openthread_border_router: Bump beta to test ePSKc / Thread 1.4 Credentials Sharing support

[lboue]

Summary

Bumps the beta OTBR build to a revision of ot-br-posix that includes:
openthread/ot-br-posix#3480 (ePSKc REST endpoints: /node/ba-epskc/state and /node/ba-epskc/key)
openthread/ot-br-posix#3534 ([rest] bump REST API version to 0.5.0 for ePSKc endpoints)

This is to validate end-to-end interoperability with the client-side implementation proposed in
home-assistant-libs/python-otbr-api#267, ahead of release-v2026.09.0 being tagged upstream.

Changes

• openthread_border_router/build.yaml: OTBR_BETA_VERSION bumped to
  d83ddc62ecbb3d8a766ce3f1c58d6362d793d70b (post-openthread/ot-br-posix#3480 merge on ot-br-posix main)
• openthread_border_router/config.yaml: version bumped for cache-busting

Test plan

• Build succeeds for all platforms
• otbr-agent exposes /node/ba-epskc/state and /node/ba-epskc/key
• Verified against python-otbr-api PR Add client support for ephemeral key (ePSKc) credentials sharing home-assistant-libs/python-otbr-api#267
  (activate_ephemeral_key / get_ephemeral_key_status /
  deactivate_ephemeral_key)

Related

• Add client support for ephemeral key (ePSKc) credentials sharing home-assistant-libs/python-otbr-api#267
• Add Thread credential sharing to OTBR core#177371 (draft)
• Add Thread credential sharing to the Thread panel frontend#53330 (draft)

Note: this is a draft/test PR, not intended to merge as-is — will be superseded once release-v2026.09.0 is officially tagged and the regular bump PR (following the pattern of #4763) can be opened instead.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Updates
  • Updated the OpenThread Border Router add-on to version 3.1.1.
  • Updated the included beta OpenThread Border Router build.
  • Added support for testing ePSK and Thread 1.4 Credentials Sharing.
• Documentation
  • Added release notes describing the updated beta build and supported capabilities.

[lboue]

Can we merge this to test beta right now, or do we have to wait for the v2026.09.0 release?

[coderabbitai]

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Walkthrough

The OpenThread Border Router add-on now targets OTBR commit d83ddc62. Its configuration version is 3.1.1, and the changelog records testing for ePSK and Thread 1.4 Credentials Sharing.

Changes

OpenThread Border Router release update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build and release metadata openthread_border_router/build.yaml, openthread_border_router/config.yaml, openthread_border_router/CHANGELOG.md	The beta build reference changed to d83ddc62. The add-on version increased to 3.1.1. The changelog records the beta update and its testing scope.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 9759d

This PR updates the OTBR beta revision and cache-busting version to exercise ePSKc support, with the stated build and interoperability checks passing; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: agners

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[agners]

Can we merge this to test beta right now, or do we have to wait for the v2026.09.0 release?

Yes, we can. Add an entry to CHANGELOG.md stating that this version bumps the beta version (and maybe also why we bump it).

[agners]

LGTM