Home Assistant 2026.10 shipped on 7 October 2026 under the title "You are here". A first patch, 2026.10.1, followed on 10 October. The release rebuilds the map, exposes more Matter device settings, and finally gives trigger IDs a proper place in the automation editor.
Vector map from OpenStreetMap
After the previous tile provider started requiring an API key, Home Assistant moved to OpenStreetMap Foundation vector tiles in 2026.9. Version 2026.10 builds on that switch. The map is drawn on your device, so streets and labels stay sharp at every zoom level. There is a dedicated dark style. Older tablets that cannot render vectors fall back to the classic map automatically.
Markers show people's photos. Zones keep their own icons and colours. People in the same zone share one bubble instead of stacking on top of each other. The Map dashboard gains an overview with People, Devices and Zones tabs - beside the map on desktop, as a pull-up sheet on a phone. The zone editor under Settings > Areas, labels & zones uses the same map. Home stays pinned at the top of the zone list.
Tiles are fetched and cached through your Home Assistant instance, so the browser does not talk to external tile servers directly. Recently viewed areas can survive a short internet drop. That is not a full offline map.
Triggered by, without inventing IDs
Trigger IDs have existed for years. Give each trigger an ID, then use a Triggered by condition to branch actions inside one automation - for example, one routine that both turns a light on for motion and off when motion clears. The catch was the UI: you had to open a hidden field, invent an ID, and remember it later.
In 2026.10 you pick the triggers you want in the Triggered by condition. Home Assistant assigns the IDs. YAML configs that already set IDs keep working unchanged. The editor flags conditions that point at a missing trigger, and offers a fix when several triggers share one ID and you would rather split them.
Matter: leak alarms, locks and power readings
Supported Matter leak sensors get separate switches for audible and visual alarms. The official notes name IKEA KLIPPBOK as an example; community testing also covers Shelly Flood. Changing one alarm mode does not overwrite the other. These switches configure the device's warning behaviour - they are not remote siren buttons.
Compatible Matter locks gain a one-touch locking switch: whether a single keypad touch is enough to lock the door. Devices that expose the right electrical measurements can now report mains frequency and power factor.
ESPHome, energy and what to check before updating
ESPHome devices can open the connection to Home Assistant themselves with the outgoing_connection option, which helps when Home Assistant cannot reach the device on its own. The release also adds 15 new integrations, including SolarEdge Modbus for local inverter reads, Bitvis Power Hub on a meter's HAN port, and several infrared climate and lighting integrations that work with an ESPHome IR transmitter.
Read the breaking-changes list before you update. Legacy authentication mode is gone. mqtt.publish and mqtt.dump now need an administrator account when a user starts them by hand (automations that fire on their own triggers are unaffected). SolarEdge Local is removed - use SolarEdge Modbus or the cloud SolarEdge integration instead. Take a backup first.