From 6b1a36b416fcfed5abab0d6bc54f594d37833812 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 12:49:56 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [homeassistant] Eliminate heap allocation in text sensor
 state updates

---
 .../homeassistant/text_sensor/homeassistant_text_sensor.cpp     | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/homeassistant/text_sensor/homeassistant_text_sensor.cpp b/esphome/components/homeassistant/text_sensor/homeassistant_text_sensor.cpp
index 6f77349535..109574e0c8 100644
--- a/esphome/components/homeassistant/text_sensor/homeassistant_text_sensor.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/homeassistant/text_sensor/homeassistant_text_sensor.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ void HomeassistantTextSensor::setup() {
     } else {
       ESP_LOGD(TAG, "'%s': Got state '%s'", this->entity_id_, state.c_str());
     }
-    this->publish_state(state.str());
+    this->publish_state(state.c_str(), state.size());
   });
 }
 void HomeassistantTextSensor::dump_config() {