Top story for Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Home Assistant lets people with older wall displays continue past the unsupported-browser warning. The browser minimums introduced in October had stopped these devices at the launch screen, even where much of a dashboard still worked.

Home Assistant’s Git pull app stops deleting the existing configuration before it knows the replacement repository can be downloaded. An unreachable repository or missing credentials previously left the configuration lost, with its only backup in temporary storage that would disappear on a container restart.

Music Assistant adds playback of Apple Music’s live radio stations, including Apple Music 1 and Apple Music Club. They appear in radio browsing and search, bringing broadcasts that were previously skipped into the Apple Music provider.

Home Assistant’s MariaDB app waits for its database backup lock to be acquired before letting Supervisor copy the files. Previously it reported success as soon as it requested the lock, even when a long-running operation still prevented that lock from taking effect.

Matter.js removes marked secret fields from its normal command, attribute and diagnostic logs. Those messages could previously include Wi-Fi credentials, Thread network keys and pairing secrets, exposing them when someone shared a log for troubleshooting.

Home Assistant makes invalid automation and script messages point to the configuration as it was written. Errors in nested conditions, parallel actions, triggers and templates identify the failing field rather than a parent block or an extra list position that does not exist.

Music Assistant’s mobile app adds a Party panel when the optional Party plugin is loaded for the person hosting a shared listening session. It displays the guest QR code and a copyable invitation link, with the party name and invitation text supplied by the server.

Home Assistant expands its KNX configuration suggestions beyond lighting and covers to sensors, meters, fans and general-purpose inputs and outputs. The suggestions use the imported ETS project’s descriptions of device functions and addresses, reducing the address matching needed to set up these entities.

Home Assistant gives System Bridge notifications up to three labeled buttons and an identifier that automations can follow. A new event entity reports the notification being sent, clicked or closed, with the identifier and button action connecting each response to the original message.

Home Assistant uses signed file links when sending System Bridge media to a player, keeping the computer’s full API token out of those URLs. Previously, a receiving player such as a Cast device got a URL containing that token, which could authorize other System Bridge requests.

Music Assistant applies speaker access checks to group changes, party and quiz listening, and sleep timers. Adding speakers to a group requires permission for both the target and the speakers being added, closing a gap where access to one speaker could reach others.