home-assistant/operating-system 18.4.rc1

Home Assistant OS 18.4.rc1

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Changes

This is a small bugfix and security release, mainly addressing kernel regressions introduced in 18.3. It fixes VLAN networking on Realtek adapters and several boot and USB storage issues. The release also includes Linux kernel updates and security fixes for Docker, containerd, and OS Agent. All users are encouraged to upgrade.

Noteworthy changes

Signed release images

Release downloads now include SHA256SUMS and its signature bundle, SHA256SUMS.sigstore.json. You can use these with Cosign to check that an image came from Home Assistant and has not been modified.

Home Assistant Operating System

• Update tempio to v2026.07.0 (#5067) @renovate[bot]
• Update to Docker v29.8.2, containerd v2.3.6 (#5056) @sairon
• Disable EROFS deduplication on all boards (#5055) @sairon
• Add RTL8761CU Bluetooth controller firmware (#5047) @sairon
• Bump OS Agent to v1.14.0 (#5011) @agners, @claude
• Bump Buildroot to 2025.02.18 (#5009) @sairon

Raspberry Pi

• Update Raspberry Pi HW flow control patch (#5093) @sairon
• Apply kernel patch restoring HW VLAN tag insertion with reorder_hdr off (#5105) @sairon
• Refill boot tries before slot selection in U-Boot scripts (#5054) @sairon
• Disable UAS on RPi for Argon ONE M.2 (ASMedia 174c:1156) (#5051) @sairon
• Disable UAS for ASMedia ASM235CM (UGREEN 70499 CM300) (#5035) @willydee

Home Assistant Yellow

• Update Raspberry Pi HW flow control patch (#5093) @sairon
• Apply kernel patch restoring HW VLAN tag insertion with reorder_hdr off (#5105) @sairon
• Refill boot tries before slot selection in U-Boot scripts (#5054) @sairon

Home Assistant Green

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.57 (#5007, #5010, #5012, #5046, #5063, #5082, #5092) @renovate[bot], @sairon
• Refill boot tries before slot selection in U-Boot scripts (#5054) @sairon

Open Virtual Appliance

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.57 (#5007, #5010, #5012, #5046, #5063, #5082, #5092) @renovate[bot], @sairon

Generic x86-64

• Apply kernel patch restoring HW VLAN tag insertion with reorder_hdr off (#5105) @sairon
• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.57 (#5007, #5010, #5012, #5046, #5063, #5082, #5092) @renovate[bot], @sairon
• Add Jasper Lake pin control support to kernel config (#5089) @Michael-Civitillo

Hardkernel ODROID

• Apply kernel patch restoring HW VLAN tag insertion with reorder_hdr off (#5105) @sairon
• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.57 (#5007, #5010, #5012, #5046, #5063, #5082, #5092) @renovate[bot], @sairon
• Refill boot tries before slot selection in U-Boot scripts (#5054) @sairon

Khadas VIM Series

• Apply kernel patch restoring HW VLAN tag insertion with reorder_hdr off (#5105) @sairon
• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.57 (#5007, #5010, #5012, #5046, #5063, #5082, #5092) @renovate[bot], @sairon
• Refill boot tries before slot selection in U-Boot scripts (#5054) @sairon

Generic aarch64

• Apply kernel patch restoring HW VLAN tag insertion with reorder_hdr off (#5105) @sairon
• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.57 (#5007, #5010, #5012, #5046, #5063, #5082, #5092) @renovate[bot], @sairon

Build System

• Tests: update labgrid to v26.0.1 (#5090) @renovate[bot]
• Fix PR build workflow permissions for signing (#5087) @sairon
• Sign all release images with cosign (#5053) @justanotherariel
• Run OVA build and tests for Renovate OS bumps (#5071) @sairon
• Tests: update labgrid to v26.0 (#5068) @renovate[bot]

Documentation

• Update links to the new contributors website (#5096) @frenck

Dependencies