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ESPHome's fourth 2026.11 beta tightens ESP8266 timing and BLE before release.

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◆Current state
ESPHome is four betas into 2026.11. Beta 4 on November 12 locks interrupts more narrowly in ESP8266 software serial and IR transmission, sends BLE advertising as raw packets while keeping Improv in them, keeps bond keys on ESP-IDF 5.5.6, skips OTA authentication when the password is empty and stops MIPI DSI panels freezing during flash writes. Earlier betas fixed ESP32-P4 deep sleep and RTL8710B timers.
◆Where it's heading
The project keeps its monthly train: weekly betas of chip-specific fixes and footprint trims, then a release around the third week. This cycle's attention is on low-level timing on ESP8266 and RTL8710B and on Bluetooth reliability.
◆Prediction
Expect one more beta at most and 2026.11.0 around November 18-20.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2d ago

    2026.11.0b4

    Another beta of chip-level fixes, mostly ESP8266 interrupt timing and Bluetooth advertising and bonding. It fits the pattern of weekly betas before the monthly release.

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  2. 5d ago

    ESPHome 2026.11 beta 3 fixes RTL8710B timing and I2C errors

    Beta 3 runs millis() and delays on real time on RTL8710B, recovers sensors from failed I2C reads and drops device classes from unitless entities. Chip-level fixes on the usual beta cadence.

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  3. 8d ago

    ESPHome 2026.11 beta 2 fixes ESP32-P4 deep sleep and NFC read

    Beta 2 fixes ESP32-P4 deep sleep with a breaking change, an out-of-bounds read in NFC parsing and RP2040 LED strip setup. Routine beta fixes.

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  4. 10d ago

    ESPHome 2026.11.0 beta 1 opens

    The first 2026.11 beta lands two weeks after 2026.10.0, on the usual monthly beat. The entry only links to the beta changelog.

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  5. 11d ago

    2026.10.2 stops OTA bricking on RTL8710B boards

    The second post-release patch arrives on the usual weekly beat. Its most important fix stops compressed OTA updates from bricking RTL8710B boards, alongside TLS 1.3, Bluetooth proxy and macOS build fixes.

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  6. 17d ago

    2026.10.1

    The standard post-release patch arrives on schedule with fixes for OTA on hosted coprocessors, MQTT fan state, generated C++ edge cases and ccache builds. Nothing new for users beyond the fixes.

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