diff --git a/tests/integration/fixtures/store_yaml_recovery_backpressure.yaml b/tests/integration/fixtures/store_yaml_recovery_backpressure.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2b0861a485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/fixtures/store_yaml_recovery_backpressure.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+esphome:
+  name: store-yaml-backpressure
+
+host:
+
+logger:
+
+api:
+
+external_components:
+  - source:
+      type: local
+      path: EXTERNAL_COMPONENT_PATH
+    components: [sndbuf_pin_component]
+
+# Pins the device's socket send buffers for deterministic TCP backpressure
+sndbuf_pin_component:
+  buffer_size: SERVER_SNDBUF
+
+store_yaml:
+  allow_unencrypted: true
+
+substitutions:
+# GENERATED_SUBSTITUTIONS
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_store_yaml_recovery.py b/tests/integration/test_store_yaml_recovery.py
index b07f76372dd..dd300d407a9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_store_yaml_recovery.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_store_yaml_recovery.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Uses the raw client: released aioesphomeapi does not know GetYamlResponse yet.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
+import random
+
 from aioesphomeapi import api_pb2
 import pytest
 
@@ -60,3 +63,46 @@ async def test_store_yaml_recovery(
     assert b"recoverme123" not in envelope
     assert "ota_password" in find_secret_references(combined.decode())
     assert b"ota_password: ''" in files["secrets.yaml"]
+
+
+# Random hex barely compresses, so the blob spans many chunks and outgrows both buffers
+SERVER_SNDBUF = 8192
+RECV_BUFFER_SIZE = 4096
+CHUNK_LIMIT = 1390
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_store_yaml_recovery_backpressure(
+    yaml_config: str,
+    run_compiled: RunCompiledFunction,
+    unused_tcp_port: int,
+) -> None:
+    """A client that stops reading mid-stream still recovers every byte once it drains."""
+    rng = random.Random(16445)
+    values = {f"blob_{i}": rng.randbytes(60).hex() for i in range(1000)}
+    config = yaml_config.replace("SERVER_SNDBUF", str(SERVER_SNDBUF)).replace(
+        "# GENERATED_SUBSTITUTIONS",
+        "\n".join(f"  {name}: {value}" for name, value in values.items()),
+    )
+    async with (
+        run_compiled(config),
+        RawApiClient(unused_tcp_port, recv_buffer_size=RECV_BUFFER_SIZE) as client,
+    ):
+        await client.connect("store_yaml backpressure test")
+        await client.send_raw(GET_YAML_REQUEST, b"")
+        # Stop reading so the device fills both buffers and has to resume later
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
+        responses: list[dict[int, list[int | bytes]]] = []
+        while not responses or responses[-1].get(DONE_FIELD) != [1]:
+            responses.append(decode_fields(await client.read_frame(GET_YAML_RESPONSE)))
+
+    chunks = [r[DATA_FIELD][0] for r in responses]
+    compressed = b"".join(chunks)
+    assert len(compressed) > 4 * (SERVER_SNDBUF + RECV_BUFFER_SIZE)
+    assert len(responses) > 1 and all(len(c) <= CHUNK_LIMIT for c in chunks)
+    assert all(r.get(DONE_FIELD) != [1] for r in responses[:-1])
+    assert responses[0][TOTAL_SIZE_FIELD] == [len(compressed)]
+    combined = b"\n".join(
+        unpack_envelope(zstd_module().decompress(compressed)).values()
+    )
+    assert all(value.encode() in combined for value in values.values())
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/components/test_store_yaml.py b/tests/unit_tests/components/test_store_yaml.py
index 83df45fe90b..ca6101e3017 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/components/test_store_yaml.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/components/test_store_yaml.py
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ def test_redacted_accepts_include_text_that_is_not_a_tag(
 def test_credential_words_cover_every_sensitive_key() -> None:
     """A removed branch is matched by name, so every `cv.sensitive` key must be named."""
     root = Path(store_yaml.__file__).parents[2]
-    sources = [f.read_text() for f in root.rglob("*.py")]
+    sources = [f.read_text(encoding="utf-8") for f in root.rglob("*.py")]
     consts = {
         m.group(1): m.group(2)
         for text in sources