From c26ea52620a5f3a88a2eb7a2e4b5446dedf77195 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clyde Stubbs <2366188+clydebarrow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:35:00 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] [lvgl] Triggers on tabview tabs fix (#15935)

---
 esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/tabview.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/tabview.py b/esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/tabview.py
index 108bb38df58..5e9e0494dd5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/tabview.py
+++ b/esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/tabview.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from ..defines import (
     literal,
 )
 from ..lv_validation import animated, lv_int, size
-from ..lvcode import LocalVariable, lv, lv_assign, lv_expr, lv_obj
+from ..lvcode import LocalVariable, lv, lv_assign, lv_expr, lv_obj, lv_Pvariable
 from ..schemas import container_schema, part_schema
 from ..types import LV_EVENT, LvType, ObjUpdateAction, lv_obj_t, lv_obj_t_ptr
 from . import Widget, WidgetType, add_widgets, get_widgets, set_obj_properties
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ class TabviewType(WidgetType):
         await w.set_property("tab_bar_size", await size.process(config[CONF_SIZE]))
         for tab_conf in config[CONF_TABS]:
             w_id = tab_conf[CONF_ID]
-            tab_obj = cg.Pvariable(w_id, cg.nullptr, type_=lv_tab_t)
-            tab_widget = Widget.create(w_id, tab_obj, obj_spec)
+            tab_obj = lv_Pvariable(lv_tab_t, w_id)
+            tab_widget = Widget.create(w_id, tab_obj, obj_spec, tab_conf)
             lv_assign(tab_obj, lv_expr.tabview_add_tab(w.obj, tab_conf[CONF_NAME]))
             await set_obj_properties(tab_widget, tab_conf)
             await add_widgets(tab_widget, tab_conf)

From b753ee4e94d060a55464c55e1a94a96b135aeed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Hills <3060199+jesserockz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:35:13 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 02/10] [time] Handle Windows EINVAL when validating POSIX TZ
 strings (#15934)

---
 esphome/components/time/__init__.py      |  7 +++
 tests/unit_tests/components/test_time.py | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/time/__init__.py b/esphome/components/time/__init__.py
index 7ac0abeee0f..9e79c8e6c2e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/time/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/time/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import errno
 from importlib import resources
 import logging
 
@@ -74,6 +75,12 @@ def _load_tzdata(iana_key: str) -> bytes | None:
         return (resources.files(package) / resource).read_bytes()
     except (FileNotFoundError, ModuleNotFoundError, IsADirectoryError):
         return None
+    except OSError as e:
+        # Windows raises EINVAL for paths with NTFS-illegal chars (e.g. '<'/'>'
+        # in POSIX TZ strings like "<+08>-8" that validate_tz feeds back here).
+        if e.errno == errno.EINVAL:
+            return None
+        raise
 
 
 def _extract_tz_string(tzfile: bytes) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/components/test_time.py b/tests/unit_tests/components/test_time.py
index 48988fb03f9..6325bfbe75c 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/components/test_time.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/components/test_time.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 """Tests for time component cron expression parsing."""
 
-from esphome.components.time import _parse_cron_part
+import errno
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from esphome.components.time import _load_tzdata, _parse_cron_part, validate_tz
 
 
 def test_star_slash_seconds() -> None:
@@ -78,3 +83,63 @@ def test_range() -> None:
 
 def test_single_value() -> None:
     assert _parse_cron_part("30", 0, 59, {}) == {30}
+
+
+def _mock_resources_with_error(error: Exception) -> MagicMock:
+    """Return a mock of importlib.resources.files where read_bytes raises error."""
+    leaf = MagicMock()
+    leaf.read_bytes.side_effect = error
+    package = MagicMock()
+    package.__truediv__.return_value = leaf
+    return MagicMock(return_value=package)
+
+
+def test_load_tzdata_returns_none_on_windows_einval() -> None:
+    """On Windows, opening a tzdata path with NTFS-illegal chars raises OSError(EINVAL).
+
+    Regression test for crash when the system TZ resolves to a POSIX string like
+    "<+08>-8" (Asia/Shanghai, IST, etc.) and is fed back into _load_tzdata by
+    validate_tz to check whether it is also a valid IANA key.
+    """
+    err = OSError(errno.EINVAL, "Invalid argument")
+    with patch(
+        "esphome.components.time.resources.files",
+        _mock_resources_with_error(err),
+    ):
+        assert _load_tzdata("<+08>-8") is None
+
+
+def test_load_tzdata_propagates_unexpected_oserror() -> None:
+    """Unrelated OSErrors (e.g. PermissionError) must not be swallowed."""
+    with (
+        patch(
+            "esphome.components.time.resources.files",
+            _mock_resources_with_error(
+                PermissionError(errno.EACCES, "Permission denied")
+            ),
+        ),
+        pytest.raises(PermissionError),
+    ):
+        _load_tzdata("Some/Zone")
+
+
+def test_load_tzdata_returns_none_on_file_not_found() -> None:
+    """Existing behavior: missing tz file returns None rather than raising."""
+    with patch(
+        "esphome.components.time.resources.files",
+        _mock_resources_with_error(FileNotFoundError()),
+    ):
+        assert _load_tzdata("Not/A/Zone") is None
+
+
+def test_validate_tz_accepts_posix_string_when_read_bytes_raises_einval() -> None:
+    """validate_tz must not crash when _load_tzdata hits the Windows EINVAL path.
+
+    Simulates the Windows case where the auto-detected POSIX TZ string is fed
+    back through _load_tzdata and the underlying read_bytes raises errno 22.
+    """
+    with patch(
+        "esphome.components.time.resources.files",
+        _mock_resources_with_error(OSError(errno.EINVAL, "Invalid argument")),
+    ):
+        assert validate_tz("<+08>-8") == "<+08>-8"

From 6a5919ee8764571ce4dff8c3d939d1230531e112 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:19:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] [deep_sleep] Fix sleep_duration codegen type to
 uint32_t (#15965)

---
 esphome/components/deep_sleep/__init__.py | 2 +-
 tests/components/deep_sleep/common.yaml   | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/deep_sleep/__init__.py b/esphome/components/deep_sleep/__init__.py
index 16329bb0fa0..a98b7e60ef2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/deep_sleep/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/deep_sleep/__init__.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ async def deep_sleep_enter_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     paren = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, paren)
     if CONF_SLEEP_DURATION in config:
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_SLEEP_DURATION], args, cg.int32)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_SLEEP_DURATION], args, cg.uint32)
         cg.add(var.set_sleep_duration(template_))
 
     if CONF_UNTIL in config:
diff --git a/tests/components/deep_sleep/common.yaml b/tests/components/deep_sleep/common.yaml
index c090cb83e2d..7a1a709965b 100644
--- a/tests/components/deep_sleep/common.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/deep_sleep/common.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ esphome:
       - deep_sleep.prevent
       - delay: 1s
       - deep_sleep.allow
+      - if:
+          condition:
+            lambda: 'return false;'
+          then:
+            - deep_sleep.enter:
+                sleep_duration: 60min

From 4137d93cbfc34778fed7b8b4697a8eb04c7e6777 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:42:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 04/10] [wifi] Fix stale wifi.connected after state transition
 (#15966)

---
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp           | 2 ++
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp   | 2 ++
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp   | 2 ++
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp | 2 ++
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp    | 2 ++
 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
index 7b31a22ed5b..6b49368933f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
@@ -1570,6 +1570,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::check_connecting_finished(uint32_t now) {
 #endif
 
     this->state_ = WIFI_COMPONENT_STATE_STA_CONNECTED;
+    // Refresh is_connected() cache; loop()'s refresh ran before this transition.
+    this->update_connected_state_();
     this->num_retried_ = 0;
     this->print_connect_params_();
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp
index cb53d3ac1bd..d1a31cdfc94 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp
@@ -948,6 +948,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::process_pending_callbacks_() {
 #ifdef USE_WIFI_CONNECT_STATE_LISTENERS
   if (this->pending_.disconnect) {
     this->pending_.disconnect = false;
+    // Refresh is_connected() cache here, not in the SDK callback (sys context).
+    this->update_connected_state_();
     this->notify_disconnect_state_listeners_();
   }
 #endif
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
index 4097df80afd..e166fadb275 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -796,6 +796,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::wifi_process_event_(IDFWiFiEvent *data) {
     s_sta_connected = false;
     s_sta_connecting = false;
     error_from_callback_ = true;
+    // Refresh is_connected() cache; error_from_callback_ makes it false.
+    this->update_connected_state_();
 #ifdef USE_WIFI_CONNECT_STATE_LISTENERS
     this->notify_disconnect_state_listeners_();
 #endif
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp
index 9565ffa7473..b721364631d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp
@@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::wifi_process_event_(LTWiFiEvent *event) {
         this->error_from_callback_ = true;
       }
 
+      // Refresh is_connected() cache; sta_state_/error_from_callback_ make it false.
+      this->update_connected_state_();
 #ifdef USE_WIFI_CONNECT_STATE_LISTENERS
       this->notify_disconnect_state_listeners_();
 #endif
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp
index 1cfeee3c1bf..a50dfd8c807 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::wifi_loop_() {
     s_sta_was_connected = false;
     s_sta_had_ip = false;
     ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Disconnected");
+    // Refresh is_connected() cache; driver link status reports disconnected.
+    this->update_connected_state_();
 #ifdef USE_WIFI_CONNECT_STATE_LISTENERS
     this->notify_disconnect_state_listeners_();
 #endif

From 433bbdb0163dabcbf31afb3d93d500a6a406020c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:23:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 05/10] [rotary_encoder][at581x] Fix templatable int field
 types (#16015)

---
 esphome/components/at581x/__init__.py       | 8 ++++----
 esphome/components/rotary_encoder/sensor.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/at581x/__init__.py b/esphome/components/at581x/__init__.py
index 94b68db4b33..5031b72cceb 100644
--- a/esphome/components/at581x/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/at581x/__init__.py
@@ -183,19 +183,19 @@ async def at581x_settings_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
         cg.add(var.set_sensing_distance(template_))
 
     if selfcheck := config.get(CONF_POWERON_SELFCHECK_TIME):
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(selfcheck, args, cg.int32)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(selfcheck, args, cg.int_)
         cg.add(var.set_poweron_selfcheck_time(template_))
 
     if protect := config.get(CONF_PROTECT_TIME):
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(protect, args, cg.int32)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(protect, args, cg.int_)
         cg.add(var.set_protect_time(template_))
 
     if trig_base := config.get(CONF_TRIGGER_BASE):
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(trig_base, args, cg.int32)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(trig_base, args, cg.int_)
         cg.add(var.set_trigger_base(template_))
 
     if trig_keep := config.get(CONF_TRIGGER_KEEP):
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(trig_keep, args, cg.int32)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(trig_keep, args, cg.int_)
         cg.add(var.set_trigger_keep(template_))
 
     if (stage_gain := config.get(CONF_STAGE_GAIN)) is not None:
diff --git a/esphome/components/rotary_encoder/sensor.py b/esphome/components/rotary_encoder/sensor.py
index 21239863e45..0e5a03523df 100644
--- a/esphome/components/rotary_encoder/sensor.py
+++ b/esphome/components/rotary_encoder/sensor.py
@@ -129,6 +129,6 @@ async def to_code(config):
 async def sensor_template_publish_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     paren = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, paren)
-    template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_VALUE], args, cg.int32)
+    template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_VALUE], args, cg.int_)
     cg.add(var.set_value(template_))
     return var

From aea88aef5e9fdd053ed61007e2a17ccbd4b6982e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mat931 <49403702+Mat931@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:41:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] [esp32][wifi] Fix bootloop and WiFi connection issue if
 nvs partition is missing or has non-default label (#16025)

Co-authored-by: J. Nick Koston <nick@home-assistant.io>
---
 esphome/components/esp32/preferences.cpp       | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 .../components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp |  5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/preferences.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32/preferences.cpp
index bc0a34ebe86..72a0d979d9c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/preferences.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/preferences.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ struct NVSData {
 
 static std::vector<NVSData> s_pending_save;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
+// open() runs from app_main() before the logger is initialized, so any failure
+// must be deferred until after global_logger is set. This is emitted from the
+// first make_preference() call, which runs from the generated setup() after
+// log->pre_setup() has run at EARLY_INIT priority.
+static esp_err_t s_open_err = ESP_OK;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+
 bool ESP32PreferenceBackend::save(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   // try find in pending saves and update that
   for (auto &obj : s_pending_save) {
@@ -74,12 +80,14 @@ bool ESP32PreferenceBackend::load(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
 }
 
 void ESP32Preferences::open() {
+  // Runs from app_main() before the logger is initialized; any logging here
+  // must be deferred. See s_open_err and make_preference() below.
   nvs_flash_init();
   esp_err_t err = nvs_open("esphome", NVS_READWRITE, &this->nvs_handle);
   if (err == 0)
     return;
 
-  ESP_LOGW(TAG, "nvs_open failed: %s - erasing NVS", esp_err_to_name(err));
+  s_open_err = err;
   nvs_flash_deinit();
   nvs_flash_erase();
   nvs_flash_init();
@@ -91,6 +99,14 @@ void ESP32Preferences::open() {
 }
 
 ESPPreferenceObject ESP32Preferences::make_preference(size_t length, uint32_t type) {
+  if (s_open_err != ESP_OK) {
+    if (this->nvs_handle == 0) {
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "nvs_open failed: %s - NVS unavailable", esp_err_to_name(s_open_err));
+    } else {
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "nvs_open failed: %s - erased NVS", esp_err_to_name(s_open_err));
+    }
+    s_open_err = ESP_OK;
+  }
   auto *pref = new ESP32PreferenceBackend();  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
   pref->nvs_handle = this->nvs_handle;
   pref->key = type;
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
index e166fadb275..a6a48409bca 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ void WiFiComponent::wifi_pre_setup_() {
 #endif  // USE_WIFI_AP
 
   wifi_init_config_t cfg = WIFI_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
-  // cfg.nvs_enable = false;
+  if (global_preferences->nvs_handle == 0) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "starting wifi without nvs");
+    cfg.nvs_enable = false;
+  }
   err = esp_wifi_init(&cfg);
   if (err != ERR_OK) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "esp_wifi_init failed: %s", esp_err_to_name(err));

From a186f6fea9663d7daaf937021ea801073313f5d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edward Firmo <94725493+edwardtfn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:30:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/10] [nextion] Unify TFT upload ack timeout to 5000ms
 (#15960)

---
 esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_arduino.cpp | 11 +++++++++--
 esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_esp32.cpp   | 11 +++++++++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_arduino.cpp b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_arduino.cpp
index c79c68552ea..e0d18352ff4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_arduino.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_arduino.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ namespace esphome::nextion {
 static const char *const TAG = "nextion.upload.arduino";
 static constexpr size_t NEXTION_MAX_RESPONSE_LOG_BYTES = 16;
 
+// Timeout for display acknowledgment during TFT upload (ms).
+// A single value is used for all chunks; the happy path returns as soon as
+// 0x05/0x08 arrives, so this only bounds failed-detection latency. Field
+// reports showed the previous 500ms steady-state value was too tight for
+// some firmware variants.
+static constexpr uint32_t NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
+
 // Followed guide
 // https://unofficialnextion.com/t/nextion-upload-protocol-v1-2-the-fast-one/1044/2
 
@@ -80,14 +87,14 @@ int Nextion::upload_by_chunks_(HTTPClient &http_client, uint32_t &range_start) {
       recv_string.clear();
       this->write_array(buffer, buffer_size);
       App.feed_wdt();
-      this->recv_ret_string_(recv_string, this->upload_first_chunk_sent_ ? 500 : 5000, true);
+      this->recv_ret_string_(recv_string, NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS, true);
       this->content_length_ -= read_len;
       const float upload_percentage = 100.0f * (this->tft_size_ - this->content_length_) / this->tft_size_;
       ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Upload: %0.2f%% (%" PRIu32 " left, heap: %" PRIu32 ")", upload_percentage, this->content_length_,
                EspClass::getFreeHeap());
       this->upload_first_chunk_sent_ = true;
       if (recv_string.empty()) {
-        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "No response from display during upload");
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "No response from display after %" PRIu32 "ms", NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS);
         allocator.deallocate(buffer, 4096);
         buffer = nullptr;
         return -1;
diff --git a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_esp32.cpp b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_esp32.cpp
index 40a284dc46b..db4558e2fe2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_esp32.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_esp32.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ namespace esphome::nextion {
 static const char *const TAG = "nextion.upload.esp32";
 static constexpr size_t NEXTION_MAX_RESPONSE_LOG_BYTES = 16;
 
+// Timeout for display acknowledgment during TFT upload (ms).
+// A single value is used for all chunks; the happy path returns as soon as
+// 0x05/0x08 arrives, so this only bounds failed-detection latency. Field
+// reports showed the previous 500ms steady-state value was too tight for
+// some firmware variants.
+static constexpr uint32_t NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
+
 // Followed guide
 // https://unofficialnextion.com/t/nextion-upload-protocol-v1-2-the-fast-one/1044/2
 
@@ -96,7 +103,7 @@ int Nextion::upload_by_chunks_(esp_http_client_handle_t http_client, uint32_t &r
       recv_string.clear();
       this->write_array(buffer, buffer_size);
       App.feed_wdt();
-      this->recv_ret_string_(recv_string, upload_first_chunk_sent_ ? 500 : 5000, true);
+      this->recv_ret_string_(recv_string, NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS, true);
       this->content_length_ -= read_len;
       const float upload_percentage = 100.0f * (this->tft_size_ - this->content_length_) / this->tft_size_;
 #ifdef USE_PSRAM
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ int Nextion::upload_by_chunks_(esp_http_client_handle_t http_client, uint32_t &r
 #endif
       upload_first_chunk_sent_ = true;
       if (recv_string.empty()) {
-        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "No response from display during upload");
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "No response from display after %" PRIu32 "ms", NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS);
         allocator.deallocate(buffer, 4096);
         buffer = nullptr;
         return -1;

From 191d3bc7e400ddfe228587c1a512b60f7c03706a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Hills <3060199+jesserockz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:27:08 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] [esp32_touch] Feed wdt (#16066)

---
 esphome/components/esp32_touch/esp32_touch.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_touch/esp32_touch.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_touch/esp32_touch.cpp
index e44bc807e9a..54bbbe52ed8 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_touch/esp32_touch.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_touch/esp32_touch.cpp
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ void ESP32TouchComponent::setup() {
   // Do initial oneshot scans to populate baseline values
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < ONESHOT_SCAN_COUNT; i++) {
     err = touch_sensor_trigger_oneshot_scanning(this->sens_handle_, ONESHOT_SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    App.feed_wdt();  // 3 scans with 2s timeout might exceed WDT, so feed it here to be safe
     if (err != ESP_OK) {
       ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Oneshot scan %" PRIu32 " failed: %s", i, esp_err_to_name(err));
     }

From 3ac0939f55a79655f52648696473806d84109b22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:57:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] [image] Fix RGB565+alpha rendering for multi-frame
 animations (#16017)

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 esphome/components/animation/animation.cpp |  7 ++-
 esphome/components/image/__init__.py       | 21 ++++---
 tests/component_tests/image/test_init.py   | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/animation/animation.cpp b/esphome/components/animation/animation.cpp
index c2ae3b2f768..2f59a7fa5a7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/animation/animation.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/animation/animation.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ void Animation::set_frame(int frame) {
 }
 
 void Animation::update_data_start_() {
-  const uint32_t image_size = this->get_width_stride() * this->height_;
+  uint32_t image_size = this->get_width_stride() * this->height_;
+  // RGB565 with an alpha channel stores the alpha plane immediately after the RGB
+  // plane within each frame, so the per-frame stride includes the alpha bytes.
+  if (this->type_ == image::IMAGE_TYPE_RGB565 && this->transparency_ == image::TRANSPARENCY_ALPHA_CHANNEL) {
+    image_size += static_cast<uint32_t>(this->width_) * this->height_;
+  }
   this->data_start_ = this->animation_data_start_ + image_size * this->current_frame_;
 }
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/image/__init__.py b/esphome/components/image/__init__.py
index 8375ab91d3e..365554f7d2d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/image/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/image/__init__.py
@@ -744,21 +744,28 @@ async def write_image(config, all_frames=False):
         if frame_count <= 1:
             _LOGGER.warning("Image file %s has no animation frames", path)
 
-    total_rows = height * frame_count
-    encoder = IMAGE_TYPE[type](width, total_rows, transparency, dither, invert_alpha)
-    if byte_order := config.get(CONF_BYTE_ORDER):
-        # Check for valid type has already been done in validate_settings
-        encoder.set_big_endian(byte_order == "BIG_ENDIAN")
+    # Encode each frame with its own encoder and concatenate. This keeps every
+    # frame self-contained on disk (e.g. RGB565+alpha emits [RGB plane | alpha plane]
+    # per frame) so animation frame stepping in image.cpp / animation.cpp stays
+    # correct without needing to know the total frame count.
+    byte_order = config.get(CONF_BYTE_ORDER)
+    combined_data: list[int] = []
+    encoder: ImageEncoder | None = None
     for frame_index in range(frame_count):
         image.seek(frame_index)
+        encoder = IMAGE_TYPE[type](width, height, transparency, dither, invert_alpha)
+        if byte_order is not None:
+            # Check for valid type has already been done in validate_settings
+            encoder.set_big_endian(byte_order == "BIG_ENDIAN")
         pixels = encoder.convert(image.resize((width, height)), path).getdata()
         for row in range(height):
             for col in range(width):
                 encoder.encode(pixels[row * width + col])
             encoder.end_row()
-    encoder.end_image()
+        encoder.end_image()
+        combined_data.extend(encoder.data)
 
-    rhs = [HexInt(x) for x in encoder.data]
+    rhs = [HexInt(x) for x in combined_data]
     prog_arr = cg.progmem_array(config[CONF_RAW_DATA_ID], rhs)
     image_type = get_image_type_enum(type)
     trans_value = get_transparency_enum(encoder.transparency)
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/image/test_init.py b/tests/component_tests/image/test_init.py
index 6f73888c7d1..f7f60a1f4d5 100644
--- a/tests/component_tests/image/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/component_tests/image/test_init.py
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
+from PIL import Image as PILImage
 import pytest
 
 from esphome import config_validation as cv
 from esphome.components.image import (
+    CONF_ALPHA_CHANNEL,
     CONF_INVERT_ALPHA,
     CONF_OPAQUE,
     CONF_TRANSPARENCY,
@@ -411,3 +413,70 @@ async def test_svg_with_mm_dimensions_succeeds(
     assert 30 < height < 50, (
         f"Height should be around 39 pixels for 10mm at 100dpi, got {height}"
     )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_rgb565_alpha_animation_layout_per_frame(
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    mock_progmem_array: MagicMock,
+) -> None:
+    """RGB565+alpha animations must store each frame as a self-contained
+    [RGB plane | alpha plane] block. Animation::update_data_start_ steps frames
+    with a single per-frame stride, so any cross-frame layout (all RGB then all
+    alpha) makes the C++ alpha read land in the next frame's RGB bytes — that
+    was the regression behind issue #15999.
+    """
+    # Build a 2-frame APNG where each frame is a solid color with a known
+    # alpha. APNG preserves full RGBA per pixel (GIF only has 1-bit alpha so
+    # round-tripping mid-range alpha values does not work). Frame 0 is fully
+    # opaque red, frame 1 is fully transparent blue.
+    width = 4
+    height = 3
+    frame0 = PILImage.new("RGBA", (width, height), (255, 0, 0, 0xFF))
+    frame1 = PILImage.new("RGBA", (width, height), (0, 0, 255, 0x00))
+    apng_path = tmp_path / "anim.png"
+    frame0.save(
+        apng_path,
+        format="PNG",
+        save_all=True,
+        append_images=[frame1],
+        duration=100,
+        loop=0,
+    )
+
+    config = {
+        CONF_FILE: str(apng_path),
+        CONF_TYPE: "RGB565",
+        CONF_TRANSPARENCY: CONF_ALPHA_CHANNEL,
+        CONF_DITHER: "NONE",
+        CONF_INVERT_ALPHA: False,
+        CONF_RAW_DATA_ID: "test_raw_data_id",
+    }
+
+    _, _, _, _, _, frame_count = await write_image(config, all_frames=True)
+    assert frame_count == 2
+
+    # Recover the bytes handed to progmem_array. Signature is (id_, rhs).
+    _, raw_data = mock_progmem_array.call_args.args
+    data = [int(x) for x in raw_data]
+
+    rgb_size = width * height * 2
+    alpha_size = width * height
+    frame_size = rgb_size + alpha_size
+    assert len(data) == frame_size * frame_count, (
+        "RGB565+alpha animation buffer must be (RGB + alpha) per frame, not "
+        "all RGB followed by all alpha"
+    )
+
+    # Frame 0: RGB plane is red, alpha plane is 0xFF. Frame 1: alpha plane is
+    # 0x00. If the layout regresses to [all RGB | all alpha], the alpha bytes
+    # would all land at the tail of the buffer and the per-frame slices below
+    # would point at RGB565 noise instead.
+    frame0_alpha = data[rgb_size : rgb_size + alpha_size]
+    frame1_alpha = data[frame_size + rgb_size : frame_size + rgb_size + alpha_size]
+    assert all(a == 0xFF for a in frame0_alpha), (
+        f"Frame 0 alpha plane should be opaque, got {frame0_alpha}"
+    )
+    assert all(a == 0x00 for a in frame1_alpha), (
+        f"Frame 1 alpha plane should be transparent, got {frame1_alpha}"
+    )

From 95b5ab7e78fabb794c69eb04669279fdfe9d767b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Hills <3060199+jesserockz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:58:29 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] Bump version to 2026.4.3

---
 Doxyfile         | 2 +-
 esphome/const.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index 1cd12551dd1..0e6a845ed88 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/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         = 2026.4.2
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2026.4.3
 
 # 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
diff --git a/esphome/const.py b/esphome/const.py
index ef37cb2df6c..89b6ff15ee9 100644
--- a/esphome/const.py
+++ b/esphome/const.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 
 from esphome.enum import StrEnum
 
-__version__ = "2026.4.2"
+__version__ = "2026.4.3"
 
 ALLOWED_NAME_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
 VALID_SUBSTITUTIONS_CHARACTERS = (