esphome

v2026.4.5 Feature

This release adds 1 notable feature for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

Published 28d Home Automation

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esp32 esp8266 home-assistant home-automation iot mqtt

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platformio python yaml

Summary

AI summary

Fixed WiFi connection in safe mode, sibling references inside dict-valued substitutions, and Nextion text sensor state updates.

Full changelog

[ha-addon] Add opt-in toggle for the new ESPHome Device Builder esphome#16247 by @jesserockz
[bundle] Include secrets.yaml when !secret keys are quoted esphome#16271 by @bdraco
[substitutions] Fix sibling references inside dict-valued substitutions esphome#16273 by @bdraco
[core] Fix WiFi connection in safe mode esphome#16269 by @Mat931
[nextion] Fix text sensor state not updated on string response esphome#16280 by @edwardtfn

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About esphome

ESPHome is a system to control your ESP32, ESP8266, BK72xx, RP2040 by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through Home Automation systems.

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Earlier breaking changes

v2026.5.1 Break api_connection/api_server include cycle to drop custom unique_ptr deleter.