From d9359a70c1ef82ab907aba6adad45a27cd5d5fab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:29:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [tests] Keep PlatformIO libdeps per xdist worker to stop
 a compile race (#18524)

---
 tests/integration/conftest.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/integration/conftest.py b/tests/integration/conftest.py
index 1bf799b658..483d5392af 100644
--- a/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ def _get_platformio_env(cache_dir: Path) -> dict[str, str]:
     env = os.environ.copy()
     env["PLATFORMIO_CORE_DIR"] = str(cache_dir)
     env["PLATFORMIO_CACHE_DIR"] = str(cache_dir / ".cache")
-    env["PLATFORMIO_LIBDEPS_DIR"] = str(cache_dir / "libdeps")
+    # libdeps is keyed only by env name (the device name), and fixtures share
+    # names; two xdist workers first-compiling the same name race pio pkg
+    # install in the same directory. Keep libdeps per worker.
+    worker = os.environ.get("PYTEST_XDIST_WORKER", "master")
+    env["PLATFORMIO_LIBDEPS_DIR"] = str(cache_dir / "libdeps" / worker)
     # Prevent cache cleaning during integration tests
     env["ESPHOME_SKIP_CLEAN_BUILD"] = "1"
     # Compile with THIS tree's esphome sources, not wherever the venv's editable

From 828eac90f36ffe9dd1fa714f41b27377fda2cafd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Hills <3060199+jesserockz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:51:59 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Bump version to 2026.8.0

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

diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index c83d95d0ef..ed0670621d 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         = 2026.8.0b6
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2026.8.0
 
 # 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 2296f8c0b7..17ff1e17d9 100644
--- a/esphome/const.py
+++ b/esphome/const.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 
 from esphome.enum import StrEnum
 
-__version__ = "2026.8.0b6"
+__version__ = "2026.8.0"
 
 ALLOWED_NAME_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
 VALID_SUBSTITUTIONS_CHARACTERS = (

From ca97c86d6580746e12e071351bf3d219ef7de51f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:06:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [ci] Install requirements_dev.txt when the venv cache
 misses (#18502)

---
 .github/actions/restore-python/action.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/restore-python/action.yml b/.github/actions/restore-python/action.yml
index daf041819c..fab6dc6ffb 100644
--- a/.github/actions/restore-python/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/restore-python/action.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ runs:
         python -m venv venv
         source venv/bin/activate
         python --version
-        uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_test.txt
+        uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_dev.txt -r requirements_test.txt
         uv pip install -e .
     - name: Create Python virtual environment
       if: steps.cache-venv.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && runner.os == 'Windows'
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ runs:
         python -m venv venv
         source ./venv/Scripts/activate
         python --version
-        uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_test.txt
+        uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_dev.txt -r requirements_test.txt
         uv pip install -e .