From b38bcfe4667b241f9d844b5fdc0c577ed6d42042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:39:52 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Add hint for RISC-V users to check serial console for full
 trace

Co-Authored-By: J. Nick Koston <nick@koston.org>
---
 esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp
index 0ee984d49f0..06a87293238 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ void crash_handler_log() {
     pos += snprintf(hint + pos, sizeof(hint) - pos, " 0x%08" PRIX32, addr);
   }
   ESP_LOGE(TAG, "%s", hint);
+#if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ARCH_RISCV
+  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "RISC-V backtrace is best-effort. Check serial console for full register dump.");
+#endif
 }
 
 }  // namespace esphome::esp32