From 2db6d8a82ed26d375a544865a5e7690f8e0538f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 05:35:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [web_server_base] Use a user provided default constructor for
 WebServerBase

---
 esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.h b/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.h
index 94579de70f8..0d86b4ab8ea 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_base/web_server_base.h
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ class AuthMiddlewareHandler : public MiddlewareHandler {
 
 class WebServerBase final {
  public:
+  // User provided, not "= default": `new(p) WebServerBase()` would zero-fill .bss that is already zero.
+  WebServerBase() {}
+
   // The AsyncWebServer is created once and intentionally never deleted: on Arduino
   // platforms ESPAsyncWebServer owns its registered handlers, so destroying it would
   // also destroy live components (e.g. the captive portal) out from under us.