Home Assistant2026.11.0

What the Heck?! November 2026

What in Home Assistant makes you go “what the heck?!” We want to hear from everyone: whether you build automations or just live with them.

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Four tips for a great WTH

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    Check it’s not already there

    If it is, there’s no need to post again.

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    Share one at a time

    So each can be discussed and followed on its own.

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    Tell it like it is

    Explain the problem, the community will figure out the fix.

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    Be kind

    We’re all here because we care about Home Assistant, our homes and the people in them: that includes everyone on our forum!

Share your WTH

What happens next?

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    You share itOn the forum, in your own words.
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    People read itVotes and replies show how many others it bothers.
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    Someone picks it upContributors look through the WTHs for things they can fix, and may choose yours!
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    It lands as an updateIf your WTH is fixed, you’ll see the results in an upcoming release.

We can’t promise that every WTH gets fixed, but every one is read, and together they shape what we build next.

Over to you!

Still wondering what the heck it’s all about? Frenck tells the whole story over on our blog. Or just dive right in. We can’t wait to hear from you, and the people you live with!

Share your WTH
Things that should be easySending a notification is far too complicated.There’s no easy way to turn a device on for X amount of time.I can’t use a light as a switch.
I can’t set the default dashboard per device instead of per user.I can’t create a helper from a copy of another.Card visibility can’t be conditioned on time and date.Things you can’t find
Things that just annoy youSidebar tooltips don’t disappear on their own.Restoring a full backup takes forever.Entity graphs don’t update live.
And our answer?Oh, right. Obviously!Duh, why didn’t we think of that?Fair point. Noted!Okay, that one’s on us.