From 0b66c24e0866c2addcb021171e507ecf29924825 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Hills <3060199+jesserockz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:03:30 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] [core] Widen validator input annotations to Any

---
 esphome/components/openthread/__init__.py | 6 ++++--
 esphome/components/shelly_dimmer/light.py | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/openthread/__init__.py b/esphome/components/openthread/__init__.py
index d2e36fd2a0..ab69f5d9ae 100644
--- a/esphome/components/openthread/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/openthread/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Any
+
 from esphome import automation
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 from esphome.components.esp32 import (
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ CONF_DEVICE_TYPES = [
 ]
 
 
-def _validate_txpower(value: float) -> int | float:
+def _validate_txpower(value: Any) -> int | float:
     if CORE.is_esp32:
         variant = get_esp32_variant()
 
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ def _validate_platform(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
     )(config)
 
 
-def _validate_tlv_hex(value: str) -> str:
+def _validate_tlv_hex(value: Any) -> str:
     s = cv.string_strict(value)
     if len(s) % 2 != 0:
         raise cv.Invalid("TLV must have an even number of hex characters")
diff --git a/esphome/components/shelly_dimmer/light.py b/esphome/components/shelly_dimmer/light.py
index b58f5f8067..c166076e0f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/shelly_dimmer/light.py
+++ b/esphome/components/shelly_dimmer/light.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import hashlib
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
+from typing import Any
 
 from esphome import external_files, pins
 import esphome.codegen as cg
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ def validate_firmware(value: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
     return config
 
 
-def validate_sha256(value: str) -> str:
+def validate_sha256(value: Any) -> str:
     value = cv.string(value)
     if not re.fullmatch(r"[0-9a-fA-F]{64}", value):
         raise ValueError(f"Not a valid SHA256 hex string: {value}")