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Home Assistant 2026.5.3 – safe to update?
1 problem report and 0 positive reports found on Reddit (plus 3 other mentions). Out for 151 days; a few isolated problem posts is normal background for a product this widely used. Skim them if your setup is similar.
Newer release in this line: Home Assistant 2026.5.4 (2026-05-22). If you're updating now, check that one instead — it may already fix the issues reported here.
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What's in this release
- Bump qbittorrent-api to 2026.5.1 ([@lumatijev] - [170181]) ([qbittorrent docs]) (dependency) - Improve iaqualink 429 handling ([@flz] - [170231]) ([iaqualink docs]) - Fix Apple TV keyboard focus binary_sensor missing on cold start ([@kroehre] - [170360]) ([apple_tv docs]) - Add tilt controls for UpDownSheerScreen in…
Source: GitHub releases (home-assistant/core)
CVEs fixed
No CVEs mapped to this release.
Community reports
- Problem
Roborock Integration fails to find vacuum · Reddit · 2026-05-20
I have the latest version of HA (2026.5.3) and have installed the Roborock integration. My email address was accepted and I have entered the code which was emailed to me. I have a Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra on the same network as HA. All I see in the Roborock integration is that I h…
- Mention
AsusRouter/AsusWRT integration not showing ANY device_tracker · Reddit · 2026-05-21
Hi all, This post is more or less related to: Residents group showing always "Home" I have an old HA setup with the AsusRouter integration from HACS v 0.35 that is working perfect. I can see all my device_trackers connected to my Asus router and the presence detection setup in g…
- Mention
Residents group showing always Home · Reddit · 2026-05-21
Hello again... Struggling with my residents group which is apparently always Home. It's not working. 😞 In DevTools - States I have this (location is redacted...): in_zones: - zone.home source_type: gps battery_level: 45 latitude: -XX.XXX305019721705 longitude: -XX.XXXX932166977…
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Updated core an hour ago, and now all my Zigbee devices go unknown every five minutes · Reddit · 2026-05-20
This wreaks havoc with my automations. I usually backup before an update, but this was just from 2026.5.2 to 2026.5.3, so I didn't bother - and they don't usually make big changes in smaller updates! What would you do? Restore from backup 18 hours ago or wait and see what happen…
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