Home Assistant Daily: SmartThings Expansion and MQTT Breaking Changes
Thirteen pull requests were merged including significant SmartThings integration enhancements and removal of deprecated MQTT object_id option. Additional commits brought dependency updates and new GitHub integration features.
Duration: PT2M10S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Home Assistant Daily.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Home Assistant Daily
- Published: 2026-03-01T11:05:50Z
- Audio duration: PT2M10S
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Good morning, this is Home Assistant Daily for March 1st, 2026.
Yesterday saw substantial activity with thirteen merged pull requests focused on integration improvements and cleanup. Joost Lekkerkerker led SmartThings development, merging four pull requests that add fan speed controls to vacuum devices, HEPA filter reset buttons, and sound detection switches. The Overseerr…
Jan Bouwhuis merged a breaking change removing the deprecated MQTT object_id option after six months of deprecation warnings. This cleanup removed over 300 lines of code across seven files. Tom Matheussen improved security for the Satel Integra integration by requiring user codes when toggling switches.
Several bug fixes were deployed including Brett Owen's OAuth token type narrowing fix for Teslemetry and Allen Porter's enhanced error handling for Nest access tokens. Erik Montnemery reverted a frontier_silicon media player change that introduced regressions.
Additional commits brought notable enhancements. Abílio Costa added a merged pull request count sensor to the GitHub integration, providing better project visibility. Michael Davie updated the env-canada library to version 0.13.2, while Barry van den Heuvel…
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