# ESPHome 2026.8.0b3

- Product: ESPHome (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/esphome)
- Vendor: Open Home Foundation
- Date: 2026-08-14
- Version: 2026.8.0b3
- Original notes: https://github.com/esphome/esphome/releases/tag/2026.8.0b3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/esphome/releases/2026.8.0b3
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **fixed** — Stop deleting the web server on captive portal teardown
- **fixed** — Fix missed BLE advertisements with WiFi on ESP-IDF 5.5.5
- **fixed** — Silence spurious warnings for local key GAP events
- **fixed** — Fix ESP8266 crash in cnx_node_search when lwIP transmits after disconnect
- **changed** — Retry uploads that fail from network errors
- **changed** — Load component aliases from a generated registry
- **changed** — Partially revert hash entity keys from the raw name to fix collisions
- **deprecated** — Restore cv.parse_esphome_version as a deprecated helper
- **fixed** — Fix PYTHONPATH leak

- [web_server_base] Stop deleting the web server on captive portal teardown [esphome#18324](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18324) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [esp32_ble_tracker] Fix missed BLE advertisements with WiFi on ESP-IDF 5.5.5 [esphome#18356](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18356) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [esp32_ble] Silence spurious warnings for local key GAP events [esphome#18359](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18359) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [wifi] Fix ESP8266 crash in cnx_node_search when lwIP transmits after disconnect [esphome#18333](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18333) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [ota] Retry uploads that fail from network errors [esphome#18332](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18332) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [core] Load component aliases from a generated registry [esphome#18335](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18335) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [core] Partially revert "Hash entity keys from the raw name to fix collisions" [esphome#18361](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18361) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [core] Restore cv.parse_esphome_version as a deprecated helper [esphome#18366](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18366) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [core] fix PYTHONPATH leak [esphome#18360](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18360) by [@karlbeecken](https://github.com/karlbeecken)