From 03cfd87b163637fa225ce8da990394248a23c333 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clyde Stubbs <2366188+clydebarrow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:44:21 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] [waveshare_epaper] Add deprecation message (#13583)

---
 esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/__init__.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/__init__.py b/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/__init__.py
index c58ce8a01e..b410406a58 100644
--- a/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 CODEOWNERS = ["@clydebarrow"]
+
+DEPRECATED_COMPONENT = """
+The 'waveshare_epaper' component is deprecated and no new models will be added to it.
+New model PRs should target the newer and more performant 'epaper_spi' component.
+"""