[core] Warn on every run that Intel Mac support ends by 2027.6.0 (#20303)

esphome/__main__.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import importlib
 import logging
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
+import platform
 import re
 import sys
 import time
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
 )
 from esphome.core import CORE, EsphomeError, coroutine
 from esphome.enum import StrEnum
-from esphome.helpers import get_bool_env, indent, is_ip_address
+from esphome.helpers import IS_MACOS, get_bool_env, indent, is_ip_address
 from esphome.log import AnsiFore, color, setup_log
 from esphome.stacktrace import LogLineProcessor
 from esphome.types import ConfigType
@@ -1311,9 +1312,9 @@ def _choose_ota_platform(config: ConfigType, requested: str | None) -> str:
     # platform's final-validate hook merges duplicates anyway.
     available: dict[str, None] = {}
     for ota_item in config.get(CONF_OTA, []):
-        platform = ota_item.get(CONF_PLATFORM)
-        if platform in (CONF_ESPHOME, CONF_WEB_SERVER):
-            available[platform] = None
+        ota_platform = ota_item.get(CONF_PLATFORM)
+        if ota_platform in (CONF_ESPHOME, CONF_WEB_SERVER):
+            available[ota_platform] = None
 
     if not available:
         raise EsphomeError(
@@ -1945,7 +1946,10 @@ def run_multiple_configs(
         safe_print()
 
         cmd = command_builder(f)
-        rc = run_external_process(*cmd)
+        # The parent already logged the Intel macOS warning; children skip it.
+        rc = run_external_process(
+            *cmd, env={**os.environ, _INTEL_MACOS_WARNED_ENV: "1"}
+        )
 
         if rc == 0:
             print_bar(f"[{color(AnsiFore.BOLD_GREEN, 'SUCCESS')}] {str(f)}")
@@ -2614,6 +2618,27 @@ def _warn_if_source_tree_mismatch() -> None:
     )
 
 
+_INTEL_MACOS_REMOVAL = "2027.6.0"
+_INTEL_MACOS_WARNED_ENV = "ESPHOME_INTEL_MACOS_WARNED"
+
+
+def _warn_if_intel_macos() -> None:
+    """Warn that Intel (x86_64) Python on macOS loses support by _INTEL_MACOS_REMOVAL."""
+    if (
+        not IS_MACOS
+        or platform.machine() != "x86_64"
+        or _INTEL_MACOS_WARNED_ENV in os.environ
+    ):
+        return
+    _LOGGER.warning(
+        "Support for Intel Macs will end in ESPHome %s or earlier. The Python "
+        "packages ESPHome depends on have stopped publishing Intel macOS builds, "
+        "so future releases will not install on this machine. On an Apple "
+        "Silicon Mac, switch to a native arm64 Python.",
+        _INTEL_MACOS_REMOVAL,
+    )
+
+
 def run_esphome(argv):
     from esphome.address_cache import AddressCache
 
@@ -2633,6 +2658,7 @@ def run_esphome(argv):
 
     setup_log(log_level=args.log_level)
     _warn_if_source_tree_mismatch()
+    _warn_if_intel_macos()
 
     if args.command in PRE_CONFIG_ACTIONS:
         try:

tests/unit_tests/test_main.py

@@ -6705,6 +6705,45 @@ def test_check_permissions_unreadable_port() -> None:
         check_permissions("/dev/ttyUSB99")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("is_macos", "machine", "warned", "warns"),
+    [
+        pytest.param(True, "x86_64", False, True, id="intel_mac"),
+        pytest.param(True, "x86_64", True, False, id="intel_mac_child"),
+        pytest.param(True, "arm64", False, False, id="apple_silicon"),
+        pytest.param(False, "x86_64", False, False, id="linux_x86_64"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_warn_if_intel_macos(
+    is_macos: bool,
+    machine: str,
+    warned: bool,
+    warns: bool,
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """Only Intel Python on macOS gets the warning, and only once per invocation."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "IS_MACOS", is_macos)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main.platform, "machine", lambda: machine)
+    if warned:
+        monkeypatch.setenv(main._INTEL_MACOS_WARNED_ENV, "1")
+    else:
+        monkeypatch.delenv(main._INTEL_MACOS_WARNED_ENV, raising=False)
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
+        main._warn_if_intel_macos()
+
+    assert (main._INTEL_MACOS_REMOVAL in caplog.text) is warns
+
+
+def test_run_multiple_configs_marks_children_warned(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Multi-config children get the env marker so they skip the Intel warning."""
+    with patch.object(main, "run_external_process", return_value=0) as mock_run:
+        main.run_multiple_configs([tmp_path / "a.yaml"], lambda f: ["esphome", str(f)])
+
+    assert mock_run.call_args.kwargs["env"][main._INTEL_MACOS_WARNED_ENV] == "1"
+
+
 def _make_checkout(root: Path) -> Path:
     """Create a directory that looks like an esphome checkout."""
     (root / "esphome").mkdir(parents=True)