diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
index 5abb9db627..a88419a84b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ void AsyncEventSource::adopt_pending_sessions_main_loop_() {
     this->sessions_.push_back(rsp);
     // Prime first so on_connect_ observes a session that has already sent its
     // initial ping/config/sorting_groups, matching the pre-refactor ordering.
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDeleteLeaks) false positive with ArduinoJson
     rsp->start_session_main_loop_();
     if (this->on_connect_) {
       this->on_connect_(rsp);