From 7acf3f77c45000a5d18638368c7237700d3e81e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:06:15 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Increase max backtrace depth from 8 to 16

8 frames was cutting off useful call stack information. 16 frames
costs an additional 32 bytes of .noinit RAM and covers typical
ESPHome call chains which can be 10-12 frames deep.
---
 esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp
index 563f0cbdf49..043f64acf65 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static constexpr uint32_t CRASH_MAGIC = 0xDEADBEEF;
-static constexpr size_t MAX_BACKTRACE = 8;
+static constexpr size_t MAX_BACKTRACE = 16;
 
 // Check if an address looks like code (flash-mapped or IRAM).
 // Must be safe to call from panic context (no flash access needed).