# ESPHome 2026.8.0b2

- Product: ESPHome (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/esphome)
- Vendor: Open Home Foundation
- Date: 2026-08-13
- Version: 2026.8.0b2
- Original notes: https://github.com/esphome/esphome/releases/tag/2026.8.0b2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/esphome/releases/2026.8.0b2
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **fixed** — Fix uint32_t format specifier warning in pl2303 USB UART driver
- **changed** — Bump aioesphomeapi from 45.10.0 to 45.10.1
- **changed** — Bump sendspin-cpp to v0.7.2
- **changed** — Bump bundled esphome-device-builder to 1.9.6
- **fixed** — Fix out-of-bounds read when ld2420 device reports unknown command error
- **fixed** — Don't block logs startup on MQTT IP discovery when addresses are known
- **changed** — Retry framework downloads on transient network errors

- [usb_uart] Fix uint32_t format specifier warning in pl2303 [esphome#18310](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18310) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- Bump aioesphomeapi from 45.10.0 to 45.10.1 [esphome#18318](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18318) by [@esphome[bot]](https://github.com/apps/esphome)
- [sendspin] Bump sendspin-cpp to v0.7.2 [esphome#18316](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18316) by [@kahrendt](https://github.com/kahrendt)
- Bump bundled esphome-device-builder to 1.9.6 [esphome#18328](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18328) by [@esphome[bot]](https://github.com/apps/esphome)
- [ld2420] Fix out-of-bounds read when device reports unknown command error [esphome#18322](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18322) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [core] Don't block logs startup on MQTT IP discovery when addresses are known [esphome#18313](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18313) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [core] Retry framework downloads on transient network errors [esphome#18330](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18330) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)