From 8577c263583cacbb77c531608c8b045a7c269f69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Swoboda <154711427+swoboda1337@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:03:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [i2c] Handle ESP_ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE as NACK for IDF 6.0
 (#14867)

---
 esphome/components/i2c/i2c_bus_esp_idf.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/i2c/i2c_bus_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/i2c/i2c_bus_esp_idf.cpp
index eaefabf75b..4aca4f0fae 100644
--- a/esphome/components/i2c/i2c_bus_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/i2c/i2c_bus_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ ErrorCode IDFI2CBus::write_readv(uint8_t address, const uint8_t *write_buffer, s
   jobs[num_jobs++].command = I2C_MASTER_CMD_STOP;
   ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Sending %zu jobs", num_jobs);
   esp_err_t err = i2c_master_execute_defined_operations(this->dev_, jobs, num_jobs, 100);
-  if (err == ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE) {
+  if (err == ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE || err == ESP_ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE) {
     ESP_LOGV(TAG, "TX to %02X failed: not acked", address);
     return ERROR_NOT_ACKNOWLEDGED;
   } else if (err == ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT) {