On August 17, 2026, ETSI officially delivered a package of 17 draft harmonized European standards designed to operationalize the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). For connected small home appliances—such as smart air fryers, robotic vacuum cleaners, and app-controlled coffee makers—the standards translate high-level regulatory mandates into concrete engineering testing criteria. Focus areas include mandatory prohibition of default passwords, communication channel encryption protocols, tamper-proof OTA firmware validation, and secure decommissioning data erasure. Certification bodies advise exporting manufacturers to integrate these specific technical verification workflows directly into their embedded software R&D processes to ensure uninterrupted CE mark eligibility.