diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented here. This project follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) conventions and [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 1.3.0
+
+Community contribution plus a floor reset: 1.3.0 is the first release that requires Home Assistant 2026.11.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`minimal` reasoning effort for OpenAI-compatible providers** — the `reasoning_effort` selector gains a `minimal` option (PR #9 by @AimanFarooq, closes #7). Reasoning models such as OpenAI's gpt-5 family accept `reasoning_effort=minimal`, which roughly halves first-text latency for short voice-assistant answers compared to `low`. The provider forwards any value other than `none` verbatim, so the change is the selector option, its label, and a regression test pinning the forwarding behavior.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Home Assistant floor raised to 2026.11** — the `homeassistant: "2026.11.0"` key in `hacs.json` is now the project's supported floor rather than a temporary gate. The reason is structural: the manifest admits the anthropic 2.x line (`>=0.108.0,<3`) to stay compatible with HA 2026.11's core pin (`anthropic==2.3.0`), and the 2.x SDK pairs with httpx2, a pairing that only exists in 2026.11+. One manifest cannot serve both generations — capping below 2.x re-breaks hassfest on 2026.11, admitting 2.x breaks 2026.10 — so the floor is how the project draws that line. Clients below the floor see the repository as pending in HACS and the built-in Marketplace: no update is offered, existing installs run untouched, and the update surfaces within roughly six hours of a client reaching 2026.11. README requirements, badge, and troubleshooting now state 2026.11 (the troubleshooting entry also corrects a stale `anthropic` pin range).
+
+### Validation
+
+- Full suite on the pinned test tree (HA 2025.8.1, anthropic 0.125.0 — the test tree deliberately stays on older pins; code-level compatibility is verified there while hassfest validates the manifest against core): **134 passed, 2 skipped** — the 133/2 baseline plus the new forwarding test
+- Hassfest and Tests green on PR #9 (merged as `9193b43`)
+
 ## 1.2.5
 
 Compatibility fix for Home Assistant 2026.11's move to the anthropic SDK 2.x line.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Configurable LLM for Home Assistant
 
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-[![Home Assistant](https://img.shields.io/badge/Home_Assistant-2025.8%2B-blue.svg)](https://www.home-assistant.io/)
+[![Home Assistant](https://img.shields.io/badge/Home_Assistant-2026.11%2B-blue.svg)](https://www.home-assistant.io/)
 [![HACS Custom](https://img.shields.io/badge/HACS-Custom-orange.svg)](https://hacs.xyz/)
 
 A Home Assistant integration that adds a conversation agent and AI task entity backed by any Anthropic- or OpenAI-compatible API endpoint. Based on the official Home Assistant Anthropic integration, extended with a provider-pluggable architecture and configurable base URLs.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ If you're using the official Anthropic or OpenAI APIs directly, you should use H
 
 ### Requirements
 
-- Home Assistant **2025.8** or newer
+- Home Assistant **2026.11** or newer
 - An API key for an Anthropic- or OpenAI-compatible service
 
 ### Via HACS (recommended)
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ Restart Home Assistant.
 
 Check the Home Assistant log (`Settings → System → Logs`). The most common causes:
 
-- **HA version too old** — this integration requires HA 2025.8 or newer because it uses AI task entities and config subentries
-- **SDK install failed** — the integration requires `anthropic>=0.108.0,<0.109` and `openai>=2.45.0`; pip needs network access on first load
+- **HA version too old** — this integration requires HA 2026.11 or newer because it uses AI task entities, config subentries, and the anthropic 2.x SDK line (HACS and the built-in Marketplace show the repository as pending below that version)
+- **SDK install failed** — the integration requires `anthropic>=0.108.0,<3` and `openai>=2.45.0`; pip needs network access on first load
 
 ### Authentication fails
 
diff --git a/custom_components/configurable_llm/manifest.json b/custom_components/configurable_llm/manifest.json
index 838e193..580f3e3 100644
--- a/custom_components/configurable_llm/manifest.json
+++ b/custom_components/configurable_llm/manifest.json
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
     "openai>=2.45.0",
     "voluptuous-openapi>=0.1.0,<0.5"
   ],
-  "version": "1.2.5"
+  "version": "1.3.0"
 }