A mower needs a way to end its current job without immediately returning to its dock. Home Assistant adds a stop action for that purpose, separate from pause, which preserves a task for resuming, and dock, which sends the mower home.
Paul Bottein carries the change through mower controls and support for MQTT-connected models. A new idle state describes a mower that is stopped but neither paused nor docked. The official developer announcement identifies Core 2026.10 for the capability; each mower integration must support the action.