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formal solar
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ankha_shocked What's this?????

The time has come, the server revamp is here!!

tl;dr - This Sunday, September 15th, the server will be shutting down for the day (Pacific time) as I make massive changes to this server! rooScreaming

Don't panic!

There are big changes coming, but I feel like you all will be excited to see what is coming. What are the biggest changes you will see? (Besides this shiny new channel...)

  • The developer channels will be locked behind a role and no longer accessible to everyone. This is to reduce people accidentally wandering into that space for support. If you are a developer, you will need to self-select the role. I'll leave instructions on how to do this when the transition happens.
  • The support channels are being reduced and converted into forum channels! You won't lose context from the other channels, though - all of those are being moved to #579679277184712723 where you can still search them.
  • MOAR COMMUNITY CHANNELS. Not only an off-topic channel, but an entire section designed to share your interests not related to Home Assistant!

There is a lot more than that, but I'll save the explanations for when I'm done with the changes. 😌 Can't wait to show you all what I have been working on! ablobbouncefast

formal solar
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booVVScreaming

Almost time to panic!

Tomorrow, September 15th at 10am Pacific time (1pm Eastern, 17:00 UTC), I will be locking down the server to be Read Only until my changes are completed. There will be an announcement when that begins.
-# I am sure someone will miss it anyway.

Once I am finished (no, I do not know how long it will take yet GrimacingFluent), I will once again post in here with a link to our Discourse forums where I will explain all the changes.

-# Okay, you can panic now. BongoCatEyes

formal solar
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IT BEGINS

Starting as soon as I hit send on this message, channels will begin to lock down to read only. I am dropping messages in each channel that will redirect conversations post-server updates or asking for patience as I make these changes.
-# Better get your shitposting in quick, y’all. :hehe:

I still do not know how long this will take, but I will post another message in here once things are complete, directing y’all to our Discourse forums for the full details, and letting you know how you can provide me feedback or report issues regarding the transition.

This has been a long time coming, I hope y’all really enjoy these changes. 😌 Thanks for your patience as I update things!

formal solar
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IT'S DONE! agoogletada

I will begin the process of opening up the server channels here shortly - starting first with the private channels, then the community and support channels. Once that is done, I can activate the onboarding experience.

You can read the full details of the change here, but also come drop by #the-water-cooler when it unlocks and have a chat! Don't forget to stop by the #rules channel - they've been updated!

Before I get started, I want to celebrate @obtuse zealot being promoted to the <@&330946878646517761> team!! 🥳 He's been an amazing asset to our Star Fighters Crows, and I'm stoked he's agreed to take on this new challenge.

Thanks for everyone's patience! Even with some help, this took me 6 hours to complete. RelievedFluent
-# If you have a special role, please let me know if you don't have permissions you used to have - I will work to get those sorted out.

formal solar
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If you are a developer who can no longer find the Developer category, head to id:customize and select I want to contribute dev skills to Home Assistant. This will assign you the role to have access to that category again. BongoCatEyes

formal solar
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Community members are understandably missing the General support channel for regular chit chat - believe me when I say this was expected and I understand where you are coming from.

In order for the Support category to work as forum, there cannot be any general channels. This is why I made the off-topic channels more accessible and varied. People who have one-off questions are very often specific in what they are looking for, and a thread in the support channels is appropriate here. This helps reduce the amount of times you ask something and chat just carries on without acknowledging you.

If you want to just chat with people, #the-water-cooler is your space - feel free to talk about HA projects you're excited about there, or post them in #1284960456880029707. If your question is specific to a channel in the #360726982251642880 category, though, please post a thread in the appropriate channel with your ask - no matter how big or small the question is.

Mods will lock down "general" threads made in the Support channels and reference this post moving forward. I appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this new channel structure. 🙏

formal solar
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Hey, friends! I have a new #461217130071851008 channel created for those of you who hung out in hardware related channels or the now-archived general support chat! agoogletada

#the-workshop is the new space where you can talk about all things hardware. Kits you're building, devices and cameras you're working with, and protocols you are interested in (for example, Zigbee and Z-Wave fans) are welcomed conversations there. SunglassesFluent

Remember to keep support requests in the appropriate #1284966353798697001 or #1284966617670881350 channels, and please respect if you are asked to move your conversation over to one of them. 🙏

formal solar
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The Mod and Crow roles have been changed to be slightly darker based on feedback from members who use light mode and/or are colorblind. heart_gay 🙏

formal solar
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There have been a few updates to the support and community categories this week

  • #community-updates posts will now be published in #the-water-cooler for better visibility.
  • All of the START HERE threads in the support category have updated instructions with how to search the contents of forum threads.
  • #find-support's formatting has been updated to be less of a wall of text.
  • #1284965172053807145' START HERE thread has an updated Discourse bullet with steps on how to use your search engine to search our community forums.
  • #1284980040940912641 has adopted the Node-RED tag from the #1284966617670881350 channel. Feel encouraged to point people in that direction for help with Node-RED issues.
  • #1284966439702499400 has a new tag - Account. This is for people who need help with account issues unrelated to Billing, like creating one or changing emails.
  • #1284966915055288530 has a few new tags - Intents, openWakeWord, Piper, Whisper, and Wyoming. These will help people identify if they are having issues with language intents and be more specific with integrations or add-ons they need help with. <@&1257026624248090734>s now have permissions to edit posts in this channel so they can mark threads ✅ Resolved. Lastly, some of the resources in the Post Guidelines for this channel have been cleaned up and updated.

I have been having discussions with the community in https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1285154411114532935 . There is a plan to rename the related-tech channel to open-home-protocols, but this requires a few things to be shifted out of that channel. Current thought is merging integrations and add-ons, while creating a database channel. Please leave your thoughts in that thread if you have any!

Have a great weekend, y'all! I'll be working on more improvements next week and will continue to keep you updated on what changes are made. ankha_smile

obtuse zealot
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Update for Node-RED users

The Node-RED tag has been removed from the #1284966617670881350 channel.
But do not fear - it already got a new home.
Node-RED related support requests can be posted in #1284980040940912641 with the "Node-RED" tag.

formal solar
formal solar
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We're deeply saddened to hear that @winged yarrow, a prominent script developer who made running Home Assistant on Proxmox much easier, had passed away earlier this week. We wish his family all the strength as they process this loss. ❤️

formal solar
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From our families to yours, happy new year! 🎊

We're grateful 🙏🏻 for each and every one of you who contributed to and supported us through 2024 - we've had too many milestones to name, it's been a busy year. 😌

Here's to 2025 - whatever it may bring! 🥂

formal solar
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Today we have opened up the #1325926382575816725 channel! agoogletada This channel is similar to the Social category on our community forums. We'll let the community know here what industry events we will be at and where the meetups will be held. We've already got 2 lined up for January and February!

You may spot that this channel is in the Community category and not announcements. This channel is not only for those of us employed by Nabu Casa to post meetups (with the Official tag), we encourage the community to form your own, too! Please use the Community tag with your post so those attending know it's a community meetup - a sign up form is not required but you may find it easier to organize things with one. 😉

Feel free to ask any questions about this in #the-water-cooler! 😊

formal solar
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We've noticed an uptick in community members receiving DMs from other server members asking if "you been spamming links lately?" - these are phishing attempts, do not engage with these accounts.

It is against the server rules (Rule 6) to send unsolicited DMs to community members unless you are reporting a rule violation directly to the moderators. If you receive a message similar to this example below, please message a <@&330946878646517761> with a screenshot and their username so we can ban them from the server. We also highly suggest you report the account to Discord by pressing the big red Report Spam button in the DM.

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formal solar
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Hi friends! You may have noticed some new threads pop up in the Support category that reference inaccessible channels.

Do not panic.

-# or do, I'm not your boss
Improvements based on feedback from the server changes are being implemented throughout this week. I'll have another post that explains it all once the changes have been finalized! Until then, if you have any questions, feel free to ask in https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1285154411114532935 ! BlobBlushing

(Edit: Changes on 24 Feb have been completed. You can see what was done today here: #the-water-cooler message)

(Edit 2: Second round of changes has completed. You can see more here: #the-water-cooler message)

formal solar
formal solar
formal solar
# formal solar Hi friends! You may have noticed some new threads pop up in the Support category...

Server updates are complete!

That's not to say the server won't be updated in the future, however the bulk of changes to improve the flow and information of this server based on feedback from the changes in September have been made. Clappy

What's changed?

📑 New Resource category

That's the most of it! Got more feedback or a question about something I maybe didn't mention? You know I want to hear it - head to #1351302817188417577 to let me know how you feel, for better or worse! 🫰🏻

formal solar
formal solar
vital raven
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Oh hi blobwave

We’re proposing to stop supporting two installation methods officially:

  • Home Assistant Core (running directly in a Python environment)
  • Home Assistant Supervised (running the full stack on your own operating system)

Additionally, we’re planning to discontinue official support for two older architectures:

  • i386 (32-bit x86)
  • armhf (32-bit ARM hard float)

Want to share thoughts before it’s official? Read more about it and let us know 👇

🗣 https://community.home-assistant.io/t/feedback-requested-deprecating-core-supervised-i386-armhf/880968

formal solar
formal solar
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Hey, friends! You might have seen a notification already, but we've enabled a Server Tag for this server! agoogletada

You can see how to set your server tag by following the steps on Discord's support article. Clappy

formal solar
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Our friends who work on Music Assistant are looking for some insights to help inform them of further development efforts. They've created a mini-survey to gather those whether you use Music Assistant on its own or with Home Assistant.

It'd be appreciated if you spent a few minutes to let them know how you use Music Assistant by taking the survey here! blobthanks

formal solar
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Today we welcome @deep kernel back to the Mod team! agoogletada He's going to help fill in the gaps for when our largely-European mods are offline. Please give him a warm congratulations! CasitaLoves

formal solar
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PSA

Due to hitting the maximum number of participants in the "unsure where to post?" thread and how annoying it is to kick people from a thread who have been helped, it has been archived in favor of the new #find-a-channel Resource channel.

Additionally, the links in #find-support have been updated to be direct URLs rather than links to the description threads, hopefully reducing the amount of times the links change to "unknown". CasitaGrateful

formal solar
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📣 We've created a survey to learn more about your current hardware setup and its challenges regarding Home Assistant. 👀

We'd greatly appreciate it if you took 15-30 minutes to help us understand the devices you run Home Assistant on and other services you use in your home. 🙏🏻

formal solar
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We're continuing our efforts to build in the open. 👏🏼 Following last week's opening up of #1346914401508392980, the Matter team shared that they will be hosting a monthly Matter Community Sync. 🎉 This is open to everyone who is interested in the development of Matter within Home Assistant, the matter.js project, and the new matter.js based Server we are building. Check out the announcement message in the project thread for more details on the sync. 😌

This is just the beginning, though. We're also using this as a way to see if this format would work for the other Open Home Foundation projects. We'll keep you updated on how this evolves over time. 😎

formal solar
obtuse zealot
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Don't miss today's stream "What's New in Voice - Chapter 11" at <t:1761764400:t>.
Join the people who work on our Voice features to see how our assistant can now control more things in the home, in multiple languages at the same time, all while not talking your ear off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIkguv0NEQI

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Home Assistant
What's New in Voice - Chapter 11

Join the people who work on our Voice features to see how our assistant can now control more things in the home, in multiple languages at the same time, all while not talking your ear off.

...well, ~the team~ might talk your ear off! 😅

They will also go over the key developments in Voice since the last chapter update. Can't wait to see you ...

▶ Play video
formal solar
formal solar
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Our friends at Apollo Automation are doing their final live stream of 2025! Join them this evening on YouTube @ 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern for all the fun. Clappy

And in case you missed it, last month they announced their 2025 holiday ornament, the H-2 - all the profits from the sale of these go to charity, and this year they're generously donating a portion of their profits to the Open Home Foundation! 🎉

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Apollo Automation
Episode 20 (December 1, 2025) - Apollo Automation Monthly Live Stream

Get ready for our monthly Apollo Live Stream happening on Monday, December 1, 2025, at 8:00 PM ET. Join us as we share exciting updates on our latest project...

▶ Play video
formal solar
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The Open Home Foundation is working with students from Bauhaus Universität in Germany for a research project about how people use Home Assistant for energy management. If you're interested in helping out, stop by their thread 👉 https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1444014158558265527 for more details on and a link to the survey. ablobnote

formal solar
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‼️ We've been alerted that the custom integration Entso is causing stability issues with 2025.12 - disabling the integration will allow for regular usage. There is a known issue thread in #1284966582375813201 you can watch if you are one of the affected users of this custom integration.

https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1446150095203598440

For some troubleshooting context, check here in #1284966540617449515 > https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1445923981491175536

formal solar
formal solar
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Introducing the new 👂🏻 — Feedback category! agoogletada

This is the space where channels will be added when we need feedback from you - the community - on new, major additions to Home Assistant, at the earliest stages possible. You can find this category between the 🛠️ — Support and ✨ — Community categories.

Check out #1461120418944385096 for the intent of the #1461119057079304315 channel. Coming with this is the #new-matter-server channel - check the pinned message to learn how you can get involved in Phase 1 testing of the new Matter Server! Clappy

Last but certainly not least, the #beta channel has found its new home under this category. Living under the Support category made a lot of sense for a while, but beta testing is never about receiving support - it's about getting feedback from you all about the functionality and stability of the incoming changes to Home Assistant. The latest message in the channel explains the move in a few more details. 👌

FEEDBACK DOESN'T EQUAL FEATURE REQUESTS
Please continue to leave Feature Requests on our GitHub Discussions.

As always, ping @formal solar in #the-water-cooler if you have any questions around any of these changes. 😌

formal solar
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We've updated the references in this server of add-ons to apps. If anything has been missed, please tag @formal solar or a Mod in #the-water-cooler so they can address it. 🙏

formal solar
formal solar
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If you don't keep an eye out on the Events channel here, we've created a first-of-its-kind event - a regional digital meetup! agoogletada

This one is a monthly meeting for Danish community members to hang out and chat the Thursday after release day. Not in Denmark or don't speak Danish? Don't worry! The host of the event says all are welcome (though you may not understand what's being said at first 😅).

Want to do something similar for your region or country? Post in #1469048177960419329 so you can chat more with Missy about getting your own setup. ankha_heart

formal solar
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Today we're excited to announce that a new channel under the Feedback channel has been opened: #otbr-beta! 🥳

This channel is for community members running beta for the OpenThread Border Router app. You can find more info about this channel here > #otbr-beta message

If you need support that isn't related to the beta for OTBR, please open a support thread in either #1284966582375813201 or #1284966617670881350 (depending on what your specific issue is). 🙏

formal solar
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We're working towards working more in the open! We're slowly replacing the #1346914401508392980 channel which @/everyone can read (but not chat) in with text channels that are more broad. The first channel #product-and-ux is now read-only for all to watch the Product department work with the volunteer devs & designers on ideation of the future of Home Assistant! agoogletada

obtuse zealot
formal solar
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We're looking for feedback for changes we're making to the forum guidelines. Please read this forum post for more details on this as well as a link to the Form where you should submit your feedback (if you choose to provide it). 🙏

formal solar
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ICYMI - We have our Matter Monthly Sync today on Google Meet @ <t:1773079226:t>.

Also happening today is Apollo Automation's monthly live stream! Join them @ <t:1773100826:t> over on their YouTube channel. 😌

formal solar
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Our student friends at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, working with the Open Home Foundation, would like to share a few concepts with you after all your helpful responses to the survey they posted a few months ago.

Check out their latest thread to see how you can set up some time to chat with them about what they're working on. 😌 https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1479447997853995039

obtuse zealot
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WARNING - Scam mails from nabucasacareers.com

Some people have received recruiting mails from the nabucasacareers.com domain, claiming to hire for different jobs at Nabu Casa.

Those mails are neither sent by Nabu Casa, nor the Open Home Foundation.
If you receive a mail from someone using the domain nabucasacareers.com: do not interact with them! It is not a genuine job offer.

The teams at Nabu Casa and the Open Home Foundation have been made aware about these scam attempts and they try to get it shut down.

formal solar
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Join our commercial partner, Apollo Automation, for their monthly live stream today @ <t:1777939236:t> (time displayed should be your local time)! 🥳 They've got some spoilers about the ESPHome Starter Kit and the device builder to share. 👀

Justin posted more details on what to expect and where to watch 👉 https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1500909594824806593