From 9ae83f28301decb9dcad1a49472d8cfb679aa981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:30:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [hbridge] Use register_apply_action for fan.hbridge.brake
 (#19649)

---
 esphome/components/hbridge/fan/__init__.py             |  8 ++------
 esphome/components/hbridge/fan/hbridge_fan.h           | 10 ----------
 tests/components/hbridge/common-actions.yaml           |  5 +++++
 tests/components/hbridge/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml | 10 ++++++++++
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/components/hbridge/common-actions.yaml
 create mode 100644 tests/components/hbridge/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml

diff --git a/esphome/components/hbridge/fan/__init__.py b/esphome/components/hbridge/fan/__init__.py
index cd47d100be..e862760e6a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/hbridge/fan/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/hbridge/fan/__init__.py
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ DECAY_MODE_OPTIONS = {
     "FAST": DecayMode.DECAY_MODE_FAST,
 }
 
-# Actions
-BrakeAction = hbridge_ns.class_("BrakeAction", automation.Action)
-
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     fan.fan_schema(HBridgeFan)
     .extend(
@@ -48,11 +45,10 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
 )
 
 
-automation.register_simple_action(
+automation.register_apply_action(
     "fan.hbridge.brake",
-    BrakeAction,
     maybe_simple_id({cv.GenerateID(): cv.use_id(HBridgeFan)}),
-    synchronous=True,
+    automation.ApplyCall("brake()"),
 )
 
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/hbridge/fan/hbridge_fan.h b/esphome/components/hbridge/fan/hbridge_fan.h
index 187b6d2a97..c786f60674 100644
--- a/esphome/components/hbridge/fan/hbridge_fan.h
+++ b/esphome/components/hbridge/fan/hbridge_fan.h
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
 #include "esphome/components/output/binary_output.h"
 #include "esphome/components/output/float_output.h"
 #include "esphome/components/fan/fan.h"
@@ -46,13 +45,4 @@ class HBridgeFan final : public Component, public fan::Fan {
   void set_hbridge_levels_(float a_level, float b_level, float enable);
 };
 
-template<typename... Ts> class BrakeAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  explicit BrakeAction(HBridgeFan *parent) : parent_(parent) {}
-
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override { this->parent_->brake(); }
-
-  HBridgeFan *parent_;
-};
-
 }  // namespace esphome::hbridge
diff --git a/tests/components/hbridge/common-actions.yaml b/tests/components/hbridge/common-actions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0638c49c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/hbridge/common-actions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+button:
+  - platform: template
+    name: Brake the fan
+    on_press:
+      - fan.hbridge.brake: fan_hbridge
diff --git a/tests/components/hbridge/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml b/tests/components/hbridge/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..752ab72bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/hbridge/test-actions.esp8266-ard.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+substitutions:
+  pwm_platform: "esp8266_pwm"
+  output1_pin: "4"
+  output2_pin: "5"
+  output3_pin: "12"
+  output4_pin: "13"
+
+packages:
+  hbridge: !include common.yaml
+  actions: !include common-actions.yaml