From 9583a6a921f2f59493f28d25d1367f02b958ba66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:05:03 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [api] Restore override on is_authenticated (ProtoService
 virtual)

---
 esphome/components/api/api_connection.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
index 6c0c4dd912..11106b32a1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class APIConnection final : public APIServerConnectionBase {
   void on_noise_encryption_set_key_request(const NoiseEncryptionSetKeyRequest &msg);
 #endif
 
-  bool is_authenticated() {
+  bool is_authenticated() override {
     return static_cast<ConnectionState>(this->flags_.connection_state) == ConnectionState::AUTHENTICATED;
   }
   bool is_connection_setup() override {