diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_camera/esp32_camera.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_camera/esp32_camera.cpp
index 06ba7ff16f0..5466d2e7efa 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_camera/esp32_camera.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_camera/esp32_camera.cpp
@@ -429,9 +429,11 @@ void ESP32Camera::framebuffer_task(void *pv) {
     camera_fb_t *framebuffer = esp_camera_fb_get();
     xQueueSend(that->framebuffer_get_queue_, &framebuffer, portMAX_DELAY);
     // Only wake the main loop if there's a pending request to consume the frame
+#if defined(USE_SOCKET_SELECT_SUPPORT) && defined(USE_WAKE_LOOP_THREADSAFE)
     if (that->has_requested_image_()) {
       App.wake_loop_threadsafe();
     }
+#endif
     // return is no-op for config with 1 fb
     xQueueReceive(that->framebuffer_return_queue_, &framebuffer, portMAX_DELAY);
     esp_camera_fb_return(framebuffer);
diff --git a/esphome/components/heatpumpir/heatpumpir.cpp b/esphome/components/heatpumpir/heatpumpir.cpp
index f4d2ca6c1dd..67447a31238 100644
--- a/esphome/components/heatpumpir/heatpumpir.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/heatpumpir/heatpumpir.cpp
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ void HeatpumpIRClimate::transmit_state() {
       power_mode_cmd = POWER_ON;
       operating_mode_cmd = MODE_HEAT;
       break;
+    // Map HEAT_COOL to hardware AUTO mode (automatic heat/cool changeover based on temperature).
+    // In hardware AUTO mode, the device automatically switches between heating and cooling
+    // based on the current temperature versus the target temperature.
+    // See https://github.com/esphome/esphome/issues/11161 for further discussion.
+    case climate::CLIMATE_MODE_HEAT_COOL:
     case climate::CLIMATE_MODE_AUTO:
       power_mode_cmd = POWER_ON;
       operating_mode_cmd = MODE_AUTO;
diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp
index b4f6eedf91c..90997787aa0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -398,14 +398,18 @@ void IDFUARTComponent::rx_event_task_func(void *param) {
         case UART_DATA:
           // Data available in UART RX buffer - wake the main loop
           ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "Data event: %d bytes", event.size);
+#if defined(USE_SOCKET_SELECT_SUPPORT) && defined(USE_WAKE_LOOP_THREADSAFE)
           App.wake_loop_threadsafe();
+#endif
           break;
 
         case UART_FIFO_OVF:
         case UART_BUFFER_FULL:
           ESP_LOGW(TAG, "FIFO overflow or ring buffer full - clearing");
           uart_flush_input(self->uart_num_);
+#if defined(USE_SOCKET_SELECT_SUPPORT) && defined(USE_WAKE_LOOP_THREADSAFE)
           App.wake_loop_threadsafe();
+#endif
           break;
 
         default:
diff --git a/script/ci-custom.py b/script/ci-custom.py
index cf59c3883bf..77d2ab287d0 100755
--- a/script/ci-custom.py
+++ b/script/ci-custom.py
@@ -619,6 +619,19 @@ def lint_esphome_h(fname, line, col, content):
     )
 
 
+@lint_content_find_check(
+    "CORE.using_esp_idf",
+    include=py_include,
+    exclude=["esphome/core/__init__.py", "script/ci-custom.py"],
+)
+def lint_using_esp_idf_deprecated(fname, line, col, content):
+    return (
+        f"{highlight('CORE.using_esp_idf')} is deprecated and will change behavior in 2026.6. "
+        "ESP32 Arduino builds on top of ESP-IDF, so ESP-IDF features are available in both frameworks. "
+        f"Please use {highlight('CORE.is_esp32')} and/or {highlight('CORE.using_arduino')} instead."
+    )
+
+
 @lint_content_check(include=["*.h"])
 def lint_pragma_once(fname, content):
     if "#pragma once" not in content: