Software-update: Home Assistant OS 18.3

Versie 18.3 van Home Assistant OS is uitgekomen. Home Assistant OS is een minimaal, op Buildroot gebaseerd besturingssysteem dat het mogelijk maakt om op een fysieke of virtuele machine Home Assistant te draaien. Versie 18.3 gebruikt versie 2025.02.18 van Buildroot als basis en de Linux-kernel voor de meeste ondersteunde platforms is bijgewerkt naar versie 6.18.52. De releasenotes voor deze uitgave zien er als volgt uit:

Changes

Home Assistant OS 18.3 is a bugfix release with several reliability improvements. Container image layers are now synced to disk right after they are unpacked, which prevents corrupted images when the power is cut shortly after an update. For installations where the container images are already corrupted, a new ha docker reset-storage command allows wiping the Docker storage and downloading all images again. F2FS is now supported on all targets. On Raspberry Pi, HDMI output on displays larger than 1920x1080 and booting from USB SSDs on Raspberry Pi 3 have been fixed, and Bluetooth on Home Assistant Yellow is stable again after the regression introduced in 18.0. The landing page shown during initial setup is now served on port 80 by default, with a redirect from the legacy port 8123. The Linux kernel has been updated to the latest stable version across all targets. All users are encouraged to upgrade.

Noteworthy changes

Docker storage reset

A corrupted Docker storage could until now only be recovered by wiping it manually from the OS shell. Removing and pulling a single image again is often not enough, because image layers are shared between images. The OS now provides a service which wipes the whole Docker storage on the next reboot when requested by the Supervisor. The reset can be scheduled from the CLI:

ha docker reset-storage

Use it to recover from a corrupted or inconsistent Docker storage, for example when containers fail to start or images cannot be updated. All container images, including Supervisor, Home Assistant Core, plugins and apps, are deleted and downloaded again once the system is back up. Configuration and data of Home Assistant and apps are kept, as they are stored outside of the Docker storage.

Before resetting, please note:

• Internet connectivity is required for downloading all container images again
• A reboot is required to apply the reset

NTP configuration as drop-in files

The persistent time synchronization (timesyncd) configuration is now stored as drop-in files in /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf.d. Until now, a single copy of the whole /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf was persisted, which meant that changes to the shipped defaults never reached existing installations and that NTP servers could not be updated reliably through the OS Agent. The configuration is now layered, from lowest to highest priority:

• 10-ntp.conf: NTP servers received from DHCP
• 20-custom.conf: timesyncd.conf imported from the CONFIG partition
• 50-os-agent.conf: NTP servers set through the OS Agent D-Bus API (used by the Supervisor)

On upgrade, any settings in the previously persisted timesyncd.conf that differ from the shipped defaults are moved to 20-custom.conf automatically, so no action is needed. Importing timesyncd.conf from the CONFIG partition keeps working and lands in 20-custom.conf. Drop-ins with a higher priority can be added for more complex customizations.

Together with this change, NTP servers can now be configured from the CLI without touching any files. The new ha time commands show the current settings and set or clear the primary and fallback NTP servers, which are stored in 50-os-agent.conf.

Versienummer	18.3
Releasestatus	Final
Besturingssystemen	Linux
Website	Home Assistant
Download	https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/tag/18.3
Licentietype	Voorwaarden (GNU/BSD/etc.)