Home Assistant Daily: Z-Wave Security & UI Simplification
Major Z-Wave credential management features landed alongside widespread removal of advanced mode restrictions from service actions. Security updates included fixes for multiple CVEs in the zeroconf library.
Duration: PT2M
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- Show: Home Assistant Daily
- Published: 2026-05-20T10:01:39Z
- Audio duration: PT2M
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Good morning, this is Home Assistant Daily for May 20th, 2026.
AlCalzone merged comprehensive Z-Wave credential management support, adding over 2,500 lines of code across 11 files. The update introduces new lock helpers, expanded services, and enhanced security features for Z-Wave JS integration users.
Several contributors focused on code quality improvements. Denis Shulyaka consolidated duplicate constants in the humidifier component, while Tomer updated the Victron GX integration to use standardized model constants. Andrew Jackson removed duplicate constants from the time_date integration.
Thomas Bouron improved temperature unit handling in Tuya numbers and sensors, ensuring devices properly respect the TEMP_UNIT_CONVERT setting for more accurate temperature reporting.
The team made significant UI improvements by removing advanced mode restrictions. Erik Montnemery led this effort, updating fan, climate, light, and multiple other service actions to be accessible to all users rather than requiring advanced mode. The changes also renamed "advanced options" to "additional options"…
Security updates were prioritized with J. Nick Koston bumping zeroconf to version 0.149.7, which…
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