[core] Pack entity flags into configure_entity_() and protect setters (#14564)

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

tests/component_tests/helpers.py

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+"""Shared helpers for component tests."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+
+INTERNAL_BIT = 1 << 24
+
+
+def extract_packed_value(main_cpp: str, var_name: str) -> int:
+    """Extract the third (packed) argument from a configure_entity_ call."""
+    pattern = (
+        rf"{re.escape(var_name)}->configure_entity_\("
+        r'"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"'
+        r",\s*\w+,\s*(\d+)\)"
+    )
+    match = re.search(pattern, main_cpp)
+    assert match, f"configure_entity_ call not found for {var_name}"
+    return int(match.group(1))