From 8546c7228a7c6d05184693d6a1e45d1acba1fd23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:42:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Exempt empty literals from the log literal lint

---
 script/ci-custom.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/script/ci-custom.py b/script/ci-custom.py
index d61990bec50..b781167dc48 100755
--- a/script/ci-custom.py
+++ b/script/ci-custom.py
@@ -1033,7 +1033,9 @@ def _find_ternary_literals(text: str) -> Iterator[tuple[int, str]]:
     branch = False
     for m in LOG_TERNARY_LITERAL_RE.finditer(text):
         tok = m.group(0)
-        if branch and tok[0] == '"':
+        # An empty literal is merged with every other string's terminator, so it costs no RAM,
+        # while a PSTR("") would add its own flash array; leave it alone.
+        if branch and tok[0] == '"' and tok != '""':
             yield m.start(), tok
         branch = tok[0] in "?:"