2026.9.0

What's Changed

🔒 Security

• Fixed command injection security vulnerabilities across multiple modules
• Added optional username & password protection for the Restful module
• Added an interactive Swagger documentation page to easily test the REST API in the browser
• REST API now returns responses in JSON format

🚀 Added

• New DND module to control, and monitor Do Not Disturb
• New Night Light module to control and monitor the display's blue light filter
• New Boot Time module to monitor when the system started up
• New Session Lock module to control and monitor the session lock state
• New CPU Load Average sensor on CPU module
• Support for typing text in the keyboard module
• Monitoring support for Intel GPUs
• Device-type icons and additional attributes for Bluetooth devices
• Option to specify custom shutdown commands
• Configurable MQTT keepalive
• Support for setting Home Assistant URL and Token via environment variables

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• Renamed send_keys module to keyboard
• Merged token_file and token configuration options
• Use EDID serial instead of i2c bus numbers in brightness module, monitor entity IDs will change

🔧 Changed

• Faster first-time sensor updates on startup
• Simplified setup wizard for Home Assistant and MQTT configuration
• Automatically clear text fields in Home Assistant after sending commands

🐛 Fixed

• Fixed IR Discovery remote events
• Fixed oversized album art and improved media thumbnail loading
• Automatically refresh media player state when reconnecting
• Retry sending sensor updates over MQTT if the connection drops temporarily
• Ensure webcam and screenshot processes close properly after use
• Fixed Home Assistant communication issues after waking from sleep
• Improved Bluetooth device discovery and stability
• Fixed Gamepad disconnect and reconnection detection
• Fixed commands and permissions for laptop brightness control
• Fixed keep-alive on X11
• Fixed systemd service controls
• Fixed Git update and installer issues
• Fixed unhandled exception in fullscreen module
• Don't run mouse module if no tool is found
• Ensure logger works even if not allowed to create a log file

🎉 Special Thanks

• Numerous bug fixes, improvements, and PRs by @Komzpa
• Multiple new modules and feature contributions by @grigorii-horos
• Reporting of security vulnerabilities by @To2rk

Full Changelog: 2026.8.0...2026.9.0