diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index e49dd677e9..a8eacc18cb 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -1573,9 +1573,9 @@ static enums::SerialProxyStatus serial_proxy_result_to_status(serial_proxy::Seri
     case serial_proxy::SerialProxyResult::SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_NOT_SUPPORTED:
       return enums::SERIAL_PROXY_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED;
     case serial_proxy::SerialProxyResult::SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_ERROR:
-    default:
       return enums::SERIAL_PROXY_STATUS_ERROR;
   }
+  return enums::SERIAL_PROXY_STATUS_ERROR;  // Unreachable; all enum values handled above
 }
 
 static void send_serial_proxy_ack(APIConnection *conn, uint32_t instance, enums::SerialProxyRequestType type,
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/components/api/__init__.py b/tests/benchmarks/components/api/__init__.py
index 0d02e0b054..0565bc5330 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/components/api/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/components/api/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def override_manifest(manifest: ComponentManifestOverride) -> None:
         # components have hardware dependencies (BLE/UART/RMT); lightweight
         # stub headers in tests/benchmarks/stubs/ satisfy the includes.
         cg.add_define("USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY")
+        cg.add_define("USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS")
         cg.add_define("BLUETOOTH_PROXY_MAX_CONNECTIONS", 3)
         cg.add_define("BLUETOOTH_PROXY_ADVERTISEMENT_BATCH_SIZE", 16)
         cg.add_define("USE_ZWAVE_PROXY")
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/stubs/esphome/components/serial_proxy/serial_proxy.h b/tests/benchmarks/stubs/esphome/components/serial_proxy/serial_proxy.h
index d8b068fb36..56cb37250d 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/stubs/esphome/components/serial_proxy/serial_proxy.h
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/stubs/esphome/components/serial_proxy/serial_proxy.h
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ enum class UARTFlushResult : uint8_t {
 
 namespace serial_proxy {
 
+enum class SerialProxyResult : uint8_t {
+  SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_OK,
+  SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_ASSUMED_SUCCESS,
+  SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_PORT_IN_USE,
+  SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_INVALID_ARGUMENT,
+  SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_ERROR,
+  SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_TIMEOUT,
+  SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+};
+
 class SerialProxy {
  public:
   void set_instance_index(uint32_t index) { this->instance_index_ = index; }
@@ -31,13 +41,20 @@ class SerialProxy {
   const char *get_name() const { return ""; }
   api::enums::SerialProxyPortType get_port_type() const { return {}; }
   api::APIConnection *get_api_connection() { return nullptr; }
-  void serial_proxy_request(api::APIConnection *conn, api::enums::SerialProxyRequestType type) {}
-  void configure(api::APIConnection *api_connection, uint32_t baudrate, bool flow_control, uint8_t parity,
-                 uint32_t stop_bits, uint32_t data_size) {}
+  SerialProxyResult serial_proxy_request(api::APIConnection *conn, api::enums::SerialProxyRequestType type) {
+    return SerialProxyResult::SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_OK;
+  }
+  SerialProxyResult configure(api::APIConnection *api_connection, uint32_t baudrate, bool flow_control, uint8_t parity,
+                              uint32_t stop_bits, uint32_t data_size) {
+    return SerialProxyResult::SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_OK;
+  }
   void write_from_client(api::APIConnection *api_connection, const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {}
-  void set_modem_pins(api::APIConnection *api_connection, uint32_t line_states) {}
+  SerialProxyResult set_modem_pins(api::APIConnection *api_connection, uint32_t line_states) {
+    return SerialProxyResult::SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_OK;
+  }
   uint32_t get_modem_pins() const { return 0; }
-  uart::UARTFlushResult flush_port() { return uart::UARTFlushResult::UART_FLUSH_RESULT_SUCCESS; }
+  uint32_t get_configured_modem_pins() const { return 0; }
+  SerialProxyResult flush_port(api::APIConnection *api_connection) { return SerialProxyResult::SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_OK; }
 
  protected:
   uint32_t instance_index_{0};
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/stubs/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.h b/tests/benchmarks/stubs/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.h
index b4ccd8fd00..3abbf7d257 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/stubs/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.h
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/stubs/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.h
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ namespace zwave_proxy {
 class ZWaveProxy {
  public:
   api::APIConnection *get_api_connection() { return nullptr; }
-  void zwave_proxy_request(api::APIConnection *conn, api::enums::ZWaveProxyRequestType type) {}
+  api::enums::ZWaveProxyStatus zwave_proxy_request(api::APIConnection *conn, api::enums::ZWaveProxyRequestType type) {
+    return api::enums::ZWAVE_PROXY_STATUS_OK;
+  }
   void send_frame(api::APIConnection *api_connection, const uint8_t *data, size_t length) {}
   void api_connection_authenticated(api::APIConnection *conn) {}
   uint32_t get_feature_flags() const { return 0; }