Home Assistant Daily: Automation Triggers and Integration Updates
Home Assistant merged 16 pull requests on March 13th, 2026, introducing new motion and occupancy automation triggers while fixing OAuth handling across multiple integrations and updating ESPHome water heater support.
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- Show: Home Assistant Daily
- Published: 2026-03-13T10:24:52Z
- Audio duration: PT2M41S
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Good morning. This is Home Assistant Daily for March 13th, 2026.
Erik Montnemery merged two significant automation enhancements today. First, PR 165374 adds occupancy triggers with "occupancy.cleared" and "occupancy.detected" events, adding 491 lines across 14 files. Earlier, PR 165373 introduced similar motion triggers with "motion.detected" and "motion.cleared" capabilities,…
J. Nick Koston merged improvements to the ESPHome water heater integration in PR 165427, adding missing ON_OFF support and target_temperature_step functionality. This addresses issues 14602 and 14605 with 165 lines of new code and comprehensive test coverage.
OAuth exception handling received attention across multiple integrations. Zach Feldman updated the August integration in PR 165397, while J. Nick Koston fixed similar OAuth token request exceptions in the Yale integration setup through PR 165430. Both changes improve error handling for authentication flows.
The IntelliClima integration expanded with dvdinth's sensor platform addition in PR 163901, contributing 365 lines across four files including comprehensive test snapshots.
Several dependency updates landed today. Josef Zweck bumped…
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