Home Assistant Daily: Release 2026.5.3 with Major Cover and Integration Fixes
Home Assistant 2026.5.3 was released with 20 merged pull requests addressing critical issues across Overkiz covers, ZHA configuration, and several other integrations. The update includes significant fixes for garage doors, venetian blinds, and Apple TV keyboard detection.
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- Show: Home Assistant Daily
- Published: 2026-05-19T10:01:28Z
- Audio duration: PT2M3S
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Good morning, I'm your host for Home Assistant Daily on May 19th, 2026.
The major news today is the release of Home Assistant 2026.5.3, with frenck merging a comprehensive update that addresses 41 linked issues across 69 files. This patch release focuses heavily on bug fixes and stability improvements.
The Overkiz integration received extensive attention with multiple cover fixes. iMicknl merged several critical patches: venetian blind tilt controls are now properly supported, garage door state detection has been fixed for DiscretePositionableGarageDoor devices, and RTS gate openers now have working toggle…
puddly addressed a significant ZHA configuration problem where entries using URIs without specified ports would fail. The fix includes proper port handling and migration for existing configurations.
kroehre solved an Apple TV integration issue where the keyboard focus binary sensor would disappear on cold starts, ensuring the entity appears correctly after fresh pairing.
Additional notable merges include Shulyaka adding web fetch tool support for Anthropic's conversation integration, and edenhaus implementing automated go2rtc updates through Renovate. mib1185 fixed FRITZ!Box Tools…
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