ESPHome
ESPHome beta 5 ships overnight — the 2026.10 stable is closer than Friday's brief suggested
2026.10.0b5 tagged at 01:03 UTC with 24 PRs and an ESP-IDF 5.5.6 bump; two breaking changes stay banked for the .0. Core 2026.10.2 is also live: released Friday, now the stable-channel default.
Also today: UniFi Network 11 adds Matter device monitoring and folds Thread devices into a real network topology view, with historical mesh state via Time Machine.
Five betas in twelve days usually means the stable is days out. External components touching selects, lights, or IR protocols: your test window is open.
19 Oct 2026 brief · ESPHome 2026.10.0b5