# Home Assistant beta adds separate Matter leak-alarm controls

Home Assistant 2026.10 beta adds sound and light settings for supported Matter leak sensors, including IKEA KLIPPBOK. Stable users still need to wait.

Canonical page: https://matterhome.io/news/home-assistant-2026-10-matter-alarm-controls
Markdown page: https://matterhome.io/news/home-assistant-2026-10-matter-alarm-controls.md
Author: Matterhome Editorial Team
Author profile: https://matterhome.io/authors/matterhome-editorial-team
Editorial lead: JC Martinez
Editor profile: https://matterhome.io/authors/jc-martinez
Published: 2026-10-06T02:05:41.000Z
Category: Compatibility update
Tags: Home Assistant, Matter, IKEA, Sensors

## Feature Image

- Origin: sourced
- Image: https://assets.matterhome.io/content/news/2026-10-06-home-assistant-matter-alarm-controls/feature.09ed44282f0c932da065/source.webp
- Alt text: Home Assistant device page for IKEA KLIPPBOK with separate audible and visual alarm switches
- Caption: Contributor screenshot from Home Assistant's alarm-control implementation PR, predating the October beta. Matterhome has not tested these controls.
- Source: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7112d4ca-7fc7-4383-935e-29a528cac710

## Sources

- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.10.0b0
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.10.0b1
- https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/09/30/release-202610/
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/173233
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/2026.9.4/homeassistant/components/matter/switch.py
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/2026.10.0b1/homeassistant/components/matter/switch.py
- https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/matter/
- https://www.home-assistant.io/common-tasks/os/#running-a-beta-version

Home Assistant's [2026.10 beta, first released September 30, 2026](https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.10.0b0), adds separate sound and light settings for supported Matter leak sensors. The [beta release notes](https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/09/30/release-202610/) name [IKEA KLIPPBOK](/devices/ikea-klippbok-water-leak-sensor) as an example. Owners can configure the sensor's alarm modes from Home Assistant, but this is still an opt-in beta feature: the October 5 [2026.10.0b1 release](https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.10.0b1) remains a prerelease.

The useful change is control over how a leak sensor warns you. The [implementation](https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/173233) adds separate configuration switches for audible and visual alarms, preserving one setting when you change the other. They enable or disable those alarm modes; they are not buttons for remotely sounding a siren. If you bought a sensor mainly to hear a leak from the next room, keep its audible warning enabled.

## The sensor must expose the setting

Home Assistant creates these controls only when the accessory exposes the required alarm features and command. A Matter logo alone does not guarantee either switch. Comparing the [stable 2026.9.4 integration](https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/2026.9.4/homeassistant/components/matter/switch.py) with the [October beta code](https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/2026.10.0b1/homeassistant/components/matter/switch.py) confirms that the settings are new to this beta, rather than a previously hidden stable option.

The beta also adds a [one-touch locking setting](https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/09/30/release-202610/) for Matter locks that expose it. That setting determines whether a single keypad touch can lock the door; it does not add keypad hardware or promise support for every Matter lock. The release notes do not give a complete model and firmware list for these controls.

For KLIPPBOK owners, this is an extra configuration option, not a reason to replace a working sensor. Connected use still needs Home Assistant's Matter integration and a [Thread border router](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/matter/). Matterhome has not tested the beta or verified the controls across regional KLIPPBOK firmware versions.

Home Assistant OS users who want to test can open Settings > System > Updates, select the three-dot menu, choose Join beta and install the offered update, following the [official beta instructions](https://www.home-assistant.io/common-tasks/os/#running-a-beta-version). For an everyday installation that depends on leak alerts, wait for stable release notes before changing channels. Home Assistant says beta features can still change or be removed before release.