From a0c7d754cbe037e43499283f32bc30e76de597c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:22:35 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [syslog] Keep the log level to severity table in flash
 (#20662)

---
 esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp b/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp
index a40829f3153..e9149e0dae1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 #include "esphome/components/logger/logger.h"
 #include "esphome/core/application.h"
+#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/core/time.h"
 
 namespace esphome::syslog {
 
 // Map log levels to syslog severity using an array, indexed by ESPHome log level (1-7)
-constexpr int LOG_LEVEL_TO_SYSLOG_SEVERITY[] = {
+static constexpr uint8_t LOG_LEVEL_TO_SYSLOG_SEVERITY[] PROGMEM = {
     3,  // NONE
     3,  // ERROR
     4,  // WARN
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ void Syslog::log_(const int level, const char *tag, const char *message, size_t
   // Syslog PRI calculation: facility * 8 + severity
   int severity = 7;
   if ((unsigned) level <= 7) {
-    severity = LOG_LEVEL_TO_SYSLOG_SEVERITY[level];
+    severity = progmem_read_byte(&LOG_LEVEL_TO_SYSLOG_SEVERITY[level]);
   }
   int pri = this->facility_ * 8 + severity;