From 621ba4d5b4ff507eea56259045c153c7d7de87be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:34:41 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Set loop_interval to 0 in ApplicationLoop benchmark to skip
 sleep

---
 tests/benchmarks/core/bench_application_loop.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/core/bench_application_loop.cpp b/tests/benchmarks/core/bench_application_loop.cpp
index 5acbe8beaad..dde78ae7390 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/core/bench_application_loop.cpp
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/core/bench_application_loop.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ namespace esphome::benchmarks {
 // This measures the baseline overhead of the main loop: scheduler,
 // timing, before/after loop tasks, and yield_with_select_.
 static void ApplicationLoop_Empty(benchmark::State &state) {
+  // Set loop interval to 0 so yield_with_select_ returns immediately
+  // instead of sleeping. This benchmarks the loop overhead, not the sleep.
+  App.set_loop_interval(0);
   for (auto _ : state) {
     App.loop();
   }