From 9227d8f2dde7e8acd99a1aaf29d1f3da94a75132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:52:48 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [core] Restore play_complex overrides for LambdaAction and
 ContinuationAction

The +384 flash was from the always_inline attributes (already removed),
not from the play_complex overrides.
---
 esphome/core/base_automation.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/core/base_automation.h b/esphome/core/base_automation.h
index f0b3898278..b809c56f1a 100644
--- a/esphome/core/base_automation.h
+++ b/esphome/core/base_automation.h
@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ template<typename... Ts> class LambdaAction : public Action<Ts...> {
  public:
   explicit LambdaAction(std::function<void(Ts...)> &&f) : f_(std::move(f)) {}
 
+  // Override play_complex to call play() non-virtually (qualified call),
+  // eliminating one virtual dispatch frame from the call stack.
+  void play_complex(const Ts &...x) override {
+    this->num_running_++;
+    LambdaAction::play(x...);
+    this->play_next_(x...);
+  }
   void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->f_(x...); }
 
  protected:
@@ -250,6 +257,13 @@ template<typename... Ts> class ContinuationAction : public Action<Ts...> {
  public:
   explicit ContinuationAction(Action<Ts...> *parent) : parent_(parent) {}
 
+  // Override play_complex to call play() non-virtually (qualified call),
+  // eliminating one virtual dispatch frame from the call stack.
+  void play_complex(const Ts &...x) override {
+    this->num_running_++;
+    ContinuationAction::play(x...);
+    this->play_next_(x...);
+  }
   void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->play_next_(x...); }
 
  protected: