Home Assistant Core 2026.2.0 → 2026.3.0

BSB-Lan

The water heater operation mode state on has been changed to performance for the BSB-Lan water heater. If you use this state in your automations or scripts, you will need to update them to use the new state value.

(@liudger - #160256) (BSB-Lan documentation)

Container image

Home Assistant container images are now compressed with zstd instead of gzip. This change is supported on Docker 23.0.0 and later, and containerd 1.5.0 and later, so it is not expected to break installations that meet these minimum versions. If your environment uses an older Docker or containerd version, make sure your container runtime supports zstd before updating.

(@duhow - #160665)

LIFX

Passing the color_temp parameter (in mireds) to the lifx.effect_pulse action is no longer allowed. Use the color_temp_kelvin parameter instead.

(@Djelibeybi - #161848) (LIFX documentation)

Lights

Using color_temp (in mireds) to set a light's color temperature is no longer supported. Use color_temp_kelvin instead.

Additionally, the color_temp, kelvin, min_mireds, and max_mireds light entity state attributes have been removed. Use color_temp_kelvin, min_color_temp_kelvin, and max_color_temp_kelvin instead.

(@emontnemery - #161777) (light documentation)

Satel Integra

Binary sensors and switches now have an initial state of unknown while the alarm panel is still reporting all states during startup. Previously, the default state was off, which was incorrect, as no data had been received from the panel yet.

The chance that you are impacted is low, as most states are reported before Home Assistant fully finishes setup; but this might occur on larger installations and slower connections.

(@Tommatheussen - #158533) (Satel Integra documentation)

Snapcast

Media player entities for Snapcast groups have been removed. Additionally, the Snapcast-specific grouping actions have been removed. If you use these entities or actions in your automations or scripts, you will need to update them.

(@luar123 - #160945) (Snapcast documentation)

StarLine

The ignition and autostart state attributes of the engine switch have been removed. Two new binary sensors have been introduced to replace them. If you reference these attributes in your automations or scripts, update them to use the new binary sensor entities instead.

(@epenet - #163289) (StarLine documentation)

Tado

Mobile device tracking has been removed from the Tado integration. Mobile devices and their associated device tracker entities are no longer available. This change resolves re-authentication issues and reduces unnecessary load on the Tado API.

(@erwindouna - #160881) (Tado documentation)

Template

The behavior of template fans has changed:

• A template fan's state will be unavailable if the state template encounters a syntax error. Previously, a template error would show the fan's state as off.
• The percentage attribute will be None if the percentage template encounters a syntax error. Previously, it would be 0.
• Template fans can now have the unknown state. A state template that returns None will render the entity as unknown instead of off.

(@Petro31 - #162328) (Template documentation)

Z-Wave

Percentage speeds reported by Z-Wave fans have been corrected to align with other integrations. As a result, values may differ slightly. For example, a value previously reported as 67% may now appear as 66%. If you have automations that trigger on exact percentage values, you may need to adjust them.

(@arturpragacz - #163093) (Z-Wave documentation)