home-assistant · agners · Oct 7, 2025 · Jun 30, 2025 · Jun 30, 2025 · Oct 2, 2025
diff --git a/openthread_border_router/CHANGELOG.md b/openthread_border_router/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.14.0
+- Remove firmware flashing from the addon, this is now handled by Core 2025.7.0.
+
 ## 2.13.0
 - Bump to OTBR POSIX version b067e5ac (2025-01-13 22:32:22 -0500)
 - Bump universal-silabs-flasher to 0.0.28

diff --git a/openthread_border_router/DOCS.md b/openthread_border_router/DOCS.md
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ Follow these steps to get the add-on installed on your system:
 
 ## How to use
 
-You will need a 802.15.4 capable radio supported by OpenThread. Home Assistant
-Yellow as well as Home Assistant SkyConnect/Connect ZBT-1 are both capable to run
-OpenThread. This add-on automatically installs the necessary firmware on these systems.
+You will need a 802.15.4 capable radio supported by OpenThread flashed with OpenThread
+RCP firmware. Home Assistant Yellow as well as Home Assistant SkyConnect/Connect ZBT-1
+are both able to run OpenThread and will be flashed with the correct firmware by Home
+Assistant Core.
 
 If you are using Home Assistant Yellow, choose `/dev/ttyAMA1` as device.
 
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ Add-on configuration:
 | device (mandatory) | Serial port where the OpenThread RCP Radio is attached |
 | baudrate           | Serial port baudrate (depends on firmware)   |
 | flow_control       | If hardware flow control should be enabled (depends on firmware) |
-| autoflash_firmware | Automatically install/update firmware (Home Assistant SkyConnect/Yellow) |
 | otbr_log_level     | Set the log level of the OpenThread BorderRouter Agent     |
 | firewall           | Enable OpenThread Border Router firewall to block unnecessary traffic |
 | nat64              | Enable NAT64 to allow Thread devices accessing IPv4 addresses |

diff --git a/openthread_border_router/Dockerfile b/openthread_border_router/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ FROM $BUILD_FROM
 
 ARG BUILD_ARCH
 ARG OTBR_VERSION
-ARG UNIVERSAL_SILABS_FLASHER
 
 # Set shell
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
@@ -93,8 +92,6 @@ RUN \
         && cd build/otbr/ \
         && ninja \
         && ninja install) \
-    && pip install --break-system-packages \
-       universal-silabs-flasher==${UNIVERSAL_SILABS_FLASHER} \
     && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove \
        git \
        nodejs \

diff --git a/openthread_border_router/build.yaml b/openthread_border_router/build.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ build_from:
   amd64: ghcr.io/home-assistant/amd64-base-debian:bookworm
 args:
   OTBR_VERSION: b067e5ac5f8b3e92750df24922017eee2bc0fa04
-  UNIVERSAL_SILABS_FLASHER: 0.0.28
diff --git a/openthread_border_router/config.yaml b/openthread_border_router/config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-version: 2.13.0
+version: 2.14.0
 slug: openthread_border_router
 name: OpenThread Border Router
 description: OpenThread Border Router add-on
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ url: >-
 arch:
   - aarch64
   - amd64
-homeassistant: 2023.9.0
+homeassistant: 2025.7.0
 gpio: true
 hassio_api: true
 discovery:
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ options:
   device: null
   baudrate: "460800"
   flow_control: true
-  autoflash_firmware: true
   otbr_log_level: notice
   firewall: true
   nat64: false
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ schema:
   baudrate: list(57600|115200|230400|460800|921600)
   flow_control: bool
   network_device: str?
-  autoflash_firmware: bool
   otbr_log_level: list(debug|info|notice|warning|error|critical|alert|emergency)
   firewall: bool
   nat64: bool

diff --git a/...r_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/otbr-agent/dependencies.d/universal-silabs-flasher b/...r_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/otbr-agent/dependencies.d/universal-silabs-flasher
diff --git a/openthread_border_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/otbr-agent/run b/openthread_border_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/otbr-agent/run
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ declare otbr_log_level_int
 declare otbr_rest_listen
 declare otbr_rest_listen_port
 
+# Cleanup unused configs
+if bashio::config.exists 'autoflash_firmware'; then
+    bashio::addon.option 'autoflash_firmware'
+fi
+
 backbone_if="$(bashio::api.supervisor 'GET' '/network/info' '' 'first(.interfaces[] | select (.primary == true)) .interface')"
 device=$(bashio::config 'device')
 

diff --git a/...order_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/universal-silabs-flasher/dependencies.d/banner b/...order_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/universal-silabs-flasher/dependencies.d/banner
diff --git a/...read_border_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/universal-silabs-flasher/notification-fd b/...read_border_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/universal-silabs-flasher/notification-fd
diff --git a/openthread_border_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/universal-silabs-flasher/type b/openthread_border_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/universal-silabs-flasher/type
diff --git a/openthread_border_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/universal-silabs-flasher/up b/openthread_border_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/universal-silabs-flasher/up
diff --git a/openthread_border_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/universal-silabs-flasher-up b/openthread_border_router/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/universal-silabs-flasher-up
diff --git a/openthread_border_router/rootfs/root/ot-rcp-v2.4.2.0-slzb-07-460800.gbl b/openthread_border_router/rootfs/root/ot-rcp-v2.4.2.0-slzb-07-460800.gbl
diff --git a/openthread_border_router/rootfs/root/ot-rcp-v2.4.2.0-zbdonglee-460800.gbl b/openthread_border_router/rootfs/root/ot-rcp-v2.4.2.0-zbdonglee-460800.gbl
diff --git a/...rder_router/rootfs/root/skyconnect_openthread_rcp_2.4.4.0_GitHub-7074a43e4_gsdk_4.4.4.gbl b/...rder_router/rootfs/root/skyconnect_openthread_rcp_2.4.4.0_GitHub-7074a43e4_gsdk_4.4.4.gbl
diff --git a/...d_border_router/rootfs/root/yellow_openthread_rcp_2.4.4.0_GitHub-7074a43e4_gsdk_4.4.4.gbl b/...d_border_router/rootfs/root/yellow_openthread_rcp_2.4.4.0_GitHub-7074a43e4_gsdk_4.4.4.gbl
diff --git a/openthread_border_router/translations/en.yaml b/openthread_border_router/translations/en.yaml
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ configuration:
       <host:port> when connecting to a device via sockets (takes precedence
       over above configuration). Not recommended! See documentation for more
       information.
-  autoflash_firmware:
-    name: Automatically flash firmware
-    description: >-
-      Automatically flash OpenThread RCP firmware on Home Assistant Yellow and
-      SkyConnect/Connect ZBT-1.
   otbr_log_level:
     name: OpenThread Border Router agent log level
     description: >-