From d3e47a5d8049ed8578327c918dab56dd38374457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:20:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix encode_bool to encode actual value when force=true

---
 esphome/components/api/proto.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/proto.h b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
index 536a3536db5..9666b7e9ff3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/proto.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class ProtoWriteBuffer {
     if (!value && !force)
       return;
     this->encode_field_raw(field_id, 0);  // type 0: Varint - bool
-    this->buffer_->push_back(0x01);
+    this->buffer_->push_back(value ? 0x01 : 0x00);
   }
   void encode_fixed32(uint32_t field_id, uint32_t value, bool force = false) {
     if (value == 0 && !force)