From 3829d368ffe9cac74bc19e91737f1e6f26bcaf39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Swoboda <154711427+swoboda1337@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:59:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [espidf] Honor compile_process_limit in native ESP-IDF builds
 (#17857)

---
 esphome/espidf/toolchain.py               | 16 ++++--
 tests/unit_tests/test_espidf_toolchain.py | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/espidf/toolchain.py b/esphome/espidf/toolchain.py
index 000ce739db..b8196d2fda 100644
--- a/esphome/espidf/toolchain.py
+++ b/esphome/espidf/toolchain.py
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 
 from esphome.components.esp32.const import KEY_ESP32, KEY_FLASH_SIZE, KEY_IDF_VERSION
-from esphome.const import CONF_FRAMEWORK, CONF_SOURCE
+from esphome.const import (
+    CONF_COMPILE_PROCESS_LIMIT,
+    CONF_ESPHOME,
+    CONF_FRAMEWORK,
+    CONF_SOURCE,
+)
 from esphome.core import CORE, EsphomeError
 from esphome.espidf.framework import check_esp_idf_install, get_framework_env
 from esphome.espidf.size_summary import print_summary
@@ -147,7 +152,10 @@ def _get_idf_tool(name: str) -> str:
 
 
 def run_idf_py(
-    *args, cwd: Path | None = None, capture_output: bool = False
+    *args,
+    cwd: Path | None = None,
+    capture_output: bool = False,
+    jobs: int | None = None,
 ) -> int | str:
     """Run idf.py with the given arguments."""
     idf_path = _get_idf_path()
@@ -155,6 +163,8 @@ def run_idf_py(
         raise EsphomeError("ESP-IDF not found")
 
     env = _get_idf_env()
+    if jobs is not None:
+        env = {**env, "IDF_PY_BUILD_JOBS": str(jobs)}
     python_executable = _get_idf_tool("python")
     idf_py = idf_path / "tools" / "idf.py"
     # Dispatch idf.py through esphome.espidf.runner, which wraps
@@ -384,7 +394,7 @@ def run_compile(config, verbose: bool) -> int:
     args.append("build")
     args.append("size")
 
-    rc = run_idf_py(*args)
+    rc = run_idf_py(*args, jobs=config[CONF_ESPHOME].get(CONF_COMPILE_PROCESS_LIMIT))
     if rc == 0:
         size_json = CORE.relative_build_path("build", "esp_idf_size.json")
         partitions = CORE.relative_build_path("partitions.csv")
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_espidf_toolchain.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_espidf_toolchain.py
index 017d8c49b4..f98cc70428 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_espidf_toolchain.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_espidf_toolchain.py
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
-from esphome.const import CONF_FRAMEWORK, CONF_SOURCE
+from esphome.const import (
+    CONF_COMPILE_PROCESS_LIMIT,
+    CONF_ESPHOME,
+    CONF_FRAMEWORK,
+    CONF_SOURCE,
+)
 from esphome.core import CORE
 from esphome.espidf import toolchain
 
@@ -184,6 +189,58 @@ def test_get_idf_env_sets_git_ceiling_directories(setup_core: Path) -> None:
     assert str(CORE.config_dir) in env["GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES"].split(os.pathsep)
 
 
+def test_run_idf_py_jobs_sets_build_jobs_env(setup_core: Path) -> None:
+    """The jobs argument is exported to idf.py as IDF_PY_BUILD_JOBS."""
+    _setup_build(setup_core)
+
+    with (
+        patch.object(toolchain, "_get_idf_path", return_value=Path("/idf")),
+        patch.object(toolchain, "_get_idf_env", return_value={"PATH": "/bin"}),
+        patch.object(toolchain, "_get_idf_tool", return_value="python"),
+        patch.object(toolchain.subprocess, "run") as mock_run,
+    ):
+        mock_run.return_value.returncode = 0
+
+        toolchain.run_idf_py("build", jobs=2)
+        env = mock_run.call_args.kwargs["env"]
+        assert env["IDF_PY_BUILD_JOBS"] == "2"
+        assert env["PATH"] == "/bin"
+
+        toolchain.run_idf_py("build")
+        env = mock_run.call_args.kwargs["env"]
+        assert "IDF_PY_BUILD_JOBS" not in env
+
+
+def test_run_compile_passes_compile_process_limit(setup_core: Path) -> None:
+    """compile_process_limit is forwarded to run_idf_py as the job limit."""
+    _setup_build(setup_core)
+    config = {CONF_ESPHOME: {CONF_COMPILE_PROCESS_LIMIT: 1}}
+
+    with (
+        patch.object(toolchain, "need_reconfigure", return_value=False),
+        patch.object(toolchain, "run_idf_py", return_value=0) as mock_run,
+        patch.object(toolchain, "print_summary"),
+    ):
+        assert toolchain.run_compile(config, verbose=False) == 0
+
+    mock_run.assert_called_once_with("build", "size", jobs=1)
+
+
+def test_run_compile_without_compile_process_limit(setup_core: Path) -> None:
+    """When no compile_process_limit is set, no job limit is passed to idf.py."""
+    _setup_build(setup_core)
+    config = {CONF_ESPHOME: {}}
+
+    with (
+        patch.object(toolchain, "need_reconfigure", return_value=False),
+        patch.object(toolchain, "run_idf_py", return_value=0) as mock_run,
+        patch.object(toolchain, "print_summary"),
+    ):
+        assert toolchain.run_compile(config, verbose=False) == 0
+
+    mock_run.assert_called_once_with("build", "size", jobs=None)
+
+
 def test_get_core_framework_version_from_core_data():
     """The version is read from CORE.data when validation populated it."""
     from esphome.components.esp32.const import KEY_ESP32, KEY_IDF_VERSION