Home Assistant OS 17.0.rc2

[sairon]

Changes

This release contains the following list of various bug fixes and updates since the previous beta release. See 17.0.rc1 release notes for the list of changes since the latest stable release.

Home Assistant Operating System

• Add eq3_char_loop patch for termios2/glibc 2.42+ compatibility (Add eq3_char_loop patch for termios2/glibc 2.42+ compatibility #4471) @jens-maus
• Update generic_raw_uart package to c377d91 (Update generic_raw_uart package to c377d91 #4472) @jens-maus
• Update Docker to v29.1.3 (Update Docker to v29.1.3 #4458) @sairon
• Update BlueZ to v5.85 (Update BlueZ to v5.85 #4457) @sairon
• Bump kbd to v2.9.0, remove no longer needed gzip binary (Bump kbd to v2.9.0, remove no longer needed gzip binary #4456) @sairon
• Bump Buildroot to 2025.02.9 (Bump Buildroot to 2025.02.9 #4455) @sairon

Home Assistant Green

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 #4474) @sairon

Open Virtual Appliance

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 #4474) @sairon

Generic x86-64

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 #4474) @sairon
• Enable support of i2c-based touchscreens for x86 and aarch64 (Enable support of i2c-based touchscreens for x86 and aarch64 #4463) @puterboy

Hardkernel ODROID

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 #4474) @sairon

Khadas VIM Series

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 #4474) @sairon

Generic aarch64

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 (Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.63 #4474) @sairon
• Enable support of i2c-based touchscreens for x86 and aarch64 (Enable support of i2c-based touchscreens for x86 and aarch64 #4463) @puterboy

Dependencies

• Bump mikepenz/action-junit-report from 6.0.1 to 6.1.0 (Bump mikepenz/action-junit-report from 6.0.1 to 6.1.0 #4473) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump docker/setup-buildx-action from 3.11.1 to 3.12.0 (Bump docker/setup-buildx-action from 3.11.1 to 3.12.0 #4461) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump shogo82148/actions-upload-release-asset from 1.9.1 to 1.9.2 (Bump shogo82148/actions-upload-release-asset from 1.9.1 to 1.9.2 #4466) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump dessant/label-actions from 4.0.1 to 5.0.0 (Bump dessant/label-actions from 4.0.1 to 5.0.0 #4453) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0 (Bump actions/upload-artifact from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0 #4452) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/download-artifact from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0 (Bump actions/download-artifact from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0 #4451) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump dessant/lock-threads from 5.0.1 to 6.0.0 (Bump dessant/lock-threads from 5.0.1 to 6.0.0 #4450) @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/cache from 4.3.0 to 5.0.1 (Bump actions/cache from 4.3.0 to 5.0.1 #4449) @dependabot[bot]

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This discussion was created from the release Home Assistant OS 17.0.rc2.

[Anto79-ops]

Hello I just did the update I'm coming from rc1, and no issues on my x86 system.

Just wondering if I have to do any secondary actions? I already did the ha docker migrate-storage-driver in rc1.

[AllardKatan]

Same for me, OVA Virtualbox under Linux, no issues. I did the migrate thing in rc1 as well. I didn't pay close attention to it but I think my storage use has increased a lot since then? I can't track that in my history and I don't usually look at it but I recall it was typically around 30% and it is now 70%. Maybe I just added some entities that inflated the database or something, but the backups aren't a lot bigger than they used to be so could it have anything to do with the OS upgrade?

[Baxxy13]

Yes, there is something strange about the mass storage allocation after migrating to the new storage driver.

1. Update to 17.0.rc1 and migration to the new storage driver.
2. I don't know what happened here. At this point, there were no updates or other changes to the system.
3. I completely reinstalled HA with HA-OS 17.0.rc1, performed the migration, and then restored the backup from the old system.
   
   As a result, my system now uses about 0.9GB more than before.

[Erwiiinst]

Update went well on a Home Assistant Yellow:
Core: 2026.1.0
Supervisor: 2026.01.0
Operating System: 17.0.rc2
Frontend: 20260107.0
Companion-app: 2025.12.1 (2025.1546)

No issues and new problems in the log-file.
After the update the interface seams a little bit faster and smoother.