[http_request] Reduce heap allocations in update check by parsing JSON directly from buffer (#13588)

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J. Nick Koston
2026-02-10 13:53:53 -06:00
committed by GitHub
parent 1a6c67f92e
commit c03abcdb86
3 changed files with 17 additions and 16 deletions
@@ -90,16 +90,14 @@ void HttpRequestUpdate::update_task(void *params) {
UPDATE_RETURN;
}
size_t read_index = container->get_bytes_read();
size_t content_length = container->content_length;
container->end();
container.reset(); // Release ownership of the container's shared_ptr
bool valid = false;
{ // Ensures the response string falls out of scope and deallocates before the task ends
std::string response((char *) data, read_index);
allocator.deallocate(data, container->content_length);
container->end();
container.reset(); // Release ownership of the container's shared_ptr
valid = json::parse_json(response, [this_update](JsonObject root) -> bool {
{ // Scope to ensure JsonDocument is destroyed before deallocating buffer
valid = json::parse_json(data, read_index, [this_update](JsonObject root) -> bool {
if (!root[ESPHOME_F("name")].is<const char *>() || !root[ESPHOME_F("version")].is<const char *>() ||
!root[ESPHOME_F("builds")].is<JsonArray>()) {
ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Manifest does not contain required fields");
@@ -137,6 +135,7 @@ void HttpRequestUpdate::update_task(void *params) {
return false;
});
}
allocator.deallocate(data, content_length);
if (!valid) {
ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to parse JSON from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
@@ -157,17 +156,12 @@ void HttpRequestUpdate::update_task(void *params) {
}
}
{ // Ensures the current version string falls out of scope and deallocates before the task ends
std::string current_version;
#ifdef ESPHOME_PROJECT_VERSION
current_version = ESPHOME_PROJECT_VERSION;
this_update->update_info_.current_version = ESPHOME_PROJECT_VERSION;
#else
current_version = ESPHOME_VERSION;
this_update->update_info_.current_version = ESPHOME_VERSION;
#endif
this_update->update_info_.current_version = current_version;
}
bool trigger_update_available = false;
if (this_update->update_info_.latest_version.empty() ||