diff --git a/esphome/arduino/library.py b/esphome/arduino/library.py
index 456a8ff0d1..b6dcfef3d2 100644
--- a/esphome/arduino/library.py
+++ b/esphome/arduino/library.py
@@ -317,6 +317,22 @@ def _external_short_name(name: str) -> str:
     return short.partition("#")[0].removesuffix(".git")
 
 
+def _warn_unfulfilled_provides(
+    provided_requests: list[str], satisfied: set[str]
+) -> None:
+    """Reconcile the provides() promise: every dependency the walk skipped
+    on the backend's word must have been added from the framework tree (or
+    knowingly satisfied by a converted/external library); an unfulfilled
+    promise would surface only as undefined symbols at link."""
+    for name in provided_requests:
+        if name not in satisfied:
+            _LOGGER.warning(
+                "provides() skipped dependency %s but nothing added it; "
+                "the build is missing a library",
+                name,
+            )
+
+
 def resolve_libraries(
     framework_path: Path, *, pio_platform: str, board_mcu: str, cache_key: str
 ) -> list[ArduinoLibrary]:
@@ -430,8 +446,11 @@ def resolve_libraries(
                 continue
             try:
                 # framework=None: the walk already ran dependency_is_usable
-                # on this entry (and warned for any non-platform cause);
-                # re-checking with a framework would warn twice
+                # on this entry and warned for any non-platform cause, so
+                # debug here is what keeps one manifest fault from warning
+                # twice. That invariant is pinned by
+                # test_nonplatform_rejection_warns_once_through_real_converter,
+                # which fails if the walk stops evaluating these deps.
                 check_library_data(dep, pio_platform, None)
             except InvalidLibrary as err:
                 _LOGGER.debug("Skip bundled candidate %s: %s", name, err)
@@ -458,19 +477,17 @@ def resolve_libraries(
         )
         _add_bundled_dependencies(component)
 
+    backend = LibraryBackend(
+        platform=pio_platform,
+        framework="arduino",
+        emit=_emit,
+        cache_key=cache_key,
+        # The walk must not resolve bundled names from the registry;
+        # _add_bundled_dependencies adds them after emit
+        provides=_provided,
+    )
     if external:
-        convert_libraries(
-            external,
-            LibraryBackend(
-                platform=pio_platform,
-                framework="arduino",
-                emit=_emit,
-                cache_key=cache_key,
-                # The walk must not resolve bundled names from the registry;
-                # _add_bundled_dependencies adds them after emit
-                provides=_provided,
-            ),
-        )
+        convert_libraries(external, backend)
     for name in pending_bundled:
         if name in converted_manifest_names:
             # Manifest-name evidence: the converted library is this library,
@@ -486,4 +503,9 @@ def resolve_libraries(
         bundled_names.add(name)
         bundled.append(_bundled_library(framework_path, name))
 
+    _warn_unfulfilled_provides(
+        backend.provided_requests,
+        bundled_names | converted_manifest_names | external_short_names,
+    )
+
     return bundled + converted
diff --git a/esphome/platformio/library.py b/esphome/platformio/library.py
index fd94197c93..96a8550ac5 100644
--- a/esphome/platformio/library.py
+++ b/esphome/platformio/library.py
@@ -351,8 +351,10 @@ class LibraryBackend:
     cache_key: str
     # Owner-less dependency names this returns True for are skipped by the
     # walk; the backend supplies them outside the registry (e.g. core-bundled
-    # libraries).
+    # libraries). The walk records every skipped name in provided_requests
+    # so the backend can reconcile its promise after resolving.
     provides: Callable[[str], bool] | None = None
+    provided_requests: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
 
 
 def ensure_list[T](obj: T | list[T]) -> list[T]:
@@ -1303,6 +1305,7 @@ def convert_libraries(
                         )
                     else:
                         _LOGGER.debug("Skip backend-provided dependency %s", dep_name)
+                    backend.provided_requests.append(dep_name)
                     continue
                 dep_key = add_spec(dep_name, dep_version, dep_url)
                 node.edges.add(dep_key)
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_arduino_library.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_arduino_library.py
index f2264db3ac..9427320634 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_arduino_library.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_arduino_library.py
@@ -716,6 +716,30 @@ def test_bundled_dependency_dict_shorthand_prefers_bundled(tmp_path: Path) -> No
     assert "Wire" in [lib.name for lib in libs]
 
 
+def test_unfulfilled_provides_promise_warns(
+    tmp_path: Path, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
+) -> None:
+    """The walk records every provides()-skipped dependency; one nothing
+    added must warn instead of surfacing as link errors, while satisfied
+    ones stay silent."""
+    component._warn_unfulfilled_provides(["Wire", "Hash"], {"Hash"})
+    assert "provides() skipped dependency Wire but nothing added it" in caplog.text
+    assert "Hash" not in caplog.text
+
+
+def test_fulfilled_provides_promise_is_silent_end_to_end(
+    tmp_path: Path, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
+) -> None:
+    """The normal path: the walk records the skip and the backend adds the
+    bundled copy, so the reconciliation stays quiet."""
+    framework = _make_framework(tmp_path)
+    converted = _webserver(tmp_path, {"build": {}, "dependencies": {"Wire": "*"}})
+    with _emitting_converter(converted):
+        libs = _resolve(framework)
+    assert "Wire" in [lib.name for lib in libs]
+    assert "provides() skipped dependency" not in caplog.text
+
+
 def test_bundled_dependency_platform_rejection_is_debug(
     tmp_path: Path, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
 ) -> None: