Home Assistant 2026.8

Original release notes

Bump afsapi to 1.0.2 (@ashh87 - #177498)
Add slugify websocket command (@piitaya - #177623)
Fix the uom for the serial_pm sensor (@mib1185 - #177648)
Fix: Silently ignore empty JSON string object for MQTT IR signal payload (@jbouwh - #177664)
Fix searching within an artist returning no results in Music Assistant (@marcelveldt - #177673)
Fix asking Music Assistant for music searching only radio (@marcelveldt - #177674)
fix empty selector in Integral config flow (@dgomes - #177681)
Fix LG webOS TV assumed state when off (@thecode - #177682)
Update frontend to 20260729.2 (@bramkragten - #177684)
Log unrecognized SSDP model names for lyngdorf (@fishloa - #177686)
Bump aiohue to 4.9.0 (@marcelveldt - #177688)
Remove via_device from acmeda (@emontnemery - #177703)
Bump pyportainer to 1.0.43 (@erwindouna - #177710)
Fix via_device race in izone (@emontnemery - #177723)
Fix via_device race in ouman_eh_800 (@emontnemery - #177739)
Update frontend to 20260729.3 (@bramkragten - #177853)

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