diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp
index bd2f915d3a8..cd77cd11897 100644
--- a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ bool IDFUARTComponent::peek_byte(uint8_t *data) {
 }
 
 bool IDFUARTComponent::read_array(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
+  if (len == 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
   size_t length_to_read = len;
   int32_t read_len = 0;
   if (!this->check_read_timeout_(len))
@@ -331,11 +334,10 @@ bool IDFUARTComponent::read_array(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   if (this->has_peek_) {
     length_to_read--;
     *data = this->peek_byte_;
-    data++;
     this->has_peek_ = false;
   }
   if (length_to_read > 0)
-    read_len = uart_read_bytes(this->uart_num_, data, length_to_read, 20 / portTICK_PERIOD_MS);
+    read_len = uart_read_bytes(this->uart_num_, data + (len - length_to_read), length_to_read, 20 / portTICK_PERIOD_MS);
 #ifdef USE_UART_DEBUGGER
   for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
     this->debug_callback_.call(UART_DIRECTION_RX, data[i]);
diff --git a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_host.cpp b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_host.cpp
index 0042ffae23f..085610a9835 100644
--- a/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_host.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/uart/uart_component_host.cpp
@@ -235,16 +235,14 @@ bool HostUartComponent::read_array(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   }
   if (!this->check_read_timeout_(len))
     return false;
-  uint8_t *data_ptr = data;
   size_t length_to_read = len;
   if (this->has_peek_) {
     length_to_read--;
-    *data_ptr = this->peek_byte_;
-    data_ptr++;
+    *data = this->peek_byte_;
     this->has_peek_ = false;
   }
   if (length_to_read > 0) {
-    int sz = ::read(this->file_descriptor_, data_ptr, length_to_read);
+    int sz = ::read(this->file_descriptor_, data + (len - length_to_read), length_to_read);
     if (sz == -1) {
       this->update_error_(strerror(errno));
       return false;
diff --git a/esphome/core/controller_registry.cpp b/esphome/core/controller_registry.cpp
index 255efa86ba8..dd69de47d4c 100644
--- a/esphome/core/controller_registry.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/controller_registry.cpp
@@ -10,24 +10,24 @@ StaticVector<Controller *, CONTROLLER_REGISTRY_MAX> ControllerRegistry::controll
 
 void ControllerRegistry::register_controller(Controller *controller) { controllers.push_back(controller); }
 
-void ControllerRegistry::notify(void *obj, DispatchFunc dispatch) {
-  for (auto *controller : controllers) {
-    dispatch(controller, obj);
-  }
-}
-
-// Macro for standard registry notification dispatch - calls on_<entity_name>_update()
-// Each wrapper passes a small trampoline lambda that calls the correct virtual method.
+// Each notify method directly iterates controllers and calls the virtual method.
+// This avoids the overhead of a shared noinline dispatch loop with function pointer
+// indirection. The loop is tiny (~20 bytes per entity type) so the flash cost of
+// duplicating it is negligible compared to eliminating two levels of indirection
+// (noinline call + function pointer) from every state publish.
 // NOLINTBEGIN(bugprone-macro-parentheses)
 #define CONTROLLER_REGISTRY_NOTIFY(entity_type, entity_name) \
   void ControllerRegistry::notify_##entity_name##_update(entity_type *obj) { \
-    notify(obj, [](Controller *c, void *o) { c->on_##entity_name##_update(static_cast<entity_type *>(o)); }); \
+    for (auto *controller : controllers) { \
+      controller->on_##entity_name##_update(obj); \
+    } \
   }
 
-// Macro for entities where controller method has no "_update" suffix (Event, Update)
 #define CONTROLLER_REGISTRY_NOTIFY_NO_UPDATE_SUFFIX(entity_type, entity_name) \
   void ControllerRegistry::notify_##entity_name(entity_type *obj) { \
-    notify(obj, [](Controller *c, void *o) { c->on_##entity_name(static_cast<entity_type *>(o)); }); \
+    for (auto *controller : controllers) { \
+      controller->on_##entity_name(obj); \
+    } \
   }
 // NOLINTEND(bugprone-macro-parentheses)
 
diff --git a/esphome/core/controller_registry.h b/esphome/core/controller_registry.h
index 15e3b4ba835..89b3069bcbf 100644
--- a/esphome/core/controller_registry.h
+++ b/esphome/core/controller_registry.h
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ class UpdateEntity;
  * entities call ControllerRegistry::notify_*_update() which iterates the small list
  * of registered controllers (typically 2: API and WebServer).
  *
- * Controllers read state directly from entities using existing accessors (obj->state, etc.)
- * rather than receiving it as callback parameters that were being ignored anyway.
+ * Each notify method directly iterates controllers and calls the virtual method,
+ * avoiding function pointer indirection for minimal dispatch overhead.
  *
  * Memory savings: 32 bytes per entity (2 controllers × 16 bytes std::function overhead)
  * Typical config (25 entities): ~780 bytes saved
@@ -247,21 +247,6 @@ class ControllerRegistry {
 #endif
 
  protected:
-  /** Type-erased dispatch function pointer.
-   *
-   * Each notify method passes a small trampoline that calls the
-   * correct virtual method on Controller. The shared notify() loop
-   * iterates controllers once, calling the trampoline for each.
-   */
-  using DispatchFunc = void (*)(Controller *, void *);
-
-  /** Shared dispatch loop - iterates controllers and calls dispatch for each.
-   *
-   * Marked noinline to ensure only one copy of the loop exists in flash,
-   * rather than being duplicated into each notify_*_update wrapper.
-   */
-  static void __attribute__((noinline)) notify(void *obj, DispatchFunc dispatch);
-
   static StaticVector<Controller *, CONTROLLER_REGISTRY_MAX> controllers;
 };
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9e75e6d0390..ce735f398ae 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ freetype-py==2.5.1
 jinja2==3.1.6
 bleak==2.1.1
 smpclient==6.0.0
-requests==2.32.5
+requests==2.33.0
 
 # esp-idf >= 5.0 requires this
 pyparsing >= 3.0