April 2026 — Focused on Casper Glow integration improvements in home-assistant/core. Delivered two customer-facing features to enhance device visibility and automation, and implemented test reliability improvements to reduce CI flakiness. These changes strengthen user value by enabling proactive battery management and clearer dimming timelines, while boosting team velocity and maintainability.

March 2026 featured a comprehensive Casper Glow initiative across Home Assistant Core and the documentation site. Delivered Bluetooth-based light control with the Casper Glow integration, bumped pycasperglow to 1.2.0, and introduced a robust set of features for better control, observability, and automation. Key work includes a binary sensor for paused dimming, pause/resume dimming via button entities, a new dimming duration select option, and a diagnostics module with tests and data redaction. Documentation updates accompanied the release to improve setup guidance, binary sensor usage, button controls, and product launch notes.