Home Assistant OS 16.3.rc1

[sairon]

Changes

This release brings updates and fixes for all platforms. Linux kernel of all targets including Raspberry Pi-based boards has been updated to the latest stable version. Compatibility issues of the generic x86-64 build with latest Intel Ultra platforms have been fixed and several system components updated. The default console now shows more helpful messages when Home Assistant services don't start in time. All users are recommended to update.

Home Assistant Operating System

• Bump Buildroot to 2024.02.7 (Bump buildroot to 2024.02.7 #4351) @sairon
• Bump rpi-rf-mod dt overlay to latest version (1.13.3) (Bump rpi-rf-mod dt overlay to latest version (1.13.3) #4349) @jens-maus
• Improve UX of HA CLI wrapper and emergency console (Improve UX of HA CLI wrapper and emergency console #4326) @sairon
• Enable HID multitouch support in kernel (Enable HID multitouch support in kernel #4298) @puterboy
• Update HOME_URL in os-release metadata (Update HOME_URL in os-release metadata #4299) @sairon
• Bump Buildroot to 2025.02.6 (Bump Buildroot to 2025.02.6 #4297) @sairon
• Start Supervisor container with its cidfile mounted to /run/cid (Start Supervisor container with its cidfile mounted to /run/cid #4276) @sairon
• Enable Pressure Stall Information PSI (Enable Pressure Stall Information PSI #4279) @ajfriesen

Raspberry Pi

• RaspberryPi: Update kernel to 6.12.47 - stable_20250916 (RaspberryPi: Update kernel to 6.12.47 - stable_20250916  #4327) @sairon

Home Assistant Yellow

• RaspberryPi: Update kernel to 6.12.47 - stable_20250916 (RaspberryPi: Update kernel to 6.12.47 - stable_20250916  #4327) @sairon

Home Assistant Green

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 #4343) @sairon

Open Virtual Appliance

• Enable x2APIC controller support on x86 and OVA (Enable x2APIC controller support on x86 and OVA #4342) @sairon
• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 #4343) @sairon
• Add driver for Creative Sound Blastr X-Fi PCI cards (Add driver for Creative Sound Blastr X-Fi PCI cards #4331) @sairon
• Support Chelsio T4/T5/T6 VF in SRIOV mode (Support Chelsio T4/T5/T6 VF in SRIOV mode #4281) @servesh

Generic x86-64

• Enable x2APIC controller support on x86 and OVA (Enable x2APIC controller support on x86 and OVA #4342) @sairon
• Enable powersave CPU frequency governor (Enable powersave CPU frequency governor #4346) @agners
• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 #4343) @sairon
• Add driver for Creative Sound Blastr X-Fi PCI cards (Add driver for Creative Sound Blastr X-Fi PCI cards #4331) @sairon

Hardkernel ODROID

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 #4343) @sairon

ASUS Tinker

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 #4343) @sairon

Khadas VIM Series

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 #4343) @sairon

Generic aarch64

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.51 #4343) @sairon

Build System

• Use matching version of DinD daemon when creating hassio data partition (Use matching version of DinD daemon when creating hassio data partition #4344) @sairon
• Use original hadolint action instead of outdated fork (Use original hadolint action instead of outdated fork #4332) @sairon
• Fix build failure caused by RaspberryMatic project renaming (Fix build failure caused by RaspberryMatic project renaming #4324) @sairon
• Pin SHA for all Github Actions (Pin SHA for all Github Actions #4305) @silamon
• Implement better support for --silent flag in top-level Makefile (Implement better support for --silent flag in top-level Makefile #4292) @sairon

Dependencies

• Bump actions/stale from 10.0.0 to 10.1.0 (Bump actions/stale from 10.0.0 to 10.1.0 #4338) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump docker/login-action from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0 (Bump docker/login-action from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0 #4322) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/cache from 4.2.4 to 4.3.0 (Bump actions/cache from 4.2.4 to 4.3.0 #4323) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/github-script from 7 to 8 (Bump actions/github-script from 7 to 8 #4285) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/setup-python from 5 to 6 (Bump actions/setup-python from 5 to 6 #4284) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/stale from 9.1.0 to 10.0.0 (Bump actions/stale from 9.1.0 to 10.0.0 #4283) @dependabot[bot]

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This discussion was created from the release Home Assistant OS 16.3.rc1.

[danez]

I updated with ha os update --version ... and it was quick and worked fine on raspberry 5 on nvme. I don't see any differences in temperature or cpu usage or load. 👍

[ajfriesen]

Installed it as well and checked if PSI is working.
Looks good 👍

# cat /proc/pressure/
cpu     io      irq     memory
# cat /proc/pressure/cpu
some avg10=0.00 avg60=0.87 avg300=0.77 total=4530125
full avg10=0.00 avg60=0.00 avg300=0.00 total=0
# cat /proc/pressure/io
some avg10=0.01 avg60=2.29 avg300=2.33 total=12018554
full avg10=0.01 avg60=1.88 avg300=1.97 total=10281729
# cat /proc/pressure/irq
full avg10=4.29 avg60=2.96 avg300=1.07 total=4761709
# cat /proc/pressure/memory
some avg10=0.00 avg60=0.00 avg300=0.00 total=64668
full avg10=0.00 avg60=0.00 avg300=0.00 total=58725

Running on Home Assistant Blue

[tjorim]

All good here on a HA Yellow with CM4.

[Anto79-ops]

There are no issues on installation and bootup on my NUC 12 (x86-64, bare-metal) with USB SkyConnect and HA ZWA-2.

The system is running normally.

[servesh]

Checked the OVA image for the Chelsio device and see that it loads with the driver from the image. So looks good. Thanks for pulling this in to the next version. 👍🏻

[johnsy2601]

which the final version that installs home OS full version on a surface tablet (dedicated X86 system) with all add ons etc without any problems?
Home Assistant OS 16.3.rc1

[johnsy2601]

I mean the Home Assistant OS 16.3.rc1

[AllardKatan]

Updated to 16.3rc1 and everything appears to be running fine. Virtualbox 7 under Linux Mint.