Automatic updates

Hi all,

I’m a very recent convert from a container installation to a HAOS one. I’m enjoying it so far, mostly because it automates some tasks that I was doing manually (e.g., checking for updates and doing docker compose pull, etc.).

I have a (hopefully) simple, and (possibly) dumb question: Most of my add-ons, which were migrated from my docker-compose.yml file, are configured to automatically update. (I previously would use the latest tag on everything and periodically do a pull.)

However, I still get upgrade notifications for these and I’m not sure how long those would sit around before applying. Is there a schedule when these get applied? Also, do updates to HA (2024.8.0 → 2024.8.1) get applied automatically, or only manually (by clicking the install button)?

You like living dangerously?

Never update without reading the release notes.

It was less of an issue in a container install. It’d just pin the offending container.

But I gather that’s not the done thing in HAOS? It doesn’t seem to work, anyway. I’m trying to make HA more hands-off, so if I ever get run over by a bus, it’ll keep on ticking away. At least for a while!

You make a very good point. Unlike a container install, I wouldn’t easily know how to undo a bad update. It’s better to at least be around and clicking the install button, so I can immediately deal with issues.

I have a home wiki, which is kind of like the house’s README. The documentation for how to keep Home Assistant relatively updated was a bit laborious – ssh’ing into the server, running various commands (most of which were scripted), etc. At least with the Home Assistant OS, one of the techy kids could probably handle it.