Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/dev' into integration

.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml

@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ jobs:
               return;
             }
 
+            // Check for angle brackets not wrapped in backticks.
+            // Astro docs MDX treats bare < as JSX component opening tags.
+            const stripped = title.replace(/`[^`]*`/g, '');
+            if (/[<>]/.test(stripped)) {
+              core.setFailed(
+                'PR title contains `<` or `>` not wrapped in backticks.\n' +
+                'Astro docs MDX interprets bare `<` as JSX components.\n' +
+                'Please wrap angle brackets with backticks, e.g.: [component] Add `<feature>` support'
+              );
+              return;
+            }
+
             // Check title starts with [tag] prefix
             const bracketPattern = /^\[\w+\]/;
             if (!bracketPattern.test(title)) {

Doxyfile

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = ESPHome
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2026.3.0-dev
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2026.4.0-dev
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a

esphome/const.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 
 from esphome.enum import StrEnum
 
-__version__ = "2026.3.0-dev"
+__version__ = "2026.4.0-dev"
 
 ALLOWED_NAME_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
 VALID_SUBSTITUTIONS_CHARACTERS = (