[api] Pass pos by value through encode_varint_raw_loop

Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: J. Nick Koston <nick@home-assistant.io>

.github/scripts/auto-label-pr/constants.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module.exports = {
   CODEOWNERS_MARKER: '<!-- codeowners-request -->',
   TOO_BIG_MARKER: '<!-- too-big-request -->',
   DEPRECATED_COMPONENT_MARKER: '<!-- deprecated-component-request -->',
+  ORG_FORK_MARKER: '<!-- maintainer-access-warning -->',
 
   MANAGED_LABELS: [
     'new-component',

.github/scripts/auto-label-pr/detectors.js

@@ -281,6 +281,24 @@ async function detectDeprecatedComponents(github, context, changedFiles) {
   return { labels, deprecatedInfo };
 }
 
+// Strategy: Detect when maintainers cannot modify the PR branch
+function detectMaintainerAccess(context) {
+  const pr = context.payload.pull_request;
+
+  // Only relevant for cross-repo PRs (forks)
+  if (!pr.head.repo || pr.head.repo.full_name === pr.base.repo.full_name) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (pr.maintainer_can_modify) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const isOrgFork = pr.head.repo.owner.type === 'Organization';
+  console.log(`Maintainer cannot modify PR branch (${isOrgFork ? 'org fork: ' + pr.head.repo.owner.login : 'user disabled'})`);
+  return { isOrgFork, orgName: pr.head.repo.owner.login };
+}
+
 // Strategy: Requirements detection
 async function detectRequirements(allLabels, prFiles, context) {
   const labels = new Set();
@@ -329,5 +347,6 @@ module.exports = {
   detectTests,
   detectPRTemplateCheckboxes,
   detectDeprecatedComponents,
+  detectMaintainerAccess,
   detectRequirements
 };

.github/scripts/auto-label-pr/index.js

@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ const {
   detectTests,
   detectPRTemplateCheckboxes,
   detectDeprecatedComponents,
+  detectMaintainerAccess,
   detectRequirements
 } = require('./detectors');
-const { handleReviews } = require('./reviews');
+const { handleReviews, handleMaintainerAccessComment } = require('./reviews');
 const { applyLabels, removeOldLabels } = require('./labels');
 
 // Fetch API data
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context }) => {
     codeOwnerLabels,
     testLabels,
     checkboxLabels,
-    deprecatedResult
+    deprecatedResult,
+    maintainerAccess
   ] = await Promise.all([
     detectMergeBranch(context),
     detectComponentPlatforms(changedFiles, apiData),
@@ -127,7 +129,8 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context }) => {
     detectCodeOwner(github, context, changedFiles),
     detectTests(changedFiles),
     detectPRTemplateCheckboxes(context),
-    detectDeprecatedComponents(github, context, changedFiles)
+    detectDeprecatedComponents(github, context, changedFiles),
+    detectMaintainerAccess(context)
   ]);
 
   // Extract deprecated component info
@@ -177,8 +180,11 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context }) => {
 
   console.log('Computed labels:', finalLabels.join(', '));
 
-  // Handle reviews
-  await handleReviews(github, context, finalLabels, originalLabelCount, deprecatedInfo, prFiles, totalAdditions, totalDeletions, MAX_LABELS, TOO_BIG_THRESHOLD);
+  // Handle reviews and org fork comment
+  await Promise.all([
+    handleReviews(github, context, finalLabels, originalLabelCount, deprecatedInfo, prFiles, totalAdditions, totalDeletions, MAX_LABELS, TOO_BIG_THRESHOLD),
+    handleMaintainerAccessComment(github, context, maintainerAccess)
+  ]);
 
   // Apply labels
   await applyLabels(github, context, finalLabels);

.github/scripts/auto-label-pr/reviews.js

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ const {
   BOT_COMMENT_MARKER,
   CODEOWNERS_MARKER,
   TOO_BIG_MARKER,
-  DEPRECATED_COMPONENT_MARKER
+  DEPRECATED_COMPONENT_MARKER,
+  ORG_FORK_MARKER
 } = require('./constants');
 
 // Generate review messages
@@ -136,6 +137,63 @@ async function handleReviews(github, context, finalLabels, originalLabelCount, d
   }
 }
 
+// Handle maintainer access warning comment
+async function handleMaintainerAccessComment(github, context, maintainerAccess) {
+  if (!maintainerAccess) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
+  const pr_number = context.issue.number;
+  const prAuthor = context.payload.pull_request.user.login;
+
+  // Check if we already posted the warning (iterate pages to exit early)
+  let existingComment;
+  for await (const { data: comments } of github.paginate.iterator(
+    github.rest.issues.listComments,
+    { owner, repo, issue_number: pr_number }
+  )) {
+    existingComment = comments.find(comment =>
+      comment.user.type === 'Bot' &&
+      comment.body && comment.body.includes(ORG_FORK_MARKER)
+    );
+    if (existingComment) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (existingComment) {
+    console.log('Maintainer access warning comment already exists, skipping');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  let body;
+  if (maintainerAccess.isOrgFork) {
+    body = `${ORG_FORK_MARKER}\n### ⚠️ Organization Fork Detected\n\n` +
+      `Hey there @${prAuthor},\n` +
+      `It looks like this PR was submitted from a fork owned by the **${maintainerAccess.orgName}** organization. ` +
+      `GitHub does not allow maintainers to push changes to pull request branches when the fork is owned by an organization. ` +
+      `This means we won't be able to make small adjustments or fixups to your PR directly.\n\n` +
+      `To allow maintainer collaboration, please re-submit this PR from a personal fork instead.\n\n` +
+      `See: [Setting up the local repository](https://developers.esphome.io/contributing/development-environment/?h=org#set-up-the-local-repository) for more details.`;
+  } else {
+    body = `${ORG_FORK_MARKER}\n### ⚠️ Maintainer Access Disabled\n\n` +
+      `Hey there @${prAuthor},\n` +
+      `It looks like this PR does not have the "Allow edits from maintainers" option enabled. ` +
+      `This means we won't be able to make small adjustments or fixups to your PR directly.\n\n` +
+      `Please enable this option in the PR sidebar to allow maintainer collaboration.`;
+  }
+
+  await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+    owner,
+    repo,
+    issue_number: pr_number,
+    body
+  });
+  console.log('Created maintainer access warning comment');
+}
+
 module.exports = {
-  handleReviews
+  handleReviews,
+  handleMaintainerAccessComment
 };

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -868,7 +868,8 @@ jobs:
           python script/test_build_components.py \
             -e compile \
             -c "$component_list" \
-            -t "$platform" 2>&1 | \
+            -t "$platform" \
+            --base-only 2>&1 | \
             tee /dev/stderr | \
             python script/ci_memory_impact_extract.py \
               --output-env \
@@ -954,7 +955,8 @@ jobs:
           python script/test_build_components.py \
             -e compile \
             -c "$component_list" \
-            -t "$platform" 2>&1 | \
+            -t "$platform" \
+            --base-only 2>&1 | \
             tee /dev/stderr | \
             python script/ci_memory_impact_extract.py \
               --output-env \

.github/workflows/status-check-labels.yml

@@ -2,30 +2,29 @@ name: Status check labels
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    types: [labeled, unlabeled]
+    types: [opened, reopened, labeled, unlabeled, synchronize]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   check:
-    name: Check ${{ matrix.label }}
+    name: Check blocking labels
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        label:
-          - needs-docs
-          - merge-after-release
-          - chained-pr
     steps:
-      - name: Check for ${{ matrix.label }} label
+      - name: Check for blocking labels
         uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8.0.0
         with:
           script: |
+            const blockingLabels = ['needs-docs', 'merge-after-release', 'chained-pr'];
             const { data: labels } = await github.rest.issues.listLabelsOnIssue({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
               issue_number: context.issue.number
             });
-            const hasLabel = labels.find(label => label.name === '${{ matrix.label }}');
-            if (hasLabel) {
-              core.setFailed('Pull request cannot be merged, it is labeled as ${{ matrix.label }}');
+            const labelNames = labels.map(l => l.name);
+            const found = blockingLabels.filter(bl => labelNames.includes(bl));
+            if (found.length > 0) {
+              core.setFailed(`Pull request cannot be merged, it has blocking label(s): ${found.join(', ')}`);
             }

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ci:
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
     # Ruff version.
-    rev: v0.15.9
+    rev: v0.15.10
     hooks:
       # Run the linter.
       - id: ruff

Doxyfile

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = ESPHome
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2026.4.0b1
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2026.5.0-dev
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a

esphome/components/ade7953_base/ade7953_base.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ namespace ade7953_base {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "ade7953";
 
+constexpr uint16_t CONFIG_DEFAULT = 0x8004u;
+constexpr uint16_t CONFIG_LOCK_BIT = 0x8000u;
+
 static const float ADE_POWER_FACTOR = 154.0f;
 static const float ADE_WATTSEC_POWER_FACTOR = ADE_POWER_FACTOR * ADE_POWER_FACTOR / 3600;
 
@@ -18,7 +21,12 @@ void ADE7953::setup() {
 
   // The chip might take up to 100ms to initialise
   this->set_timeout(100, [this]() {
-    // this->ade_write_8(0x0010, 0x04);
+    // Lock communication interface (SPI or I2C)
+    uint16_t config_v = CONFIG_DEFAULT;
+    this->ade_read_16(CONFIG_16, &config_v);
+    config_v &= static_cast<uint16_t>(~CONFIG_LOCK_BIT);  // Clear the lock bit
+    this->ade_write_16(CONFIG_16, config_v);
+    // Configure optimum settings according to datasheet
     this->ade_write_8(0x00FE, 0xAD);
     this->ade_write_16(0x0120, 0x0030);
     // Set gains

esphome/components/ade7953_base/ade7953_base.h

@@ -9,31 +9,35 @@
 namespace esphome {
 namespace ade7953_base {
 
-static const uint8_t PGA_V_8 =
+static constexpr uint8_t PGA_V_8 =
     0x007;  // PGA_V,  (R/W) Default: 0x00, Unsigned, Voltage channel gain configuration (Bits[2:0])
-static const uint8_t PGA_IA_8 =
+static constexpr uint8_t PGA_IA_8 =
     0x008;  // PGA_IA, (R/W) Default: 0x00, Unsigned, Current Channel A gain configuration (Bits[2:0])
-static const uint8_t PGA_IB_8 =
+static constexpr uint8_t PGA_IB_8 =
     0x009;  // PGA_IB, (R/W) Default: 0x00, Unsigned, Current Channel B gain configuration (Bits[2:0])
 
-static const uint32_t AIGAIN_32 =
+static constexpr uint16_t CONFIG_16 = 0x102;  // CONFIG, (R/W) Default: 0x8004, Unsigned, Configuration register
+
+static constexpr uint16_t AIGAIN_32 =
     0x380;  // AIGAIN, (R/W)   Default: 0x400000, Unsigned,Current channel gain (Current Channel A)(32 bit)
-static const uint32_t AVGAIN_32 = 0x381;  // AVGAIN, (R/W)   Default: 0x400000, Unsigned,Voltage channel gain(32 bit)
-static const uint32_t AWGAIN_32 =
+static constexpr uint16_t AVGAIN_32 =
+    0x381;  // AVGAIN, (R/W)   Default: 0x400000, Unsigned,Voltage channel gain(32 bit)
+static constexpr uint16_t AWGAIN_32 =
     0x382;  // AWGAIN, (R/W)   Default: 0x400000, Unsigned,Active power gain (Current Channel A)(32 bit)
-static const uint32_t AVARGAIN_32 =
+static constexpr uint16_t AVARGAIN_32 =
     0x383;  // AVARGAIN, (R/W) Default: 0x400000, Unsigned, Reactive power gain (Current Channel A)(32 bit)
-static const uint32_t AVAGAIN_32 =
+static constexpr uint16_t AVAGAIN_32 =
     0x384;  // AVAGAIN, (R/W)  Default: 0x400000, Unsigned,Apparent power gain (Current Channel A)(32 bit)
 
-static const uint32_t BIGAIN_32 =
+static constexpr uint16_t BIGAIN_32 =
     0x38C;  // BIGAIN, (R/W)   Default: 0x400000, Unsigned,Current channel gain (Current Channel B)(32 bit)
-static const uint32_t BVGAIN_32 = 0x38D;  // BVGAIN, (R/W)   Default: 0x400000, Unsigned,Voltage channel gain(32 bit)
-static const uint32_t BWGAIN_32 =
+static constexpr uint16_t BVGAIN_32 =
+    0x38D;  // BVGAIN, (R/W)   Default: 0x400000, Unsigned,Voltage channel gain(32 bit)
+static constexpr uint16_t BWGAIN_32 =
     0x38E;  // BWGAIN, (R/W)   Default: 0x400000, Unsigned,Active power gain (Current Channel B)(32 bit)
-static const uint32_t BVARGAIN_32 =
+static constexpr uint16_t BVARGAIN_32 =
     0x38F;  // BVARGAIN, (R/W) Default: 0x400000, Unsigned, Reactive power gain (Current Channel B)(32 bit)
-static const uint32_t BVAGAIN_32 =
+static constexpr uint16_t BVAGAIN_32 =
     0x390;  // BVAGAIN, (R/W)  Default: 0x400000, Unsigned,Apparent power gain (Current Channel B)(32 bit)
 
 class ADE7953 : public PollingComponent, public sensor::Sensor {

esphome/components/ade7953_spi/ade7953_spi.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ namespace ade7953_spi {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "ade7953";
 
+// Datasheet requires at least 1.2µs after clearing CONFIG LOCK_BIT before raising CS
+constexpr uint8_t CONFIG_LOCK_SETTLE_US = 2;
+
 void AdE7953Spi::setup() {
   this->spi_setup();
   ade7953_base::ADE7953::setup();
@@ -32,6 +35,9 @@ bool AdE7953Spi::ade_write_16(uint16_t reg, uint16_t value) {
   this->write_byte16(reg);
   this->transfer_byte(0);
   this->write_byte16(value);
+  if (reg == ade7953_base::CONFIG_16) {
+    delayMicroseconds(CONFIG_LOCK_SETTLE_US);
+  }
   this->disable();
   return false;
 }

esphome/components/ade7953_spi/ade7953_spi.h

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace esphome {
 namespace ade7953_spi {
 
 class AdE7953Spi : public ade7953_base::ADE7953,
-                   public spi::SPIDevice<spi::BIT_ORDER_MSB_FIRST, spi::CLOCK_POLARITY_HIGH, spi::CLOCK_PHASE_LEADING,
+                   public spi::SPIDevice<spi::BIT_ORDER_MSB_FIRST, spi::CLOCK_POLARITY_HIGH, spi::CLOCK_PHASE_TRAILING,
                                          spi::DATA_RATE_1MHZ> {
  public:
   void setup() override;

esphome/components/api/api.proto

@@ -1625,6 +1625,7 @@ message BluetoothLEAdvertisementResponse {
 }
 
 message BluetoothLERawAdvertisement {
+  option (inline_encode) = true;
   uint64 address = 1 [(force) = true];
   sint32 rssi = 2 [(force) = true];
   uint32 address_type = 3 [(max_value) = 4];

esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp

@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@
 
 namespace esphome::api {
 
-// Read a maximum of 5 messages per loop iteration to prevent starving other components.
+// Maximum messages to read per loop iteration to prevent starving other components.
 // This is a balance between API responsiveness and allowing other components to run.
 // Since each message could contain multiple protobuf messages when using packet batching,
 // this limits the number of messages processed, not the number of TCP packets.
-static constexpr uint8_t MAX_MESSAGES_PER_LOOP = 5;
+static constexpr uint8_t MAX_MESSAGES_PER_LOOP = 10;
 static constexpr uint8_t MAX_PING_RETRIES = 60;
 static constexpr uint16_t PING_RETRY_INTERVAL = 1000;
 static constexpr uint32_t KEEPALIVE_DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT = (KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS * 5) / 2;
@@ -220,10 +220,17 @@ void APIConnection::loop() {
   }
 
   const uint32_t now = App.get_loop_component_start_time();
-  // Check if socket has data ready before attempting to read
-  if (this->helper_->is_socket_ready()) {
+  // Check if socket has data ready before attempting to read.
+  // Also try reading if we hit the message limit last time — LWIP's rcvevent
+  // (used by is_socket_ready) tracks pbuf dequeues, not bytes. When multiple
+  // messages share a TCP segment, the last message's data stays in LWIP's
+  // lastdata cache after rcvevent hits 0, making is_socket_ready() return false
+  // even though data remains.
+  if (this->helper_->is_socket_ready() || this->flags_.may_have_remaining_data) {
+    this->flags_.may_have_remaining_data = false;
     // Read up to MAX_MESSAGES_PER_LOOP messages per loop to improve throughput
-    for (uint8_t message_count = 0; message_count < MAX_MESSAGES_PER_LOOP; message_count++) {
+    uint8_t message_count = 0;
+    for (; message_count < MAX_MESSAGES_PER_LOOP; message_count++) {
       ReadPacketBuffer buffer;
       err = this->helper_->read_packet(&buffer);
       if (err == APIError::WOULD_BLOCK) {
@@ -245,6 +252,11 @@ void APIConnection::loop() {
           return;
       }
     }
+    // If we hit the limit, there may be more data remaining in LWIP's
+    // lastdata cache that rcvevent doesn't account for.
+    if (message_count == MAX_MESSAGES_PER_LOOP) {
+      this->flags_.may_have_remaining_data = true;
+    }
   }
 
   // Process deferred batch if scheduled and timer has expired
@@ -2086,6 +2098,13 @@ void APIConnection::process_batch_() {
     return;
   }
 
+  // Ensure TCP_NODELAY is on before draining overflow and writing batch data.
+  // Log messages enable Nagle (NODELAY off) to coalesce small packets.
+  // If Nagle is still on when we try to drain, LWIP holds data in the
+  // Nagle buffer, the TCP send buffer stays full, and the overflow
+  // buffer can never drain — blocking the batch write indefinitely.
+  this->helper_->set_nodelay_for_message(false);
+
   // Try to clear buffer first
   if (!this->try_to_clear_buffer(true)) {
     // Can't write now, we'll try again later
@@ -2193,13 +2212,6 @@ void APIConnection::process_batch_multi_(APIBuffer &shared_buf, size_t num_items
       shared_buf.resize(shared_buf.size() + footer_size);
     }
 
-    // Ensure TCP_NODELAY is on before writing batch data.
-    // Log messages enable Nagle (NODELAY off) to coalesce small packets.
-    // Without this, batch data written to the socket sits in LWIP's Nagle
-    // buffer — the remote won't ACK until it sends its own data (e.g. a
-    // ping), which can take 20+ seconds.
-    this->helper_->set_nodelay_for_message(false);
-
     // Send all collected messages
     APIError err = this->helper_->write_protobuf_messages(ProtoWriteBuffer{&shared_buf},
                                                           std::span<const MessageInfo>(message_info, items_processed));

esphome/components/api/api_connection.h

@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ class APIConnection final : public APIServerConnectionBase {
     uint8_t batch_scheduled : 1;
     uint8_t batch_first_message : 1;          // For batch buffer allocation
     uint8_t should_try_send_immediately : 1;  // True after initial states are sent
+    uint8_t may_have_remaining_data : 1;      // Read loop hit limit, retry without ready check
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
     uint8_t log_only_mode : 1;
 #endif

esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.h

@@ -195,7 +195,10 @@ class APIFrameHelper {
   }
   // Get the frame footer size required by this protocol
   uint8_t frame_footer_size() const { return frame_footer_size_; }
-  // Check if socket has data ready to read
+  // Check if socket has buffered data ready to read.
+  // Contract: callers must read until it would block (EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCK)
+  // or track that they stopped early and retry without this check.
+  // See Socket::ready() for details.
   bool is_socket_ready() const { return socket_ != nullptr && socket_->ready(); }
   // Release excess memory from internal buffers after initial sync
   void release_buffers() {

esphome/components/api/api_options.proto

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ extend google.protobuf.MessageOptions {
     optional bool log = 1039 [default=true];
     optional bool no_delay = 1040 [default=false];
     optional string base_class = 1041;
+    optional bool inline_encode = 1042 [default=false];
 }
 
 extend google.protobuf.FieldOptions {

esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp

@@ -2328,40 +2328,37 @@ bool SubscribeBluetoothLEAdvertisementsRequest::decode_varint(uint32_t field_id,
   }
   return true;
 }
-uint8_t *BluetoothLERawAdvertisement::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
-  uint8_t *__restrict__ pos = buffer.get_pos();
-  ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 8);
-  ProtoEncode::encode_varint_raw_64(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, this->address);
-  ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 16);
-  ProtoEncode::encode_varint_raw_short(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, encode_zigzag32(this->rssi));
-  if (this->address_type) {
-    ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 24);
-    ProtoEncode::encode_varint_raw(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, this->address_type);
-  }
-  ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 34);
-  ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, static_cast<uint8_t>(this->data_len));
-  ProtoEncode::encode_raw(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, this->data, this->data_len);
-  return pos;
-}
-uint32_t BluetoothLERawAdvertisement::calculate_size() const {
-  uint32_t size = 0;
-  size += ProtoSize::calc_uint64_force(1, this->address);
-  size += ProtoSize::calc_sint32_force(1, this->rssi);
-  size += this->address_type ? 2 : 0;
-  size += 2 + this->data_len;
-  return size;
-}
 uint8_t *BluetoothLERawAdvertisementsResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
   uint8_t *__restrict__ pos = buffer.get_pos();
   for (uint16_t i = 0; i < this->advertisements_len; i++) {
-    ProtoEncode::encode_sub_message(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, buffer, 1, this->advertisements[i]);
+    auto &sub_msg = this->advertisements[i];
+    ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 10);
+    uint8_t *len_pos = pos;
+    ProtoEncode::reserve_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG);
+    ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 8);
+    ProtoEncode::encode_varint_raw_64(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, sub_msg.address);
+    ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 16);
+    ProtoEncode::encode_varint_raw_short(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, encode_zigzag32(sub_msg.rssi));
+    if (sub_msg.address_type) {
+      ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 24);
+      ProtoEncode::encode_varint_raw(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, sub_msg.address_type);
+    }
+    ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 34);
+    ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, static_cast<uint8_t>(sub_msg.data_len));
+    ProtoEncode::encode_raw(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, sub_msg.data, sub_msg.data_len);
+    *len_pos = static_cast<uint8_t>(pos - len_pos - 1);
   }
   return pos;
 }
 uint32_t BluetoothLERawAdvertisementsResponse::calculate_size() const {
   uint32_t size = 0;
   for (uint16_t i = 0; i < this->advertisements_len; i++) {
-    size += ProtoSize::calc_message_force(1, this->advertisements[i].calculate_size());
+    auto &sub_msg = this->advertisements[i];
+    size += 2;
+    size += ProtoSize::calc_uint64_force(1, sub_msg.address);
+    size += ProtoSize::calc_sint32_force(1, sub_msg.rssi);
+    size += sub_msg.address_type ? 2 : 0;
+    size += 2 + sub_msg.data_len;
   }
   return size;
 }

esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h

@@ -1888,8 +1888,6 @@ class BluetoothLERawAdvertisement final : public ProtoMessage {
   uint32_t address_type{0};
   uint8_t data[62]{};
   uint8_t data_len{0};
-  uint8_t *encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const;
-  uint32_t calculate_size() const;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
   const char *dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const override;
 #endif

esphome/components/api/proto.h

@@ -298,15 +298,33 @@ constexpr uint32_t VARINT_MAX_2_BYTE = 1 << 14;  // 16384
 class ProtoEncode {
  public:
   /// Write a multi-byte varint directly through a pos pointer.
+  /// Unrolled based on the compile-time max varint length for T
+  /// (5 bytes for uint32_t, 10 bytes for uint64_t). The explicit unroll gives
+  /// the compiler straight-line code with early exits instead of a
+  /// data-dependent back-edge branch, which measurably speeds up BLE raw
+  /// advertisement MAC encoding (always 7-byte varints) among other hot paths.
+  ///
+  /// Takes/returns pos by value so this function can remain out-of-line without
+  /// forcing the caller to spill pos to memory on every byte write. Callers
+  /// (which are ALWAYS_INLINE) should assign the returned pos back to their
+  /// local. Code size win vs. inlining the whole unroll at every call site.
   template<typename T>
-  static inline void encode_varint_raw_loop(uint8_t *__restrict__ &pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM, T value) {
-    do {
+  static uint8_t *encode_varint_raw_loop(uint8_t *__restrict__ pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM, T value) {
+    constexpr int MAX_VARINT_BYTES = (sizeof(T) * 8 + 6) / 7;  // 5 for u32, 10 for u64
+#pragma GCC unroll 10
+    for (int i = 0; i < MAX_VARINT_BYTES - 1; i++) {
       PROTO_ENCODE_CHECK_BOUNDS(pos, 1);
-      *pos++ = static_cast<uint8_t>(value | 0x80);
+      *pos++ = static_cast<uint8_t>(value) | 0x80;
       value >>= 7;
-    } while (value > 0x7F);
+      if (value <= 0x7F) {
+        PROTO_ENCODE_CHECK_BOUNDS(pos, 1);
+        *pos++ = static_cast<uint8_t>(value);
+        return pos;
+      }
+    }
     PROTO_ENCODE_CHECK_BOUNDS(pos, 1);
     *pos++ = static_cast<uint8_t>(value);
+    return pos;
   }
   static inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE encode_varint_raw(uint8_t *__restrict__ &pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM,
                                                              uint32_t value) {
@@ -315,7 +333,7 @@ class ProtoEncode {
       *pos++ = static_cast<uint8_t>(value);
       return;
     }
-    encode_varint_raw_loop(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, value);
+    pos = encode_varint_raw_loop(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, value);
   }
   /// Encode a varint that is expected to be 1-2 bytes (e.g. zigzag RSSI, small lengths).
   static inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE encode_varint_raw_short(uint8_t *__restrict__ &pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM,
@@ -331,7 +349,7 @@ class ProtoEncode {
       *pos++ = static_cast<uint8_t>(value >> 7);
       return;
     }
-    encode_varint_raw_loop(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, value);
+    pos = encode_varint_raw_loop(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, value);
   }
   static inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE encode_varint_raw_64(uint8_t *__restrict__ &pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM,
                                                                 uint64_t value) {
@@ -340,7 +358,7 @@ class ProtoEncode {
       *pos++ = static_cast<uint8_t>(value);
       return;
     }
-    encode_varint_raw_loop(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, value);
+    pos = encode_varint_raw_loop(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, value);
   }
   static inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE encode_field_raw(uint8_t *__restrict__ &pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM,
                                                             uint32_t field_id, uint32_t type) {
@@ -352,6 +370,12 @@ class ProtoEncode {
     PROTO_ENCODE_CHECK_BOUNDS(pos, 1);
     *pos++ = b;
   }
+  /// Reserve one byte for later backpatch (e.g., sub-message length).
+  /// Advances pos past the reserved byte without writing a value.
+  static inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE reserve_byte(uint8_t *__restrict__ &pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) {
+    PROTO_ENCODE_CHECK_BOUNDS(pos, 1);
+    pos++;
+  }
   /// Write raw bytes to the buffer (no tag, no length prefix).
   static inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE encode_raw(uint8_t *__restrict__ &pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM,
                                                       const void *data, size_t len) {
@@ -396,7 +420,7 @@ class ProtoEncode {
       PROTO_ENCODE_CHECK_BOUNDS(pos, 1 + len);
       *pos++ = static_cast<uint8_t>(len);
     } else {
-      encode_varint_raw_loop(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, len);
+      pos = encode_varint_raw_loop(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, len);
       PROTO_ENCODE_CHECK_BOUNDS(pos, len);
     }
     std::memcpy(pos, string, len);

esphome/components/cc1101/cc1101.cpp

@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ void CC1101Component::setup() {
   if (this->gdo0_pin_ != nullptr) {
     this->defer([this]() { this->gdo0_pin_->pin_mode(gpio::FLAG_INPUT); });
   }
+
+  if (this->state_.PKT_FORMAT != static_cast<uint8_t>(PacketFormat::PACKET_FORMAT_FIFO)) {
+    this->disable_loop();
+  }
 }
 
 void CC1101Component::call_listeners_(const std::vector<uint8_t> &packet, float freq_offset, float rssi, uint8_t lqi) {
@@ -669,6 +673,11 @@ void CC1101Component::set_packet_mode(bool value) {
     this->state_.GDO0_CFG = 0x0D;
   }
   if (this->initialized_) {
+    if (value) {
+      this->enable_loop();
+    } else {
+      this->disable_loop();
+    }
     this->write_(Register::PKTCTRL0);
     this->write_(Register::PKTCTRL1);
     this->write_(Register::IOCFG0);

esphome/components/gdk101/gdk101.cpp

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace gdk101 {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "gdk101";
 static constexpr uint8_t NUMBER_OF_READ_RETRIES = 5;
-static constexpr uint8_t NUMBER_OF_RESET_RETRIES = 10;
+static constexpr uint8_t NUMBER_OF_RESET_RETRIES = 30;
 static constexpr uint32_t RESET_INTERVAL_ID = 0;
 static constexpr uint32_t RESET_INTERVAL_MS = 1000;
 

esphome/components/hbridge/light/__init__.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from .. import hbridge_ns
 CODEOWNERS = ["@DotNetDann"]
 
 HBridgeLightOutput = hbridge_ns.class_(
-    "HBridgeLightOutput", cg.PollingComponent, light.LightOutput
+    "HBridgeLightOutput", cg.Component, light.LightOutput
 )
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = light.RGB_LIGHT_SCHEMA.extend(

esphome/components/hbridge/light/hbridge_light_output.h

@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "esphome/core/component.h"
-#include "esphome/components/output/float_output.h"
 #include "esphome/components/light/light_output.h"
-#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+#include "esphome/components/output/float_output.h"
+#include "esphome/core/component.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace hbridge {
 
-// Using PollingComponent as the updates are more consistent and reduces flickering
-class HBridgeLightOutput : public PollingComponent, public light::LightOutput {
+class HBridgeLightOutput : public Component, public light::LightOutput {
  public:
-  HBridgeLightOutput() : PollingComponent(1) {}
-
-  void set_pina_pin(output::FloatOutput *pina_pin) { pina_pin_ = pina_pin; }
-  void set_pinb_pin(output::FloatOutput *pinb_pin) { pinb_pin_ = pinb_pin; }
+  void set_pina_pin(output::FloatOutput *pina_pin) { this->pina_pin_ = pina_pin; }
+  void set_pinb_pin(output::FloatOutput *pinb_pin) { this->pinb_pin_ = pinb_pin; }
 
   light::LightTraits get_traits() override {
     auto traits = light::LightTraits();
@@ -24,16 +21,16 @@ class HBridgeLightOutput : public PollingComponent, public light::LightOutput {
     return traits;
   }
 
-  void setup() override { this->forward_direction_ = false; }
+  void setup() override { this->disable_loop(); }
 
-  void update() override {
-    // This method runs around 60 times per second
-    // We cannot do the PWM ourselves so we are reliant on the hardware PWM
-    if (!this->forward_direction_) {  // First LED Direction
+  void loop() override {
+    // Only called when both channels are active — alternate H-bridge direction
+    // each iteration to multiplex cold and warm white.
+    if (!this->forward_direction_) {
       this->pina_pin_->set_level(this->pina_duty_);
       this->pinb_pin_->set_level(0);
       this->forward_direction_ = true;
-    } else {  // Second LED Direction
+    } else {
       this->pina_pin_->set_level(0);
       this->pinb_pin_->set_level(this->pinb_duty_);
       this->forward_direction_ = false;
@@ -43,15 +40,32 @@ class HBridgeLightOutput : public PollingComponent, public light::LightOutput {
   float get_setup_priority() const override { return setup_priority::HARDWARE; }
 
   void write_state(light::LightState *state) override {
-    state->current_values_as_cwww(&this->pina_duty_, &this->pinb_duty_, false);
+    float new_pina, new_pinb;
+    state->current_values_as_cwww(&new_pina, &new_pinb, false);
+
+    this->pina_duty_ = new_pina;
+    this->pinb_duty_ = new_pinb;
+
+    if (new_pina != 0.0f && new_pinb != 0.0f) {
+      // Both channels active — need loop to alternate H-bridge direction
+      this->high_freq_.start();
+      this->enable_loop();
+    } else {
+      // Zero or one channel active — drive pins directly, no multiplexing needed
+      this->high_freq_.stop();
+      this->disable_loop();
+      this->pina_pin_->set_level(new_pina);
+      this->pinb_pin_->set_level(new_pinb);
+    }
   }
 
  protected:
   output::FloatOutput *pina_pin_;
   output::FloatOutput *pinb_pin_;
-  float pina_duty_ = 0;
-  float pinb_duty_ = 0;
-  bool forward_direction_ = false;
+  float pina_duty_{0};
+  float pinb_duty_{0};
+  bool forward_direction_{false};
+  HighFrequencyLoopRequester high_freq_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace hbridge

esphome/components/mcp23016/__init__.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
     CONF_ID,
     CONF_INPUT,
+    CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN,
     CONF_INVERTED,
     CONF_MODE,
     CONF_NUMBER,
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     cv.Schema(
         {
             cv.Required(CONF_ID): cv.declare_id(MCP23016),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN): pins.internal_gpio_input_pin_schema,
         }
     )
     .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ async def to_code(config):
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
     await cg.register_component(var, config)
     await i2c.register_i2c_device(var, config)
+    if interrupt_pin := config.get(CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN):
+        cg.add(var.set_interrupt_pin(await cg.gpio_pin_expression(interrupt_pin)))
 
 
 def validate_mode(value):

esphome/components/mcp23016/mcp23016.cpp

@@ -24,11 +24,22 @@ void MCP23016::setup() {
 
   // all pins input
   this->write_reg_(MCP23016_IODIR1, 0xFFFF);
+
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+    this->interrupt_pin_->setup();
+    this->interrupt_pin_->attach_interrupt(&MCP23016::gpio_intr, this, gpio::INTERRUPT_FALLING_EDGE);
+    this->set_invalidate_on_read_(false);
+  }
+  this->disable_loop();
 }
 
+void IRAM_ATTR MCP23016::gpio_intr(MCP23016 *arg) { arg->enable_loop_soon_any_context(); }
 void MCP23016::loop() {
   // Invalidate cache at the start of each loop
   this->reset_pin_cache_();
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+    this->disable_loop();
+  }
 }
 bool MCP23016::digital_read_hw(uint8_t pin) { return this->read_reg_(MCP23016_GP1, &this->input_mask_); }
 
@@ -37,6 +48,9 @@ void MCP23016::digital_write_hw(uint8_t pin, bool value) { this->update_reg_(pin
 void MCP23016::pin_mode(uint8_t pin, gpio::Flags flags) {
   if (flags == gpio::FLAG_INPUT) {
     this->update_reg_(pin, true, MCP23016_IODIR1);
+    if (this->interrupt_pin_ == nullptr) {
+      this->enable_loop();
+    }
   } else if (flags == gpio::FLAG_OUTPUT) {
     this->update_reg_(pin, false, MCP23016_IODIR1);
   }

esphome/components/mcp23016/mcp23016.h

@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ class MCP23016 : public Component, public i2c::I2CDevice, public gpio_expander::
 
   float get_setup_priority() const override;
 
+  void set_interrupt_pin(InternalGPIOPin *pin) { this->interrupt_pin_ = pin; }
+
  protected:
+  static void IRAM_ATTR gpio_intr(MCP23016 *arg);
   // Virtual methods from CachedGpioExpander
   bool digital_read_hw(uint8_t pin) override;
   bool digital_read_cache(uint8_t pin) override;
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ class MCP23016 : public Component, public i2c::I2CDevice, public gpio_expander::
   uint16_t olat_{0x0000};
   // Cache for input values (16-bit combined for both banks)
   uint16_t input_mask_{0x0000};
+  InternalGPIOPin *interrupt_pin_{nullptr};
 };
 
 class MCP23016GPIOPin : public GPIOPin {

esphome/components/pca6416a/__init__.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
     CONF_ID,
     CONF_INPUT,
+    CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN,
     CONF_INVERTED,
     CONF_MODE,
     CONF_NUMBER,
@@ -25,7 +26,12 @@ PCA6416AGPIOPin = pca6416a_ns.class_(
 
 CONF_PCA6416A = "pca6416a"
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
-    cv.Schema({cv.Required(CONF_ID): cv.declare_id(PCA6416AComponent)})
+    cv.Schema(
+        {
+            cv.Required(CONF_ID): cv.declare_id(PCA6416AComponent),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN): pins.internal_gpio_input_pin_schema,
+        }
+    )
     .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
     .extend(i2c.i2c_device_schema(0x21))
 )
@@ -35,6 +41,8 @@ async def to_code(config):
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
     await cg.register_component(var, config)
     await i2c.register_i2c_device(var, config)
+    if interrupt_pin := config.get(CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN):
+        cg.add(var.set_interrupt_pin(await cg.gpio_pin_expression(interrupt_pin)))
 
 
 def validate_mode(value):

esphome/components/pca6416a/pca6416a.cpp

@@ -49,11 +49,22 @@ void PCA6416AComponent::setup() {
 
   ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Initialization complete. Warning: %d, Error: %d", this->status_has_warning(),
            this->status_has_error());
+
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+    this->interrupt_pin_->setup();
+    this->interrupt_pin_->attach_interrupt(&PCA6416AComponent::gpio_intr, this, gpio::INTERRUPT_FALLING_EDGE);
+    this->set_invalidate_on_read_(false);
+  }
+  this->disable_loop();
 }
 
+void IRAM_ATTR PCA6416AComponent::gpio_intr(PCA6416AComponent *arg) { arg->enable_loop_soon_any_context(); }
 void PCA6416AComponent::loop() {
   // Invalidate cache at the start of each loop
   this->reset_pin_cache_();
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+    this->disable_loop();
+  }
 }
 
 void PCA6416AComponent::dump_config() {
@@ -62,6 +73,7 @@ void PCA6416AComponent::dump_config() {
   } else {
     ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "PCA6416A:");
   }
+  LOG_PIN("  Interrupt Pin: ", this->interrupt_pin_);
   LOG_I2C_DEVICE(this)
   if (this->is_failed()) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, ESP_LOG_MSG_COMM_FAIL);
@@ -101,6 +113,9 @@ void PCA6416AComponent::pin_mode(uint8_t pin, gpio::Flags flags) {
       this->update_register_(pin, true, pull_dir);
       this->update_register_(pin, false, pull_en);
     }
+    if (this->interrupt_pin_ == nullptr) {
+      this->enable_loop();
+    }
   } else if (flags == (gpio::FLAG_INPUT | gpio::FLAG_PULLUP)) {
     this->update_register_(pin, true, io_dir);
     if (has_pullup_) {
@@ -109,6 +124,9 @@ void PCA6416AComponent::pin_mode(uint8_t pin, gpio::Flags flags) {
     } else {
       ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Your PCA6416A does not support pull-up resistors");
     }
+    if (this->interrupt_pin_ == nullptr) {
+      this->enable_loop();
+    }
   } else if (flags == gpio::FLAG_OUTPUT) {
     this->update_register_(pin, false, io_dir);
   }

esphome/components/pca6416a/pca6416a.h

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ class PCA6416AComponent : public Component,
 
   void dump_config() override;
 
+  void set_interrupt_pin(InternalGPIOPin *pin) { this->interrupt_pin_ = pin; }
+
  protected:
+  static void IRAM_ATTR gpio_intr(PCA6416AComponent *arg);
   // Virtual methods from CachedGpioExpander
   bool digital_read_hw(uint8_t pin) override;
   bool digital_read_cache(uint8_t pin) override;
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ class PCA6416AComponent : public Component,
   esphome::i2c::ErrorCode last_error_;
   /// Only the PCAL6416A has pull-up resistors
   bool has_pullup_{false};
+  InternalGPIOPin *interrupt_pin_{nullptr};
 };
 
 /// Helper class to expose a PCA6416A pin as an internal input GPIO pin.

esphome/components/safe_mode/safe_mode.cpp

@@ -55,11 +55,13 @@ void SafeModeComponent::dump_config() {
 #if defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_OTA_ROLLBACK)
   const esp_partition_t *last_invalid = esp_ota_get_last_invalid_partition();
   if (last_invalid != nullptr) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "OTA rollback detected! Rolled back from partition '%s'", last_invalid->label);
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "The device reset before the boot was marked successful");
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG,
+             "OTA rollback detected! Rolled back from partition '%s'\n"
+             " The device reset before the boot was marked successful",
+             last_invalid->label);
     if (esp_reset_reason() == ESP_RST_BROWNOUT) {
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Last reset was due to brownout - check your power supply!");
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "See https://esphome.io/guides/faq.html#brownout-detector-was-triggered");
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Last reset was due to brownout - check your power supply!\n"
+                    " See https://esphome.io/guides/faq.html#brownout-detector-was-triggered");
     }
   }
 #endif
@@ -86,7 +88,8 @@ void SafeModeComponent::mark_successful() {
 }
 
 void SafeModeComponent::loop() {
-  if (!this->boot_successful_ && (millis() - this->safe_mode_start_time_) > this->safe_mode_boot_is_good_after_) {
+  if (!this->boot_successful_ &&
+      (App.get_loop_component_start_time() - this->safe_mode_start_time_) > this->safe_mode_boot_is_good_after_) {
     // successful boot, reset counter
     ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Boot seems successful; resetting boot loop counter");
     this->mark_successful();

esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.h

@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ class BSDSocketImpl {
   int setblocking(bool blocking);
   int loop() { return 0; }
 
+  /// Check if the socket has buffered data ready to read.
+  /// See the ready() contract in socket.h — callers must drain or track remaining data.
   bool ready() const;
 
   int get_fd() const { return this->fd_; }

esphome/components/socket/lwip_raw_tcp_impl.h

@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ class LWIPRawImpl : public LWIPRawCommon {
     errno = ENOSYS;
     return -1;
   }
+  // Check if the socket has buffered data ready to read.
+  // See the ready() contract in socket.h — callers must drain or track remaining data.
   // Intentionally unlocked — this is a polling check called every loop iteration.
   // A stale read at worst delays processing by one loop tick; the actual I/O in
   // read() holds the lwip lock and re-checks properly. See esphome#10681.

esphome/components/socket/lwip_sockets_impl.h

@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ class LwIPSocketImpl {
   int setblocking(bool blocking);
   int loop() { return 0; }
 
+  /// Check if the socket has buffered data ready to read.
+  /// See the ready() contract in socket.h — callers must drain or track remaining data.
   bool ready() const;
 
   int get_fd() const { return this->fd_; }

esphome/components/socket/socket.h

@@ -53,6 +53,19 @@ bool socket_ready_fd(int fd, bool loop_monitored);
 
 // Inline ready() — defined here because it depends on socket_ready/socket_ready_fd
 // declared above, while the impl headers are included before those declarations.
+//
+// Contract (applies to ALL socket implementations — each platform implements
+// ready() differently, but this contract holds regardless of the mechanism):
+// ready() checks if the socket has buffered data ready to read. When it returns
+// true, the caller MUST read until it would block (EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCK), or until
+// read() returns 0 to indicate EOF / connection closed, or track that it stopped
+// early and retry without calling ready(). The next call to ready() will only
+// report new data correctly if all callers fulfill this contract. Failing to
+// drain the socket may cause ready() to return false while data remains readable.
+//
+// In practice each socket is owned by a single component, so this contract is
+// straightforward to fulfill — but the owning component must be aware of it,
+// especially if it limits how many messages it processes per loop iteration.
 #if defined(USE_SOCKET_IMPL_BSD_SOCKETS) || defined(USE_SOCKET_IMPL_LWIP_SOCKETS)
 inline bool Socket::ready() const {
 #ifdef USE_LWIP_FAST_SELECT

esphome/components/sx127x/sx127x.cpp

@@ -383,9 +383,14 @@ void SX127x::set_mode_(uint8_t modulation, uint8_t mode) {
     if (millis() - start > 20) {
       ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Set mode failure");
       this->mark_failed();
-      break;
+      return;
     }
   }
+  if (mode == MODE_RX && (modulation == MOD_LORA || this->packet_mode_)) {
+    this->enable_loop();
+  } else {
+    this->disable_loop();
+  }
 }
 
 void SX127x::set_mode_rx() {

esphome/components/tca9555/__init__.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
     CONF_ID,
     CONF_INPUT,
+    CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN,
     CONF_INVERTED,
     CONF_MODE,
     CONF_NUMBER,
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     cv.Schema(
         {
             cv.Required(CONF_ID): cv.declare_id(TCA9555Component),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN): pins.internal_gpio_input_pin_schema,
         }
     )
     .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ async def to_code(config):
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
     await cg.register_component(var, config)
     await i2c.register_i2c_device(var, config)
+    if interrupt_pin := config.get(CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN):
+        cg.add(var.set_interrupt_pin(await cg.gpio_pin_expression(interrupt_pin)))
 
 
 def validate_mode(value):

esphome/components/tca9555/tca9555.cpp

@@ -24,9 +24,18 @@ void TCA9555Component::setup() {
     this->mark_failed();
     return;
   }
+
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+    this->interrupt_pin_->setup();
+    this->interrupt_pin_->attach_interrupt(&TCA9555Component::gpio_intr, this, gpio::INTERRUPT_FALLING_EDGE);
+    this->set_invalidate_on_read_(false);
+  }
+  this->disable_loop();
 }
+void IRAM_ATTR TCA9555Component::gpio_intr(TCA9555Component *arg) { arg->enable_loop_soon_any_context(); }
 void TCA9555Component::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "TCA9555:");
+  LOG_PIN("  Interrupt Pin: ", this->interrupt_pin_);
   LOG_I2C_DEVICE(this)
   if (this->is_failed()) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, ESP_LOG_MSG_COMM_FAIL);
@@ -36,6 +45,9 @@ void TCA9555Component::pin_mode(uint8_t pin, gpio::Flags flags) {
   if (flags == gpio::FLAG_INPUT) {
     // Set mode mask bit
     this->mode_mask_ |= 1 << pin;
+    if (this->interrupt_pin_ == nullptr) {
+      this->enable_loop();
+    }
   } else if (flags == gpio::FLAG_OUTPUT) {
     // Clear mode mask bit
     this->mode_mask_ &= ~(1 << pin);
@@ -43,7 +55,12 @@ void TCA9555Component::pin_mode(uint8_t pin, gpio::Flags flags) {
   // Write GPIO to enable input mode
   this->write_gpio_modes_();
 }
-void TCA9555Component::loop() { this->reset_pin_cache_(); }
+void TCA9555Component::loop() {
+  this->reset_pin_cache_();
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+    this->disable_loop();
+  }
+}
 
 bool TCA9555Component::read_gpio_outputs_() {
   if (this->is_failed())

esphome/components/tca9555/tca9555.h

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ class TCA9555Component : public Component,
 
   void loop() override;
 
+  void set_interrupt_pin(InternalGPIOPin *pin) { this->interrupt_pin_ = pin; }
+
  protected:
+  static void IRAM_ATTR gpio_intr(TCA9555Component *arg);
   bool digital_read_hw(uint8_t pin) override;
   bool digital_read_cache(uint8_t pin) override;
   void digital_write_hw(uint8_t pin, bool value) override;
@@ -39,6 +42,8 @@ class TCA9555Component : public Component,
   bool read_gpio_modes_();
   bool write_gpio_modes_();
   bool read_gpio_outputs_();
+
+  InternalGPIOPin *interrupt_pin_{nullptr};
 };
 
 /// Helper class to expose a TCA9555 pin as an internal input GPIO pin.

esphome/const.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 
 from esphome.enum import StrEnum
 
-__version__ = "2026.4.0b1"
+__version__ = "2026.5.0-dev"
 
 ALLOWED_NAME_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
 VALID_SUBSTITUTIONS_CHARACTERS = (

requirements.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ platformio==6.1.19
 esptool==5.2.0
 click==8.3.2
 esphome-dashboard==20260408.1
-aioesphomeapi==44.12.0
+aioesphomeapi==44.13.1
 zeroconf==0.148.0
 puremagic==1.30
 ruamel.yaml==0.19.1 # dashboard_import

requirements_test.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pylint==4.0.5
 flake8==7.3.0  # also change in .pre-commit-config.yaml when updating
-ruff==0.15.9  # also change in .pre-commit-config.yaml when updating
+ruff==0.15.10  # also change in .pre-commit-config.yaml when updating
 pyupgrade==3.21.2  # also change in .pre-commit-config.yaml when updating
 pre-commit
 

script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py

@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ FILE_HEADER = """// This file was automatically generated with a tool.
 # Maps enum type name (e.g. ".BluetoothDeviceRequestType") to max enum value.
 _enum_max_values: dict[str, int] = {}
 
+# Populated by main() before message generation.
+# Maps message name (e.g. "BluetoothLERawAdvertisement") to its descriptor.
+_message_desc_map: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
 
 def indent_list(text: str, padding: str = "  ") -> list[str]:
     """Indent each line of the given text with the specified padding."""
@@ -427,6 +431,23 @@ class TypeInfo(ABC):
             Estimated size in bytes including field ID and typical data
         """
 
+    def get_max_encoded_size(self) -> int | None:
+        """Get the maximum possible encoded size in bytes for this field.
+
+        Returns the worst-case encoded size including field ID and maximum
+        possible value encoding. Returns None if the size is unbounded
+        (e.g., variable-length strings without max_data_length).
+
+        Used by (inline_encode) validation to ensure sub-messages fit in a
+        single-byte length varint (< 128 bytes).
+        """
+        return None  # Unbounded by default
+
+
+def _varint_max_size(bits: int) -> int:
+    """Return the maximum varint encoding size for a value with the given number of bits."""
+    return (max(bits, 1) + 6) // 7  # ceil(bits / 7), min 1 byte for varint(0)
+
 
 TYPE_INFO: dict[int, TypeInfo] = {}
 
@@ -514,8 +535,30 @@ def register_type(name: int):
     return func
 
 
+class FixedSizeTypeMixin:
+    """Mixin for types with a known fixed encoded size (float, double, fixed32, fixed64)."""
+
+    def get_max_encoded_size(self) -> int:
+        return self.calculate_field_id_size() + self.get_fixed_size_bytes()
+
+
+class VarintTypeMixin:
+    """Mixin for varint types. Subclasses set _varint_max_bits."""
+
+    _varint_max_bits: int = 64  # Default to worst case
+
+    def get_max_encoded_size(self) -> int:
+        max_val = self.max_value
+        if max_val is not None:
+            return self.calculate_field_id_size() + _varint_max_size(
+                max_val.bit_length() if max_val > 0 else 1
+            )
+        return self.calculate_field_id_size() + _varint_max_size(self._varint_max_bits)
+
+
 @register_type(1)
-class DoubleType(TypeInfo):
+class DoubleType(FixedSizeTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
+    # Unsupported but defined for completeness
     cpp_type = "double"
     default_value = "0.0"
     decode_64bit = "value.as_double()"
@@ -541,7 +584,7 @@ class DoubleType(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(2)
-class FloatType(TypeInfo):
+class FloatType(FixedSizeTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "float"
     default_value = "0.0f"
     decode_32bit = "value.as_float()"
@@ -567,8 +610,9 @@ class FloatType(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(3)
-class Int64Type(TypeInfo):
+class Int64Type(VarintTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "int64_t"
+    _varint_max_bits = 64
     default_value = "0"
     decode_varint = "static_cast<int64_t>(value)"
     encode_func = "encode_int64"
@@ -587,8 +631,9 @@ class Int64Type(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(4)
-class UInt64Type(TypeInfo):
+class UInt64Type(VarintTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "uint64_t"
+    _varint_max_bits = 64
     default_value = "0"
     decode_varint = "value"
     encode_func = "encode_uint64"
@@ -607,8 +652,9 @@ class UInt64Type(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(5)
-class Int32Type(TypeInfo):
+class Int32Type(VarintTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "int32_t"
+    _varint_max_bits = 64  # int32 is sign-extended to 64 bits in protobuf
     default_value = "0"
     decode_varint = "static_cast<int32_t>(value)"
     encode_func = "encode_int32"
@@ -627,7 +673,7 @@ class Int32Type(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(6)
-class Fixed64Type(TypeInfo):
+class Fixed64Type(FixedSizeTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "uint64_t"
     default_value = "0"
     decode_64bit = "value.as_fixed64()"
@@ -653,7 +699,7 @@ class Fixed64Type(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(7)
-class Fixed32Type(TypeInfo):
+class Fixed32Type(FixedSizeTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "uint32_t"
     default_value = "0"
     decode_32bit = "value.as_fixed32()"
@@ -689,7 +735,8 @@ class Fixed32Type(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(8)
-class BoolType(TypeInfo):
+class BoolType(VarintTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
+    _varint_max_bits = 1
     cpp_type = "bool"
     default_value = "false"
     decode_varint = "value != 0"
@@ -807,6 +854,16 @@ class StringType(TypeInfo):
     def get_estimated_size(self) -> int:
         return self.calculate_field_id_size() + 8  # field ID + 8 bytes typical string
 
+    def get_max_encoded_size(self) -> int | None:
+        max_len = self.max_data_length
+        if max_len is not None:
+            return (
+                self.calculate_field_id_size()
+                + _varint_max_size(max_len.bit_length())
+                + max_len
+            )
+        return None  # Unbounded
+
 
 @register_type(11)
 class MessageType(TypeInfo):
@@ -1122,6 +1179,16 @@ class PointerToStringBufferType(PointerToBufferTypeBase):
     def get_estimated_size(self) -> int:
         return self.calculate_field_id_size() + 8  # field ID + 8 bytes typical string
 
+    def get_max_encoded_size(self) -> int | None:
+        max_len = self.max_data_length
+        if max_len is not None:
+            return (
+                self.calculate_field_id_size()
+                + _varint_max_size(max_len.bit_length())
+                + max_len
+            )
+        return None
+
 
 class PackedBufferTypeInfo(TypeInfo):
     """Type for packed repeated fields that expose raw buffer instead of decoding.
@@ -1299,14 +1366,23 @@ class FixedArrayBytesType(TypeInfo):
             self.calculate_field_id_size() + 1 + 31
         )  # field ID + length byte + typical 31 bytes
 
+    def get_max_encoded_size(self) -> int:
+        # field_id + varint(array_size) + array_size
+        return (
+            self.calculate_field_id_size()
+            + _varint_max_size(self.array_size.bit_length())
+            + self.array_size
+        )
+
     @property
     def wire_type(self) -> WireType:
         return WireType.LENGTH_DELIMITED
 
 
 @register_type(13)
-class UInt32Type(TypeInfo):
+class UInt32Type(VarintTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "uint32_t"
+    _varint_max_bits = 32
     default_value = "0"
     decode_varint = "value"
     encode_func = "encode_uint32"
@@ -1328,7 +1404,9 @@ class UInt32Type(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(14)
-class EnumType(TypeInfo):
+class EnumType(VarintTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
+    _varint_max_bits = 32
+
     @property
     def cpp_type(self) -> str:
         return f"enums::{self._field.type_name[1:]}"
@@ -1379,7 +1457,7 @@ class EnumType(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(15)
-class SFixed32Type(TypeInfo):
+class SFixed32Type(FixedSizeTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "int32_t"
     default_value = "0"
     decode_32bit = "value.as_sfixed32()"
@@ -1405,7 +1483,7 @@ class SFixed32Type(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(16)
-class SFixed64Type(TypeInfo):
+class SFixed64Type(FixedSizeTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "int64_t"
     default_value = "0"
     decode_64bit = "value.as_sfixed64()"
@@ -1431,8 +1509,9 @@ class SFixed64Type(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(17)
-class SInt32Type(TypeInfo):
+class SInt32Type(VarintTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "int32_t"
+    _varint_max_bits = 32  # zigzag encoding keeps it 32-bit
     default_value = "0"
     decode_varint = "decode_zigzag32(static_cast<uint32_t>(value))"
     encode_func = "encode_sint32"
@@ -1451,8 +1530,9 @@ class SInt32Type(TypeInfo):
 
 
 @register_type(18)
-class SInt64Type(TypeInfo):
+class SInt64Type(VarintTypeMixin, TypeInfo):
     cpp_type = "int64_t"
+    _varint_max_bits = 64
     default_value = "0"
     decode_varint = "decode_zigzag64(value)"
     encode_func = "encode_sint64"
@@ -1500,6 +1580,91 @@ def _generate_array_dump_content(
     return o
 
 
+def _is_inline_encode(sub_msg_name: str) -> bool:
+    """Check if a sub-message type has the (inline_encode) option set."""
+    sub_desc = _message_desc_map.get(sub_msg_name)
+    if not sub_desc:
+        return False
+    inline_opt = getattr(pb, "inline_encode", None)
+    if inline_opt is None:
+        return False
+    return get_opt(sub_desc, inline_opt, False)
+
+
+def _generate_inline_encode_block(
+    field_number: int, sub_msg_name: str, element: str
+) -> str:
+    """Generate inline encode code for a sub-message with (inline_encode) = true.
+
+    Instead of calling encode_sub_message (function pointer indirection),
+    this inlines the sub-message's field encoding directly. Uses 1-byte
+    backpatch for the length (validated to be < 128 at generation time).
+
+    Uses a local reference alias 'sub_msg' to avoid issues with this-> replacement
+    on complex element expressions.
+
+    Args:
+        field_number: The parent field number for this sub-message
+        sub_msg_name: The sub-message type name
+        element: C++ expression for the element (e.g., "it" or "this->field[i]")
+    """
+    sub_desc = _message_desc_map[sub_msg_name]
+    tag = (field_number << 3) | 2  # wire type 2 = LENGTH_DELIMITED
+    assert tag < 128, f"inline_encode requires single-byte tag, got {tag}"
+
+    lines = []
+    lines.append(f"auto &sub_msg = {element};")
+    lines.append(f"ProtoEncode::write_raw_byte(pos, {tag});")
+    lines.append("uint8_t *len_pos = pos;")
+    lines.append("ProtoEncode::reserve_byte(pos);")
+
+    # Generate inline field encoding for each sub-message field
+    for field in sub_desc.field:
+        if field.options.deprecated:
+            continue
+        ti = create_field_type_info(field, needs_decode=False, needs_encode=True)
+        encode_line = ti.encode_content
+        # Replace this-> with sub_msg reference for the sub-message fields
+        encode_line = encode_line.replace("this->", "sub_msg.")
+        lines.extend(wrap_with_ifdef(encode_line, get_field_opt(field, pb.field_ifdef)))
+
+    lines.append("*len_pos = static_cast<uint8_t>(pos - len_pos - 1);")
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def _generate_inline_size_block(
+    field_number: int, sub_msg_name: str, element: str
+) -> str:
+    """Generate inline size calculation for a sub-message with (inline_encode) = true.
+
+    Uses a local reference alias 'sub_msg' to avoid issues with this-> replacement
+    on complex element expressions like 'this->advertisements[i]'.
+
+    Args:
+        field_number: The parent field number for this sub-message
+        sub_msg_name: The sub-message type name
+        element: C++ expression for the element
+    """
+    sub_desc = _message_desc_map[sub_msg_name]
+
+    lines = []
+    lines.append(f"auto &sub_msg = {element};")
+    # 1 byte tag + 1 byte length (guaranteed < 128 by validation)
+    lines.append("size += 2;")
+
+    for field in sub_desc.field:
+        if field.options.deprecated:
+            continue
+        ti = create_field_type_info(field, needs_decode=False, needs_encode=True)
+        force = get_field_opt(field, pb.force, False)
+        size_line = ti.get_size_calculation(f"sub_msg.{ti.field_name}", force)
+        # Replace hardcoded this-> references (e.g., FixedArrayBytesType uses this->field_len)
+        size_line = size_line.replace("this->", "sub_msg.")
+        lines.extend(wrap_with_ifdef(size_line, get_field_opt(field, pb.field_ifdef)))
+
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
 class FixedArrayRepeatedType(TypeInfo):
     """Special type for fixed-size repeated fields using std::array.
 
@@ -1526,6 +1691,10 @@ class FixedArrayRepeatedType(TypeInfo):
             return f"ProtoEncode::{self._ti.encode_func}(pos, {self.number}, static_cast<uint32_t>({element}), true);"
         # Repeated message elements use encode_sub_message (force=true is default)
         if isinstance(self._ti, MessageType):
+            if _is_inline_encode(self._ti.cpp_type):
+                return _generate_inline_encode_block(
+                    self.number, self._ti.cpp_type, element
+                )
             return f"ProtoEncode::encode_sub_message(pos, buffer, {self.number}, {element});"
         return (
             f"ProtoEncode::{self._ti.encode_func}(pos, {self.number}, {element}, true);"
@@ -1633,8 +1802,19 @@ class FixedArrayRepeatedType(TypeInfo):
             ]
             return f"if ({non_zero_checks}) {{\n" + "\n".join(size_lines) + "\n}"
 
+        is_inline = isinstance(self._ti, MessageType) and _is_inline_encode(
+            self._ti.cpp_type
+        )
+
         # When using a define, always use loop-based approach
         if self.is_define:
+            if is_inline:
+                o = f"for (const auto &it : {name}) {{\n"
+                o += indent(
+                    _generate_inline_size_block(self.number, self._ti.cpp_type, "it")
+                )
+                o += "\n}"
+                return o
             o = f"for (const auto &it : {name}) {{\n"
             o += f"  {self._ti.get_size_calculation('it', True)}\n"
             o += "}"
@@ -1642,6 +1822,14 @@ class FixedArrayRepeatedType(TypeInfo):
 
         # For fixed arrays, we always encode all elements
 
+        if is_inline:
+            o = f"for (const auto &it : {name}) {{\n"
+            o += indent(
+                _generate_inline_size_block(self.number, self._ti.cpp_type, "it")
+            )
+            o += "\n}"
+            return o
+
         # Special case for single-element arrays - no loop needed
         if self.array_size == 1:
             return self._ti.get_size_calculation(f"{name}[0]", True)
@@ -1714,6 +1902,15 @@ class FixedArrayWithLengthRepeatedType(FixedArrayRepeatedType):
 
     def get_size_calculation(self, name: str, force: bool = False) -> str:
         # Calculate size only for active elements
+        if isinstance(self._ti, MessageType) and _is_inline_encode(self._ti.cpp_type):
+            o = f"for (uint16_t i = 0; i < {name}_len; i++) {{\n"
+            o += indent(
+                _generate_inline_size_block(
+                    self.number, self._ti.cpp_type, f"{name}[i]"
+                )
+            )
+            o += "\n}"
+            return o
         o = f"for (uint16_t i = 0; i < {name}_len; i++) {{\n"
         o += f"  {self._ti.get_size_calculation(f'{name}[i]', True)}\n"
         o += "}"
@@ -2222,6 +2419,28 @@ def calculate_message_estimated_size(desc: descriptor.DescriptorProto) -> int:
     return total_size
 
 
+def calculate_message_max_size(desc: descriptor.DescriptorProto) -> int | None:
+    """Calculate the maximum possible encoded size for a message.
+
+    Returns None if any field has unbounded size (e.g., variable-length strings).
+    Used to validate that (inline_encode) messages fit in a single-byte length varint.
+    """
+    total_size = 0
+
+    for field in desc.field:
+        if field.options.deprecated:
+            continue
+
+        ti = create_field_type_info(field, needs_decode=False, needs_encode=True)
+        max_size = ti.get_max_encoded_size()
+        if max_size is None:
+            return None
+
+        total_size += max_size
+
+    return total_size
+
+
 def build_message_type(
     desc: descriptor.DescriptorProto,
     base_class_fields: dict[str, list[descriptor.FieldDescriptorProto]],
@@ -2451,11 +2670,23 @@ def build_message_type(
         prot = "void decode(const uint8_t *buffer, size_t length);"
         public_content.append(prot)
 
+    # Check if this message uses inline_encode — if so, skip generating standalone
+    # encode/calculate_size methods since the encoding is inlined into the parent.
+    inline_opt = getattr(pb, "inline_encode", None)
+    is_inline_only = (
+        message_id is None  # Not a service message (no id)
+        and inline_opt is not None
+        and get_opt(desc, inline_opt, False)
+    )
+
     # Only generate encode method if this message needs encoding and has fields
-    if needs_encode and encode:
+    if needs_encode and encode and not is_inline_only:
         # Add PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG after pos in all proto_* calls
         encode_debug = [
-            line.replace("(pos,", "(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG,") for line in encode
+            line.replace("(pos,", "(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG,").replace(
+                "(pos)", "(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG)"
+            )
+            for line in encode
         ]
         o = f"uint8_t *{desc.name}::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {{\n"
         o += "  uint8_t *__restrict__ pos = buffer.get_pos();\n"
@@ -2470,7 +2701,7 @@ def build_message_type(
     # If no fields to encode or message doesn't need encoding, the default implementation in ProtoMessage will be used
 
     # Add calculate_size method only if this message needs encoding and has fields
-    if needs_encode and size_calc:
+    if needs_encode and size_calc and not is_inline_only:
         o = f"uint32_t {desc.name}::calculate_size() const {{\n"
         o += "  uint32_t size = 0;\n"
         o += indent("\n".join(size_calc)) + "\n"
@@ -2830,6 +3061,32 @@ def main() -> None:
         if not enum.options.deprecated and enum.value:
             _enum_max_values[f".{enum.name}"] = max(v.number for v in enum.value)
 
+    # Build message descriptor map for inline_encode lookups
+    mt = file.message_type
+    _message_desc_map.update({m.name: m for m in mt if not m.options.deprecated})
+
+    # Validate inline_encode messages fit in single-byte length varint
+    inline_encode_opt = getattr(pb, "inline_encode", None)
+    if inline_encode_opt is not None:
+        for m in mt:
+            if m.options.deprecated:
+                continue
+            if not get_opt(m, inline_encode_opt, False):
+                continue
+            max_size = calculate_message_max_size(m)
+            if max_size is None:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Message '{m.name}' has (inline_encode) = true but contains "
+                    f"fields with unbounded size. Inline encoding requires all "
+                    f"fields to have bounded maximum size."
+                )
+            if max_size >= 128:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Message '{m.name}' has (inline_encode) = true but max "
+                    f"encoded size is {max_size} bytes (>= 128). Inline encoding "
+                    f"requires sub-messages that fit in a single-byte length varint."
+                )
+
     # Build dynamic ifdef mappings early so we can emit USE_API_VARINT64 before includes
     enum_ifdef_map, message_ifdef_map, message_source_map, used_messages = (
         build_type_usage_map(file)
@@ -3048,8 +3305,6 @@ static void dump_bytes_field(DumpBuffer &out, const char *field_name, const uint
 
     content += "\n}  // namespace enums\n\n"
 
-    mt = file.message_type
-
     # Identify empty SOURCE_CLIENT messages that don't need class generation
     for m in mt:
         if m.options.deprecated:

tests/benchmarks/core/bench_helpers.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ namespace esphome::benchmarks {
 static constexpr int kInnerIterations = 2000;
 
 // --- random_float() ---
-// Ported from ol.yaml:148 "Random Float Benchmark"
 
 static void RandomFloat(benchmark::State &state) {
   for (auto _ : state) {
@@ -38,4 +37,274 @@ static void RandomUint32(benchmark::State &state) {
 }
 BENCHMARK(RandomUint32);
 
+// --- format_hex_to() - 6 bytes (MAC address sized) ---
+
+static void FormatHexTo_6Bytes(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const uint8_t data[] = {0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF, 0x01, 0x23, 0x45};
+  char buffer[13];  // 6 * 2 + 1
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      format_hex_to(buffer, data, 6);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(buffer);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(FormatHexTo_6Bytes);
+
+// --- format_hex_to() - 16 bytes (UUID sized) ---
+
+static void FormatHexTo_16Bytes(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const uint8_t data[] = {0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF, 0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89,
+                          0xFE, 0xDC, 0xBA, 0x98, 0x76, 0x54, 0x32, 0x10};
+  char buffer[33];  // 16 * 2 + 1
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      format_hex_to(buffer, data, 16);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(buffer);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(FormatHexTo_16Bytes);
+
+// --- format_hex_to() - 100 bytes (large payload) ---
+
+static void FormatHexTo_100Bytes(benchmark::State &state) {
+  uint8_t data[100];
+  for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+    data[i] = static_cast<uint8_t>(i);
+  }
+  char buffer[201];  // 100 * 2 + 1
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      format_hex_to(buffer, data, 100);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(buffer);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(FormatHexTo_100Bytes);
+
+// --- format_hex_pretty_to() - 6 bytes with ':' separator ---
+
+static void FormatHexPrettyTo_6Bytes(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const uint8_t data[] = {0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF, 0x01, 0x23, 0x45};
+  char buffer[18];  // 6 * 3
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      format_hex_pretty_to(buffer, data, 6);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(buffer);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(FormatHexPrettyTo_6Bytes);
+
+// --- format_mac_addr_upper() ---
+
+static void FormatMacAddrUpper(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const uint8_t mac[] = {0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDD, 0xEE, 0xFF};
+  char buffer[MAC_ADDRESS_PRETTY_BUFFER_SIZE];
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      format_mac_addr_upper(mac, buffer);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(buffer);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(FormatMacAddrUpper);
+
+// --- fnv1_hash() - short string ---
+
+static void Fnv1Hash_Short(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const char *str = "sensor.temperature";
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    uint32_t result = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      result ^= fnv1_hash(str);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(result);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(Fnv1Hash_Short);
+
+// --- fnv1_hash() - long string ---
+
+static void Fnv1Hash_Long(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const char *str = "binary_sensor.living_room_motion_sensor_occupancy_detected";
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    uint32_t result = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      result ^= fnv1_hash(str);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(result);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(Fnv1Hash_Long);
+
+// --- fnv1a_hash() - short string ---
+// Use DoNotOptimize on the input pointer to prevent constexpr evaluation
+
+static void Fnv1aHash_Short(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const char *str = "sensor.temperature";
+  benchmark::DoNotOptimize(str);
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    uint32_t result = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      result ^= fnv1a_hash(str);
+      benchmark::ClobberMemory();
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(result);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(Fnv1aHash_Short);
+
+// --- fnv1a_hash() - long string ---
+
+static void Fnv1aHash_Long(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const char *str = "binary_sensor.living_room_motion_sensor_occupancy_detected";
+  benchmark::DoNotOptimize(str);
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    uint32_t result = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      result ^= fnv1a_hash(str);
+      benchmark::ClobberMemory();
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(result);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(Fnv1aHash_Long);
+
+// --- fnv1_hash_object_id() - typical entity name ---
+
+static void Fnv1HashObjectId(benchmark::State &state) {
+  char name[] = "Living Room Temperature Sensor";
+  size_t len = sizeof(name) - 1;
+  benchmark::DoNotOptimize(name);
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    uint32_t result = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      result ^= fnv1_hash_object_id(name, len);
+      benchmark::ClobberMemory();
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(result);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(Fnv1HashObjectId);
+
+// --- parse_hex() - 6 bytes from string ---
+
+static void ParseHex_6Bytes(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const char *hex_str = "ABCDEF012345";
+  uint8_t data[6];
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      parse_hex(hex_str, data, 6);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(data);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(ParseHex_6Bytes);
+
+// --- parse_hex() - 16 bytes from string ---
+
+static void ParseHex_16Bytes(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const char *hex_str = "ABCDEF0123456789FEDCBA9876543210";
+  uint8_t data[16];
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      parse_hex(hex_str, data, 16);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(data);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(ParseHex_16Bytes);
+
+// --- crc8() - 8 bytes ---
+
+static void CRC8_8Bytes(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const uint8_t data[] = {0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08};
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    uint8_t result = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      result ^= crc8(data, 8);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(result);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(CRC8_8Bytes);
+
+// --- crc16() - 8 bytes ---
+
+static void CRC16_8Bytes(benchmark::State &state) {
+  const uint8_t data[] = {0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08};
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    uint16_t result = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      result ^= crc16(data, 8);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(result);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(CRC16_8Bytes);
+
+// --- value_accuracy_to_buf() - typical sensor value ---
+
+static void ValueAccuracyToBuf(benchmark::State &state) {
+  char raw_buf[VALUE_ACCURACY_MAX_LEN] = {};
+  std::span<char, VALUE_ACCURACY_MAX_LEN> buf(raw_buf);
+  float value = 23.456f;
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      value_accuracy_to_buf(buf, value, 2);
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(raw_buf);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(ValueAccuracyToBuf);
+
+// --- int8_to_str() ---
+
+static void Int8ToStr(benchmark::State &state) {
+  char buffer[5] = {};
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      int8_to_str(buffer, static_cast<int8_t>(i & 0xFF));
+      benchmark::DoNotOptimize(buffer);
+      benchmark::ClobberMemory();
+    }
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(Int8ToStr);
+
+// --- base64_decode() - into pre-allocated buffer ---
+
+static void Base64Decode_32Bytes(benchmark::State &state) {
+  // 32 bytes encoded = 44 base64 chars
+  const uint8_t encoded[] = "AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODxAREhMUFRYXGBkaGx0eHw==";
+  size_t encoded_len = 44;
+  uint8_t output[32];
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
+      base64_decode(encoded, encoded_len, output, sizeof(output));
+    }
+    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(output);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * kInnerIterations);
+}
+BENCHMARK(Base64Decode_32Bytes);
+
 }  // namespace esphome::benchmarks

tests/components/mcp23016/common.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 mcp23016:
-  i2c_id: i2c_bus
-  id: mcp23016_hub
+  - i2c_id: i2c_bus
+    id: mcp23016_hub
+  - i2c_id: i2c_bus
+    id: mcp23016_hub_int
+    address: 0x21
+    interrupt_pin: ${interrupt_pin}
 
 binary_sensor:
   - platform: gpio

tests/components/mcp23016/test.esp32-idf.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+substitutions:
+  interrupt_pin: GPIO15
+
 packages:
   i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/esp32-idf.yaml
 

tests/components/mcp23016/test.esp8266-ard.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+substitutions:
+  interrupt_pin: GPIO15
+
 packages:
   i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/esp8266-ard.yaml
 

tests/components/mcp23016/test.rp2040-ard.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+substitutions:
+  interrupt_pin: GPIO2
+
 packages:
   i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/rp2040-ard.yaml
 

tests/components/pca6416a/common.yaml

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ pca6416a:
   - id: pca6416a_hub
     i2c_id: i2c_bus
     address: 0x21
+  - id: pca6416a_hub_int
+    i2c_id: i2c_bus
+    address: 0x22
+    interrupt_pin: ${interrupt_pin}
 
 binary_sensor:
   - platform: gpio

tests/components/pca6416a/test.esp32-idf.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+substitutions:
+  interrupt_pin: GPIO15
+
 packages:
   i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/esp32-idf.yaml
 

tests/components/pca6416a/test.esp8266-ard.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+substitutions:
+  interrupt_pin: GPIO15
+
 packages:
   i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/esp8266-ard.yaml
 

tests/components/pca6416a/test.rp2040-ard.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+substitutions:
+  interrupt_pin: GPIO2
+
 packages:
   i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/rp2040-ard.yaml
 

tests/components/tca9555/common.yaml

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ tca9555:
   - id: tca9555_hub
     i2c_id: i2c_bus
     address: 0x21
+  - id: tca9555_hub_int
+    i2c_id: i2c_bus
+    address: 0x22
+    interrupt_pin: ${interrupt_pin}
 
 binary_sensor:
   - platform: gpio

tests/components/tca9555/test.esp32-idf.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+substitutions:
+  interrupt_pin: GPIO15
+
 packages:
   i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/esp32-idf.yaml
 

tests/components/tca9555/test.esp8266-ard.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+substitutions:
+  interrupt_pin: GPIO15
+
 packages:
   i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/esp8266-ard.yaml
 

tests/components/tca9555/test.rp2040-ard.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+substitutions:
+  interrupt_pin: GPIO2
+
 packages:
   i2c: !include ../../test_build_components/common/i2c/rp2040-ard.yaml