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Home Assistant 2026.9.1 – safe to update?

No widespread problems

2 problem reports and 1 positive report found on Reddit (plus 9 other mentions). Out for 42 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 2026.9.4 (2026-09-27). If you're updating now, check that one instead — it may already fix the issues reported here.

2026-09-05released
42days ago
2problem reports
1fine reports
0CVEs mapped

Did you install 2026.9.1?

What's in this release

- Fix SMTP attaching valid images as files when content sniffing fails ([@Chang-Jin-Lee] - [176774]) ([smtp docs]) - Warn that removing an app deletes its data in repair flows ([@agners] - [181009]) ([hassio docs]) - Fix receive backup streaming ([@MartinHjelmare] - [181012]) ([backup docs]) - Fix potential deadlock i…

Official release notes →

Source: GitHub releases (home-assistant/core)

CVEs fixed

No CVEs mapped to this release.

Community reports

Reports are found automatically and labelled by an AI model plus keyword rules — they can be wrong. Open the post to judge for yourself.

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