From 17e5320836c2a2c6e657a7f5d84aab20140a2b33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 13:40:50 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] do not force inline

---
 esphome/components/api/proto.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/proto.h b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
index eef3c83c64..8cb05f630f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/proto.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ class ProtoEncode {
   }
   /// Encode tag + 1-byte length + raw string data. For strings with max_data_length < 128.
   /// Tag must be a single-byte varint (< 128). Always encodes (no zero check).
-  static inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE
-  encode_short_string_force(uint8_t *__restrict__ &pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM, uint8_t tag, const StringRef &ref) {
+  static inline void encode_short_string_force(uint8_t *__restrict__ &pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM, uint8_t tag,
+                                               const StringRef &ref) {
     PROTO_ENCODE_CHECK_BOUNDS(pos, 2 + ref.size());
     pos[0] = tag;
     pos[1] = static_cast<uint8_t>(ref.size());