Merge pull request #16240 from esphome/bump-2026.4.4

2026.4.4

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         = 2026.4.1
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2026.4.4
 
 # 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/automation.py

@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ async def component_resume_action_to_code(
     comp = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, comp)
     if CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL in config:
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL], args, int)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL], args, cg.uint32)
         cg.add(var.set_update_interval(template_))
     return var
 

esphome/components/animation/animation.cpp

@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ void Animation::set_frame(int frame) {
 }
 
 void Animation::update_data_start_() {
-  const uint32_t image_size = this->get_width_stride() * this->height_;
+  uint32_t image_size = this->get_width_stride() * this->height_;
+  // RGB565 with an alpha channel stores the alpha plane immediately after the RGB
+  // plane within each frame, so the per-frame stride includes the alpha bytes.
+  if (this->type_ == image::IMAGE_TYPE_RGB565 && this->transparency_ == image::TRANSPARENCY_ALPHA_CHANNEL) {
+    image_size += static_cast<uint32_t>(this->width_) * this->height_;
+  }
   this->data_start_ = this->animation_data_start_ + image_size * this->current_frame_;
 }
 

esphome/components/api/__init__.py

@@ -72,17 +72,35 @@ APIUnregisterServiceCallAction = api_ns.class_(
 
 UserServiceTrigger = api_ns.class_("UserServiceTrigger", automation.Trigger)
 ListEntitiesServicesArgument = api_ns.class_("ListEntitiesServicesArgument")
-SERVICE_ARG_NATIVE_TYPES: dict[str, MockObj] = {
+# Owning element type for each YAML service variable type.  Used to derive both
+# the zero-copy native types and the owning fallback types below.
+_SERVICE_ARG_SCALAR_TYPES: dict[str, MockObj] = {
     "bool": cg.bool_,
     "int": cg.int32,
     "float": cg.float_,
+    "string": cg.std_string,
+}
+SERVICE_ARG_NATIVE_TYPES: dict[str, MockObj] = {
+    # Scalars are passed by value; string uses a non-owning view into rx_buf_.
+    **_SERVICE_ARG_SCALAR_TYPES,
     "string": cg.StringRef,
-    "bool[]": cg.FixedVector.template(cg.bool_).operator("const").operator("ref"),
-    "int[]": cg.FixedVector.template(cg.int32).operator("const").operator("ref"),
-    "float[]": cg.FixedVector.template(cg.float_).operator("const").operator("ref"),
-    "string[]": cg.FixedVector.template(cg.std_string)
-    .operator("const")
-    .operator("ref"),
+    # Arrays are passed as non-owning const references into rx_buf_.
+    **{
+        f"{name}[]": cg.FixedVector.template(t).operator("const").operator("ref")
+        for name, t in _SERVICE_ARG_SCALAR_TYPES.items()
+    },
+}
+# Owning fallback types used when the action chain contains non-synchronous actions
+# (delay, wait_until, script.wait, etc.).  The default non-owning types reference
+# storage in the receive buffer, which is reused once the synchronous portion of
+# the chain returns.  FixedVector is also non-copyable, so the deferred lambda
+# capture in DelayAction::play_complex would fail to compile.
+SERVICE_ARG_FALLBACK_TYPES: dict[str, MockObj] = {
+    "string": cg.std_string,
+    **{
+        f"{name}[]": cg.std_vector.template(t)
+        for name, t in _SERVICE_ARG_SCALAR_TYPES.items()
+    },
 }
 CONF_ENCRYPTION = "encryption"
 CONF_BATCH_DELAY = "batch_delay"
@@ -382,17 +400,20 @@ async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
                     func_args.append((cg.bool_, "return_response"))
 
             # Check if action chain has non-synchronous actions that would make
-            # non-owning StringRef dangle (rx_buf_ reused after delay)
+            # non-owning args (StringRef, const FixedVector&) dangle once the
+            # rx_buf_ is reused after a delay/wait_until/script.wait/etc.  The
+            # FixedVector references would also fail to compile because they
+            # are non-copyable and DelayAction captures args by value.
             has_non_synchronous = automation.has_non_synchronous_actions(
                 conf.get(CONF_THEN, [])
             )
 
             service_arg_names: list[str] = []
             for name, var_ in conf[CONF_VARIABLES].items():
-                native = SERVICE_ARG_NATIVE_TYPES[var_]
-                # Fall back to std::string for string args if non-synchronous actions exist
-                if has_non_synchronous and native is cg.StringRef:
-                    native = cg.std_string
+                if has_non_synchronous and var_ in SERVICE_ARG_FALLBACK_TYPES:
+                    native = SERVICE_ARG_FALLBACK_TYPES[var_]
+                else:
+                    native = SERVICE_ARG_NATIVE_TYPES[var_]
                 service_template_args.append(native)
                 func_args.append((native, name))
                 service_arg_names.append(name)

esphome/components/api/client.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import contextlib
 from esphome.const import CONF_KEY, CONF_PORT, __version__
 from esphome.core import CORE
 from esphome.platformio_api import process_stacktrace
+from esphome.util import safe_print
 
 from . import CONF_ENCRYPTION
 
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ async def async_run_logs(
         noise_psk=noise_psk,
         addresses=addresses,  # Pass all addresses for automatic retry
     )
-    dashboard = CORE.dashboard
     backtrace_state = False
 
     # Try platform-specific stacktrace handler first, fall back to generic
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ async def async_run_logs(
             f"[{time_.hour:02}:{time_.minute:02}:{time_.second:02}.{nanoseconds:03}]"
         )
         for parsed_msg in parse_log_message(text, timestamp):
-            print(parsed_msg.replace("\033", "\\033") if dashboard else parsed_msg)
+            # safe_print handles the dashboard \033 escaping and falls back
+            # to backslashreplace encoding on stdouts that can't represent
+            # the wifi signal-bar block characters (Windows redirected
+            # cp1252 pipe).
+            safe_print(parsed_msg)
         for raw_line in text.splitlines():
             if platform_process_stacktrace:
                 backtrace_state = platform_process_stacktrace(

esphome/components/at581x/__init__.py

@@ -183,19 +183,19 @@ async def at581x_settings_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
         cg.add(var.set_sensing_distance(template_))
 
     if selfcheck := config.get(CONF_POWERON_SELFCHECK_TIME):
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(selfcheck, args, cg.int32)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(selfcheck, args, cg.int_)
         cg.add(var.set_poweron_selfcheck_time(template_))
 
     if protect := config.get(CONF_PROTECT_TIME):
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(protect, args, cg.int32)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(protect, args, cg.int_)
         cg.add(var.set_protect_time(template_))
 
     if trig_base := config.get(CONF_TRIGGER_BASE):
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(trig_base, args, cg.int32)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(trig_base, args, cg.int_)
         cg.add(var.set_trigger_base(template_))
 
     if trig_keep := config.get(CONF_TRIGGER_KEEP):
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(trig_keep, args, cg.int32)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(trig_keep, args, cg.int_)
         cg.add(var.set_trigger_keep(template_))
 
     if (stage_gain := config.get(CONF_STAGE_GAIN)) is not None:

esphome/components/deep_sleep/__init__.py

@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ async def deep_sleep_enter_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     paren = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, paren)
     if CONF_SLEEP_DURATION in config:
-        template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_SLEEP_DURATION], args, cg.int32)
+        template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_SLEEP_DURATION], args, cg.uint32)
         cg.add(var.set_sleep_duration(template_))
 
     if CONF_UNTIL in config:

esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py

@@ -128,23 +128,30 @@ ASSERTION_LEVELS = {
 SIGNING_SCHEMES = {
     "rsa3072": "CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_RSA_SCHEME",
     "ecdsa256": "CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_ECDSA_V2_SCHEME",
+    "ecdsa_v1": "CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_ECDSA_SCHEME",
 }
 
-# Chip variants that only support one signing scheme for Secure Boot V2.
+# Chip variants that only support one V2 signing scheme.
 # Based on SOC_SECURE_BOOT_V2_RSA / SOC_SECURE_BOOT_V2_ECC in soc_caps.h.
-# Variants not listed in either set support both RSA and ECDSA
+# Variants not listed in either set support both RSA and ECDSA V2
 # (e.g. C5, C6, H2, P4). New variants should be added to the
 # appropriate set if they only support one scheme.
-SIGNED_OTA_RSA_ONLY_VARIANTS = {
-    VARIANT_ESP32,
+# Note: VARIANT_ESP32 is not listed here because it supports V2 RSA only
+# when minimum_chip_revision >= 3.0, which requires special handling.
+SIGNED_OTA_V2_RSA_ONLY_VARIANTS = {
     VARIANT_ESP32S2,
     VARIANT_ESP32S3,
     VARIANT_ESP32C3,
 }
-SIGNED_OTA_ECC_ONLY_VARIANTS = {
+SIGNED_OTA_V2_ECC_ONLY_VARIANTS = {
     VARIANT_ESP32C2,
     VARIANT_ESP32C61,
 }
+# V1 ECDSA (Secure Boot V1) is only supported on the original ESP32.
+# Based on SOC_SECURE_BOOT_V1 in soc_caps.h.
+SIGNED_OTA_V1_ECDSA_VARIANTS = {
+    VARIANT_ESP32,
+}
 
 COMPILER_OPTIMIZATIONS = {
     "DEBUG": "CONFIG_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_DEBUG",
@@ -991,25 +998,73 @@ def final_validate(config):
     if signed_ota := advanced.get(CONF_SIGNED_OTA_VERIFICATION):
         scheme = signed_ota[CONF_SIGNING_SCHEME]
         variant = config[CONF_VARIANT]
-        scheme_variant_conflicts = {
-            "ecdsa256": (SIGNED_OTA_RSA_ONLY_VARIANTS, "rsa3072"),
-            "rsa3072": (SIGNED_OTA_ECC_ONLY_VARIANTS, "ecdsa256"),
-        }
-        if (conflict := scheme_variant_conflicts.get(scheme)) and variant in conflict[
-            0
-        ]:
+        min_rev = advanced.get(CONF_MINIMUM_CHIP_REVISION)
+        scheme_path = [
+            CONF_FRAMEWORK,
+            CONF_ADVANCED,
+            CONF_SIGNED_OTA_VERIFICATION,
+            CONF_SIGNING_SCHEME,
+        ]
+
+        # V1 ECDSA is only available on the original ESP32
+        if scheme == "ecdsa_v1" and variant not in SIGNED_OTA_V1_ECDSA_VARIANTS:
             errs.append(
                 cv.Invalid(
-                    f"Signing scheme '{scheme}' is not supported on "
-                    f"{VARIANT_FRIENDLY[variant]}. Use '{conflict[1]}' instead.",
-                    path=[
-                        CONF_FRAMEWORK,
-                        CONF_ADVANCED,
-                        CONF_SIGNED_OTA_VERIFICATION,
-                        CONF_SIGNING_SCHEME,
-                    ],
+                    f"Signing scheme 'ecdsa_v1' is only supported on "
+                    f"{VARIANT_FRIENDLY[VARIANT_ESP32]}. "
+                    f"Use 'rsa3072' or 'ecdsa256' instead.",
+                    path=scheme_path,
                 )
             )
+        elif variant == VARIANT_ESP32:
+            # On ESP32, V2 RSA requires minimum_chip_revision >= 3.0
+            # Note: string comparison works here because cv.one_of constrains
+            # min_rev to known ESP32_CHIP_REVISIONS values ("0.0".."3.1").
+            if scheme == "rsa3072" and (min_rev is None or min_rev < "3.0"):
+                errs.append(
+                    cv.Invalid(
+                        f"Signing scheme 'rsa3072' on {VARIANT_FRIENDLY[variant]} "
+                        f"requires minimum_chip_revision: '3.0' or higher "
+                        f"(Secure Boot V2 RSA needs chip revision 3.0+). "
+                        f"For older chip revisions, use 'ecdsa_v1' instead.",
+                        path=scheme_path,
+                    )
+                )
+            # ESP32 does not support V2 ECDSA (no SOC_SECURE_BOOT_V2_ECC)
+            elif scheme == "ecdsa256":
+                errs.append(
+                    cv.Invalid(
+                        f"Signing scheme 'ecdsa256' is not supported on "
+                        f"{VARIANT_FRIENDLY[variant]}. Use 'rsa3072' (with "
+                        f"minimum_chip_revision: '3.0') or 'ecdsa_v1' instead.",
+                        path=scheme_path,
+                    )
+                )
+            # V1 on rev 3.0+ -- suggest V2 RSA for stronger security
+            elif scheme == "ecdsa_v1" and min_rev is not None and min_rev >= "3.0":
+                _LOGGER.info(
+                    "Using Secure Boot V1 ECDSA on %s rev %s. "
+                    "Consider using 'rsa3072' (Secure Boot V2 RSA) for "
+                    "stronger security on chip revision 3.0+.",
+                    VARIANT_FRIENDLY[variant],
+                    min_rev,
+                )
+        else:
+            # Non-ESP32 variants: check V2 scheme-variant compatibility
+            scheme_variant_conflicts = {
+                "ecdsa256": (SIGNED_OTA_V2_RSA_ONLY_VARIANTS, "rsa3072"),
+                "rsa3072": (SIGNED_OTA_V2_ECC_ONLY_VARIANTS, "ecdsa256"),
+            }
+            if (
+                conflict := scheme_variant_conflicts.get(scheme)
+            ) and variant in conflict[0]:
+                errs.append(
+                    cv.Invalid(
+                        f"Signing scheme '{scheme}' is not supported on "
+                        f"{VARIANT_FRIENDLY[variant]}. Use '{conflict[1]}' instead.",
+                        path=scheme_path,
+                    )
+                )
         if CONF_OTA not in full_config:
             _LOGGER.warning(
                 "Signed OTA verification is enabled but no OTA component is configured. "
@@ -1685,7 +1740,17 @@ async def to_code(config):
 
         # Wrap FILE*-based printf functions to eliminate newlib's _vfprintf_r
         # (~11 KB). See printf_stubs.cpp for implementation.
-        if conf[CONF_ADVANCED][CONF_ENABLE_FULL_PRINTF]:
+        #
+        # The wrap is only beneficial against newlib. Picolibc's tinystdio
+        # implements vsnprintf by building a string-output FILE and calling
+        # vfprintf, so vfprintf is unconditionally linked in by any caller
+        # of snprintf/vsnprintf — effectively every build — and the wrap
+        # saves nothing while costing ~170 B of shim. IDF 5.x defaults to
+        # newlib on every variant; IDF 6.0+ switches to picolibc on every
+        # variant.
+        if conf[CONF_ADVANCED][CONF_ENABLE_FULL_PRINTF] or idf_version() >= cv.Version(
+            6, 0, 0
+        ):
             cg.add_define("USE_FULL_PRINTF")
         else:
             for symbol in ("vprintf", "printf", "fprintf", "vfprintf"):

esphome/components/esp32/post_build.py.script

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import json  # noqa: E402
 import os  # noqa: E402
 import pathlib  # noqa: E402
 import shutil  # noqa: E402
+import subprocess  # noqa: E402
 from glob import glob  # noqa: E402
 
 
@@ -25,6 +26,114 @@ def _parse_sdkconfig(sdkconfig_path):
     return options
 
 
+def _generate_v1_verification_key(env):
+    """Generate the V1 ECDSA verification key binary and assembly source file.
+
+    Secure Boot V1 embeds the public verification key directly in the app binary
+    as a compiled object (via a .S assembly file). The ESP-IDF CMake build generates
+    these files via custom commands, but PlatformIO's SCons bridge does not execute
+    them. This function replicates that logic:
+      1. Extracts the raw public key from the PEM signing key using espsecure.
+      2. Generates the .S assembly source that embeds the key bytes.
+    """
+    build_dir = pathlib.Path(env.subst("$BUILD_DIR"))
+    project_dir = pathlib.Path(env.subst("$PROJECT_DIR"))
+    pioenv = env.subst("$PIOENV")
+    sdkconfig = _parse_sdkconfig(project_dir / f"sdkconfig.{pioenv}")
+
+    if sdkconfig.get("CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_ECDSA_SCHEME") != "y":
+        return
+
+    bin_path = build_dir / "signature_verification_key.bin"
+    asm_path = build_dir / "signature_verification_key.bin.S"
+
+    # Determine the source of the verification key
+    if sdkconfig.get("CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_BUILD_SIGNED_BINARIES") == "y":
+        # Extract public key from the signing key
+        signing_key = sdkconfig.get("CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_SIGNING_KEY")
+        if not signing_key:
+            return
+        signing_key_path = pathlib.Path(signing_key)
+        if not signing_key_path.exists():
+            print(f"Error: V1 ECDSA signing key not found: {signing_key_path}")
+            env.Exit(1)
+            return
+
+        if not bin_path.exists() or bin_path.stat().st_mtime < signing_key_path.stat().st_mtime:
+            python_exe = env.subst("$PYTHONEXE")
+            result = subprocess.run(
+                [python_exe, "-m", "espsecure", "extract_public_key",
+                 "--keyfile", str(signing_key_path), str(bin_path)],
+                capture_output=True, text=True,
+            )
+            if result.returncode != 0:
+                print(f"Error extracting V1 verification key: {result.stderr}")
+                env.Exit(1)
+                return
+            print(f"Extracted V1 ECDSA verification key from {signing_key_path.name}")
+    else:
+        # User-provided verification key -- should already be a raw binary file
+        verification_key = sdkconfig.get("CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_VERIFICATION_KEY")
+        if not verification_key:
+            return
+        verification_key_path = pathlib.Path(verification_key)
+        if not verification_key_path.exists():
+            print(f"Error: Verification key not found: {verification_key_path}")
+            env.Exit(1)
+            return
+        shutil.copyfile(str(verification_key_path), str(bin_path))
+
+    if not bin_path.exists():
+        return
+
+    # Generate the .S assembly file from the binary key data.
+    # Replicates ESP-IDF's data_file_embed_asm.cmake with RENAME_TO=signature_verification_key_bin.
+    # The file is needed in both the app build dir and the bootloader build dir, since
+    # the bootloader also embeds the verification key when CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_ON_BOOT_NO_SECURE_BOOT
+    # is enabled. PlatformIO's SCons bridge does not execute the CMake custom commands that
+    # normally generate these files.
+    data = bin_path.read_bytes()
+    varname = "signature_verification_key_bin"
+
+    lines = []
+    lines.append(f"/* Data converted from {bin_path.name} */")
+    lines.append(".data")
+    lines.append("#if !defined (__APPLE__) && !defined (__linux__)")
+    lines.append(".section .rodata.embedded")
+    lines.append("#endif")
+    lines.append(f"\n.global {varname}")
+    lines.append(f"{varname}:")
+    lines.append(f"\n.global _binary_{varname}_start")
+    lines.append(f"_binary_{varname}_start: /* for objcopy compatibility */")
+
+    # Format binary data as .byte lines (16 bytes per line)
+    for i in range(0, len(data), 16):
+        chunk = data[i:i + 16]
+        hex_bytes = ", ".join(f"0x{b:02x}" for b in chunk)
+        lines.append(f".byte {hex_bytes}")
+
+    lines.append(f"\n.global _binary_{varname}_end")
+    lines.append(f"_binary_{varname}_end: /* for objcopy compatibility */")
+    lines.append(f"\n.global {varname}_length")
+    lines.append(f"{varname}_length:")
+    lines.append(f".long {len(data)}")
+    lines.append("")
+    lines.append('#if defined (__linux__)')
+    lines.append('.section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits')
+    lines.append("#endif")
+
+    asm_content = "\n".join(lines) + "\n"
+
+    # Write to app build dir and bootloader build dir
+    asm_path.write_text(asm_content)
+    bootloader_dir = build_dir / "bootloader"
+    if bootloader_dir.is_dir():
+        bootloader_bin = bootloader_dir / "signature_verification_key.bin"
+        bootloader_asm = bootloader_dir / "signature_verification_key.bin.S"
+        shutil.copyfile(str(bin_path), str(bootloader_bin))
+        bootloader_asm.write_text(asm_content)
+
+
 def sign_firmware(source, target, env):
     """
     Sign the firmware binary using espsecure.py if signed OTA verification is enabled.
@@ -55,9 +164,12 @@ def sign_firmware(source, target, env):
         env.Exit(1)
         return
 
-    # ESPHome only exposes RSA3072 and ECDSA256 (both Secure Boot V2 schemes),
-    # so the espsecure signature version is always 2.
-    sign_version = "2"
+    # Determine espsecure signature version from the signing scheme:
+    # V1 ECDSA (Secure Boot V1) uses --version 1, V2 RSA/ECDSA use --version 2.
+    if sdkconfig.get("CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_ECDSA_SCHEME") == "y":
+        sign_version = "1"
+    else:
+        sign_version = "2"
 
     firmware_name = os.path.basename(env.subst("$PROGNAME")) + ".bin"
     firmware_path = build_dir / firmware_name
@@ -217,6 +329,11 @@ def esp32_copy_ota_bin(source, target, env):
     print(f"Copied firmware to {new_file_name}")
 
 
+# Generate V1 ECDSA verification key files before build starts.
+# Workaround for PlatformIO not executing CMake custom commands that extract
+# the public key and generate the .S assembly file for Secure Boot V1.
+_generate_v1_verification_key(env)  # noqa: F821
+
 # Run signing first, then merge, then ota copy
 env.AddPostAction("$BUILD_DIR/${PROGNAME}.bin", sign_firmware)  # noqa: F821
 env.AddPostAction("$BUILD_DIR/${PROGNAME}.bin", merge_factory_bin)  # noqa: F821

esphome/components/esp32/preferences.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ struct NVSData {
 
 static std::vector<NVSData> s_pending_save;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
+// open() runs from app_main() before the logger is initialized, so any failure
+// must be deferred until after global_logger is set. This is emitted from the
+// first make_preference() call, which runs from the generated setup() after
+// log->pre_setup() has run at EARLY_INIT priority.
+static esp_err_t s_open_err = ESP_OK;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+
 bool ESP32PreferenceBackend::save(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   // try find in pending saves and update that
   for (auto &obj : s_pending_save) {
@@ -74,12 +80,14 @@ bool ESP32PreferenceBackend::load(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
 }
 
 void ESP32Preferences::open() {
+  // Runs from app_main() before the logger is initialized; any logging here
+  // must be deferred. See s_open_err and make_preference() below.
   nvs_flash_init();
   esp_err_t err = nvs_open("esphome", NVS_READWRITE, &this->nvs_handle);
   if (err == 0)
     return;
 
-  ESP_LOGW(TAG, "nvs_open failed: %s - erasing NVS", esp_err_to_name(err));
+  s_open_err = err;
   nvs_flash_deinit();
   nvs_flash_erase();
   nvs_flash_init();
@@ -91,6 +99,14 @@ void ESP32Preferences::open() {
 }
 
 ESPPreferenceObject ESP32Preferences::make_preference(size_t length, uint32_t type) {
+  if (s_open_err != ESP_OK) {
+    if (this->nvs_handle == 0) {
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "nvs_open failed: %s - NVS unavailable", esp_err_to_name(s_open_err));
+    } else {
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "nvs_open failed: %s - erased NVS", esp_err_to_name(s_open_err));
+    }
+    s_open_err = ESP_OK;
+  }
   auto *pref = new ESP32PreferenceBackend();  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
   pref->nvs_handle = this->nvs_handle;
   pref->key = type;

esphome/components/esp32/printf_stubs.cpp

@@ -1,32 +1,38 @@
 /*
- * Linker wrap stubs for FILE*-based printf functions.
+ * Linker wrap stubs for FILE*-based printf functions (newlib only).
  *
  * ESP-IDF SDK components (gpio driver, ringbuf, log_write) reference
- * fprintf(), printf(), vprintf(), and vfprintf() which pull in the full
- * printf implementation (~11 KB on newlib's _vfprintf_r, ~2.8 KB on
- * picolibc's vfprintf). This is a separate implementation from the one
- * used by snprintf/vsnprintf that handles FILE* stream I/O with buffering
- * and locking.
+ * fprintf(), printf(), vprintf(), and vfprintf(), which on newlib pull
+ * in _vfprintf_r (~11 KB) — a separate implementation from the one used
+ * by snprintf/vsnprintf that handles FILE* stream I/O with buffering.
  *
  * ESPHome replaces the ESP-IDF log handler via esp_log_set_vprintf_(),
  * so the SDK's vprintf() path is dead code at runtime. The fprintf()
  * and printf() calls in SDK components are only in debug/assert paths
  * (gpio_dump_io_configuration, ringbuf diagnostics) that are either
  * GC'd or never called. Crash backtraces and panic output are
- * unaffected — they use esp_rom_printf() which is a ROM function
- * and does not go through libc.
+ * unaffected; they use esp_rom_printf() which is a ROM function and
+ * does not go through libc.
  *
- * These stubs redirect through vsnprintf() (which uses _svfprintf_r
- * already in the binary) and fwrite(), allowing the linker to
- * dead-code eliminate _vfprintf_r.
+ * This wrap is newlib-only. On picolibc, vsnprintf is implemented as
+ * vfprintf into a string-output FILE, so vfprintf is unconditionally
+ * linked in by any caller of snprintf/vsnprintf and the wrap can never
+ * elide it — it just adds shim cost. Codegen forces USE_FULL_PRINTF
+ * on picolibc builds (IDF 6.0+ on all variants) so this file compiles
+ * to nothing there; the #error below catches a desynchronised gate.
  *
- * Saves ~11 KB of flash.
+ * Saves ~11 KB of flash on newlib.
  *
- * To disable these wraps, set enable_full_printf: true in the esp32
- * advanced config section.
+ * To disable this wrap on newlib, set enable_full_printf: true in the
+ * esp32 advanced config section.
  */
 
 #if defined(USE_ESP_IDF) && !defined(USE_FULL_PRINTF)
+
+#ifdef __PICOLIBC__
+#error "printf wrap is net-negative on picolibc; codegen should set USE_FULL_PRINTF"
+#endif
+
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cstdio>
 
@@ -34,6 +40,9 @@
 
 namespace esphome::esp32 {}
 
+// NOLINTBEGIN(bugprone-reserved-identifier,cert-dcl37-c,cert-dcl51-cpp,readability-identifier-naming)
+extern "C" {
+
 static constexpr size_t PRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE = 512;
 
 // These stubs are essentially dead code at runtime — ESPHome replaces the
@@ -55,14 +64,16 @@ static int write_printf_buffer(FILE *stream, char *buf, int len) {
   return len;
 }
 
-// NOLINTBEGIN(bugprone-reserved-identifier,cert-dcl37-c,cert-dcl51-cpp,readability-identifier-naming)
-extern "C" {
-
 int __wrap_vprintf(const char *fmt, va_list ap) {
   char buf[PRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE];
   return write_printf_buffer(stdout, buf, vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap));
 }
 
+int __wrap_vfprintf(FILE *stream, const char *fmt, va_list ap) {
+  char buf[PRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE];
+  return write_printf_buffer(stream, buf, vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap));
+}
+
 int __wrap_printf(const char *fmt, ...) {
   va_list ap;
   va_start(ap, fmt);
@@ -71,11 +82,6 @@ int __wrap_printf(const char *fmt, ...) {
   return len;
 }
 
-int __wrap_vfprintf(FILE *stream, const char *fmt, va_list ap) {
-  char buf[PRINTF_BUFFER_SIZE];
-  return write_printf_buffer(stream, buf, vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap));
-}
-
 int __wrap_fprintf(FILE *stream, const char *fmt, ...) {
   va_list ap;
   va_start(ap, fmt);

esphome/components/esp32_touch/esp32_touch.cpp

@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ void ESP32TouchComponent::setup() {
   // Do initial oneshot scans to populate baseline values
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < ONESHOT_SCAN_COUNT; i++) {
     err = touch_sensor_trigger_oneshot_scanning(this->sens_handle_, ONESHOT_SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    App.feed_wdt();  // 3 scans with 2s timeout might exceed WDT, so feed it here to be safe
     if (err != ESP_OK) {
       ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Oneshot scan %" PRIu32 " failed: %s", i, esp_err_to_name(err));
     }

esphome/components/image/__init__.py

@@ -744,21 +744,28 @@ async def write_image(config, all_frames=False):
         if frame_count <= 1:
             _LOGGER.warning("Image file %s has no animation frames", path)
 
-    total_rows = height * frame_count
-    encoder = IMAGE_TYPE[type](width, total_rows, transparency, dither, invert_alpha)
-    if byte_order := config.get(CONF_BYTE_ORDER):
-        # Check for valid type has already been done in validate_settings
-        encoder.set_big_endian(byte_order == "BIG_ENDIAN")
+    # Encode each frame with its own encoder and concatenate. This keeps every
+    # frame self-contained on disk (e.g. RGB565+alpha emits [RGB plane | alpha plane]
+    # per frame) so animation frame stepping in image.cpp / animation.cpp stays
+    # correct without needing to know the total frame count.
+    byte_order = config.get(CONF_BYTE_ORDER)
+    combined_data: list[int] = []
+    encoder: ImageEncoder | None = None
     for frame_index in range(frame_count):
         image.seek(frame_index)
+        encoder = IMAGE_TYPE[type](width, height, transparency, dither, invert_alpha)
+        if byte_order is not None:
+            # Check for valid type has already been done in validate_settings
+            encoder.set_big_endian(byte_order == "BIG_ENDIAN")
         pixels = encoder.convert(image.resize((width, height)), path).getdata()
         for row in range(height):
             for col in range(width):
                 encoder.encode(pixels[row * width + col])
             encoder.end_row()
         encoder.end_image()
+        combined_data.extend(encoder.data)
 
-    rhs = [HexInt(x) for x in encoder.data]
+    rhs = [HexInt(x) for x in combined_data]
     prog_arr = cg.progmem_array(config[CONF_RAW_DATA_ID], rhs)
     image_type = get_image_type_enum(type)
     trans_value = get_transparency_enum(encoder.transparency)

esphome/components/ld2412/ld2412.cpp

@@ -766,32 +766,38 @@ void LD2412Component::get_distance_resolution_() { this->send_command_(CMD_QUERY
 void LD2412Component::query_light_control_() { this->send_command_(CMD_QUERY_LIGHT_CONTROL, nullptr, 0); }
 
 void LD2412Component::set_basic_config() {
+  uint8_t min_gate = 1;
+  uint8_t max_gate = TOTAL_GATES;
+  uint16_t timeout = DEFAULT_PRESENCE_TIMEOUT;
+  uint8_t out_pin_level = 0x01;
+
 #ifdef USE_NUMBER
-  if (!this->min_distance_gate_number_->has_state() || !this->max_distance_gate_number_->has_state() ||
-      !this->timeout_number_->has_state()) {
-    return;
+  if (this->min_distance_gate_number_ != nullptr) {
+    if (!this->min_distance_gate_number_->has_state())
+      return;
+    min_gate = static_cast<int>(this->min_distance_gate_number_->state);
+  }
+  if (this->max_distance_gate_number_ != nullptr) {
+    if (!this->max_distance_gate_number_->has_state())
+      return;
+    max_gate = static_cast<int>(this->max_distance_gate_number_->state) + 1;
+  }
+  if (this->timeout_number_ != nullptr) {
+    if (!this->timeout_number_->has_state())
+      return;
+    timeout = static_cast<int>(this->timeout_number_->state);
   }
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_SELECT
-  if (!this->out_pin_level_select_->has_state()) {
-    return;
+  if (this->out_pin_level_select_ != nullptr) {
+    if (!this->out_pin_level_select_->has_state())
+      return;
+    out_pin_level = find_uint8(OUT_PIN_LEVELS_BY_STR, this->out_pin_level_select_->current_option().c_str());
   }
 #endif
 
   uint8_t value[5] = {
-#ifdef USE_NUMBER
-      lowbyte(static_cast<int>(this->min_distance_gate_number_->state)),
-      lowbyte(static_cast<int>(this->max_distance_gate_number_->state) + 1),
-      lowbyte(static_cast<int>(this->timeout_number_->state)),
-      highbyte(static_cast<int>(this->timeout_number_->state)),
-#else
-      1,    TOTAL_GATES, DEFAULT_PRESENCE_TIMEOUT, 0,
-#endif
-#ifdef USE_SELECT
-      find_uint8(OUT_PIN_LEVELS_BY_STR, this->out_pin_level_select_->current_option().c_str()),
-#else
-      0x01,  // Default value if not using select
-#endif
+      lowbyte(min_gate), lowbyte(max_gate), lowbyte(timeout), highbyte(timeout), out_pin_level,
   };
   this->set_config_mode_(true);
   this->send_command_(CMD_BASIC_CONF, value, sizeof(value));

esphome/components/lvgl/hello_world.yaml

@@ -89,10 +89,12 @@
                       id: hello_world_label_
                       text: "Hello World!"
                       align: center
-            - obj:
+            - container:
                 id: hello_world_qrcode_
                 outline_width: 0
                 border_width: 0
+                height: 100
+                width: 100
                 hidden: !lambda |-
                     return lv_obj_get_width(lv_screen_active()) < 300 && lv_obj_get_height(lv_screen_active()) < 400;
                 widgets:

esphome/components/lvgl/lvgl_esphome.cpp

@@ -454,10 +454,12 @@ void LVTouchListener::update(const touchscreen::TouchPoints_t &tpoints) {
 
 #ifdef USE_LVGL_METER
 
-int16_t lv_get_needle_angle_for_value(lv_obj_t *obj, int value) {
+int16_t lv_get_needle_angle_for_value(lv_obj_t *obj, int32_t value) {
   auto *scale = lv_obj_get_parent(obj);
   auto min_value = lv_scale_get_range_min_value(scale);
-  return ((value - min_value) * lv_scale_get_angle_range(scale) / (lv_scale_get_range_max_value(scale) - min_value) +
+  auto max_value = lv_scale_get_range_max_value(scale);
+  value = clamp(value, min_value, max_value);
+  return ((value - min_value) * lv_scale_get_angle_range(scale) / (max_value - min_value) +
           lv_scale_get_rotation((scale))) %
          360;
 }

esphome/components/lvgl/lvgl_esphome.h

@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ inline void lv_obj_set_style_bitmap_mask_src(lv_obj_t *obj, image::Image *image,
 inline void lv_obj_set_style_bg_image_src(lv_obj_t *obj, image::Image *image, lv_style_selector_t selector) {
   ::lv_obj_set_style_bg_image_src(obj, image->get_lv_image_dsc(), selector);
 }
+inline void lv_style_set_bg_image_src(lv_style_t *style, image::Image *image) {
+  ::lv_style_set_bg_image_src(style, image->get_lv_image_dsc());
+}
+inline void lv_style_set_bitmap_mask_src(lv_style_t *style, image::Image *image) {
+  ::lv_style_set_bitmap_mask_src(style, image->get_lv_image_dsc());
+}
 #endif  // USE_LVGL_IMAGE
 #ifdef USE_LVGL_ANIMIMG
 inline void lv_animimg_set_src(lv_obj_t *img, std::vector<image::Image *> images) {
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@ inline void lv_animimg_set_src(lv_obj_t *img, std::vector<image::Image *> images
 #endif  // USE_LVGL_ANIMIMG
 
 #ifdef USE_LVGL_METER
-int16_t lv_get_needle_angle_for_value(lv_obj_t *obj, int value);
+int16_t lv_get_needle_angle_for_value(lv_obj_t *obj, int32_t value);
 #endif
 
 // Parent class for things that wrap an LVGL object

esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/keyboard.py

@@ -52,19 +52,23 @@ class KeyboardType(WidgetType):
         if mode := config.get(CONF_MODE):
             await w.set_property(CONF_MODE, await KEYBOARD_MODES.process(mode))
         if textarea := config.get(CONF_TEXTAREA):
-            # If a textarea is configured, it must be generated before the keyboard can attach it.
-            # If not yet configured, defer the attachment code.
+            if not is_widget_completed(textarea):
+                # Can only happen for an initial config, where the keyboard is configured before the
+                # textarea, so it's ok to always emit into the global context
+                async def add_textarea():
+                    async with LvContext():
+                        await w.set_property(
+                            CONF_TEXTAREA,
+                            (await get_widgets(config, CONF_TEXTAREA))[0].obj,
+                        )
 
-            async def add_textarea():
-                async with LvContext():
-                    await w.set_property(
-                        CONF_TEXTAREA, (await get_widgets(config, CONF_TEXTAREA))[0].obj
-                    )
-
-            if is_widget_completed(textarea):
-                await add_textarea()
-            else:
                 CORE.add_job(add_textarea)
+            else:
+                # Handles updates in automations, and properly ordered initial config. Code is generated
+                # into the enclosing context (main or lambda)
+                await w.set_property(
+                    CONF_TEXTAREA, (await get_widgets(config, CONF_TEXTAREA))[0].obj
+                )
 
 
 keyboard_spec = KeyboardType()

esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/tabview.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from ..defines import (
     literal,
 )
 from ..lv_validation import animated, lv_int, size
-from ..lvcode import LocalVariable, lv, lv_assign, lv_expr, lv_obj
+from ..lvcode import LocalVariable, lv, lv_assign, lv_expr, lv_obj, lv_Pvariable
 from ..schemas import container_schema, part_schema
 from ..types import LV_EVENT, LvType, ObjUpdateAction, lv_obj_t, lv_obj_t_ptr
 from . import Widget, WidgetType, add_widgets, get_widgets, set_obj_properties
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ class TabviewType(WidgetType):
         await w.set_property("tab_bar_size", await size.process(config[CONF_SIZE]))
         for tab_conf in config[CONF_TABS]:
             w_id = tab_conf[CONF_ID]
-            tab_obj = cg.Pvariable(w_id, cg.nullptr, type_=lv_tab_t)
-            tab_widget = Widget.create(w_id, tab_obj, obj_spec)
+            tab_obj = lv_Pvariable(lv_tab_t, w_id)
+            tab_widget = Widget.create(w_id, tab_obj, obj_spec, tab_conf)
             lv_assign(tab_obj, lv_expr.tabview_add_tab(w.obj, tab_conf[CONF_NAME]))
             await set_obj_properties(tab_widget, tab_conf)
             await add_widgets(tab_widget, tab_conf)

esphome/components/mcp23016/mcp23016.cpp

@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ void IRAM_ATTR MCP23016::gpio_intr(MCP23016 *arg) { arg->enable_loop_soon_any_co
 void MCP23016::loop() {
   // Invalidate cache at the start of each loop
   this->reset_pin_cache_();
-  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+  // Only disable the loop once INT has actually gone HIGH. Input transitions that straddle the
+  // I2C read leave INT asserted without re-firing a falling edge, which would strand us with
+  // stale state forever; keep looping until the line is released so we self-heal.
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr && this->interrupt_pin_->digital_read()) {
     this->disable_loop();
   }
 }

esphome/components/mcp23xxx_base/__init__.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from esphome import pins
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
+    CONF_ALLOW_OTHER_USES,
     CONF_ID,
     CONF_INPUT,
     CONF_INTERRUPT,
@@ -30,10 +31,29 @@ MCP23XXX_INTERRUPT_MODES = {
     "FALLING": MCP23XXXInterruptMode.MCP23XXX_FALLING,
 }
 
+
+def _validate_interrupt_pin(value):
+    # The MCP component owns INT polarity (active-low, hardcoded falling-edge ISR)
+    # and installs a single ISR per GPIO, so neither inversion nor sharing is supported.
+    value = pins.internal_gpio_input_pin_schema(value)
+    if value.get(CONF_INVERTED):
+        raise cv.Invalid(
+            f"'{CONF_INVERTED}: true' is not supported on '{CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN}'; "
+            "the MCP23xxx INT line is fixed active-low"
+        )
+    if value.get(CONF_ALLOW_OTHER_USES):
+        raise cv.Invalid(
+            f"'{CONF_ALLOW_OTHER_USES}: true' is not supported on '{CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN}'; "
+            "sharing the interrupt pin between multiple MCP23xxx (or other components) "
+            "is not implemented. Remove the interrupt_pin to fall back to polling."
+        )
+    return value
+
+
 MCP23XXX_CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
     {
         cv.Optional(CONF_OPEN_DRAIN_INTERRUPT, default=False): cv.boolean,
-        cv.Optional(CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN): pins.internal_gpio_input_pin_schema,
+        cv.Optional(CONF_INTERRUPT_PIN): _validate_interrupt_pin,
     }
 ).extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
 

esphome/components/mcp23xxx_base/mcp23xxx_base.h

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ template<uint8_t N> class MCP23XXXBase : public Component, public gpio_expander:
 
   void loop() override {
     this->reset_pin_cache_();
-    if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+    // Only disable the loop once INT has actually gone HIGH. Input transitions that straddle the
+    // I2C read leave INT asserted without re-firing a falling edge, which would strand us with
+    // stale state forever; keep looping until the line is released so we self-heal.
+    if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr && this->interrupt_pin_->digital_read()) {
       this->disable_loop();
     }
   }

esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_arduino.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ namespace esphome::nextion {
 static const char *const TAG = "nextion.upload.arduino";
 static constexpr size_t NEXTION_MAX_RESPONSE_LOG_BYTES = 16;
 
+// Timeout for display acknowledgment during TFT upload (ms).
+// A single value is used for all chunks; the happy path returns as soon as
+// 0x05/0x08 arrives, so this only bounds failed-detection latency. Field
+// reports showed the previous 500ms steady-state value was too tight for
+// some firmware variants.
+static constexpr uint32_t NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
+
 // Followed guide
 // https://unofficialnextion.com/t/nextion-upload-protocol-v1-2-the-fast-one/1044/2
 
@@ -80,14 +87,14 @@ int Nextion::upload_by_chunks_(HTTPClient &http_client, uint32_t &range_start) {
       recv_string.clear();
       this->write_array(buffer, buffer_size);
       App.feed_wdt();
-      this->recv_ret_string_(recv_string, this->upload_first_chunk_sent_ ? 500 : 5000, true);
+      this->recv_ret_string_(recv_string, NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS, true);
       this->content_length_ -= read_len;
       const float upload_percentage = 100.0f * (this->tft_size_ - this->content_length_) / this->tft_size_;
       ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Upload: %0.2f%% (%" PRIu32 " left, heap: %" PRIu32 ")", upload_percentage, this->content_length_,
                EspClass::getFreeHeap());
       this->upload_first_chunk_sent_ = true;
       if (recv_string.empty()) {
-        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "No response from display during upload");
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "No response from display after %" PRIu32 "ms", NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS);
         allocator.deallocate(buffer, 4096);
         buffer = nullptr;
         return -1;

esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_esp32.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ namespace esphome::nextion {
 static const char *const TAG = "nextion.upload.esp32";
 static constexpr size_t NEXTION_MAX_RESPONSE_LOG_BYTES = 16;
 
+// Timeout for display acknowledgment during TFT upload (ms).
+// A single value is used for all chunks; the happy path returns as soon as
+// 0x05/0x08 arrives, so this only bounds failed-detection latency. Field
+// reports showed the previous 500ms steady-state value was too tight for
+// some firmware variants.
+static constexpr uint32_t NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
+
 // Followed guide
 // https://unofficialnextion.com/t/nextion-upload-protocol-v1-2-the-fast-one/1044/2
 
@@ -96,7 +103,7 @@ int Nextion::upload_by_chunks_(esp_http_client_handle_t http_client, uint32_t &r
       recv_string.clear();
       this->write_array(buffer, buffer_size);
       App.feed_wdt();
-      this->recv_ret_string_(recv_string, upload_first_chunk_sent_ ? 500 : 5000, true);
+      this->recv_ret_string_(recv_string, NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS, true);
       this->content_length_ -= read_len;
       const float upload_percentage = 100.0f * (this->tft_size_ - this->content_length_) / this->tft_size_;
 #ifdef USE_PSRAM
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ int Nextion::upload_by_chunks_(esp_http_client_handle_t http_client, uint32_t &r
 #endif
       upload_first_chunk_sent_ = true;
       if (recv_string.empty()) {
-        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "No response from display during upload");
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "No response from display after %" PRIu32 "ms", NEXTION_UPLOAD_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS);
         allocator.deallocate(buffer, 4096);
         buffer = nullptr;
         return -1;

esphome/components/pca6416a/pca6416a.cpp

@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ void IRAM_ATTR PCA6416AComponent::gpio_intr(PCA6416AComponent *arg) { arg->enabl
 void PCA6416AComponent::loop() {
   // Invalidate cache at the start of each loop
   this->reset_pin_cache_();
-  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+  // Only disable the loop once INT has actually gone HIGH. Input transitions that straddle the
+  // I2C read leave INT asserted without re-firing a falling edge, which would strand us with
+  // stale state forever; keep looping until the line is released so we self-heal.
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr && this->interrupt_pin_->digital_read()) {
     this->disable_loop();
   }
 }

esphome/components/pca9554/pca9554.cpp

@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ void IRAM_ATTR PCA9554Component::gpio_intr(PCA9554Component *arg) { arg->enable_
 void PCA9554Component::loop() {
   // Invalidate the cache so the next digital_read() triggers a fresh I2C read
   this->reset_pin_cache_();
-  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
-    // Interrupt-driven: disable loop until next interrupt fires
+  // Only disable the loop once INT has actually gone HIGH. Input transitions that straddle the
+  // I2C read leave INT asserted without re-firing a falling edge, which would strand us with
+  // stale state forever; keep looping until the line is released so we self-heal.
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr && this->interrupt_pin_->digital_read()) {
     this->disable_loop();
   }
 }

esphome/components/pcf8574/pcf8574.cpp

@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ void IRAM_ATTR PCF8574Component::gpio_intr(PCF8574Component *arg) { arg->enable_
 void PCF8574Component::loop() {
   // Invalidate the cache so the next digital_read() triggers a fresh I2C read
   this->reset_pin_cache_();
-  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
-    // Interrupt-driven: disable loop until next interrupt fires
+  // Only disable the loop once INT has actually gone HIGH. Input transitions that straddle the
+  // I2C read leave INT asserted without re-firing a falling edge, which would strand us with
+  // stale state forever; keep looping until the line is released so we self-heal.
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr && this->interrupt_pin_->digital_read()) {
     this->disable_loop();
   }
 }

esphome/components/pi4ioe5v6408/pi4ioe5v6408.cpp

@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ void PI4IOE5V6408Component::pin_mode(uint8_t pin, gpio::Flags flags) {
 
 void PI4IOE5V6408Component::loop() {
   this->reset_pin_cache_();
-  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+  // Only disable the loop once INT has actually gone HIGH. Input transitions that straddle the
+  // I2C read leave INT asserted without re-firing a falling edge, which would strand us with
+  // stale state forever; keep looping until the line is released so we self-heal.
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr && this->interrupt_pin_->digital_read()) {
     this->disable_loop();
   }
 }

esphome/components/rotary_encoder/sensor.py

@@ -129,6 +129,6 @@ async def to_code(config):
 async def sensor_template_publish_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     paren = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, paren)
-    template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_VALUE], args, cg.int32)
+    template_ = await cg.templatable(config[CONF_VALUE], args, cg.int_)
     cg.add(var.set_value(template_))
     return var

esphome/components/tca9555/tca9555.cpp

@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ void TCA9555Component::pin_mode(uint8_t pin, gpio::Flags flags) {
 }
 void TCA9555Component::loop() {
   this->reset_pin_cache_();
-  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr) {
+  // Only disable the loop once INT has actually gone HIGH. Input transitions that straddle the
+  // I2C read leave INT asserted without re-firing a falling edge, which would strand us with
+  // stale state forever; keep looping until the line is released so we self-heal.
+  if (this->interrupt_pin_ != nullptr && this->interrupt_pin_->digital_read()) {
     this->disable_loop();
   }
 }

esphome/components/time/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import errno
 from importlib import resources
 import logging
 
@@ -74,6 +75,12 @@ def _load_tzdata(iana_key: str) -> bytes | None:
         return (resources.files(package) / resource).read_bytes()
     except (FileNotFoundError, ModuleNotFoundError, IsADirectoryError):
         return None
+    except OSError as e:
+        # Windows raises EINVAL for paths with NTFS-illegal chars (e.g. '<'/'>'
+        # in POSIX TZ strings like "<+08>-8" that validate_tz feeds back here).
+        if e.errno == errno.EINVAL:
+            return None
+        raise
 
 
 def _extract_tz_string(tzfile: bytes) -> str:

esphome/components/usb_uart/__init__.py

@@ -116,12 +116,23 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.ensure_list(
 
 
 async def to_code(config):
+    # The output chunk pool/queue are compile-time-sized templates shared by all
+    # USBUartChannel instances, so use the largest buffer_size across every channel
+    # of every device.  Each chunk is 64 bytes (USB FS MPS); add one extra slot
+    # because LockFreeQueue<T,N> is a ring buffer that wastes one entry.
+    max_buffer_size = max(
+        channel[CONF_BUFFER_SIZE]
+        for device in config
+        for channel in device[CONF_CHANNELS]
+    )
+    output_chunk_count = max_buffer_size // 64 + 1
+    cg.add_define("USB_UART_OUTPUT_CHUNK_COUNT", output_chunk_count)
+
     for device in config:
         var = await register_usb_client(device)
         for index, channel in enumerate(device[CONF_CHANNELS]):
             chvar = cg.new_Pvariable(channel[CONF_ID], index, channel[CONF_BUFFER_SIZE])
             await cg.register_parented(chvar, var)
-            cg.add(chvar.set_rx_buffer_size(channel[CONF_BUFFER_SIZE]))
             cg.add(chvar.set_stop_bits(channel[CONF_STOP_BITS]))
             cg.add(chvar.set_data_bits(channel[CONF_DATA_BITS]))
             cg.add(chvar.set_parity(channel[CONF_PARITY]))

esphome/components/usb_uart/usb_uart.h

@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ class USBUartChannel : public uart::UARTComponent, public Parented<USBUartCompon
   friend class USBUartTypeCH34X;
 
  public:
-  // Number of output chunk slots per channel (8 × 64 bytes = 512 bytes peak, lazily allocated)
-  static constexpr uint8_t USB_OUTPUT_CHUNK_COUNT = 8;
+  // Number of output chunk slots per channel, derived from buffer_size config.
+  // Computed as ceil(buffer_size / 64) + 1 in Python codegen; defaults to 5 (256 / 64 + 1).
+  static constexpr uint8_t USB_OUTPUT_CHUNK_COUNT = USB_UART_OUTPUT_CHUNK_COUNT;
 
   USBUartChannel(uint8_t index, uint16_t buffer_size) : index_(index), input_buffer_(RingBuffer(buffer_size)) {}
   void write_array(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) override;

esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp

@@ -1570,6 +1570,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::check_connecting_finished(uint32_t now) {
 #endif
 
     this->state_ = WIFI_COMPONENT_STATE_STA_CONNECTED;
+    // Refresh is_connected() cache; loop()'s refresh ran before this transition.
+    this->update_connected_state_();
     this->num_retried_ = 0;
     this->print_connect_params_();
 

esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp

@@ -948,6 +948,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::process_pending_callbacks_() {
 #ifdef USE_WIFI_CONNECT_STATE_LISTENERS
   if (this->pending_.disconnect) {
     this->pending_.disconnect = false;
+    // Refresh is_connected() cache here, not in the SDK callback (sys context).
+    this->update_connected_state_();
     this->notify_disconnect_state_listeners_();
   }
 #endif

esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp

@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ void WiFiComponent::wifi_pre_setup_() {
 #endif  // USE_WIFI_AP
 
   wifi_init_config_t cfg = WIFI_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
-  // cfg.nvs_enable = false;
+  if (global_preferences->nvs_handle == 0) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "starting wifi without nvs");
+    cfg.nvs_enable = false;
+  }
   err = esp_wifi_init(&cfg);
   if (err != ERR_OK) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "esp_wifi_init failed: %s", esp_err_to_name(err));
@@ -796,6 +799,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::wifi_process_event_(IDFWiFiEvent *data) {
     s_sta_connected = false;
     s_sta_connecting = false;
     error_from_callback_ = true;
+    // Refresh is_connected() cache; error_from_callback_ makes it false.
+    this->update_connected_state_();
 #ifdef USE_WIFI_CONNECT_STATE_LISTENERS
     this->notify_disconnect_state_listeners_();
 #endif

esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp

@@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::wifi_process_event_(LTWiFiEvent *event) {
         this->error_from_callback_ = true;
       }
 
+      // Refresh is_connected() cache; sta_state_/error_from_callback_ make it false.
+      this->update_connected_state_();
 #ifdef USE_WIFI_CONNECT_STATE_LISTENERS
       this->notify_disconnect_state_listeners_();
 #endif

esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp

@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::wifi_loop_() {
     s_sta_was_connected = false;
     s_sta_had_ip = false;
     ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Disconnected");
+    // Refresh is_connected() cache; driver link status reports disconnected.
+    this->update_connected_state_();
 #ifdef USE_WIFI_CONNECT_STATE_LISTENERS
     this->notify_disconnect_state_listeners_();
 #endif

esphome/const.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 
 from esphome.enum import StrEnum
 
-__version__ = "2026.4.1"
+__version__ = "2026.4.4"
 
 ALLOWED_NAME_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
 VALID_SUBSTITUTIONS_CHARACTERS = (

esphome/core/defines.h

@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@
 #define ESPHOME_WIFI_POWER_SAVE_LISTENERS 2
 #define USE_WIFI_RUNTIME_POWER_SAVE
 #define USB_HOST_MAX_REQUESTS 16
+#define USB_UART_OUTPUT_CHUNK_COUNT 5
 
 #ifdef USE_ARDUINO
 #define USE_ARDUINO_VERSION_CODE VERSION_CODE(3, 3, 7)

esphome/cpp_generator.py

@@ -606,33 +606,43 @@ def Pvariable(id_: ID, rhs: SafeExpType, type_: "MockObj" = None) -> "MockObj":
     if isinstance(rhs, MockObj) and rhs.is_new_expr:
         # For 'new' allocations, use placement new into static storage
         # to avoid heap fragmentation on embedded devices.
-        the_type = id_.type
+        #
+        # Storage must be sized and aligned for the actual instantiated class,
+        # which may be a subclass of id_.type (e.g. `cv.declare_id(BaseClass)`
+        # combined with `SubClass.new()` — used by ili9xxx, waveshare_epaper,
+        # etc. to select a model-specific constructor). Using id_.type would
+        # run the base-class default constructor instead, silently losing any
+        # subclass initialization. Template args live on the CallExpression
+        # and are re-emitted below.
+        call_expr = rhs.base
+        assert isinstance(call_expr, CallExpression), (
+            f"Expected CallExpression for placement new, got {type(call_expr)}"
+        )
+        actual_type = rhs.new_type if rhs.new_type is not None else id_.type
+        if call_expr.template_args is not None:
+            actual_type = f"{actual_type}{call_expr.template_args}"
+        pointer_type = id_.type
         # Extract component namespace from type for memory analysis attribution
-        component_ns = _extract_component_ns(str(the_type))
+        component_ns = _extract_component_ns(str(actual_type))
         storage_name = f"{component_ns}__{id_.id}__pstorage"
 
         # Declare aligned byte array for the object storage
         CORE.add_global(
             RawStatement(
-                f"alignas({the_type}) static unsigned char {storage_name}[sizeof({the_type})];"
+                f"alignas({actual_type}) static unsigned char {storage_name}[sizeof({actual_type})];"
             )
         )
+        # Pointer declaration uses id_.type to preserve the declared base-class
+        # pointer type for downstream callers (polymorphism through base ptr).
         CORE.add_global(
             AssignmentExpression(
-                f"static {the_type}",
+                f"static {pointer_type}",
                 "*const ",
                 id_,
-                MockObj(f"reinterpret_cast<{the_type} *>({storage_name})"),
+                MockObj(f"reinterpret_cast<{pointer_type} *>({storage_name})"),
             )
         )
-        # Extract args from the CallExpression and rebuild as placement new.
-        # Template args are already encoded in the_type (e.g. GlobalsComponent<int>),
-        # so we only pass the constructor args, not template_args.
-        call_expr = rhs.base
-        assert isinstance(call_expr, CallExpression), (
-            f"Expected CallExpression for placement new, got {type(call_expr)}"
-        )
-        placement_new = CallExpression(f"new({id_.id}) {the_type}", *call_expr.args)
+        placement_new = CallExpression(f"new({id_.id}) {actual_type}", *call_expr.args)
         CORE.add(ExpressionStatement(placement_new))
     else:
         decl = VariableDeclarationExpression(id_.type, "*", id_, static=True)
@@ -869,12 +879,16 @@ class MockObj(Expression):
     Mostly consists of magic methods that allow ESPHome's codegen syntax.
     """
 
-    __slots__ = ("base", "op", "is_new_expr")
+    __slots__ = ("base", "op", "is_new_expr", "new_type")
 
-    def __init__(self, base, op=".", is_new_expr=False) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, base, op=".", is_new_expr=False, new_type=None) -> None:
         self.base = base
         self.op = op
         self.is_new_expr = is_new_expr
+        # For `is_new_expr=True` objects, `new_type` holds the class name being
+        # constructed (e.g. "ili9xxx::ILI9XXXST7789V"). Needed by Pvariable so
+        # placement new uses the actual subclass rather than id_.type.
+        self.new_type = new_type
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr: str) -> "MockObj":
         # prevent python dunder methods being replaced by mock objects
@@ -889,7 +903,9 @@ class MockObj(Expression):
 
     def __call__(self, *args: SafeExpType) -> "MockObj":
         call = CallExpression(self.base, *args)
-        return MockObj(call, self.op, is_new_expr=self.is_new_expr)
+        return MockObj(
+            call, self.op, is_new_expr=self.is_new_expr, new_type=self.new_type
+        )
 
     def __str__(self):
         return str(self.base)
@@ -903,7 +919,7 @@ class MockObj(Expression):
 
     @property
     def new(self) -> "MockObj":
-        return MockObj(f"new {self.base}", "->", is_new_expr=True)
+        return MockObj(f"new {self.base}", "->", is_new_expr=True, new_type=self.base)
 
     def template(self, *args: SafeExpType) -> "MockObj":
         """Apply template parameters to this object."""

esphome/platformio_api.py

@@ -53,6 +53,37 @@ FILTER_PLATFORMIO_LINES = [
 ]
 
 
+def _strip_win_long_path_prefix(path: str) -> str:
+    r"""Strip the Windows extended-length path prefix from ``path``.
+
+    Handles both forms documented at
+    https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file:
+
+    * ``\\?\C:\path\to\file`` -> ``C:\path\to\file``
+    * ``\\?\UNC\server\share\path`` -> ``\\server\share\path``
+
+    The NSIS-installed ``esphome.exe`` launcher on Windows starts Python with
+    ``sys.executable`` already prefixed with ``\\?\``. That prefix propagates
+    into PlatformIO's ``$PYTHONEXE`` (PlatformIO reads ``PYTHONEXEPATH`` from
+    the environment, falling back to ``os.path.normpath(sys.executable)``)
+    and ends up baked into SCons-emitted command lines for build steps such
+    as the esp8266 ``elf2bin`` invocation. ``cmd.exe`` does not understand
+    the ``\\?\`` prefix, so the build fails with
+    "The system cannot find the path specified." Stripping the prefix early
+    keeps the path shell-quotable.
+
+    No-op on non-Windows platforms.
+    """
+    if sys.platform != "win32":
+        return path
+    if path.startswith("\\\\?\\UNC\\"):
+        # \\?\UNC\server\share\... -> \\server\share\...
+        return "\\\\" + path[len("\\\\?\\UNC\\") :]
+    if path.startswith("\\\\?\\"):
+        return path[len("\\\\?\\") :]
+    return path
+
+
 def run_platformio_cli(*args, **kwargs) -> str | int:
     os.environ["PLATFORMIO_FORCE_COLOR"] = "true"
     os.environ["PLATFORMIO_BUILD_DIR"] = str(CORE.relative_pioenvs_path().absolute())
@@ -63,7 +94,18 @@ def run_platformio_cli(*args, **kwargs) -> str | int:
     os.environ.setdefault("PYTHONWARNINGS", "ignore::SyntaxWarning")
     # Increase uv retry count to handle transient network errors (default is 3)
     os.environ.setdefault("UV_HTTP_RETRIES", "10")
-    cmd = [sys.executable, "-m", "esphome.platformio_runner"] + list(args)
+    # Strip the Windows extended-length path prefix from sys.executable so it
+    # doesn't propagate into PlatformIO's $PYTHONEXE and break SCons-emitted
+    # command lines run through cmd.exe.
+    python_exe = _strip_win_long_path_prefix(sys.executable)
+    if python_exe != sys.executable:
+        # Only override PYTHONEXEPATH when we actually stripped a prefix.
+        # PlatformIO's get_pythonexe_path() reads this and falls back to
+        # sys.executable otherwise; setting it unconditionally would clobber
+        # a user-provided value (or the unmodified path on platforms that
+        # don't need the strip).
+        os.environ["PYTHONEXEPATH"] = python_exe
+    cmd = [python_exe, "-m", "esphome.platformio_runner"] + list(args)
 
     return run_external_process(*cmd, **kwargs)
 

esphome/util.py

@@ -94,13 +94,29 @@ def safe_print(message="", end="\n"):
     except UnicodeEncodeError:
         pass
 
+    # Fall back to the stream's actual encoding (e.g. cp1252 on Windows
+    # redirected pipes). Use "backslashreplace" so unencodable code points
+    # like the wifi signal-bar block characters (U+2582..U+2588) become
+    # readable ``\uXXXX`` escapes, and decode back to ``str`` so ``print``
+    # never receives a ``bytes`` object (which would render as a ``b'...'``
+    # repr).
+    encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or "ascii"
     try:
-        print(message.encode("utf-8", "backslashreplace"), end=end)
+        print(
+            message.encode(encoding, "backslashreplace").decode(encoding),
+            end=end,
+        )
+        return
     except UnicodeEncodeError:
-        try:
-            print(message.encode("ascii", "backslashreplace"), end=end)
-        except UnicodeEncodeError:
-            print("Cannot print line because of invalid locale!")
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        print(
+            message.encode("ascii", "backslashreplace").decode("ascii"),
+            end=end,
+        )
+    except UnicodeEncodeError:
+        print("Cannot print line because of invalid locale!")
 
 
 def safe_input(prompt=""):

tests/component_tests/ili9xxx/config/ili9xxx_test.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+esphome:
+  name: test
+
+esp32:
+  board: esp32dev
+  framework:
+    type: arduino
+
+spi:
+  clk_pin: GPIO18
+  mosi_pin: GPIO23
+
+display:
+  - platform: ili9xxx
+    id: tft_display
+    model: ST7789V
+    cs_pin: GPIO5
+    dc_pin: GPIO17
+    reset_pin: GPIO16
+    invert_colors: false

tests/component_tests/ili9xxx/test_ili9xxx.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""Tests for the ili9xxx component."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def test_ili9xxx_placement_new_uses_model_subclass(
+    generate_main: Callable[[str | Path], str],
+    component_config_path: Callable[[str], Path],
+) -> None:
+    """Regression test for ili9xxx picking the right constructor under placement new.
+
+    ili9xxx declares the ID as the base ``ILI9XXXDisplay`` but constructs a
+    model-specific subclass (e.g. ``ILI9XXXST7789V``) via ``MODELS[...].new()``.
+    Pvariable must emit placement new for the subclass — otherwise the base
+    default constructor runs and the panel is left with a null init sequence
+    and 0x0 dimensions, producing a silent blank screen.
+    """
+    main_cpp = generate_main(component_config_path("ili9xxx_test.yaml"))
+
+    # Storage is sized for the subclass so the full object fits.
+    assert "sizeof(ili9xxx::ILI9XXXST7789V)" in main_cpp
+    assert "alignas(ili9xxx::ILI9XXXST7789V)" in main_cpp
+    # Pointer is declared as the base type for polymorphism.
+    assert "static ili9xxx::ILI9XXXDisplay *const tft_display" in main_cpp
+    # Placement new runs the subclass constructor — this is the actual regression fix.
+    assert "new(tft_display) ili9xxx::ILI9XXXST7789V()" in main_cpp
+    # Base-class default constructor must NOT be used.
+    assert "new(tft_display) ili9xxx::ILI9XXXDisplay()" not in main_cpp

tests/component_tests/image/test_init.py

@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
+from PIL import Image as PILImage
 import pytest
 
 from esphome import config_validation as cv
 from esphome.components.image import (
+    CONF_ALPHA_CHANNEL,
     CONF_INVERT_ALPHA,
     CONF_OPAQUE,
     CONF_TRANSPARENCY,
@@ -411,3 +413,70 @@ async def test_svg_with_mm_dimensions_succeeds(
     assert 30 < height < 50, (
         f"Height should be around 39 pixels for 10mm at 100dpi, got {height}"
     )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_rgb565_alpha_animation_layout_per_frame(
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    mock_progmem_array: MagicMock,
+) -> None:
+    """RGB565+alpha animations must store each frame as a self-contained
+    [RGB plane | alpha plane] block. Animation::update_data_start_ steps frames
+    with a single per-frame stride, so any cross-frame layout (all RGB then all
+    alpha) makes the C++ alpha read land in the next frame's RGB bytes — that
+    was the regression behind issue #15999.
+    """
+    # Build a 2-frame APNG where each frame is a solid color with a known
+    # alpha. APNG preserves full RGBA per pixel (GIF only has 1-bit alpha so
+    # round-tripping mid-range alpha values does not work). Frame 0 is fully
+    # opaque red, frame 1 is fully transparent blue.
+    width = 4
+    height = 3
+    frame0 = PILImage.new("RGBA", (width, height), (255, 0, 0, 0xFF))
+    frame1 = PILImage.new("RGBA", (width, height), (0, 0, 255, 0x00))
+    apng_path = tmp_path / "anim.png"
+    frame0.save(
+        apng_path,
+        format="PNG",
+        save_all=True,
+        append_images=[frame1],
+        duration=100,
+        loop=0,
+    )
+
+    config = {
+        CONF_FILE: str(apng_path),
+        CONF_TYPE: "RGB565",
+        CONF_TRANSPARENCY: CONF_ALPHA_CHANNEL,
+        CONF_DITHER: "NONE",
+        CONF_INVERT_ALPHA: False,
+        CONF_RAW_DATA_ID: "test_raw_data_id",
+    }
+
+    _, _, _, _, _, frame_count = await write_image(config, all_frames=True)
+    assert frame_count == 2
+
+    # Recover the bytes handed to progmem_array. Signature is (id_, rhs).
+    _, raw_data = mock_progmem_array.call_args.args
+    data = [int(x) for x in raw_data]
+
+    rgb_size = width * height * 2
+    alpha_size = width * height
+    frame_size = rgb_size + alpha_size
+    assert len(data) == frame_size * frame_count, (
+        "RGB565+alpha animation buffer must be (RGB + alpha) per frame, not "
+        "all RGB followed by all alpha"
+    )
+
+    # Frame 0: RGB plane is red, alpha plane is 0xFF. Frame 1: alpha plane is
+    # 0x00. If the layout regresses to [all RGB | all alpha], the alpha bytes
+    # would all land at the tail of the buffer and the per-frame slices below
+    # would point at RGB565 noise instead.
+    frame0_alpha = data[rgb_size : rgb_size + alpha_size]
+    frame1_alpha = data[frame_size + rgb_size : frame_size + rgb_size + alpha_size]
+    assert all(a == 0xFF for a in frame0_alpha), (
+        f"Frame 0 alpha plane should be opaque, got {frame0_alpha}"
+    )
+    assert all(a == 0x00 for a in frame1_alpha), (
+        f"Frame 1 alpha plane should be transparent, got {frame1_alpha}"
+    )

tests/components/api/common-base.yaml

@@ -91,6 +91,24 @@ api:
               - float_arr.size()
               - string_arr[0].c_str()
               - string_arr.size()
+    # Test array + string args used after a non-synchronous action (delay).
+    # The default non-owning types (StringRef, const FixedVector&) would
+    # dangle once rx_buf_ is reused, and FixedVector is non-copyable so
+    # DelayAction's lambda capture would fail to compile.  The api codegen
+    # must fall back to owning std::string / std::vector here.
+    - action: array_with_delay
+      variables:
+        name: string
+        int_arr: int[]
+        string_arr: string[]
+      then:
+        - delay: 20ms
+        - logger.log:
+            format: "Delayed: %s (%u ints, %u strings)"
+            args:
+              - name.c_str()
+              - int_arr.size()
+              - string_arr.size()
     # Test ContinuationAction (IfAction with then/else branches)
     - action: test_if_action
       variables:

tests/components/deep_sleep/common.yaml

@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ esphome:
       - deep_sleep.prevent
       - delay: 1s
       - deep_sleep.allow
+      - if:
+          condition:
+            lambda: 'return false;'
+          then:
+            - deep_sleep.enter:
+                sleep_duration: 60min

tests/components/esp32/dummy_signing_key_v1_ecdsa.pem

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+*** DO NOT USE THIS KEY...EVER ***
+-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----
+MHcCAQEEIEZIp96p7Z7QN6vxOFE5FdRNm535vW81Ax07KnGxVjiMoAoGCCqGSM49
+AwEHoUQDQgAEK+fBQDn1Q+r5lGwcDoMUgeg2Aq16LLrLUz7xWI6mS0PUClzolDIo
+eaV/Pfjl7zAvkbQQsZq3rTNnr1eGAk5P+A==
+-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
+*** DO NOT USE THIS KEY...EVER ***

tests/components/esp32/test-signed_ota_v1.esp32-idf.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+esp32:
+  variant: esp32
+  framework:
+    type: esp-idf
+    advanced:
+      signed_ota_verification:
+        signing_key: ../../components/esp32/dummy_signing_key_v1_ecdsa.pem
+        signing_scheme: ecdsa_v1
+
+<<: !include common.yaml

tests/unit_tests/components/test_time.py

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 """Tests for time component cron expression parsing."""
 
-from esphome.components.time import _parse_cron_part
+import errno
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from esphome.components.time import _load_tzdata, _parse_cron_part, validate_tz
 
 
 def test_star_slash_seconds() -> None:
@@ -78,3 +83,63 @@ def test_range() -> None:
 
 def test_single_value() -> None:
     assert _parse_cron_part("30", 0, 59, {}) == {30}
+
+
+def _mock_resources_with_error(error: Exception) -> MagicMock:
+    """Return a mock of importlib.resources.files where read_bytes raises error."""
+    leaf = MagicMock()
+    leaf.read_bytes.side_effect = error
+    package = MagicMock()
+    package.__truediv__.return_value = leaf
+    return MagicMock(return_value=package)
+
+
+def test_load_tzdata_returns_none_on_windows_einval() -> None:
+    """On Windows, opening a tzdata path with NTFS-illegal chars raises OSError(EINVAL).
+
+    Regression test for crash when the system TZ resolves to a POSIX string like
+    "<+08>-8" (Asia/Shanghai, IST, etc.) and is fed back into _load_tzdata by
+    validate_tz to check whether it is also a valid IANA key.
+    """
+    err = OSError(errno.EINVAL, "Invalid argument")
+    with patch(
+        "esphome.components.time.resources.files",
+        _mock_resources_with_error(err),
+    ):
+        assert _load_tzdata("<+08>-8") is None
+
+
+def test_load_tzdata_propagates_unexpected_oserror() -> None:
+    """Unrelated OSErrors (e.g. PermissionError) must not be swallowed."""
+    with (
+        patch(
+            "esphome.components.time.resources.files",
+            _mock_resources_with_error(
+                PermissionError(errno.EACCES, "Permission denied")
+            ),
+        ),
+        pytest.raises(PermissionError),
+    ):
+        _load_tzdata("Some/Zone")
+
+
+def test_load_tzdata_returns_none_on_file_not_found() -> None:
+    """Existing behavior: missing tz file returns None rather than raising."""
+    with patch(
+        "esphome.components.time.resources.files",
+        _mock_resources_with_error(FileNotFoundError()),
+    ):
+        assert _load_tzdata("Not/A/Zone") is None
+
+
+def test_validate_tz_accepts_posix_string_when_read_bytes_raises_einval() -> None:
+    """validate_tz must not crash when _load_tzdata hits the Windows EINVAL path.
+
+    Simulates the Windows case where the auto-detected POSIX TZ string is fed
+    back through _load_tzdata and the underlying read_bytes raises errno 22.
+    """
+    with patch(
+        "esphome.components.time.resources.files",
+        _mock_resources_with_error(OSError(errno.EINVAL, "Invalid argument")),
+    ):
+        assert validate_tz("<+08>-8") == "<+08>-8"

tests/unit_tests/test_platformio_api.py

@@ -311,6 +311,105 @@ def test_run_platformio_cli_sets_environment_variables(
         assert "arg" in args
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("platform", "input_path", "expected"),
+    [
+        # win32: drive-letter extended-length prefix is stripped
+        (
+            "win32",
+            "\\\\?\\C:\\Users\\jesse\\AppData\\Local\\ESPHome Builder\\python\\python.exe",
+            "C:\\Users\\jesse\\AppData\\Local\\ESPHome Builder\\python\\python.exe",
+        ),
+        # win32: UNC extended-length prefix is translated to a regular UNC path
+        (
+            "win32",
+            "\\\\?\\UNC\\server\\share\\python.exe",
+            "\\\\server\\share\\python.exe",
+        ),
+        # win32: paths without the prefix are returned unchanged
+        (
+            "win32",
+            "C:\\Users\\jesse\\AppData\\Local\\ESPHome Builder\\python\\python.exe",
+            "C:\\Users\\jesse\\AppData\\Local\\ESPHome Builder\\python\\python.exe",
+        ),
+        # non-win32: prefix is left alone (no-op)
+        ("linux", "\\\\?\\C:\\python.exe", "\\\\?\\C:\\python.exe"),
+        ("darwin", "/usr/bin/python3", "/usr/bin/python3"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_strip_win_long_path_prefix(
+    platform: str, input_path: str, expected: str
+) -> None:
+    r"""``\\?\`` and ``\\?\UNC\`` prefixes are stripped only on win32."""
+    with patch("esphome.platformio_api.sys.platform", platform):
+        assert platformio_api._strip_win_long_path_prefix(input_path) == expected
+
+
+def test_run_platformio_cli_strips_win_long_path_prefix(
+    setup_core: Path, mock_run_external_process: Mock
+) -> None:
+    r"""Windows ``\\?\`` prefix on sys.executable does not leak into the subprocess.
+
+    The NSIS-installed esphome.exe launcher starts Python with
+    ``sys.executable`` already prefixed by the extended-length path marker.
+    That prefix would otherwise propagate into PlatformIO's ``PYTHONEXE`` and
+    break SCons-emitted command lines run through ``cmd.exe``.
+    """
+    CORE.build_path = str(setup_core / "build" / "test")
+    prefixed_exe = (
+        "\\\\?\\C:\\Users\\jesse\\AppData\\Local\\ESPHome Builder\\python\\python.exe"
+    )
+    stripped_exe = (
+        "C:\\Users\\jesse\\AppData\\Local\\ESPHome Builder\\python\\python.exe"
+    )
+
+    with (
+        patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=False),
+        patch("esphome.platformio_api.sys.platform", "win32"),
+        patch("esphome.platformio_api.sys.executable", prefixed_exe),
+    ):
+        # Pop any pre-existing PYTHONEXEPATH so the assertion below reflects
+        # what run_platformio_cli set, not whatever the test runner's
+        # environment happened to contain.
+        os.environ.pop("PYTHONEXEPATH", None)
+        mock_run_external_process.return_value = 0
+        platformio_api.run_platformio_cli("test", "arg")
+
+        # The subprocess is invoked with the stripped executable path.
+        mock_run_external_process.assert_called_once()
+        args = mock_run_external_process.call_args[0]
+        assert args[0] == stripped_exe
+        # PYTHONEXEPATH is exported with the stripped path so PlatformIO's
+        # get_pythonexe_path() picks it up in the subprocess.
+        assert os.environ["PYTHONEXEPATH"] == stripped_exe
+
+
+def test_run_platformio_cli_does_not_set_pythonexepath_without_strip(
+    setup_core: Path, mock_run_external_process: Mock
+) -> None:
+    r"""PYTHONEXEPATH is not touched when sys.executable has no ``\\?\`` prefix.
+
+    Setting it unconditionally would clobber a user-provided value (or
+    interfere with non-Windows tooling that has no prefix to strip).
+    """
+    CORE.build_path = str(setup_core / "build" / "test")
+    plain_exe = "/usr/bin/python3"
+
+    with (
+        patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=False),
+        patch("esphome.platformio_api.sys.platform", "linux"),
+        patch("esphome.platformio_api.sys.executable", plain_exe),
+    ):
+        os.environ.pop("PYTHONEXEPATH", None)
+        mock_run_external_process.return_value = 0
+        platformio_api.run_platformio_cli("test", "arg")
+
+        mock_run_external_process.assert_called_once()
+        args = mock_run_external_process.call_args[0]
+        assert args[0] == plain_exe
+        assert "PYTHONEXEPATH" not in os.environ
+
+
 def test_run_platformio_cli_run_builds_command(
     setup_core: Path, mock_run_platformio_cli: Mock
 ) -> None:

tests/unit_tests/test_util.py

@@ -709,3 +709,119 @@ def test_detect_rp2040_bootsel_timeout() -> None:
         result = util.detect_rp2040_bootsel("/usr/bin/picotool")
     assert result.device_count == 0
     assert result.permission_error is False
+
+
+class TestSafePrint:
+    """Tests for ``safe_print`` and its UnicodeEncodeError fallback chain."""
+
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def _no_dashboard(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """Default ``CORE.dashboard`` to False so each test starts hermetic."""
+        from esphome.core import CORE
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(CORE, "dashboard", False)
+
+    def test_prints_plain_message(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
+        """ASCII-only messages take the fast path through native ``print``."""
+        util.safe_print("hello world")
+        assert capsys.readouterr().out == "hello world\n"
+
+    def test_prints_unicode_on_utf8_stdout(
+        self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
+    ) -> None:
+        """Non-ASCII goes straight through when stdout can encode it."""
+        util.safe_print("bars: \u2582\u2584\u2586\u2588")
+        assert capsys.readouterr().out == "bars: \u2582\u2584\u2586\u2588\n"
+
+    def test_dashboard_escapes_esc_byte(
+        self,
+        capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+        monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    ) -> None:
+        r"""Dashboard mode escapes raw ``\033`` ESC bytes to literal ``\\033``."""
+        from esphome.core import CORE
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(CORE, "dashboard", True)
+        util.safe_print("\033[0;32mhi\033[0m")
+        assert capsys.readouterr().out == "\\033[0;32mhi\\033[0m\n"
+
+    def test_fallback_writes_string_not_bytes_repr(
+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+    ) -> None:
+        """Regression: cp1252 fallback must produce a printable str, not ``b'...'``.
+
+        On Windows, when stdout is a redirected pipe (e.g. the dashboard),
+        Python uses cp1252, which cannot encode the wifi signal-bar block
+        characters (U+2582..U+2588). The previous fallback path called
+        ``print(message.encode(...))`` with a ``bytes`` object, which
+        Python's ``print`` rendered as a literal ``b'...'`` repr — visible
+        in the user's dashboard output. The fix re-encodes through the
+        stream's encoding with ``backslashreplace`` and decodes back to
+        ``str``.
+        """
+        buf = io.BytesIO()
+        cp1252_stream = io.TextIOWrapper(buf, encoding="cp1252", errors="strict")
+        monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "stdout", cp1252_stream)
+
+        util.safe_print("bars: \u2582\u2584\u2586\u2588 done")
+        cp1252_stream.flush()
+        output = buf.getvalue().decode("cp1252")
+
+        # Output is a clean line, not the bytes repr.
+        assert not output.startswith("b'")
+        assert "b'bars" not in output
+        # Unencodable codepoints become readable backslash escapes.
+        assert "\\u2582\\u2584\\u2586\\u2588" in output
+        # Encodable parts survive unchanged.
+        assert "bars: " in output
+        assert " done" in output
+        assert output.endswith("\n")
+
+    def test_fallback_with_dashboard_escaped_message(
+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+    ) -> None:
+        """Dashboard ESC escaping + cp1252 fallback compose correctly."""
+        from esphome.core import CORE
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(CORE, "dashboard", True)
+        buf = io.BytesIO()
+        cp1252_stream = io.TextIOWrapper(buf, encoding="cp1252", errors="strict")
+        monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "stdout", cp1252_stream)
+
+        util.safe_print("\033[0;32m\u2582\u2584\u2586\u2588\033[0m")
+        cp1252_stream.flush()
+        output = buf.getvalue().decode("cp1252")
+
+        # Dashboard escaping turned ESC into literal "\033" (5 chars), which
+        # cp1252 can encode, so it survives the round-trip verbatim.
+        assert "\\033[0;32m" in output
+        assert "\\033[0m" in output
+        # Block characters became backslash escapes via backslashreplace.
+        assert "\\u2582\\u2584\\u2586\\u2588" in output
+
+    def test_final_message_when_locale_is_invalid(
+        self,
+        monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+        capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+    ) -> None:
+        """If every encoding path fails, surface the locale-error sentinel."""
+        original_print = print
+        call_count = 0
+
+        def fake_print(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+            nonlocal call_count
+            call_count += 1
+            # The first three calls are: native print, stream-encoding
+            # fallback, ASCII fallback. Make all three raise so we reach
+            # the final sentinel "Cannot print line..." which is expected
+            # to succeed (no encoding required).
+            if call_count <= 3:
+                raise UnicodeEncodeError("ascii", "x", 0, 1, "boom")
+            original_print(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr("builtins.print", fake_print)
+        util.safe_print("x")
+        assert call_count == 4
+        assert (
+            capsys.readouterr().out == "Cannot print line because of invalid locale!\n"
+        )