[core] Fix delay on failed component being dropped; DRY the is_failed check

The is_failed() skip exists in two execution paths: the heap loop in call()
and should_skip_item_() (defer queue / delay:0). The previous commit only
exempted SELF_POINTER items from the heap-path check, so on multi-threaded
platforms a delay:0 continuation whose host component had failed would still
be silently dropped.

Extract a single is_item_failed_() helper (with the SELF_POINTER exemption)
and use it from both paths so they cannot drift again.

Add an integration test that schedules a delay from a component that marks
itself failed and asserts the continuation still fires (verified to fail
without the exemption).

esphome/core/scheduler.cpp

@@ -642,10 +642,8 @@ uint32_t HOT Scheduler::call(uint32_t now) {
       // Not reached timeout yet, done for this call
       break;
     }
-    // Don't run on failed components.
+    // Don't run on failed components (see is_item_failed_ for the SELF_POINTER exception).
-    // SELF_POINTER items (e.g. DelayAction) store the component for log attribution only and
+    if (this->is_item_failed_(item)) {
-    // must always fire regardless of that component's failed state, so skip the check for them.
-    if (item->component != nullptr && item->get_name_type() != NameType::SELF_POINTER && item->component->is_failed()) {
       LockGuard guard{this->lock_};
       this->recycle_item_main_loop_(this->pop_raw_locked_());
       continue;

esphome/core/scheduler.h

@@ -429,11 +429,17 @@ class Scheduler {
   // Helper to execute a scheduler item
   uint32_t execute_item_(SchedulerItem *item, uint32_t now);
 
-  // Helper to check if item should be skipped
+  // True if the item belongs to a failed component and should therefore not run.
-  bool should_skip_item_(SchedulerItem *item) const {
+  // SELF_POINTER items (e.g. DelayAction) store the component for log attribution only, so they
-    return is_item_removed_(item) || (item->component != nullptr && item->component->is_failed());
+  // must always fire regardless of that component's failed state and are never skipped here.
+  bool is_item_failed_(SchedulerItem *item) const {
+    return item->component != nullptr && item->get_name_type() != NameType::SELF_POINTER &&
+           item->component->is_failed();
   }
 
+  // Helper to check if item should be skipped
+  bool should_skip_item_(SchedulerItem *item) const { return is_item_removed_(item) || this->is_item_failed_(item); }
+
   // Helper to recycle a SchedulerItem back to the pool.
   // Takes a raw pointer — caller transfers ownership. The item is either added to the
   // pool or deleted if the pool is full.

tests/integration/fixtures/scheduler_delay_runs_on_failed_component.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+esphome:
+  name: scheduler-delay-failed
+
+host:
+api:
+logger:
+  level: DEBUG
+
+globals:
+  - id: started
+    type: bool
+    restore_value: false
+    initial_value: "false"
+
+# The interval fires with itself as the current component, schedules a delay (which
+# captures that component for log attribution), then marks itself failed. The delay
+# continuation must still fire: a failed component must not drop an already-scheduled
+# delay, because the SELF_POINTER scheduler item stores the component for attribution
+# only.
+interval:
+  - interval: 100ms
+    id: host_interval
+    then:
+      - if:
+          condition:
+            lambda: "return !id(started);"
+          then:
+            - lambda: |-
+                id(started) = true;
+                id(host_interval)->mark_failed();
+            - delay: 200ms
+            - logger.log: "DELAY_FIRED_AFTER_FAIL"

tests/integration/test_scheduler_blocking_warning.py

@@ -60,3 +60,32 @@ async def test_scheduler_blocking_warning(
     match = WARN_PATTERN.search(warning_line)
     assert match is not None
     assert match.group(2) == "50", f"Expected 'max is 50 ms', got: {warning_line}"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_scheduler_delay_runs_on_failed_component(
+    yaml_config: str,
+    run_compiled: RunCompiledFunction,
+    api_client_connected: APIClientConnectedFactory,
+) -> None:
+    """A delay must still fire even when its host component is marked failed.
+
+    DelayAction records the current component on its scheduler item purely for log
+    attribution. That component must not gate execution: the scheduler skips items
+    belonging to failed components, but SELF_POINTER items (delays) are exempt. This
+    guards the is_item_failed_() exception on both the heap and defer-queue paths.
+    """
+    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+    fired: asyncio.Future[bool] = loop.create_future()
+
+    def check_output(line: str) -> None:
+        if "DELAY_FIRED_AFTER_FAIL" in line and not fired.done():
+            fired.set_result(True)
+
+    async with (
+        run_compiled(yaml_config, line_callback=check_output),
+        api_client_connected() as client,
+    ):
+        assert await client.device_info() is not None
+        # If the failed host component wrongly dropped the delay, this times out.
+        await asyncio.wait_for(fired, timeout=10.0)