HAOS 18.0 update released

3 days ago by zackhow to c/homeassistant

Home Assistant OS 18.0 is a major release bringing significant updates to all platforms. The Linux kernel has been updated from 6.12 to 6.18 across all targets, Docker has been upgraded to v29.5.3 ...

There are some notes specific to rpi installs, so give it a read if you run HAOS on that platform.

Raspberry Pi 5 users need a bootloader from at least 2025-02-12, otherwise the display output may freeze early during the boot. Update the bootloader before installing this update, using one of the following methods:

Run rpi-eeprom-update -a while connected directly to the device (using a display and keyboard), prior to installing the OS update.
Use Raspberry Pi Imager with a spare SD card to flash a bootloader update image to it.
Alternatively, if you have an SSH terminal app installed, you can run ha os boards raspberrypi firmware update over SSH right after updating the OS.

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surewhynotlem 5 points 3 days ago

Semi related and I don't want to start a whole new thread.

Why use HAOS over normal HA core in a container? I've been using a simple docker container and I'm not sure what I'm missing.

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CorrectAlias 1 point 2 days ago

I did it because I was tired of losing access to HA when my main server was down for maintenance.

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