# ESPHome 2026.8.0b5

- Product: ESPHome (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/esphome)
- Vendor: Open Home Foundation
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: 2026.8.0b5
- Original notes: https://github.com/esphome/esphome/releases/tag/2026.8.0b5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/esphome/releases/2026.8.0b5
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **fixed** — Fix multi-second TCP stalls on ESP8266 by yielding to the SYS context
- **changed** — Drop the ld2420 setup priority override so setup runs after the UART bus
- **added** — Replace rgb_order/is_rgbw/is_wrgb with channel_colors in light component
- **changed** — Reject unsupported interrupt_pin options (inverted, allow_other_uses) in gpio_expander, pcf8574, pca9554, tca9555, pca6416a, pi4ioe5v6408, mcp23016, and mcp23xxx_base

- Bump aioesphomeapi from 45.10.1 to 45.10.2 [esphome#18357](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18357) by [@esphome[bot]](https://github.com/apps/esphome)
- [ld2420] Drop the setup priority override so setup runs after the UART bus [esphome#18428](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18428) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- Bump aioesphomeapi from 45.10.2 to 45.10.3 [esphome#18433](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18433) by [@esphome[bot]](https://github.com/apps/esphome)
- [api] Bump noise-c to 0.1.18 [esphome#18451](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18451) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- Bump bundled esphome-device-builder to 1.11.1 [esphome#18475](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18475) by [@esphome[bot]](https://github.com/apps/esphome)
- [api] Bump noise-c to 0.1.19 [esphome#18473](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18473) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- Bump bundled esphome-device-builder to 1.11.2 [esphome#18477](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18477) by [@esphome[bot]](https://github.com/apps/esphome)
- [socket] Fix multi-second TCP stalls on ESP8266 by yielding to the SYS context [esphome#18455](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18455) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
- [light] Replace rgb_order/is_rgbw/is_wrgb with channel_colors [esphome#18474](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18474) by [@jesserockz](https://github.com/jesserockz) (new-feature)
- [gpio_expander][pcf8574][pca9554][tca9555][pca6416a][pi4ioe5v6408][mcp23016][mcp23xxx_base] Reject unsupported interrupt_pin options (inverted, allow_other_uses) [esphome#18472](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/18472) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)