Home Assistant OS 16.2.rc1

[sairon]

Changes

This release brings updates and fixes for all platforms, updating Linux kernel to the latest stable version and various system components. Bug causing problems with some USB-Serial convertes on Home Assistant Yellow and Raspberry Pi has been fixed. Several improvements have been done to improve experience when pairing BLE devices. Timezone configured in Home Assistant settings is now propagated to the operating system and used for instance when reading logs directly on the host. All users are recommended to update.

Home Assistant Operating System

• buildroot: Update BlueZ to 5.83 with connection abort fix (buildroot: Update BlueZ to 5.83 with connection abort fix #4250) @bdraco
• sysctl: disable TCP slow start after idle (sysctl: disable TCP slow start after idle #4239) @RubenKelevra
• sysctl: Enable linear RTO for thin TCP streams (sysctl: Enable linear RTO for thin TCP streams #4238) @RubenKelevra
• bluetooth: Increase TemporaryTimeout to 195 seconds (bluetooth: Increase TemporaryTimeout to 195 seconds #4249) @bdraco
• Bump Buildroot to 2025.02.5 (Bump Buildroot to 2025.02.5 #4235) @sairon
• Make system timezone setting persistenly configurable (Make system timezone setting persistenly configurable #4224) @sairon

Raspberry Pi

• Fix missing rpi-rf-mod overlay on Yellow (Fix missing rpi-rf-mod overlay on Yellow #4244) @sairon
• Backport patches for Raspberry Pi dwc2 driver (Backport patches for Raspberry Pi dwc2 driver #4231) @sairon

Home Assistant Yellow

• Fix missing rpi-rf-mod overlay on Yellow (Fix missing rpi-rf-mod overlay on Yellow #4244) @sairon
• Backport patches for Raspberry Pi dwc2 driver (Backport patches for Raspberry Pi dwc2 driver #4231) @sairon

Home Assistant Green

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 #4255) @sairon

Open Virtual Appliance

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 #4255) @sairon

Generic x86-64

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 #4255) @sairon

Hardkernel ODROID

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 #4255) @sairon

ASUS Tinker

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 #4255) @sairon

Khadas VIM Series

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 #4255) @sairon

Generic aarch64

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.43 #4255) @sairon

Build System

• Generate list of built-in containers in GH build summary (Generate list of built-in containers in GH build summary #4247) @sairon
• Add checkbox for running test in GH build workflow (Add checkbox for running test in GH build workflow #4246) @sairon
• Fix scripts/enter.sh so it is usable on macOS (Fix scripts/enter.sh so it is usable on macOS #4243) @slonopotamus
• Enable publishing of dev builds to R2 without bumping version (Enable publishing of dev builds to R2 without bumping version #4232) @sairon

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This discussion was created from the release Home Assistant OS 16.2.rc1.

[Anto79-ops]

There are no issues on installation and bootup on my NUC 12 (x86-64, bare-metal) with USB SkyConnect and USB ZWA-2 Zwave coordinator.

The system is running normally.

EDIT: I am seeing issues with my cloud connected integrations. Thought it was my netwrok equipment.

[danez]

How can I update to and test an RC build?

[keithr59]

You need to join the beta channel.

[RubenKelevra]

Just updated my RasPi 4 B (external SSD via USB2PCIe converter) and noticed immediately that the perceived "sluggishness" in the UI on tab switches and menu switches is gone now.

So the changes in #4239 and #4238 worked pretty well from what I can tell.

This also applies for using Home Assistant over Tailscale (and 4G connections on both ends), this also gave a noticeable improvement, but maybe a bit less then I liked. 🥲