop flags (NET_RAW / MKNOD / AUDIT_WRITE / SETFCAP) and the block on start/update APIs while Supervisor is not fully running — now what version.home-assistant.io serves for installs.
What happened: No 2026.9.5 overnight. Stable default in stable.json remains 2026.9.4 (Sat 27 Sep). Releases list shows nothing newer than the weekend maintenance cut.
Hue Play strip pro — UK still In stock; US still Coming soon
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, availabilityStatus: inStock); US pro 65" page still Coming soon ($179.99, shopReady: false). No market flip overnight.
Tapo Matter cameras — one day left in end-Sep window
Tapo C560WS — prior brief framing; HW revisions for Matter camera code still end-of-September — source prior coverage / heise IFA
What happened: Still no new TP-Link calendar confirmation overnight. HW revisions of C560WS, C260, and C660 Kit for Matter camera code remain framed as end of September — with one calendar day left as of 29 Sep, the window closes tomorrow unless TP-Link slips or confirms.
What happened: No newer ThreadLink calendar overnight. Gen4 ThreadLink remains the ~December watch from the IFA framing (“approximately 3 months” from early September).
What happened: No production-channel move overnight. Test firmware 1.2.2 (Matter 1.5 / Thread 1.4) remains on the Matter test network; production channel still 1.0.21. Same state as Monday’s brief.
