From 4258b226a429f60c1bce39e3af9da89dd12ac7f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 10:26:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [wifi] Default LN882x power save to none, as on BK72xx and
 RTL87xx (#20170)

---
 esphome/components/wifi/__init__.py                |  2 +-
 tests/component_tests/wifi/config/bare_ln882x.yaml | 12 ++++++++++++
 tests/component_tests/wifi/test_default_setters.py |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/component_tests/wifi/config/bare_ln882x.yaml

diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/__init__.py b/esphome/components/wifi/__init__.py
index fa552da969..553c737dbc 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/__init__.py
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
                 rp2="light",
                 bk72xx="none",
                 rtl87xx="none",
-                ln882x="light",
+                ln882x="none",
             ): cv.enum(WIFI_POWER_SAVE_MODES, upper=True),
             cv.Optional(CONF_FAST_CONNECT, default=False): _fast_connect_schema,
             cv.Optional(CONF_USE_ADDRESS): cv.string_strict,
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/wifi/config/bare_ln882x.yaml b/tests/component_tests/wifi/config/bare_ln882x.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..885a469b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/component_tests/wifi/config/bare_ln882x.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+esphome:
+  name: test
+
+ln882x:
+  board: generic-ln882h
+
+wifi:
+  ssid: test
+  password: testtest
+  ap:
+    ssid: fallback
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/wifi/test_default_setters.py b/tests/component_tests/wifi/test_default_setters.py
index b326f3eaee..dfac443060 100644
--- a/tests/component_tests/wifi/test_default_setters.py
+++ b/tests/component_tests/wifi/test_default_setters.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("config_file", ["bare.yaml", "defaults.yaml"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "config_file", ["bare.yaml", "defaults.yaml", "bare_ln882x.yaml"]
+)
 def test_default_values_are_not_emitted(
     generate_main: Callable[[str | Path], str],
     component_config_path: Callable[[str], Path],