# Home Assistant 2026.9.0b1

- Product: Home Assistant (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/home-assistant)
- Vendor: Open Home Foundation
- Date: 2026-08-27
- Version: 2026.9.0b1
- Original notes: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.9.0b1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/home-assistant/releases/2026.9.0b1
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **changed** — Reclassify Matter IKEA air quality sensor switch as config entity
- **changed** — Disconnect the Litter-Robot account when Home Assistant stops
- **fixed** — Fix ViCare setup by passing the accessor to fetch_all_features
- **changed** — Use device class selector for scrape
- **changed** — Sofar split devices using via devices
- **changed** — Use device class selector for sql
- **changed** — Bump UniFi to v94
- **changed** — Update knx-frontend to 2026.8.26.184052
- **added** — Icons and translation for Midea Climate DeviceType AC
- **changed** — Bump fumis to 0.4.1
- **changed** — Allow saving HTTP config without trusted proxies
- **fixed** — Fix WLED estimated current missing with per output limiters
- **changed** — Name the Fronius power limit after the side it acts on
- **fixed** — Avoid blocking SSL context creation in the MCP SSE transport
- **fixed** — Keep the Spotify source list in a stable order
- **fixed** — Keep LG soundbar modes the library cannot name
- **changed** — Map SmartThings stick cleaner operating state onto its options
- **fixed** — Keep UniFi Protect month browsing inside the month asked for
- **changed** — Bump pyportainer to 1.0.45
- **changed** — Report KNX group address DPT for undecodable telegrams

- Reclassify Matter IKEA air quality sensor switch as config entity (@staticdev - #179546)
- Disconnect the Litter-Robot account when Home Assistant stops (@pszypowicz - #180048)
- Fix ViCare setup by passing the accessor to fetch_all_features (@lackas - #180315)
- Use device class selector for scrape (@jbouwh - #180316)
- Sofar split devices using via devices (@darkrain-nl - #180321)
- Use device class selector for sql (@jbouwh - #180324)
- Bump UniFi to v94 (@Kane610 - #180330)
- Update knx-frontend to 2026.8.26.184052 (@farmio - #180338)
- Icons and translation for Midea Climate DeviceType AC (@rokam - #180345)
- Bump fumis to 0.4.1 (@frenck - #180355)
- Allow saving HTTP config without trusted proxies (@frenck - #180357)
- Fix WLED estimated current missing with per output limiters (@frenck - #180359)
- Name the Fronius power limit after the side it acts on (@farmio - #180364)
- Avoid blocking SSL context creation in the MCP SSE transport (@frenck - #180367)
- Keep the Spotify source list in a stable order (@frenck - #180368)
- Keep LG soundbar modes the library cannot name (@frenck - #180369)
- Map SmartThings stick cleaner operating state onto its options (@frenck - #180370)
- Keep UniFi Protect month browsing inside the month asked for (@frenck - #180381)
- Bump pyportainer to 1.0.45 (@erwindouna - #180384)
- Report KNX group address DPT for undecodable telegrams (@farmio - #180390)
- Bump PyViCare to 2.62.0 (@lackas - #180395)
- cloudflare_r2: warmup loader caches to remove blocking listdir calls (@patrickvorgers - #180398)
- Drop ecobee thermostats from the action list on unload (@frenck - #180399)
- Drop redundant integration name from Cloud Labs feature title (@balloob - #180401)
- Stop deriving PrusaLink job timestamps after the print ends (@frenck - #180402)
- Bump hass-nabucasa from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0 (@klejejs - #180409)
- Bump simplisafe-python to 2026.06.0 (@frenck - #180419)
- Report a color mode for WiZ bulbs that send no color values (@frenck - #180420)
- Bump probatio to 0.11.3 (@frenck - #180426)
- Update frontend to 20260826.1 (@bramkragten - #180427)