Merge pull request #18957 from esphome/bump-2026.9.0b1

2026.9.0b1

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -374,8 +374,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install apt packages (cached)
         # ccache speeds up the host compiles. A cache hit never touches apt
         # (mirror outages cannot hang the job); the timeout bounds the cold
-        # path. Packages and version must match seed-apt-cache exactly;
-        # libsdl2-dev is unused here and carried only for cache-key parity.
+        # path. Packages and version must match seed-apt-cache exactly.
+        # libsdl2-dev is needed by the headless display tests, which capture
+        # screenshots.
         timeout-minutes: 10
         uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@553a35bb8ebd9fcabcb1c9451aa4c98e1b4ca8a9 # v1.6.3
         with:
@@ -438,6 +439,16 @@ jobs:
           echo "Bucket ${{ matrix.bucket.name }}: running ${#test_files[@]} integration tests"
           pytest -vv --no-cov --tb=native --durations=30 -n auto --dist worksteal \
             --junitxml=junit-integration.xml "${test_files[@]}"
+      - name: Upload test artifacts
+        # Tests that compare rendered output write the image they actually got here, so a
+        # failure can be looked at without reproducing the whole build locally.
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: integration-test-artifacts-${{ matrix.bucket.name }}
+          path: test_artifacts/
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 7
       - name: Upload junit timings
         # Consumed by sync-integration-durations.yml through
         # script/update_integration_test_durations.py; only full matrix dev

.gitignore

@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ config/
 !tests/component_tests/**/config/
 tests/build/
 tests/.esphome/
+# Output kept by failing tests for inspection; uploaded by CI
+test_artifacts/
 /.temp-clang-tidy.cpp
 /.temp/
 .pio/

CODEOWNERS

@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ esphome/components/sm2335/* @Cossid
 esphome/components/sml/* @alengwenus
 esphome/components/smt100/* @piechade
 esphome/components/sn74hc165/* @jesserockz
+esphome/components/snapshot/* @clydebarrow
 esphome/components/socket/* @esphome/core
 esphome/components/sonoff_d1/* @anatoly-savchenkov
 esphome/components/sound_level/* @kahrendt

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         = 2026.9.0-dev
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2026.9.0b1
 
 # 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/ble_client/__init__.py

@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
-from collections.abc import Callable
-import functools
-from typing import Any
-
 from esphome import automation
 from esphome.automation import maybe_simple_id
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import ble_device_base, bluetooth_connection
-from esphome.components.ble_device_base import (
-    BT_UUID16_FORMAT as bt_uuid16_format,
-    BT_UUID32_FORMAT as bt_uuid32_format,
-    BT_UUID128_FORMAT as bt_uuid128_format,
-    as_hex,
-    as_reversed_hex_array,
-    bt_uuid,
-)
-from esphome.config_helpers import (
-    filter_source_files_from_platform,
-    frameworks_for_platforms,
-)
+from esphome.components import esp32_ble, esp32_ble_client, esp32_ble_tracker
+from esphome.components.esp32_ble import BTLoggers
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
     CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID,
@@ -30,53 +15,13 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_SERVICE_UUID,
     CONF_TRIGGER_ID,
     CONF_VALUE,
-    PLATFORM_ESP32,
-    PlatformFramework,
 )
-from esphome.core import CORE, ID
-from esphome.enum import StrEnum
-from esphome.schema_extractors import SCHEMA_EXTRACT, schema_extractor
+from esphome.core import ID
 from esphome.types import ConfigType
 
-# The esp32 BLE stack (esp32_ble, esp32_ble_tracker) is imported lazily inside
-# the esp32 schema/codegen arms: importing those modules registers esp32-only
-# automations as a side effect, which must not leak into the neutral
-# platforms' registries (the bluetooth_proxy pattern).
-
-
-def _legacy_engine() -> bool:
-    """True when the build uses the legacy raw-gattc engine - one line to
-    flip when esp32 moves to the neutral engine (with
-    USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE in _to_code_esp32)."""
-    return CORE.is_esp32
-
-
-def AUTO_LOAD() -> list[str]:
-    """The engine's closure per platform: the legacy esp32 engine builds on
-    esp32_ble_client plus bluetooth_connection (the shared service-table
-    materializer; its sources compile empty in builds without a neutral
-    node), the neutral engine on the bluetooth_connection backend. The
-    platform-less arm is the union for manifest-resolving tooling."""
-    if _legacy_engine() or CORE.target_platform is None:
-        return ["bluetooth_connection", "esp32_ble_client"]
-    return ["bluetooth_connection"]
-
-
+AUTO_LOAD = ["esp32_ble_client"]
 CODEOWNERS = ["@buxtronix", "@clydebarrow"]
-
-FILTER_SOURCE_FILES = filter_source_files_from_platform(
-    {
-        "ble_client.cpp": {
-            PlatformFramework.ESP32_ARDUINO,
-            PlatformFramework.ESP32_IDF,
-        },
-        # Every framework of every non-esp32 registry platform: a platform
-        # that validates the neutral arm must also compile the neutral engine.
-        "ble_client_gatt.cpp": frameworks_for_platforms(
-            set(bluetooth_connection.GATT_CLIENT_PLATFORMS) - {PLATFORM_ESP32}
-        ),
-    }
-)
+DEPENDENCIES = ["esp32_ble_tracker"]
 
 CONF_DESCRIPTOR_UUID = "descriptor_uuid"
 CONF_ON_NOTIFY = "on_notify"
@@ -113,9 +58,7 @@ def notify_from_on_notify(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
 
 
 ble_client_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("ble_client")
-# One codegen class for both engines: the exclusively-gated headers resolve
-# the name to exactly one C++ definition per build.
-BLEClient = ble_client_ns.class_("BLEClient", cg.Component)
+BLEClient = ble_client_ns.class_("BLEClient", esp32_ble_client.BLEClientBase)
 BLEClientNode = ble_client_ns.class_("BLEClientNode")
 BLEClientNodeConstRef = BLEClientNode.operator("ref").operator("const")
 # Triggers
@@ -162,179 +105,62 @@ CONF_AUTO_CONNECT = "auto_connect"
 
 MULTI_CONF = True
 
-# Keys shared by both engines' schemas.
-_COMMON_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
-    {
-        cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(BLEClient),
-        cv.Required(CONF_MAC_ADDRESS): cv.mac_address,
-        cv.Optional(CONF_AUTO_CONNECT, default=True): cv.boolean,
-        cv.Optional(CONF_ON_CONNECT): automation.validate_automation(
-            {
-                cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(BLEClientConnectTrigger),
-            }
-        ),
-        cv.Optional(CONF_ON_DISCONNECT): automation.validate_automation(
-            {
-                cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(
-                    BLEClientDisconnectTrigger
-                ),
-            }
-        ),
-    }
-).extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
-
-
-@functools.cache
-def _esp32_config_schema() -> cv.All:
-    """The legacy engine's schema, byte-compatible with what esp32 always had
-    (including the Bluedroid security triggers)."""
-    from esphome.components import esp32_ble_tracker
-
-    return cv.All(
-        _COMMON_SCHEMA.extend(
-            {
-                # Accepted-but-unused legacy key; not propagated to the
-                # neutral schema.
-                cv.Optional(CONF_NAME): cv.string,
-                cv.Optional(CONF_ON_PASSKEY_REQUEST): automation.validate_automation(
-                    {
-                        cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(
-                            BLEClientPasskeyRequestTrigger
-                        ),
-                    }
-                ),
-                cv.Optional(
-                    CONF_ON_PASSKEY_NOTIFICATION
-                ): automation.validate_automation(
-                    {
-                        cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(
-                            BLEClientPasskeyNotificationTrigger
-                        ),
-                    }
-                ),
-                cv.Optional(
-                    CONF_ON_NUMERIC_COMPARISON_REQUEST
-                ): automation.validate_automation(
-                    {
-                        cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(
-                            BLEClientNumericComparisonRequestTrigger
-                        ),
-                    }
-                ),
-            }
-        ).extend(esp32_ble_tracker.ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA),
-        bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("ble_client"),
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
+    cv.Schema(
+        {
+            cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(BLEClient),
+            cv.Required(CONF_MAC_ADDRESS): cv.mac_address,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_NAME): cv.string,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_AUTO_CONNECT, default=True): cv.boolean,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_ON_CONNECT): automation.validate_automation(
+                {
+                    cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(
+                        BLEClientConnectTrigger
+                    ),
+                }
+            ),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_ON_DISCONNECT): automation.validate_automation(
+                {
+                    cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(
+                        BLEClientDisconnectTrigger
+                    ),
+                }
+            ),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_ON_PASSKEY_REQUEST): automation.validate_automation(
+                {
+                    cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(
+                        BLEClientPasskeyRequestTrigger
+                    ),
+                }
+            ),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_ON_PASSKEY_NOTIFICATION): automation.validate_automation(
+                {
+                    cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(
+                        BLEClientPasskeyNotificationTrigger
+                    ),
+                }
+            ),
+            cv.Optional(
+                CONF_ON_NUMERIC_COMPARISON_REQUEST
+            ): automation.validate_automation(
+                {
+                    cv.GenerateID(CONF_TRIGGER_ID): cv.declare_id(
+                        BLEClientNumericComparisonRequestTrigger
+                    ),
+                }
+            ),
+        }
     )
-
-
-@functools.cache
-def _gatt_config_schema(platform: str) -> cv.All:
-    """The neutral engine's schema: the shared keys plus the hub reference
-    (parsed-advertisement sightings) and the GATT backend declaration.
-    Keyed by platform - the backend fragment differs per platform."""
-    return cv.All(
-        _COMMON_SCHEMA.extend(ble_device_base.BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA).extend(
-            bluetooth_connection.gatt_client_schema(platform)
-        ),
-        bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("ble_client"),
-    )
-
-
-@schema_extractor("schema")
-def _validate_platform(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
-    if config is SCHEMA_EXTRACT:
-        # Deliberate gap (the bluetooth_proxy pattern): the dumper gets only
-        # this shape, so the neutral arm's ble_hub_id is absent from editor
-        # schemas and the esp32-only keys are advertised on every platform.
-        # The language-schema dumper runs without a platform; expose the
-        # esp32 (legacy-engine) shape.
-        return _esp32_config_schema()
-    if _legacy_engine():
-        return _esp32_config_schema()(config)
-    if CORE.target_platform in bluetooth_connection.GATT_CLIENT_PLATFORMS:
-        return _gatt_config_schema(CORE.target_platform)(config)
-    raise cv.Invalid(f"ble_client is not supported on {CORE.target_platform}")
-
-
-CONFIG_SCHEMA = _validate_platform
+    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+    .extend(esp32_ble_tracker.ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA),
+    esp32_ble.consume_connection_slots(1, "ble_client"),
+)
 
 CONF_BLE_CLIENT_ID = "ble_client_id"
 
-
-class BLEClientFeatures(StrEnum):
-    """Per-platform engine capabilities consumers declare against."""
-
-    # The platform-neutral node interface (on_connected/table + completion
-    # callbacks) - every platform with a ble_client engine.
-    GATT_NODE = "gatt_node"
-    # The raw esp32 GATT client event stream (gattc/gap handlers,
-    # node_state) - the legacy engine only.
-    RAW_GATTC = "raw_gattc"
-    # Pairing dialog replies and bond management (Bluedroid GAP/SMP).
-    SECURITY = "security"
-
-
-def _engine_features() -> set[BLEClientFeatures]:
-    """Features the validated platform's engine provides."""
-    if _legacy_engine():
-        return {
-            BLEClientFeatures.GATT_NODE,
-            BLEClientFeatures.RAW_GATTC,
-            BLEClientFeatures.SECURITY,
-        }
-    if CORE.target_platform in bluetooth_connection.GATT_CLIENT_PLATFORMS:
-        return {BLEClientFeatures.GATT_NODE}
-    return set()
-
-
-def requires_feature(
-    feature: BLEClientFeatures, description: str
-) -> Callable[[Any], Any]:
-    """Validator gating a consumer to platforms whose engine provides
-    `feature`, naming the missing capability in the error."""
-
-    def validator(value: Any) -> Any:
-        features = _engine_features()
-        if feature not in features:
-            available = (
-                f"; this platform's engine provides: {', '.join(sorted(features))}"
-                if features
-                else ""
-            )
-            raise cv.Invalid(
-                f"{description} requires the ble_client '{feature}' feature, "
-                f"which {CORE.target_platform} does not provide{available}"
-            )
-        return value
-
-    return validator
-
-
-# The one choke point for every node component still on the raw esp32 event
-# stream; migrating to the neutral interface (NODE_BLE_CLIENT_SCHEMA +
-# register_gatt_node) lifts it.
-_legacy_engine_only = requires_feature(
-    BLEClientFeatures.RAW_GATTC,
-    "This component drives the raw ESP32 GATT client events and has not "
-    "been migrated to the platform-neutral node interface yet; it",
-)
-
 BLE_CLIENT_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
     {
-        cv.GenerateID(CONF_BLE_CLIENT_ID): cv.All(
-            cv.use_id(BLEClient), _legacy_engine_only
-        ),
-    }
-)
-
-# For node components on the neutral interface: valid wherever ble_client
-# itself is.
-NODE_BLE_CLIENT_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
-    {
-        cv.GenerateID(CONF_BLE_CLIENT_ID): cv.All(
-            cv.use_id(BLEClient),
-            requires_feature(BLEClientFeatures.GATT_NODE, "This component"),
-        ),
+        cv.GenerateID(CONF_BLE_CLIENT_ID): cv.use_id(BLEClient),
     }
 )
 
@@ -344,31 +170,11 @@ async def register_ble_node(var, config):
     cg.add(parent.register_ble_node(var))
 
 
-def _request_gatt_node_build() -> None:
-    """Node storage and the one define meaning "the neutral node surface is
-    compiled in", plus the esp32 bridge/materializer defines."""
-    _request_node_slot()
-    cg.add_define("USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES")
-    if _legacy_engine():
-        # Deliberately not ble_device_base.request_gatt_client(): that would
-        # claim a phantom backend slot on combined proxy builds.
-        cg.add_define("USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT")
-        cg.add_define("USE_BLE_GATT_BACKEND_BLUEDROID")
-        cg.add_define("USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE")
-
-
-async def register_gatt_node(var, config):
-    """Register a node on the platform-neutral interface (both engines)."""
-    parent = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_BLE_CLIENT_ID])
-    _request_gatt_node_build()
-    cg.add(parent.register_gatt_node(var))
-
-
 BLE_WRITE_ACTION_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
     {
         cv.GenerateID(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(BLEClient),
-        cv.Required(CONF_SERVICE_UUID): bt_uuid,
-        cv.Required(CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID): bt_uuid,
+        cv.Required(CONF_SERVICE_UUID): esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid,
+        cv.Required(CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID): esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid,
         cv.Required(CONF_VALUE): cv.templatable(cv.ensure_list(cv.hex_uint8_t)),
     }
 )
@@ -379,34 +185,25 @@ BLE_CONNECT_ACTION_SCHEMA = maybe_simple_id(
     }
 )
 
-BLE_NUMERIC_COMPARISON_REPLY_ACTION_SCHEMA = cv.All(
-    requires_feature(BLEClientFeatures.SECURITY, "This action"),
-    cv.Schema(
-        {
-            cv.GenerateID(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(BLEClient),
-            cv.Required(CONF_ACCEPT): cv.templatable(cv.boolean),
-        }
-    ),
+BLE_NUMERIC_COMPARISON_REPLY_ACTION_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
+    {
+        cv.GenerateID(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(BLEClient),
+        cv.Required(CONF_ACCEPT): cv.templatable(cv.boolean),
+    }
 )
 
-BLE_PASSKEY_REPLY_ACTION_SCHEMA = cv.All(
-    requires_feature(BLEClientFeatures.SECURITY, "This action"),
-    cv.Schema(
-        {
-            cv.GenerateID(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(BLEClient),
-            cv.Required(CONF_PASSKEY): cv.templatable(cv.int_range(min=0, max=999999)),
-        }
-    ),
+BLE_PASSKEY_REPLY_ACTION_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
+    {
+        cv.GenerateID(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(BLEClient),
+        cv.Required(CONF_PASSKEY): cv.templatable(cv.int_range(min=0, max=999999)),
+    }
 )
 
 
-BLE_REMOVE_BOND_ACTION_SCHEMA = cv.All(
-    requires_feature(BLEClientFeatures.SECURITY, "This action"),
-    cv.Schema(
-        {
-            cv.GenerateID(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(BLEClient),
-        }
-    ),
+BLE_REMOVE_BOND_ACTION_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
+    {
+        cv.GenerateID(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(BLEClient),
+    }
 )
 
 
@@ -440,8 +237,6 @@ async def ble_connect_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
 )
 async def ble_write_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     parent = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
-    # The action registers itself as a neutral node in its constructor.
-    _request_gatt_node_build()
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, parent)
 
     value = config[CONF_VALUE]
@@ -456,20 +251,38 @@ async def ble_write_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
         arr = cg.static_const_array(arr_id, cg.ArrayInitializer(*value))
         cg.add(var.set_value_simple(arr, len(value)))
 
-    if len(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID]) == len(bt_uuid16_format):
-        cg.add(var.set_service_uuid16(as_hex(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID])))
-    elif len(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID]) == len(bt_uuid32_format):
-        cg.add(var.set_service_uuid32(as_hex(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID])))
-    elif len(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID]) == len(bt_uuid128_format):
-        uuid128 = as_reversed_hex_array(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID])
+    if len(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID]) == len(esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid16_format):
+        cg.add(
+            var.set_service_uuid16(esp32_ble_tracker.as_hex(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID]))
+        )
+    elif len(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID]) == len(esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid32_format):
+        cg.add(
+            var.set_service_uuid32(esp32_ble_tracker.as_hex(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID]))
+        )
+    elif len(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID]) == len(esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid128_format):
+        uuid128 = esp32_ble_tracker.as_reversed_hex_array(config[CONF_SERVICE_UUID])
         cg.add(var.set_service_uuid128(uuid128))
 
-    if len(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID]) == len(bt_uuid16_format):
-        cg.add(var.set_char_uuid16(as_hex(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID])))
-    elif len(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID]) == len(bt_uuid32_format):
-        cg.add(var.set_char_uuid32(as_hex(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID])))
-    elif len(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID]) == len(bt_uuid128_format):
-        uuid128 = as_reversed_hex_array(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID])
+    if len(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID]) == len(esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid16_format):
+        cg.add(
+            var.set_char_uuid16(
+                esp32_ble_tracker.as_hex(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID])
+            )
+        )
+    elif len(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID]) == len(
+        esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid32_format
+    ):
+        cg.add(
+            var.set_char_uuid32(
+                esp32_ble_tracker.as_hex(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID])
+            )
+        )
+    elif len(config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID]) == len(
+        esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid128_format
+    ):
+        uuid128 = esp32_ble_tracker.as_reversed_hex_array(
+            config[CONF_CHARACTERISTIC_UUID]
+        )
         cg.add(var.set_char_uuid128(uuid128))
 
     return var
@@ -526,45 +339,14 @@ async def remove_bond_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     return cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, parent)
 
 
-async def _to_code_esp32(config: ConfigType) -> cg.MockObj:
-    from esphome.components import esp32_ble, esp32_ble_tracker
-    from esphome.components.esp32_ble import BTLoggers
-
+async def to_code(config):
     # Register the loggers this component needs
     esp32_ble.register_bt_logger(BTLoggers.GATT, BTLoggers.SMP)
     cg.add_define("USE_ESP32_BLE_UUID")
-    cg.add_define("USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE")
 
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
     await cg.register_component(var, config)
     await esp32_ble_tracker.register_client(var, config)
-    return var
-
-
-# Sizes the neutral client's node storage; the client itself requests a
-# baseline slot so the define exists on every build that compiles the engine.
-_request_node_slot = cg.slot_counter("ESPHOME_BLE_CLIENT_MAX_NODES")
-
-
-async def _to_code_gatt(config: ConfigType) -> cg.MockObj:
-    # The engine always carries the node surface (the client itself owns the
-    # baseline slot).
-    _request_gatt_node_build()
-    backend = await bluetooth_connection.new_gatt_backend(config)
-    var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
-    await cg.register_component(var, config)
-    cg.add(var.set_backend(backend))
-    # Sighting-gated connects: the client listens for the peer's parsed
-    # advertisements through the hub.
-    await ble_device_base.register_ble_device(var, config)
-    return var
-
-
-async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
-    if _legacy_engine():
-        var = await _to_code_esp32(config)
-    else:
-        var = await _to_code_gatt(config)
     cg.add(var.set_address(config[CONF_MAC_ADDRESS].as_hex))
     cg.add(var.set_auto_connect(config[CONF_AUTO_CONNECT]))
     for conf in config.get(CONF_ON_CONNECT, []):

esphome/components/ble_client/automation.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
+
+#include "automation.h"
+
+namespace esphome::ble_client {
+
+const char *const Automation::TAG = "ble_client.automation";
+
+}  // namespace esphome::ble_client
+
+#endif

esphome/components/ble_client/automation.h

@@ -1,14 +1,27 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
 
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "esphome/core/automation.h"
 #include "esphome/components/ble_client/ble_client.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+// Maximum bytes to log in hex format for BLE writes (many logging buffers are 256 chars)
+static constexpr size_t BLE_WRITE_MAX_LOG_BYTES = 64;
 
 namespace esphome::ble_client {
 
+// placeholder class for static TAG .
+class Automation {
+ public:
+  // could be made inline with C++17
+  static const char *const TAG;
+};
+
 // implement on_connect automation.
 class BLEClientConnectTrigger final : public Trigger<>, public BLEClientNode {
  public:
@@ -80,6 +93,144 @@ class BLEClientNumericComparisonRequestTrigger final : public Trigger<uint32_t>,
   }
 };
 
+// implement the ble_client.ble_write action.
+template<typename... Ts> class BLEClientWriteAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public BLEClientNode {
+ public:
+  BLEClientWriteAction(BLEClient *ble_client) {
+    ble_client->register_ble_node(this);
+    ble_client_ = ble_client;
+  }
+
+  void set_service_uuid16(uint16_t uuid) { this->service_uuid_ = espbt::ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(uuid); }
+  void set_service_uuid32(uint32_t uuid) { this->service_uuid_ = espbt::ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(uuid); }
+  void set_service_uuid128(uint8_t *uuid) { this->service_uuid_ = espbt::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid); }
+
+  void set_char_uuid16(uint16_t uuid) { this->char_uuid_ = espbt::ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(uuid); }
+  void set_char_uuid32(uint32_t uuid) { this->char_uuid_ = espbt::ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(uuid); }
+  void set_char_uuid128(uint8_t *uuid) { this->char_uuid_ = espbt::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid); }
+
+  void set_value_template(std::vector<uint8_t> (*func)(Ts...)) {
+    this->value_.func = func;
+    this->len_ = -1;  // Sentinel value indicates template mode
+  }
+
+  // Store pointer to static data in flash (no RAM copy)
+  void set_value_simple(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
+    this->value_.data = data;
+    this->len_ = len;  // Length >= 0 indicates static mode
+  }
+
+  void play(const Ts &...x) override {}
+
+  void play_complex(const Ts &...x) override {
+    this->num_running_++;
+    this->var_ = std::make_tuple(x...);
+
+    bool result;
+    if (this->len_ >= 0) {
+      // Static mode: write directly from flash pointer
+      result = this->write(this->value_.data, this->len_);
+    } else {
+      // Template mode: call function and write the vector
+      std::vector<uint8_t> value = this->value_.func(x...);
+      result = this->write(value);
+    }
+
+    // on write failure, continue the automation chain rather than stopping so that e.g. disconnect can work.
+    if (!result)
+      this->play_next_(x...);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Note about logging: the esph_log_X macros are used here because the CI checks complain about use of the ESP LOG
+   * macros in header files (Can't even write it in a comment!)
+   * Not sure why, because they seem to work just fine.
+   * The problem is that the implementation of a templated class can't be placed in a .cpp file when using C++ less than
+   * 17, so the methods have to be here.  The esph_log_X macros are equivalent in function, but don't trigger the CI
+   * errors.
+   */
+  // initiate the write. Return true if all went well, will be followed by a WRITE_CHAR event.
+  bool write(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
+    if (this->node_state != espbt::ClientState::ESTABLISHED) {
+      esph_log_w(Automation::TAG, "Cannot write to BLE characteristic - not connected");
+      return false;
+    }
+#if ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL >= ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL_VERY_VERBOSE
+    char hex_buf[format_hex_pretty_size(BLE_WRITE_MAX_LOG_BYTES)];
+    esph_log_vv(Automation::TAG, "Will write %d bytes: %s", len, format_hex_pretty_to(hex_buf, data, len));
+#endif
+    esp_err_t err =
+        esp_ble_gattc_write_char(this->parent()->get_gattc_if(), this->parent()->get_conn_id(), this->char_handle_, len,
+                                 const_cast<uint8_t *>(data), this->write_type_, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE);
+    if (err != ESP_OK) {
+      esph_log_e(Automation::TAG, "Error writing to characteristic: %s!", esp_err_to_name(err));
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  bool write(const std::vector<uint8_t> &value) { return this->write(value.data(), value.size()); }
+
+  void gattc_event_handler(esp_gattc_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if,
+                           esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param) override {
+    switch (event) {
+      case ESP_GATTC_WRITE_CHAR_EVT:
+        // upstream code checked the MAC address, verify the characteristic.
+        if (param->write.handle == this->char_handle_)
+          this->parent()->run_later([this]() { this->play_next_tuple_(this->var_); });
+        break;
+      case ESP_GATTC_DISCONNECT_EVT:
+        if (this->num_running_ != 0)
+          this->stop_complex();
+        break;
+      case ESP_GATTC_SEARCH_CMPL_EVT: {
+        auto *chr = this->parent()->get_characteristic(this->service_uuid_, this->char_uuid_);
+        if (chr == nullptr) {
+          char char_buf[esp32_ble::UUID_STR_LEN];
+          char service_buf[esp32_ble::UUID_STR_LEN];
+          esph_log_w("ble_write_action", "Characteristic %s was not found in service %s",
+                     this->char_uuid_.to_str(char_buf), this->service_uuid_.to_str(service_buf));
+          break;
+        }
+        this->char_handle_ = chr->handle;
+        this->char_props_ = chr->properties;
+        if (this->char_props_ & ESP_GATT_CHAR_PROP_BIT_WRITE) {
+          this->write_type_ = ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_RSP;
+          esph_log_d(Automation::TAG, "Write type: ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_RSP");
+        } else if (this->char_props_ & ESP_GATT_CHAR_PROP_BIT_WRITE_NR) {
+          this->write_type_ = ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_NO_RSP;
+          esph_log_d(Automation::TAG, "Write type: ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_NO_RSP");
+        } else {
+          char char_buf[esp32_ble::UUID_STR_LEN];
+          esph_log_e(Automation::TAG, "Characteristic %s does not allow writing", this->char_uuid_.to_str(char_buf));
+          break;
+        }
+        this->node_state = espbt::ClientState::ESTABLISHED;
+        char char_buf[esp32_ble::UUID_STR_LEN];
+        esph_log_d(Automation::TAG, "Found characteristic %s on device %s", this->char_uuid_.to_str(char_buf),
+                   ble_client_->address_str());
+        break;
+      }
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+ private:
+  BLEClient *ble_client_;
+  ssize_t len_{-1};  // -1 = template mode, >=0 = static mode with length
+  union Value {
+    std::vector<uint8_t> (*func)(Ts...);  // Function pointer (stateless lambdas)
+    const uint8_t *data;                  // Pointer to static data in flash
+  } value_;
+  espbt::ESPBTUUID service_uuid_;
+  espbt::ESPBTUUID char_uuid_;
+  std::tuple<Ts...> var_{};
+  uint16_t char_handle_{};
+  esp_gatt_char_prop_t char_props_{};
+  esp_gatt_write_type_t write_type_{};
+};
+
 template<typename... Ts> class BLEClientPasskeyReplyAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
  public:
   BLEClientPasskeyReplyAction(BLEClient *ble_client) { parent_ = ble_client; }

esphome/components/ble_client/automation_gatt.h

@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-// Neutral twins of the shared ble_client automations. Class names, namespace,
-// and codegen-visible signatures are IDENTICAL to automation.h so generated
-// main.cpp compiles against whichever engine the build gates in; only the
-// internals differ (client callbacks and the neutral node interface instead
-// of raw gattc events). The Bluedroid-security automations (passkey, numeric
-// comparison, remove bond) have no neutral equivalent and stay esp32-only.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
-
-#if defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT) && !defined(USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE)
-
-#include <tuple>
-
-#include "ble_client_gatt.h"
-#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
-
-namespace esphome::ble_client {
-
-class BLEClientConnectTrigger final : public Trigger<> {
- public:
-  explicit BLEClientConnectTrigger(BLEClient *parent) {
-    parent->add_on_connect_callback([this]() { this->trigger(); });
-  }
-};
-
-class BLEClientDisconnectTrigger final : public Trigger<> {
- public:
-  explicit BLEClientDisconnectTrigger(BLEClient *parent) {
-    // Fires only after a completed connection (never for failed attempts),
-    // matching the legacy CLOSE_EVT semantics.
-    parent->add_on_disconnect_callback([this]() { this->trigger(); });
-  }
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class BLEClientConnectAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  BLEClientConnectAction(BLEClient *ble_client) {
-    ble_client_ = ble_client;
-    ble_client->add_on_connect_callback([this]() {
-      if (this->num_running_ != 0)
-        this->play_next_tuple_(this->var_);
-    });
-    // A connect attempt that dies (or a later disconnect) terminates the
-    // chain, mirroring the legacy DISCONNECT_EVT handling.
-    ble_client->add_on_connect_failed_callback([this]() {
-      if (this->num_running_ != 0)
-        this->stop_complex();
-    });
-    ble_client->add_on_disconnect_callback([this]() {
-      if (this->num_running_ != 0)
-        this->stop_complex();
-    });
-  }
-
-  // not used since we override play_complex_
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override {}
-
-  void play_complex(const Ts &...x) override {
-    // it makes no sense to have multiple instances of this running at the
-    // same time; cancel a re-trigger while still running.
-    if (this->num_running_ != 0) {
-      this->stop_complex();
-      return;
-    }
-    this->num_running_++;
-    if (this->ble_client_->connected()) {
-      this->play_next_(x...);
-    } else {
-      this->var_ = std::make_tuple(x...);
-      // No-op while already connecting; the callback resolves the wait.
-      this->ble_client_->connect();
-    }
-  }
-
- private:
-  BLEClient *ble_client_;
-  std::tuple<Ts...> var_{};
-};
-
-template<typename... Ts> class BLEClientDisconnectAction final : public Action<Ts...> {
- public:
-  BLEClientDisconnectAction(BLEClient *ble_client) {
-    ble_client_ = ble_client;
-    // Both terminal outcomes resolve the wait: a completed teardown and a
-    // connect attempt that died on the way down.
-    ble_client->add_on_disconnect_callback([this]() {
-      if (this->num_running_ != 0)
-        this->play_next_tuple_(this->var_);
-    });
-    ble_client->add_on_connect_failed_callback([this]() {
-      if (this->num_running_ != 0)
-        this->play_next_tuple_(this->var_);
-    });
-  }
-
-  // not used since we override play_complex_
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override {}
-
-  void play_complex(const Ts &...x) override {
-    this->num_running_++;
-    if (this->ble_client_->idle()) {
-      this->play_next_(x...);
-    } else {
-      this->var_ = std::make_tuple(x...);
-      this->ble_client_->disconnect();
-    }
-  }
-
- private:
-  BLEClient *ble_client_;
-  std::tuple<Ts...> var_{};
-};
-
-}  // namespace esphome::ble_client
-
-#endif  // USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT && !USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE

esphome/components/ble_client/ble_client.cpp

@@ -2,16 +2,10 @@
 #include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_client/ble_client_base.h"
 #include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
 #include "esphome/core/application.h"
-#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE
-
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-#include "esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection.h"
-#include "esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/gatt_service_table_bluedroid.h"
-#endif
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
 
 namespace esphome::ble_client {
 
@@ -36,10 +30,6 @@ void BLEClient::dump_config() {
 bool BLEClient::parse_device(const espbt::ESPBTDevice &device) {
   if (!this->enabled)
     return false;
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-  if (device.address_uint64() == this->address_ && this->gatt_backoff_.holding_off())
-    return false;
-#endif
   return BLEClientBase::parse_device(device);
 }
 
@@ -50,60 +40,24 @@ void BLEClient::set_enabled(bool enabled) {
   if (!enabled) {
     ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[%s] Disabling BLE client.", this->address_str());
     this->disconnect();
-    return;
   }
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-  // A re-enable clears the backoff (neutral-engine parity).
-  this->gatt_backoff_.reset();
-#endif
 }
 
 bool BLEClient::gattc_event_handler(esp_gattc_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt_if_t esp_gattc_if,
                                     esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param) {
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-  // Bridge-initiated registrations bypass the base's REG_FOR_NOTIFY handling:
-  // its automatic CCCD write would double the node's own.
-  // Handle-keyed: mixed legacy/neutral subscriptions to one characteristic
-  // are unsupported during the migration window.
-  if (event == ESP_GATTC_REG_FOR_NOTIFY_EVT && esp_gattc_if == this->gattc_if_ &&
-      this->take_pending_gatt_reg_(param->reg_for_notify.handle)) {
-    if (this->pending_notify_regs_ > 0)
-      this->pending_notify_regs_--;
-    int err = param->reg_for_notify.status == ESP_GATT_OK ? 0 : param->reg_for_notify.status;
-    this->notify_state_to_gatt_nodes_(param->reg_for_notify.handle, true, err);
-    // A retiring last registration must still release the cache.
-    this->maybe_release_services_();
-    return true;
-  }
-#endif
   if (!BLEClientBase::gattc_event_handler(event, esp_gattc_if, param))
     return false;
 
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-  // Before the legacy fan-out so gatt nodes resolve before any trigger fires.
-  if (!this->gatt_nodes_.empty()) {
-    if (event == ESP_GATTC_SEARCH_CMPL_EVT) {
-      // A failed discovery tears the link down; the on_connect trigger must
-      // not fire into the teardown.
-      if (!this->handle_gatt_search_cmpl_(param->search_cmpl.status))
-        return true;
-    } else {
-      this->dispatch_gatt_event_(event, param);
-    }
-  }
-#endif
   for (auto *node : this->nodes_)
     node->gattc_event_handler(event, esp_gattc_if, param);
-  this->maybe_release_services_();
-  return true;
-}
 
-void BLEClient::maybe_release_services_() {
   // The release frees the GATT cache that BLEClientBase's CCCD lookup still needs.
+  // The last REG_FOR_NOTIFY event clears the counter before node dispatch, so the release still runs here.
   if (!this->services_.empty() && !this->notify_registration_pending() && this->all_nodes_established_()) {
     this->release_services();
     ESP_LOGD(TAG, "All clients established, services released");
   }
+  return true;
 }
 
 void BLEClient::gap_event_handler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t *param) {
@@ -111,19 +65,10 @@ void BLEClient::gap_event_handler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gap_cb_p
 
   for (auto *node : this->nodes_)
     node->gap_event_handler(event, param);
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-  if (event == ESP_GAP_BLE_AUTH_CMPL_EVT && this->check_addr(param->ble_security.auth_cmpl.bd_addr)) {
-    int status = param->ble_security.auth_cmpl.success ? 0 : param->ble_security.auth_cmpl.fail_reason;
-    for (auto *node : this->gatt_nodes_)
-      node->on_pairing_result(status);
-  }
-#endif
 }
 
 void BLEClient::set_state(espbt::ClientState state) {
   BLEClientBase::set_state(state);
-  // ESTABLISHED never flows through here; gatt nodes are promoted after the
-  // on_connected fan-out.
   for (auto &node : nodes_)
     node->node_state = state;
 }
@@ -138,218 +83,6 @@ bool BLEClient::all_nodes_established_() {
   return true;
 }
 
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-
-void BLEClient::register_gatt_node(BLEClientNode *node) {
-  // Parent before the capacity check so a dropped node still has a usable
-  // parent() (neutral-engine parity).
-  node->set_ble_client_parent(this);
-  if (this->gatt_nodes_.size() == ESPHOME_BLE_CLIENT_MAX_NODES) {
-    // push_back past capacity is a silent no-op; an undersized slot count
-    // must be loud at boot, not an unresolvable node at runtime.
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%s] Node capacity exceeded; node dropped", this->address_str());
-    this->status_set_error(LOG_STR("node capacity exceeded"));
-    return;
-  }
-  this->gatt_nodes_.push_back(node);
-  // nodes_ covers the shared state bookkeeping; gatt_nodes_ is the neutral
-  // fan-out subset.
-  this->register_ble_node(node);
-}
-
-int BLEClient::find_pending_gatt_reg_(uint16_t handle) const {
-  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < this->pending_gatt_reg_count_; i++) {
-    if (this->pending_gatt_regs_[i] == handle)
-      return i;
-  }
-  return -1;
-}
-
-bool BLEClient::take_pending_gatt_reg_(uint16_t handle) {
-  int i = this->find_pending_gatt_reg_(handle);
-  if (i < 0)
-    return false;
-  // No duplicates (notify_characteristic refuses a re-push); swap-with-last.
-  this->pending_gatt_regs_[i] = this->pending_gatt_regs_[--this->pending_gatt_reg_count_];
-  return true;
-}
-
-void BLEClient::notify_state_to_gatt_nodes_(uint16_t handle, bool enabled, int error) {
-  if (error != 0) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Notify %s on handle 0x%04x failed, status=%d", this->address_str(),
-             enabled ? "enable" : "disable", handle, error);
-  }
-  for (auto *node : this->gatt_nodes_)
-    node->on_notify_state(handle, enabled, error);
-}
-
-void BLEClient::dispatch_gatt_event_(esp_gattc_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param) {
-  switch (event) {
-    case ESP_GATTC_READ_CHAR_EVT:
-    case ESP_GATTC_READ_DESCR_EVT: {
-      bool ok = param->read.status == ESP_GATT_OK;
-      if (!ok) {
-        // Breadcrumb even when no node claims the handle.
-        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%s] Read on handle 0x%04x completed with status %d", this->address_str(), param->read.handle,
-                 param->read.status);
-      }
-      for (auto *node : this->gatt_nodes_) {
-        node->on_read_result(param->read.handle, ok ? param->read.value : nullptr, ok ? param->read.value_len : 0,
-                             ok ? 0 : param->read.status);
-      }
-      break;
-    }
-    case ESP_GATTC_WRITE_CHAR_EVT:
-    case ESP_GATTC_WRITE_DESCR_EVT:
-      if (param->write.status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
-        // Breadcrumb even when no node claims the handle.
-        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%s] Write on handle 0x%04x completed with status %d", this->address_str(), param->write.handle,
-                 param->write.status);
-      }
-      for (auto *node : this->gatt_nodes_) {
-        node->on_write_result(param->write.handle, param->write.status == ESP_GATT_OK ? 0 : param->write.status);
-      }
-      break;
-    case ESP_GATTC_NOTIFY_EVT:
-      for (auto *node : this->gatt_nodes_) {
-        node->on_notify(param->notify.handle, param->notify.value, param->notify.value_len);
-      }
-      break;
-    case ESP_GATTC_UNREG_FOR_NOTIFY_EVT:
-      // The base does no CCCD work for unregister; no interception needed.
-      this->notify_state_to_gatt_nodes_(
-          param->unreg_for_notify.handle, false,
-          param->unreg_for_notify.status == ESP_GATT_OK ? 0 : param->unreg_for_notify.status);
-      break;
-    default:
-      break;
-  }
-}
-
-bool BLEClient::handle_gatt_search_cmpl_(esp_gatt_status_t status) {
-  // The base ignores the search status; the neutral contract must not.
-  uint16_t service_total = 0;
-  bool counted = status == ESP_GATT_OK && bluetooth_connection::BluedroidServiceTable::count_services(
-                                              this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, &service_total);
-  if (!counted || service_total == 0) {
-    // A failed search poisons the whole discovery, legacy nodes included.
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Discovery failed (status=%d, services=%u)", this->address_str(), status, service_total);
-    this->gatt_backoff_.register_failure(this->address_str());
-    this->disconnect();
-    return false;
-  }
-  // Stack-owned; nodes copy their handles during on_connected().
-  bluetooth_connection::BluedroidServiceTable table;
-  if (!table.build(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, service_total, this->connection_index_)) {
-    if (!this->has_legacy_nodes_()) {
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Service table build failed; treating as failed discovery", this->address_str());
-      this->gatt_backoff_.register_failure(this->address_str());
-      this->disconnect();
-      return false;
-    }
-    // Only the table build failed; legacy nodes read the base's services_
-    // and keep the link. Gatt nodes catch the next connection.
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Service table build failed; gatt nodes skip this connection", this->address_str());
-    this->status_set_warning(LOG_STR("gatt nodes inactive: service table build failed"));
-  } else {
-    this->gatt_connected_ = true;
-    auto view = table.view();
-    for (auto *node : this->gatt_nodes_) {
-      node->on_connected(view);
-      if (this->state() != espbt::ClientState::ESTABLISHED) {
-        // The node tore the link down; remaining nodes get on_disconnected
-        // with no preceding on_connected, so leave a trace of why.
-        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] A node aborted the connection during setup", this->address_str());
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
-    this->gatt_backoff_.reset();
-    this->status_clear_warning();
-  }
-  // Promote so the legacy release condition can fire.
-  for (auto *node : this->gatt_nodes_)
-    node->node_state = espbt::ClientState::ESTABLISHED;
-  return true;
-}
-
-void BLEClient::on_disconnect_complete(esp_err_t reason) {
-  this->pending_gatt_reg_count_ = 0;
-  if (!this->gatt_connected_)
-    return;  // Never-established links report nothing (neutral parity).
-  this->gatt_connected_ = false;
-  for (auto *node : this->gatt_nodes_)
-    node->on_disconnected();
-}
-
-int BLEClient::check_and_log_error_(const char *operation, esp_err_t err) {
-  if (err != ESP_OK)
-    this->log_gattc_warning_(operation, err);
-  return err;
-}
-
-int BLEClient::write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, bool response) {
-  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID)
-    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
-  return this->check_and_log_error_(
-      "esp_ble_gattc_write_char",
-      esp_ble_gattc_write_char(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, handle, len, const_cast<uint8_t *>(data),
-                               response ? ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_RSP : ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_NO_RSP,
-                               ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE));
-}
-
-int BLEClient::read_characteristic(uint16_t handle) {
-  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID)
-    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
-  return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_read_char", esp_ble_gattc_read_char(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_,
-                                                                                       handle, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE));
-}
-
-int BLEClient::read_descriptor(uint16_t handle) {
-  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID)
-    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
-  return this->check_and_log_error_(
-      "esp_ble_gattc_read_char_descr",
-      esp_ble_gattc_read_char_descr(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, handle, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE));
-}
-
-int BLEClient::write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) {
-  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID)
-    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
-  return this->check_and_log_error_(
-      "esp_ble_gattc_write_char_descr",
-      esp_ble_gattc_write_char_descr(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, handle, len, const_cast<uint8_t *>(data),
-                                     ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_RSP, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE));
-}
-
-int BLEClient::notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable) {
-  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID)
-    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
-  if (enable) {
-    if (this->find_pending_gatt_reg_(handle) >= 0) {
-      // ESP_OK: the in-flight registration's completion fans out to all nodes.
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Notify registration already pending for handle 0x%04x", this->address_str(), handle);
-      return ESP_OK;
-    }
-    if (this->pending_gatt_reg_count_ == MAX_PENDING_NOTIFY_REGS) {
-      // An untracked registration would let the base's auto-CCCD through.
-      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%s] Too many pending notify registrations", this->address_str());
-      return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
-    }
-    // The base helper's pending count holds the service-release until the
-    // (intercepted) completion.
-    esp_err_t err = this->register_for_notify(handle);
-    if (err == ESP_OK)
-      this->pending_gatt_regs_[this->pending_gatt_reg_count_++] = handle;
-    return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_register_for_notify", err);
-  }
-  return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_unregister_for_notify",
-                                    esp_ble_gattc_unregister_for_notify(this->gattc_if_, this->remote_bda_, handle));
-}
-
-int BLEClient::unpair() { return bluetooth_connection::unpair_device(this->get_address()); }
-
-#endif  // USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-
 }  // namespace esphome::ble_client
 
 #endif

esphome/components/ble_client/ble_client.h

@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
-
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE
-
-#include "ble_client_node.h"
-#include "connect_backoff.h"
 #include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_client/ble_client_base.h"
 #include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
+
 #include <esp_bt_defs.h>
 #include <esp_gap_ble_api.h>
 #include <esp_gatt_common_api.h>
 #include <esp_gattc_api.h>
+#include <array>
+#include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace esphome::ble_client {
@@ -23,6 +21,34 @@ namespace espbt = esphome::esp32_ble_tracker;
 
 using namespace esp32_ble_client;
 
+class BLEClient;
+
+class BLEClientNode {
+ public:
+  virtual void gattc_event_handler(esp_gattc_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if,
+                                   esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param){};
+  virtual void gap_event_handler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t *param) {}
+  virtual void loop() {}
+  void set_address(uint64_t address) { address_ = address; }
+  espbt::ESPBTClient *client;
+  // This should be transitioned to Established once the node no longer needs
+  // the services/descriptors/characteristics of the parent client. This will
+  // allow some memory to be freed.
+  // The parent frees the peer's GATT cache once every node reports Established.
+  // Never report Established while an operation that reads that cache is outstanding.
+  // - esp_ble_gattc_register_for_notify() completes asynchronously.
+  // - Register from ESP_GATTC_SEARCH_CMPL_EVT, then set this from ESP_GATTC_REG_FOR_NOTIFY_EVT.
+  // - BLEClientBase::register_for_notify() holds the release until the registration completes.
+  espbt::ClientState node_state;
+
+  BLEClient *parent() { return this->parent_; }
+  void set_ble_client_parent(BLEClient *parent) { this->parent_ = parent; }
+
+ protected:
+  BLEClient *parent_;
+  uint64_t address_;
+};
+
 class BLEClient final : public BLEClientBase {
  public:
   void setup() override;
@@ -38,6 +64,7 @@ class BLEClient final : public BLEClientBase {
   void set_enabled(bool enabled);
 
   void register_ble_node(BLEClientNode *node) {
+    node->client = this;
     node->set_ble_client_parent(this);
     this->nodes_.push_back(node);
   }
@@ -46,57 +73,10 @@ class BLEClient final : public BLEClientBase {
 
   void set_state(espbt::ClientState state) override;
 
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-  // ---- the neutral node surface (signatures shared with the non-esp32
-  // engine, so nodes on the neutral interface compile against either) ----
-  void register_gatt_node(BLEClientNode *node);
-
-  bool idle() const { return this->state() == espbt::ClientState::IDLE; }
-
-  int write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, bool response);
-  int read_characteristic(uint16_t handle);
-  int read_descriptor(uint16_t handle);
-  int write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len);
-  /// Local registration only; per the neutral contract the CCCD write is the
-  /// node's job (the legacy auto-CCCD is suppressed for these handles).
-  int notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable);
-  // pair() comes from BLEClientBase, matching the neutral engine's.
-  int unpair();
-#endif
-
  protected:
   bool all_nodes_established_();
-  void maybe_release_services_();
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-  int check_and_log_error_(const char *operation, esp_err_t err);
-  int find_pending_gatt_reg_(uint16_t handle) const;
-  void notify_state_to_gatt_nodes_(uint16_t handle, bool enabled, int error);
-  void dispatch_gatt_event_(esp_gattc_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param);
-  // False = failed discovery: the link comes down and the caller suppresses
-  // the legacy fan-out.
-  bool handle_gatt_search_cmpl_(esp_gatt_status_t status);
-  bool take_pending_gatt_reg_(uint16_t handle);
-  void on_disconnect_complete(esp_err_t reason) override;
-#endif
 
   std::vector<BLEClientNode *> nodes_;
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-  // Raise if a migrated node needs more concurrent registrations.
-  static constexpr uint8_t MAX_PENDING_NOTIFY_REGS = 4;
-
-  // Nodes on the neutral surface; fed the translated callbacks and
-  // auto-established after the on_connected fan-out. Every gatt node is
-  // also in nodes_ (registration pushes into both).
-  StaticVector<BLEClientNode *, ESPHOME_BLE_CLIENT_MAX_NODES> gatt_nodes_;
-  bool has_legacy_nodes_() const { return this->nodes_.size() > this->gatt_nodes_.size(); }
-  // Reconnect backoff after materializer failures.
-  ConnectBackoff gatt_backoff_;
-  // Bridge-initiated notify registrations awaiting REG_FOR_NOTIFY_EVT.
-  uint16_t pending_gatt_regs_[MAX_PENDING_NOTIFY_REGS];
-  uint8_t pending_gatt_reg_count_{0};
-  // on_connected fan-out started; on_disconnected is owed at teardown.
-  bool gatt_connected_{false};
-#endif
 };
 
 }  // namespace esphome::ble_client

esphome/components/ble_client/ble_client_gatt.cpp

@@ -1,249 +0,0 @@
-#include "ble_client_gatt.h"
-
-#if defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT) && !defined(USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE)
-
-#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
-#include "esphome/core/log.h"
-
-namespace esphome::ble_client {
-
-static const char *const TAG = "ble_client";
-
-void BLEClient::register_ble_node(BLEClientNode *node) {
-  node->set_ble_client_parent(this);
-  if (this->nodes_.size() == ESPHOME_BLE_CLIENT_MAX_NODES) {
-    // push_back past capacity is a silent no-op; an undersized slot count
-    // must be loud at boot, not an unresolvable node at runtime.
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%s] Node capacity exceeded; node dropped", this->address_str_);
-    this->status_set_error(LOG_STR("node capacity exceeded"));
-    return;
-  }
-  this->nodes_.push_back(node);
-}
-
-void BLEClient::set_address(uint64_t address) {
-  this->address_ = address;
-  uint8_t mac[6];
-  ble_device_base::uint64_to_mac_msb_first(address, mac);
-  format_mac_addr_upper(mac, this->address_str_);
-}
-
-void BLEClient::set_enabled(bool enabled) {
-  if (enabled == this->enabled)
-    return;
-  ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[%s] %s", this->address_str_, enabled ? "Enabled" : "Disabled");
-  this->enabled = enabled;
-  if (!enabled) {
-    this->disconnect();
-    return;
-  }
-  // A re-enable clears the backoff; the next sighting connects (legacy
-  // parity: enabling does not itself connect).
-  this->backoff_.reset();
-}
-
-bool BLEClient::parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) {
-  if (device.address_uint64() != this->address_)
-    return false;
-  // The sighting is the source of truth for the address type.
-  this->address_type_ = device.get_address_type();
-  this->address_type_known_ = true;
-  if (!this->enabled || !this->auto_connect_ || this->state_ != State::IDLE)
-    return true;
-  if (this->backoff_.holding_off())
-    return true;
-  this->attempt_connect_();
-  return true;
-}
-
-void BLEClient::connect() {
-  if (this->state_ != State::IDLE) {
-    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%s] Connect requested while busy, ignoring", this->address_str_);
-    return;
-  }
-  // An absent peer can inhibit scanning for the backend's full connect
-  // timeout, so this is worth a breadcrumb - but it is a supported action.
-  ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[%s] Connecting on request", this->address_str_);
-  if (!this->address_type_known_) {
-    // Legacy parity: without a sighting the address type defaults to
-    // public, which never matches a random-static peer.
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] No sighting yet; assuming a public address type", this->address_str_);
-  }
-  this->attempt_connect_();
-}
-
-void BLEClient::attempt_connect_() {
-  int err = this->backend_->connect(this->address_, this->address_type_);
-  if (err != 0) {
-    // A refused connect never produces a callback: stay idle, charge the
-    // backoff, and resolve any waiting connect action through the failure
-    // path so its chain terminates.
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Connect refused, err=%d", this->address_str_, err);
-    this->backoff_.register_failure(this->address_str_);
-    this->defer([this]() { this->connect_failed_callbacks_.call(); });
-    return;
-  }
-  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%s] Connecting", this->address_str_);
-  this->state_ = State::CONNECTING;
-}
-
-void BLEClient::disconnect() {
-  if (this->state_ == State::IDLE) {
-    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%s] Disconnect requested while idle, ignoring", this->address_str_);
-    return;
-  }
-  // A deliberate teardown's failure report must not feed the backoff.
-  this->cancel_requested_ = true;
-  int err = this->backend_->gatt_disconnect();
-  if (err != 0) {
-    // Refused synchronously: backend and client disagree about the link
-    // state. Warn, then settle through the deliberate-cancel path.
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Disconnect refused, err=%d; settling locally", this->address_str_, err);
-    this->on_connection_state(false, 0, err);
-  }
-}
-
-void BLEClient::on_connection_state(bool connected, uint16_t mtu, int error) {
-  if (connected) {
-    this->state_ = State::DISCOVERING;
-    int discover_err = this->backend_->discover_services();
-    if (discover_err != 0) {
-      // Synchronous refusal: no discovery completion will follow.
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Service discovery refused, err=%d", this->address_str_, discover_err);
-      this->backoff_.register_failure(this->address_str_);
-      // Deliberate teardown: its report must not charge the backoff again.
-      this->disconnect();
-    }
-    return;
-  }
-  bool was_connected = this->state_ == State::CONNECTED;
-  bool cancelled = this->cancel_requested_;
-  this->cancel_requested_ = false;
-  this->state_ = State::IDLE;
-  if (was_connected) {
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[%s] Disconnected, status=%d", this->address_str_, error);
-    for (auto *node : this->nodes_) {
-      node->on_disconnected();
-    }
-    // Continuations leave the backend's event-drain stack first.
-    this->defer([this]() { this->disconnect_callbacks_.call(); });
-  } else {
-    if (cancelled) {
-      // status carries the refusal code when the teardown settled
-      // synchronously; 0 on a backend-completed cancel.
-      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%s] Connect attempt cancelled, status=%d", this->address_str_, error);
-    } else {
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Connect failed, status=%d", this->address_str_, error);
-      this->backoff_.register_failure(this->address_str_);
-    }
-    this->defer([this]() { this->connect_failed_callbacks_.call(); });
-  }
-}
-
-void BLEClient::on_service_discovery_done(int error) {
-  if (error != 0) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Service discovery failed, status=%d", this->address_str_, error);
-    this->backoff_.register_failure(this->address_str_);
-    // The teardown is deliberate: do not charge the backoff again for its
-    // connection report.
-    this->disconnect();
-    return;
-  }
-  ble_device_base::GattServiceTable table{};
-  if (!this->nodes_.empty()) {
-    // Materialize only when a node will read it: a client with no nodes
-    // would pay the build/free cycle on every (re)connect for nothing.
-    table = this->backend_->get_service_table();
-    if (table.service_count == 0) {
-      // A failed materialization is indistinguishable from a service-less
-      // peer, and a real GATT peer always exposes at least GAP/GATT: fail
-      // the discovery before CONNECTED so the teardown resolves through
-      // connect_failed, never a spurious on_disconnect.
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Service table is empty; treating as failed discovery", this->address_str_);
-      this->backend_->release_services();
-      this->backoff_.register_failure(this->address_str_);
-      this->disconnect();
-      return;
-    }
-  }
-  // CONNECTED before the fan-out so nodes may consult connected() from
-  // their own on_connected().
-  this->state_ = State::CONNECTED;
-  for (auto *node : this->nodes_) {
-    node->on_connected(table);
-    if (this->state_ != State::CONNECTED || this->cancel_requested_) {
-      // A node tore the link down mid-fan-out: on_disconnect fires with no
-      // preceding on_connect, so leave a trace of why.
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] A node aborted the connection during setup", this->address_str_);
-      this->backend_->release_services();
-      return;
-    }
-  }
-  this->backend_->release_services();
-  this->backoff_.reset();
-  ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[%s] Connected", this->address_str_);
-  this->defer([this]() { this->connect_callbacks_.call(); });
-}
-
-void BLEClient::on_write_result(uint16_t handle, int error) {
-  if (error != 0) {
-    // Breadcrumb even when no node claims the handle.
-    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%s] Write on handle 0x%04x completed with status %d", this->address_str_, handle, error);
-  }
-  for (auto *node : this->nodes_) {
-    node->on_write_result(handle, error);
-  }
-}
-
-void BLEClient::on_read_result(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, int error) {
-  if (error != 0) {
-    // Breadcrumb even when no node claims the handle.
-    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%s] Read on handle 0x%04x completed with status %d", this->address_str_, handle, error);
-  }
-  for (auto *node : this->nodes_) {
-    node->on_read_result(handle, data, len, error);
-  }
-}
-
-void BLEClient::on_notify_data(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) {
-  // Every node sees every notification and filters by handle (legacy parity).
-  for (auto *node : this->nodes_) {
-    node->on_notify(handle, data, len);
-  }
-}
-
-void BLEClient::on_notify_state(uint16_t handle, bool enabled, int error) {
-  if (error != 0) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Notify %s on handle 0x%04x failed, status=%d", this->address_str_,
-             enabled ? "enable" : "disable", handle, error);
-  }
-  for (auto *node : this->nodes_) {
-    node->on_notify_state(handle, enabled, error);
-  }
-}
-
-void BLEClient::on_pairing_result(int status) {
-  if (status != 0) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%s] Pairing failed, status=%d", this->address_str_, status);
-  } else {
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[%s] Paired", this->address_str_);
-  }
-  for (auto *node : this->nodes_) {
-    node->on_pairing_result(status);
-  }
-}
-
-void BLEClient::dump_config() {
-  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG,
-                "BLE Client:\n"
-                "  Address: %s\n"
-                "  Auto connect: %s",
-                this->address_str_, YESNO(this->auto_connect_));
-  if (this->enabled && this->state_ == State::IDLE) {
-    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Waiting for an advertisement from the device");
-  }
-}
-
-}  // namespace esphome::ble_client
-
-#endif  // USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT && !USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE

esphome/components/ble_client/ble_client_gatt.h

@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-// Platform-neutral ble_client engine on the ble_device_base GATT contract.
-//
-// Compiled on every platform with a GATT backend except esp32, which keeps
-// the legacy BLEClientBase engine (ble_client.h) until its raw-gattc node
-// family migrates - the exclusive gates make the same class names resolve to
-// exactly one definition per build, so codegen is shared.
-//
-// Connects are sighting-gated like the legacy engine: the client is a parsed
-// advertisement listener, captures the peer's address type from the sighting,
-// and asks the backend to connect only when enabled and idle.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
-
-#if defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT) && !defined(USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE)
-
-#include "ble_client_node.h"
-#include "connect_backoff.h"
-#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_device.h"
-#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_gatt_client.h"
-#include "esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection.h"
-#include "esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection_gatt_backend.h"
-#include "esphome/core/component.h"
-#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
-
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <functional>
-
-namespace esphome::ble_client {
-
-class BLEClient : public Component,
-                  public ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener,
-                  public ble_device_base::GattClientListener {
- public:
-  void dump_config() override;
-
-  // Public field for legacy parity (the switch platform republishes it).
-  bool enabled{true};
-
-  void set_backend(ble_device_base::BLEGattConnection *backend) {
-    this->backend_ = backend;
-    backend->set_listener(this);
-  }
-  void set_address(uint64_t address);
-  void set_auto_connect(bool auto_connect) { this->auto_connect_ = auto_connect; }
-  void set_enabled(bool enabled);
-  const char *address_str() const { return this->address_str_; }
-
-  void register_ble_node(BLEClientNode *node);
-  // One registration spelling shared with the esp32 engine's bridge.
-  void register_gatt_node(BLEClientNode *node) { this->register_ble_node(node); }
-
-  bool connected() const { return this->state_ == State::CONNECTED; }
-  bool idle() const { return this->state_ == State::IDLE; }
-
-  /// Action-initiated connect (no sighting needed; uses the last captured
-  /// address type, public until a sighting arrives). No-op unless idle.
-  void connect();
-  void disconnect();
-
-  /// Legacy-named deferral used by the automation twins: neutral listener
-  /// callbacks run inside the backend's event drain, so automation chain
-  /// continuations must leave that stack first.
-  void run_later(std::function<void()> &&f) { this->defer(std::move(f)); }  // NOLINT
-
-  // Backend ops for nodes and actions - the frozen node-facing surface.
-  // Only write_characteristic has an in-tree caller; subscribing means
-  // notify_characteristic plus a CCCD write_descriptor (the caller's job
-  // per the contract).
-  int write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, bool response) {
-    return this->backend_->write_characteristic(handle, data, len, response);
-  }
-  int read_characteristic(uint16_t handle) { return this->backend_->read_characteristic(handle); }
-  int read_descriptor(uint16_t handle) { return this->backend_->read_descriptor(handle); }
-  int write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) {
-    return this->backend_->write_descriptor(handle, data, len);
-  }
-  int notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable) {
-    return this->backend_->notify_characteristic(handle, enable);
-  }
-  int pair() { return this->backend_->pair(); }
-  int unpair() { return bluetooth_connection::unpair_device(this->address_); }
-
-  // Automation callback registration.
-  template<typename F> void add_on_connect_callback(F &&callback) {
-    this->connect_callbacks_.add(std::forward<F>(callback));
-  }
-  template<typename F> void add_on_disconnect_callback(F &&callback) {
-    this->disconnect_callbacks_.add(std::forward<F>(callback));
-  }
-  // Fired when a connect attempt dies before being established; the user
-  // on_disconnect trigger deliberately does NOT fire here (legacy parity).
-  template<typename F> void add_on_connect_failed_callback(F &&callback) {
-    this->connect_failed_callbacks_.add(std::forward<F>(callback));
-  }
-
-  // ---- ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener ----
-  bool parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) override;
-
-  // ---- ble_device_base::GattClientListener ----
-  void on_connection_state(bool connected, uint16_t mtu, int error) override;
-  void on_service_discovery_done(int error) override;
-  void on_read_result(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, int error) override;
-  void on_write_result(uint16_t handle, int error) override;
-  void on_notify_data(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) override;
-  void on_notify_state(uint16_t handle, bool enabled, int error) override;
-  void on_pairing_result(int status) override;
-
- protected:
-  enum class State : uint8_t { IDLE, CONNECTING, DISCOVERING, CONNECTED };
-
-  void attempt_connect_();
-
-  // Group 1: pointers / containers
-  ble_device_base::BLEGattConnection *backend_{nullptr};
-  // Codegen-sized (ESPHOME_BLE_CLIENT_MAX_NODES); filled during setup.
-  StaticVector<BLEClientNode *, ESPHOME_BLE_CLIENT_MAX_NODES> nodes_;
-
-  // Group 2: 8-byte types
-  uint64_t address_{0};
-
-  // Group 3: callback managers (pointer-sized when empty)
-  LazyCallbackManager<void()> connect_callbacks_;
-  LazyCallbackManager<void()> disconnect_callbacks_;
-  LazyCallbackManager<void()> connect_failed_callbacks_;
-
-  // Group 4: 4-byte types
-  // Backoff so an undiscoverable database or a dead peer cannot produce a
-  // battery-draining connect loop.
-  ConnectBackoff backoff_;
-
-  // Group 5: arrays
-  char address_str_[MAC_ADDRESS_PRETTY_BUFFER_SIZE]{};
-
-  // Group 6: 1-byte types
-  State state_{State::IDLE};
-  uint8_t address_type_{0};  // BLE_ADDR_TYPE_*, captured from the sighting
-  // Distinguishes a captured public type from the never-sighted default.
-  bool address_type_known_{false};
-  bool auto_connect_{true};
-  // A user-initiated teardown in flight; its failure report is not a
-  // connect failure and must not feed the backoff.
-  bool cancel_requested_{false};
-};
-
-}  // namespace esphome::ble_client
-
-#endif  // USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT && !USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE

esphome/components/ble_client/ble_client_node.h

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-// The single BLEClientNode both ble_client engines share. The neutral
-// callback surface is the one interface node components build on; the raw
-// esp32 surface below it remains for components that have not migrated yet.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
-
-#ifdef USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
-#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_gatt_client.h"
-#endif
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE
-#include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
-
-#include <esp_gap_ble_api.h>
-#include <esp_gattc_api.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <cstdint>
-
-namespace esphome::ble_client {
-
-class BLEClient;
-
-class BLEClientNode {
- public:
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-  // Neutral surface, delivered by both engines. The table is borrowed: copy
-  // handles during on_connected(). All nodes see all completions; filter by
-  // handle.
-  // A node that disconnects from inside on_connected() aborts the fan-out;
-  // the user's on_disconnect may then fire without a preceding on_connect.
-  virtual void on_connected(const ble_device_base::GattServiceTable &table) {}
-  virtual void on_disconnected() {}
-  virtual void on_notify(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) {}
-  // One in-flight registration per handle; its completion fans out to every
-  // node, so a refused duplicate request still sees on_notify_state.
-  virtual void on_notify_state(uint16_t handle, bool enabled, int error) {}
-  virtual void on_read_result(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, int error) {}
-  virtual void on_write_result(uint16_t handle, int error) {}
-  virtual void on_pairing_result(int status) {}
-#endif
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE
-  // Legacy raw surface; components overriding these need the legacy engine
-  // until migrated to the neutral surface above.
-  virtual void gattc_event_handler(esp_gattc_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if,
-                                   esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param) {}
-  virtual void gap_event_handler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t *param) {}
-  virtual void loop() {}
-  // This should be transitioned to Established once the node no longer needs
-  // the services/descriptors/characteristics of the parent client. This will
-  // allow some memory to be freed.
-  // The parent frees the peer's GATT cache once every node reports Established.
-  // Never report Established while an operation that reads that cache is outstanding.
-  // - esp_ble_gattc_register_for_notify() completes asynchronously.
-  // - Register from ESP_GATTC_SEARCH_CMPL_EVT, then set this from ESP_GATTC_REG_FOR_NOTIFY_EVT.
-  // - BLEClientBase::register_for_notify() holds the release until the registration completes.
-  esp32_ble_tracker::ClientState node_state;
-#endif
-
-  BLEClient *parent() const { return this->parent_; }
-  void set_ble_client_parent(BLEClient *parent) { this->parent_ = parent; }
-
- protected:
-  BLEClient *parent_{nullptr};
-};
-
-}  // namespace esphome::ble_client

esphome/components/ble_client/ble_write_action.h

@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-// The ble_client.ble_write action: a node on the platform-neutral interface,
-// so one implementation serves both engines (the esp32 bridge and the
-// neutral engine).
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
-
-#ifdef USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-
-#include <tuple>
-#include <vector>
-
-// One of the two engine headers resolves per build.
-#include "ble_client.h"
-#include "ble_client_gatt.h"
-#include "ble_client_node.h"
-#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
-#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
-#include "esphome/core/log.h"
-
-namespace esphome::ble_client {
-
-static const char *const BLE_WRITE_TAG = "ble_client.automation";
-
-// Maximum bytes to log in hex format for BLE writes (many logging buffers are 256 chars)
-static constexpr size_t BLE_WRITE_MAX_LOG_BYTES = 64;
-
-template<typename... Ts> class BLEClientWriteAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public BLEClientNode {
- public:
-  BLEClientWriteAction(BLEClient *ble_client) {
-    ble_client->register_gatt_node(this);
-    ble_client_ = ble_client;
-  }
-
-  void set_service_uuid16(uint16_t uuid) { this->service_uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(uuid); }
-  void set_service_uuid32(uint32_t uuid) { this->service_uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(uuid); }
-  void set_service_uuid128(uint8_t *uuid) { this->service_uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid); }
-
-  void set_char_uuid16(uint16_t uuid) { this->char_uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(uuid); }
-  void set_char_uuid32(uint32_t uuid) { this->char_uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(uuid); }
-  void set_char_uuid128(uint8_t *uuid) { this->char_uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid); }
-
-  void set_value_template(std::vector<uint8_t> (*func)(Ts...)) {
-    this->value_.func = func;
-    this->len_ = -1;  // Sentinel value indicates template mode
-  }
-
-  // Store pointer to static data in flash (no RAM copy)
-  void set_value_simple(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
-    this->value_.data = data;
-    this->len_ = len;  // Length >= 0 indicates static mode
-  }
-
-  void play(const Ts &...x) override {}
-
-  void play_complex(const Ts &...x) override {
-    this->num_running_++;
-    this->var_ = std::make_tuple(x...);
-
-    bool result;
-    if (this->len_ >= 0) {
-      result = this->write(this->value_.data, this->len_);
-    } else {
-      std::vector<uint8_t> value = this->value_.func(x...);
-      result = this->write(value.data(), value.size());
-    }
-
-    // on write failure, continue the automation chain rather than stopping so
-    // that e.g. disconnect can work.
-    if (!result)
-      this->play_next_(x...);
-  }
-
-  // Initiate the write; the completion arrives in on_write_result. The
-  // response-less path can complete synchronously inside the call, so the
-  // handle is armed before the backend is touched.
-  bool write(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
-    if (!this->ble_client_->connected()) {
-      esph_log_w(BLE_WRITE_TAG, "Cannot write to BLE characteristic - not connected");
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (!this->resolved_) {
-      esph_log_w(BLE_WRITE_TAG, "Cannot write to BLE characteristic - characteristic was not resolved");
-      return false;
-    }
-#if ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL >= ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL_VERY_VERBOSE
-    char hex_buf[format_hex_pretty_size(BLE_WRITE_MAX_LOG_BYTES)];
-    esph_log_vv(BLE_WRITE_TAG, "Will write %d bytes: %s", len, format_hex_pretty_to(hex_buf, data, len));
-#endif
-    int err = this->ble_client_->write_characteristic(this->char_handle_, data, len, this->write_response_);
-    if (err != 0) {
-      esph_log_e(BLE_WRITE_TAG, "Error writing to characteristic: %d!", err);
-      return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  void on_connected(const ble_device_base::GattServiceTable &table) override {
-    const auto *service = ble_device_base::find_service(table, this->service_uuid_);
-    const auto *chr =
-        service == nullptr ? nullptr : ble_device_base::find_characteristic(table, *service, this->char_uuid_);
-    if (chr == nullptr) {
-      char char_buf[ble_device_base::UUID_STR_LEN];
-      char service_buf[ble_device_base::UUID_STR_LEN];
-      esph_log_w(BLE_WRITE_TAG, "Characteristic %s was not found in service %s", this->char_uuid_.to_str(char_buf),
-                 this->service_uuid_.to_str(service_buf));
-      return;
-    }
-    if (chr->properties & ble_device_base::GATT_CHAR_PROP_WRITE) {
-      this->write_response_ = true;
-    } else if (chr->properties & ble_device_base::GATT_CHAR_PROP_WRITE_NO_RSP) {
-      this->write_response_ = false;
-    } else {
-      char char_buf[ble_device_base::UUID_STR_LEN];
-      esph_log_e(BLE_WRITE_TAG, "Characteristic %s does not allow writing", this->char_uuid_.to_str(char_buf));
-      return;
-    }
-    this->char_handle_ = chr->value_handle;
-    this->resolved_ = true;
-    char char_buf[ble_device_base::UUID_STR_LEN];
-    esph_log_d(BLE_WRITE_TAG, "Found characteristic %s on device %s", this->char_uuid_.to_str(char_buf),
-               this->ble_client_->address_str());
-  }
-
-  void on_disconnected() override {
-    this->resolved_ = false;
-    this->char_handle_ = 0;
-    if (this->num_running_ != 0)
-      this->stop_complex();
-  }
-
-  void on_write_result(uint16_t handle, int error) override {
-    if (this->num_running_ == 0) {
-      return;
-    }
-    if (!this->resolved_ || handle != this->char_handle_) {
-      // A parked chain waiting on a completion that never matches would
-      // otherwise stall silently until disconnect.
-      esph_log_d(BLE_WRITE_TAG, "Write result for handle 0x%04x ignored, waiting on 0x%04x", handle,
-                 this->char_handle_);
-      return;
-    }
-    if (error != 0) {
-      // Continue the chain (legacy parity) but leave a breadcrumb.
-      esph_log_w(BLE_WRITE_TAG, "Write completed with status %d", error);
-    }
-    this->ble_client_->run_later([this]() { this->play_next_tuple_(this->var_); });
-  }
-
- private:
-  BLEClient *ble_client_;
-  ssize_t len_{-1};  // -1 = template mode, >=0 = static mode with length
-  union Value {
-    std::vector<uint8_t> (*func)(Ts...);  // Function pointer (stateless lambdas)
-    const uint8_t *data;                  // Pointer to static data in flash
-  } value_;
-  ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID service_uuid_;
-  ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID char_uuid_;
-  std::tuple<Ts...> var_{};
-  uint16_t char_handle_{};
-  bool write_response_{false};
-  bool resolved_{false};
-};
-
-}  // namespace esphome::ble_client
-
-#endif  // USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES

esphome/components/ble_client/connect_backoff.h

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
-
-#ifdef USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
-
-#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
-#include "esphome/core/log.h"
-
-#include <cstdint>
-
-namespace esphome::ble_client {
-
-/// Reconnect backoff after repeated connect/discovery failures, shared by
-/// both engines. 256 ms ticks in a uint16_t keep it 4 bytes; the ~4.7 h tick
-/// wrap can at worst reinstate one stale hold-off of a minute.
-class ConnectBackoff {
- public:
-  bool holding_off() const {
-    return this->failures_ != 0 && static_cast<uint16_t>(now() - this->start_) < this->failures_ * STEP_TICKS;
-  }
-  void register_failure(const char *address_str) {
-    if (this->failures_ < MAX_STEPS)
-      this->failures_++;
-    this->start_ = now();
-    esph_log_w("ble_client", "[%s] Holding off reconnect for %u s", address_str, this->failures_ * 10u);
-  }
-  void reset() { this->failures_ = 0; }
-
- private:
-  // ~10 s per consecutive failure, capped so a flapping peer retries within
-  // a minute at worst.
-  static constexpr uint16_t STEP_TICKS = 40;  // x 256 ms
-  static constexpr uint8_t MAX_STEPS = 6;
-  static uint16_t now() { return static_cast<uint16_t>(millis() >> 8); }
-
-  uint16_t start_{0};
-  uint8_t failures_{0};
-};
-
-}  // namespace esphome::ble_client
-
-#endif  // USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT

esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_gatt_client.cpp

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#include "ble_gatt_client.h"
-
-#ifdef USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
-
-#include "esphome/core/log.h"
-
-namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
-
-static const char *const TAG = "ble_gatt_client";
-
-const GattCharacteristic *find_characteristic(const GattServiceTable &table, const GattService &service,
-                                              const ESPBTUUID &uuid) {
-  // 32-bit range math: a corrupt first/count pair cannot wrap past the check.
-  uint32_t end = uint32_t(service.first_characteristic) + service.characteristic_count;
-  if (end > table.characteristic_count) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "characteristic range out of bounds");
-    return nullptr;
-  }
-  for (uint32_t i = service.first_characteristic; i < end; i++) {
-    if (table.characteristics[i].uuid == uuid)
-      return &table.characteristics[i];
-  }
-  return nullptr;
-}
-
-const GattDescriptor *find_descriptor(const GattServiceTable &table, const GattCharacteristic &characteristic,
-                                      const ESPBTUUID &uuid) {
-  uint32_t end = uint32_t(characteristic.first_descriptor) + characteristic.descriptor_count;
-  if (end > table.descriptor_count) {
-    // Corrupt range, not a missing descriptor.
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "descriptor range out of bounds");
-    return nullptr;
-  }
-  for (uint32_t i = characteristic.first_descriptor; i < end; i++) {
-    if (table.descriptors[i].uuid == uuid)
-      return &table.descriptors[i];
-  }
-  return nullptr;
-}
-
-uint16_t find_cccd(const GattServiceTable &table, const GattCharacteristic &characteristic) {
-  const GattDescriptor *desc = find_descriptor(table, characteristic, ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(CCCD_UUID));
-  return desc != nullptr ? desc->handle : 0;
-}
-
-}  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base
-
-#endif  // USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT

esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_gatt_client.h

@@ -11,16 +11,13 @@
 // interface. All listener calls are delivered on the ESPHome main loop;
 // borrowed data pointers are valid only for the duration of the call.
 //
-// Error domain (plain int, forwarded to the API without translation, so the
-// values are wire-frozen - API clients interpret them):
+// Error domain (plain int, forwarded to the API without translation):
 //   0            success
-//   1..0x11      ATT error codes (Bluetooth spec) - reserved; a backend whose
-//                native error codes land in this window must remap them out
+//   1..0x11      ATT error codes (Bluetooth spec; BTstack and Bluedroid agree)
 //   GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED (-1)  no connection to the peer (on esp32 a raw
 //                ESP_FAIL from the stack shares this value; both read as a
 //                failed, unusable connection on the client side)
 //   GATT_ERR_NO_MEMORY (-2)      backend storage exhausted
-//   -1..-15      reserved for future contract sentinels
 //   anything else: platform stack error/status code, surfaced opaquely.
 // Connection events carry HCI status/disconnect reason codes (same code
 // space on every controller).
@@ -102,18 +99,9 @@ class GattClientListener {
 // The BLEGattConnection op surface, asserted where the alias binds
 // (bluetooth_connection_gatt_backend.h). Operations return 0 when accepted (completion arrives
 // through the listener) or a synchronous error (busy, not connected, stack
-// rejection); one operation may be outstanding at a time. An accepted
-// operation's completion is delivered from the event loop, NEVER
-// synchronously from inside the op call - a synchronous terminal
-// on_connection_state from within gatt_disconnect() would re-enter the
-// consumer mid-teardown. Semantics beyond the signatures:
+// rejection); one operation may be outstanding at a time. Semantics beyond
+// the signatures:
 // - connect: addr_type is a BLE_ADDR_TYPE_* constant (ble_device.h).
-//   Returning 0 means the request is accepted, not that the radio acted: the
-//   backend owns integration with its platform's scan/connect arbitration
-//   (Bluedroid parks the request for the tracker's promote loop, which owns
-//   scan-stop/coex/one-connect-at-a-time; the rp2 backend opens immediately
-//   and relies on sighting-gated consumers). Consumers must not assume
-//   connect timing.
 // - gatt_disconnect: also cancels a connect in progress (named to coexist
 //   with a platform stack's own void disconnect() on one backend class).
 //   Nonzero means nothing to tear down and no completion will follow; an
@@ -155,41 +143,6 @@ concept BLEGattConnectionContract = requires(T conn, GattClientListener *listene
   { conn.set_connection_type(ConnectionType{}) } -> std::same_as<void>;
 };
 
-// ---- service table lookup helpers ----
-//
-// Neutral, bounds-checked walks over a materialized GattServiceTable for
-// direct consumers that resolve a known device's handles by UUID (streaming
-// consumers forward the raw database and never need these). Linear search:
-// the table exists only between discovery and release_services(), for one
-// small known device.
-
-/// Client Characteristic Configuration descriptor UUID (Bluetooth spec).
-static constexpr uint16_t CCCD_UUID = 0x2902;
-
-// Characteristic property bits (the Bluetooth-spec declaration byte carried
-// in GattCharacteristic::properties; the ESP-IDF macros for these do not
-// exist on the other platforms).
-static constexpr uint8_t GATT_CHAR_PROP_WRITE_NO_RSP = 0x04;
-static constexpr uint8_t GATT_CHAR_PROP_WRITE = 0x08;
-
-inline const GattService *find_service(const GattServiceTable &table, const ESPBTUUID &uuid) {
-  for (uint16_t i = 0; i < table.service_count; i++) {
-    if (table.services[i].uuid == uuid)
-      return &table.services[i];
-  }
-  return nullptr;
-}
-
-const GattCharacteristic *find_characteristic(const GattServiceTable &table, const GattService &service,
-                                              const ESPBTUUID &uuid);
-
-const GattDescriptor *find_descriptor(const GattServiceTable &table, const GattCharacteristic &characteristic,
-                                      const ESPBTUUID &uuid);
-
-/// Handle of the characteristic's Client Characteristic Configuration
-/// descriptor (0x2902), or 0 when it has none.
-uint16_t find_cccd(const GattServiceTable &table, const GattCharacteristic &characteristic);
-
 }  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base
 
 #endif  // USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT

esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/__init__.py

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 """Per-platform GATT connection backends and the helpers to embed one.
 
-Backends: esp32 Bluedroid, rp2 BTstack. No user-facing configuration; a
-consumer's codegen declares and registers the backend instances — the
-Bluetooth proxy through its per-slot connection wrappers (a streaming
-consumer), and the neutral ble_client through gatt_client_schema() +
-new_gatt_backend().
+Backends: esp32 Bluedroid, rp2 BTstack. No user-facing configuration; the
+Bluetooth proxy's codegen declares and registers the backend instances
+through gatt_client_schema()/hub_connection_schema() + new_gatt_backend().
 """
 
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 from esphome.components import rp2040_ble
@@ -25,8 +23,7 @@ from esphome.types import ConfigType
 def AUTO_LOAD() -> list[str]:
     """ble_device_base plus the platform BLE stack the build's backend
     registers with (the Bluedroid header includes the tracker's), so
-    consumers stay platform-blind. The platform-less arm serves tooling that
-    resolves the manifest without a target."""
+    consumers need not know. The platform-less arm serves manifest tooling."""
     if CORE.is_esp32:
         return ["ble_device_base", "esp32_ble_tracker"]
     if CORE.is_rp2:
@@ -66,8 +63,6 @@ DOMAIN = "bluetooth_connection"
 @dataclass
 class _ConnectionData:
     rp2_backend_count: int = 0
-    # GATT connection slots claimed this run, for the platform cap check.
-    slot_consumers: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
 
 
 def _get_data() -> _ConnectionData:
@@ -124,10 +119,6 @@ class _PlatformBackend:
     backend_class: cg.MockObjClass
     schema_fragment: Callable[[], cv.Schema]
     register: Callable[[cg.MockObj, ConfigType], Awaitable[None]]
-    # Selects the backend's alias-ladder arm (order-independent arms).
-    define: str
-    # The backend's on-demand materializer gate, when it has one.
-    materializer_define: str | None = None
 
 
 # The single registry of platforms with a GATT client backend; a platform
@@ -135,20 +126,11 @@ class _PlatformBackend:
 # platform's arm.
 _PLATFORM_BACKENDS: dict[str, _PlatformBackend] = {
     PLATFORM_ESP32: _PlatformBackend(
-        BluedroidGattClient,
-        _esp32_schema_fragment,
-        _esp32_register,
-        "USE_BLE_GATT_BACKEND_BLUEDROID",
-        materializer_define="USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE",
-    ),
-    PLATFORM_RP2: _PlatformBackend(
-        RP2GattClient, _rp2_schema_fragment, _rp2_register, "USE_BLE_GATT_BACKEND_RP2"
+        BluedroidGattClient, _esp32_schema_fragment, _esp32_register
     ),
+    PLATFORM_RP2: _PlatformBackend(RP2GattClient, _rp2_schema_fragment, _rp2_register),
 }
 
-# Gates dedicated-backend consumers (cv.only_on).
-GATT_CLIENT_PLATFORMS = list(_PLATFORM_BACKENDS)
-
 
 def _backend_entry(platform: str | None = None) -> _PlatformBackend:
     key = platform if platform is not None else CORE.target_platform
@@ -183,89 +165,21 @@ def hub_connection_schema(platform: str | None = None) -> cv.Schema:
     )
 
 
-def consume_gatt_slot(
-    consumer: str, count: int = 1
-) -> Callable[[ConfigType], ConfigType]:
-    """Validator claiming GATT connection slots - the one spelling for every
-    claimant. Platforms whose BLE stack owns a connection budget (esp32, rp2)
-    are charged there and their stack's final validation reports an
-    overcommit; the neutral ledger covers any future backend platform without
-    one (the cap check in FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA)."""
-
-    def validator(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
-        _get_data().slot_consumers.extend([consumer] * count)
-        if CORE.is_esp32:
-            from esphome.components import esp32_ble
-
-            esp32_ble.consume_connection_slots(count, consumer)(config)
-        elif CORE.target_platform == PLATFORM_RP2:
-            rp2040_ble.consume_connection_slots(count, consumer)(config)
-        return config
-
-    return validator
-
-
-# Platforms whose BLE stack owns its own connection budget: consume_gatt_slot
-# charges it there, and the stack's final validation is the one place an
-# overcommit is reported (never two messages for one misconfiguration).
-_STACK_BUDGET_PLATFORMS = {PLATFORM_ESP32, PLATFORM_RP2}
-
-
-def _validate_slot_totals(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
-    # Skipped in testing mode so grouped component builds can co-exist
-    # (mirrors esp32_ble.validate_connection_slots).
-    if CORE.testing_mode:
-        return config
-    if CORE.target_platform in _STACK_BUDGET_PLATFORMS:
-        return config
-    if (cap := HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS.get(CORE.target_platform)) is None:
-        # Any backend platform without a stack budget must carry a cap here
-        # or fail loudly, never fail open.
-        if CORE.target_platform in _PLATFORM_BACKENDS:
-            raise cv.Invalid(
-                f"{CORE.target_platform} has a GATT backend but no slot cap "
-                "in HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS"
-            )
-        return config
-    claimed = _get_data().slot_consumers
-    if len(claimed) > cap:
-        raise cv.Invalid(
-            f"{CORE.target_platform} supports at most {cap} GATT client "
-            f"connection(s); {len(claimed)} requested by: {', '.join(claimed)}"
-        )
-    return config
-
-
-FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = _validate_slot_totals
-
-
-async def new_gatt_backend(
-    config: ConfigType, *, service_table: bool = True
-) -> cg.MockObj:
+async def new_gatt_backend(config: ConfigType) -> cg.MockObj:
     """Instantiate the backend declared by gatt_client_schema() and register
     it with its platform stack. The connection slot is claimed at validation
-    (the consume_gatt_slot validators), not here.
-
-    service_table is honored by the Bluedroid backend only: forward
-    scaffolding for the first esp32 direct consumer, load-bearing on no
-    current build (rp2 ignores the define and always materializes - its
-    proxy hub streams through get_service_table(), so it must keep the
-    materializer regardless of the flag).
+    (the proxy's slot validators), not here.
     """
     from esphome.components import ble_device_base
 
-    entry = _backend_entry()
     ble_device_base.request_gatt_client()
-    cg.add_define(entry.define)
-    if service_table and entry.materializer_define is not None:
-        cg.add_define(entry.materializer_define)
     backend = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_BACKEND_ID])
     # The backend is the slot's real Component: component keys from the
     # connection entry (setup_priority, ...) apply to it. Consumers whose own
     # schema carries keys that register_component would misapply to the
     # backend (e.g. a polling interval) must not put them in this config.
     await cg.register_component(backend, config)
-    await entry.register(backend, config)
+    await _backend_entry().register(backend, config)
     return backend
 
 
@@ -273,7 +187,6 @@ async def new_gatt_backend(
 # list (this module cannot import bluetooth_proxy to derive it).
 SOURCE_FILE_FRAMEWORKS: dict[str, set[PlatformFramework]] = {
     "bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.cpp": frameworks_for_platforms([PLATFORM_ESP32]),
-    "gatt_service_table_bluedroid.cpp": frameworks_for_platforms([PLATFORM_ESP32]),
     # Every hub platform the proxy admits (the file compiles empty where
     # USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT is not defined), so a platform gaining a backend
     # cannot hit a missing-symbol trap here.

esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection.cpp

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ BatchClose close_service_batch(api::BluetoothGATTGetServicesResponse &resp, size
 
 #endif  // USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
 
-#if defined(USE_ESP32_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
+#if defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
 namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
 
 // Address-scoped Bluedroid maintenance. Gated with the connection surface:
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ conn_err_t clear_gatt_cache(uint64_t address) {
 }
 
 }  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
-#endif  // USE_ESP32_BLE && USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
+#endif  // USE_ESP32 && USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT

esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection.h

@@ -48,16 +48,15 @@ static constexpr conn_err_t CONN_OK = 0;
 // GATT contract so backend and wrapper cannot drift.
 static constexpr conn_err_t GATT_NOT_CONNECTED = ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
 
-// What the build's connection backend supports beyond GATT operations; the
-// proxy derives its feature flags and legacy version from these. Keyed on
-// the backend define, never the platform, so a second backend on one
-// platform carries its own facts.
-#if defined(USE_BLE_GATT_BACKEND_BLUEDROID)
+// What the platform's connection backend supports beyond GATT operations;
+// the proxy derives its feature flags and legacy version from these.
+#if defined(USE_ESP32)
 static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_PAIRING = true;
 static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_CACHE_CLEARING = true;
-#elif defined(USE_BLE_GATT_BACKEND_RP2)
+#elif defined(USE_RP2040_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
 // The rp2 BTstack backend pairs (just works + bonding); it has no service
-// cache to clear.
+// cache to clear. Keyed on the backend, not the generic client define, so a
+// future backend without pairing keeps the stub arm below.
 static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_PAIRING = true;
 static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_CACHE_CLEARING = false;
 #else
@@ -65,14 +64,13 @@ static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_PAIRING = false;
 static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_CACHE_CLEARING = false;
 #endif
 
-// Address-scoped (not connection-scoped) maintenance requests; keyed on the
-// stack (the calls need no backend instance).
-#if (defined(USE_ESP32_BLE) || defined(USE_RP2040_BLE)) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
+// Address-scoped (not connection-scoped) maintenance requests.
+#if (defined(USE_ESP32) || defined(USE_RP2040_BLE)) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
 conn_err_t unpair_device(uint64_t address);
 #else
 inline conn_err_t unpair_device(uint64_t) { return GATT_NOT_CONNECTED; }
 #endif
-#if defined(USE_ESP32_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
+#if defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
 conn_err_t clear_gatt_cache(uint64_t address);
 #else
 inline conn_err_t clear_gatt_cache(uint64_t) { return GATT_NOT_CONNECTED; }

esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.cpp

@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 #if defined(USE_ESP32_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
 
-#include "bluetooth_connection.h"
-
 // The in-place streamer serves the proxy's service-discovery API; backend-only
 // builds compile without the proxy headers or the streamer.
 #ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+#include "bluetooth_connection.h"
 #include "bluetooth_connection_hub.h"
 
 #include "esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/bluetooth_proxy.h"
@@ -301,9 +300,6 @@ int BluedroidGattClient::update_connection_params(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_
 
 void BluedroidGattClient::release_services() {
   this->service_total_ = 0;
-#ifdef USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE
-  this->table_.free();
-#endif
   // Always set: terminates any in-flight stream on every cache config.
   this->services_released_ = true;
 #ifndef CONFIG_BT_GATTC_CACHE_NVS_FLASH
@@ -316,24 +312,6 @@ void BluedroidGattClient::release_services() {
 #endif
 }
 
-#ifdef USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE
-ble_device_base::GattServiceTable BluedroidGattClient::get_service_table() {
-  // Lifetime: every teardown path (CLOSE_EVT, the safety timeout, stack-down,
-  // passive DISCONNECT) routes through release_services(), so a materialized
-  // table cannot outlive its link.
-  if (this->table_.empty() &&
-      (this->services_released_ || this->service_total_ == 0 ||
-       !this->table_.build(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, this->service_total_, this->connection_index_))) {
-    // Released / no services / failed build all collapse to empty; the
-    // build failures warned above, log the quiet two.
-    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] No service table (released=%d, services=%u)", this->connection_index_, this->services_released_,
-             this->service_total_);
-    return {};
-  }
-  return this->table_.view();
-}
-#endif  // USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE
-
 // ---- internals ----
 
 bool BluedroidGattClient::check_addr_(const esp_bd_addr_t &addr) const {
@@ -380,11 +358,6 @@ void BluedroidGattClient::log_gattc_warning_(const char *operation, int code) {
 // ---- service streaming ----
 
 int BluedroidGattClient::handle_search_cmpl_(esp_gatt_status_t status) {
-#ifdef USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE
-  // Re-discovery moves the counts the table view derives offsets from; free
-  // the stale table.
-  this->table_.free();
-#endif
   // Step down from the fast discovery params.
   this->update_conn_params_(MEDIUM_MIN_CONN_INTERVAL, MEDIUM_MAX_CONN_INTERVAL, 0, MEDIUM_CONN_TIMEOUT, "medium");
   if (status != ESP_GATT_OK) {

esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.h

@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 
 #if defined(USE_ESP32_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
 
-#include "bluetooth_connection.h"
-#include "gatt_service_table_bluedroid.h"
-
 #include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_gatt_client.h"
 #include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
@@ -75,16 +72,11 @@ class BluedroidGattClient final : public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTClient, public
   int notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable);
   int pair();
   int update_connection_params(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_t max_interval, uint16_t latency, uint16_t timeout);
-  // On-demand table for direct consumers; the proxy streams instead, so the
-  // materializer compiles only under USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE (emitted by
-  // direct-consumer codegen, never by the proxy).
-#ifdef USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE
-  ble_device_base::GattServiceTable get_service_table();
-#else
-  // A direct consumer reaching this stub misconfigured its codegen
-  // (service_table=False): the empty table reads as a service-less peer.
+  // Contract stub: the proxy streams in place; the on-demand materializer
+  // for direct consumers lands with #18205. NOTE: a direct consumer reaching
+  // this stub gets an empty table indistinguishable from a service-less
+  // peer - do not ship one against this backend before the materializer.
   ble_device_base::GattServiceTable get_service_table() { return {}; }
-#endif
   void release_services();
 
 #ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
@@ -113,9 +105,6 @@ class BluedroidGattClient final : public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTClient, public
 
   // Group 1: pointers / composed objects
   ble_device_base::GattClientListener *listener_{nullptr};
-#ifdef USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE
-  BluedroidServiceTable table_;
-#endif
   // Group 2: 4-byte types
   uint32_t disconnecting_started_{0};
 

esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/bluetooth_connection_gatt_backend.h

@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@
 
 #include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_gatt_client.h"
 
-// Arms are keyed on codegen-emitted per-backend defines (_PLATFORM_BACKENDS
-// in __init__.py), so they are order-independent.
-#if defined(USE_BLE_GATT_BACKEND_RP2)
+#if defined(USE_RP2040_BLE)
 #include "bluetooth_connection_rp2.h"
 #define ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CONNECTION_TYPE bluetooth_connection::RP2GattClient
-#elif defined(USE_BLE_GATT_BACKEND_BLUEDROID)
+#elif defined(USE_ESP32_BLE)
 #include "bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.h"
 #define ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CONNECTION_TYPE bluetooth_connection::BluedroidGattClient
 #elif defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT_STUB_BACKEND)

esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/gatt_service_table_bluedroid.cpp

@@ -1,198 +0,0 @@
-#include "gatt_service_table_bluedroid.h"
-
-#if defined(USE_ESP32_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT) && defined(USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE)
-
-#include "esphome/core/log.h"
-
-namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
-
-static const char *const TAG = "gatt_service_table";
-
-// A stack that never reports end-of-range would otherwise walk forever.
-static constexpr uint16_t MAX_DESCRIPTORS_PER_CHARACTERISTIC = 64;
-
-// Shared enumeration for both build passes: an identical walk order is what
-// lets the counting pass size the block the filling pass fills.
-// INVALID_OFFSET/NOT_FOUND mean end-of-range; anything else is a failure.
-template<typename ServiceFn, typename CharFn, typename DescFn>
-bool BluedroidServiceTable::walk_(ServiceFn &&on_service, CharFn &&on_char, DescFn &&on_desc) {
-  for (uint16_t s = 0; s < this->service_total_; s++) {
-    esp_gattc_service_elem_t svc;
-    uint16_t svc_count = 1;
-    auto svc_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_service(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, nullptr, &svc, &svc_count, s);
-    if (svc_status != ESP_GATT_OK || svc_count == 0) {
-      this->log_walk_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_get_service", svc_status);
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (!on_service(s, svc)) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    uint16_t svc_chars = 0;
-    auto count_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, ESP_GATT_DB_CHARACTERISTIC,
-                                                     svc.start_handle, svc.end_handle, 0, &svc_chars);
-    if (count_status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
-      this->log_walk_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count", count_status);
-      return false;
-    }
-    for (uint16_t c = 0; c < svc_chars; c++) {
-      esp_gattc_char_elem_t chr;
-      uint16_t char_count = 1;
-      auto status = esp_ble_gattc_get_all_char(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, svc.start_handle, svc.end_handle, &chr,
-                                               &char_count, c);
-      if (status != ESP_GATT_OK || char_count == 0) {
-        // An early terminator contradicts svc_chars from the same cache;
-        // never build a silently truncated table.
-        this->log_walk_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_get_all_char", status);
-        return false;
-      }
-      if (!on_char(svc, chr)) {
-        return false;
-      }
-      for (uint16_t d = 0;; d++) {
-        if (d == MAX_DESCRIPTORS_PER_CHARACTERISTIC) {
-          // A stack that never reports end-of-range; fail like every other
-          // inconsistency instead of truncating the table silently.
-          ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] Descriptor walk exceeded %u entries", this->log_index_,
-                   MAX_DESCRIPTORS_PER_CHARACTERISTIC);
-          return false;
-        }
-        esp_gattc_descr_elem_t desc;
-        uint16_t desc_count = 1;
-        auto desc_status =
-            esp_ble_gattc_get_all_descr(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, chr.char_handle, &desc, &desc_count, d);
-        if (desc_status == ESP_GATT_INVALID_OFFSET || desc_status == ESP_GATT_NOT_FOUND) {
-          break;
-        }
-        if (desc_status != ESP_GATT_OK || desc_count == 0) {
-          this->log_walk_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_get_all_descr", desc_status);
-          return false;
-        }
-        if (!on_desc(chr, desc)) {
-          return false;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-bool BluedroidServiceTable::count_services(esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if, uint16_t conn_id, uint16_t *total) {
-  uint16_t primary = 0;
-  uint16_t secondary = 0;
-  if (esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count(gattc_if, conn_id, ESP_GATT_DB_PRIMARY_SERVICE, 0x0001, 0xFFFF, 0, &primary) !=
-          ESP_GATT_OK ||
-      esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count(gattc_if, conn_id, ESP_GATT_DB_SECONDARY_SERVICE, 0x0001, 0xFFFF, 0, &secondary) !=
-          ESP_GATT_OK) {
-    // A failed count must not read as an authoritative empty database.
-    return false;
-  }
-  *total = primary + secondary;
-  return true;
-}
-
-bool BluedroidServiceTable::build(esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if, uint16_t conn_id, uint16_t service_total, uint8_t log_index) {
-  this->free();
-  this->gattc_if_ = gattc_if;
-  this->conn_id_ = conn_id;
-  this->service_total_ = service_total;
-  this->log_index_ = log_index;
-
-  // Pass 1: count, so one exact-size block holds the whole table.
-  uint16_t char_total = 0;
-  uint16_t desc_total = 0;
-  bool counted = this->walk_([](uint16_t, const esp_gattc_service_elem_t &) { return true; },
-                             [&](const esp_gattc_service_elem_t &, const esp_gattc_char_elem_t &) {
-                               char_total++;
-                               return true;
-                             },
-                             [&](const esp_gattc_char_elem_t &, const esp_gattc_descr_elem_t &) {
-                               desc_total++;
-                               return true;
-                             });
-  if (!counted) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] Service table walk failed during count", this->log_index_);
-    this->free();
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  // The arrays share one block; carving stays aligned because each struct's
-  // strictest member is the UUID and array sizes are multiples of it.
-  static_assert(alignof(ble_device_base::GattService) >= alignof(ble_device_base::GattCharacteristic) &&
-                alignof(ble_device_base::GattCharacteristic) >= alignof(ble_device_base::GattDescriptor));
-  size_t svc_bytes = this->service_total_ * sizeof(ble_device_base::GattService);
-  size_t char_bytes = char_total * sizeof(ble_device_base::GattCharacteristic);
-  size_t total_bytes = svc_bytes + char_bytes + desc_total * sizeof(ble_device_base::GattDescriptor);
-  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(RAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOC_INTERNAL);
-  this->storage_ = allocator.allocate(total_bytes);
-  if (this->storage_ == nullptr) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] Service table allocation failed (%u bytes)", this->log_index_,
-             static_cast<unsigned>(total_bytes));
-    this->free();
-    return false;
-  }
-  auto *services = reinterpret_cast<ble_device_base::GattService *>(this->storage_);
-  auto *characteristics = reinterpret_cast<ble_device_base::GattCharacteristic *>(this->storage_ + svc_bytes);
-  auto *descriptors = reinterpret_cast<ble_device_base::GattDescriptor *>(this->storage_ + svc_bytes + char_bytes);
-
-  // Pass 2: fill, bounded by the pass-1 totals. A bound trip or a shortfall
-  // means the cached database changed between the passes; fail the build
-  // rather than serve an inconsistent table (the consumer retries).
-  uint16_t char_index = 0;
-  uint16_t desc_index = 0;
-  ble_device_base::GattService *cur_service = nullptr;
-  ble_device_base::GattCharacteristic *cur_char = nullptr;
-  bool filled = this->walk_(
-      [&](uint16_t s, const esp_gattc_service_elem_t &svc) {
-        cur_service = &services[s];
-        cur_service->uuid = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uuid(svc.uuid);
-        cur_service->start_handle = svc.start_handle;
-        cur_service->end_handle = svc.end_handle;
-        cur_service->first_characteristic = char_index;
-        cur_service->characteristic_count = 0;
-        return true;
-      },
-      [&](const esp_gattc_service_elem_t &svc, const esp_gattc_char_elem_t &chr) {
-        if (char_index >= char_total) {
-          return false;
-        }
-        cur_char = &characteristics[char_index++];
-        cur_char->uuid = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uuid(chr.uuid);
-        cur_char->value_handle = chr.char_handle;
-        // Bluedroid addresses descriptors by characteristic handle, so the
-        // table's end_handle only needs the service-bounded upper bound.
-        cur_char->end_handle = svc.end_handle;
-        cur_char->properties = chr.properties;
-        cur_char->first_descriptor = desc_index;
-        cur_char->descriptor_count = 0;
-        cur_service->characteristic_count++;
-        return true;
-      },
-      [&](const esp_gattc_char_elem_t &, const esp_gattc_descr_elem_t &desc) {
-        if (desc_index >= desc_total) {
-          return false;
-        }
-        descriptors[desc_index].uuid = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uuid(desc.uuid);
-        descriptors[desc_index].handle = desc.handle;
-        desc_index++;
-        cur_char->descriptor_count++;
-        return true;
-      });
-  if (!filled || char_index != char_total || desc_index != desc_total) {
-    // Walk error or the database changed between passes; better an empty
-    // table than a corrupt one.
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] Service table walk mismatch, discarding", this->log_index_);
-    this->free();
-    return false;
-  }
-  this->char_total_ = char_total;
-  this->desc_total_ = desc_total;
-  return true;
-}
-
-void BluedroidServiceTable::log_walk_warning_(const char *operation, int code) {
-  ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] %s failed, status=%d", this->log_index_, operation, code);
-}
-
-}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
-
-#endif  // USE_ESP32_BLE && USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT && USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE

esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/gatt_service_table_bluedroid.h

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-// Owning two-pass materializer of one Bluedroid GATT database snapshot into
-// the neutral GattServiceTable layout, shared by the BluedroidGattClient
-// backend and ble_client's esp32 engine.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
-
-#if defined(USE_ESP32_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT) && defined(USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE)
-
-#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_gatt_client.h"
-#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
-
-#include <esp_gattc_api.h>
-
-namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
-
-class BluedroidServiceTable {
- public:
-  ~BluedroidServiceTable() { this->free(); }
-  // Owns storage_; a copy would double-free.
-  BluedroidServiceTable() = default;
-  BluedroidServiceTable(const BluedroidServiceTable &) = delete;
-  BluedroidServiceTable &operator=(const BluedroidServiceTable &) = delete;
-
-  /// The service count build() requires: the stack's PRIMARY+SECONDARY
-  /// attribute totals, never the SEARCH_RES event count.
-  static bool count_services(esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if, uint16_t conn_id, uint16_t *total);
-
-  /// Two-pass build from the stack's cached database (service_total from
-  /// count_services()). log_index labels warnings. Frees any previous table
-  /// first; on failure the table is left empty.
-  bool build(esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if, uint16_t conn_id, uint16_t service_total, uint8_t log_index);
-
-  // The view is carved from the storage block and the counts on each call
-  // (a cold path) rather than cached, saving a per-instance table member.
-  ble_device_base::GattServiceTable view() const {
-    size_t svc_bytes = this->service_total_ * sizeof(ble_device_base::GattService);
-    size_t char_bytes = this->char_total_ * sizeof(ble_device_base::GattCharacteristic);
-    return {reinterpret_cast<const ble_device_base::GattService *>(this->storage_),
-            reinterpret_cast<const ble_device_base::GattCharacteristic *>(this->storage_ + svc_bytes),
-            reinterpret_cast<const ble_device_base::GattDescriptor *>(this->storage_ + svc_bytes + char_bytes),
-            this->service_total_,
-            this->char_total_,
-            this->desc_total_};
-  }
-
-  // Always resets the counts: a failed build must never leave a non-zero
-  // service_total_ behind a null table.
-  void free() {
-    if (this->storage_ != nullptr) {
-      RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(RAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOC_INTERNAL);
-      allocator.deallocate(this->storage_, 0);
-      this->storage_ = nullptr;
-    }
-    this->service_total_ = 0;
-    this->char_total_ = 0;
-    this->desc_total_ = 0;
-  }
-
-  bool empty() const { return this->storage_ == nullptr; }
-
- private:
-  template<typename ServiceFn, typename CharFn, typename DescFn>
-  bool walk_(ServiceFn &&on_service, CharFn &&on_char, DescFn &&on_desc);
-  void log_walk_warning_(const char *operation, int code);
-
-  uint8_t *storage_{nullptr};
-  uint16_t service_total_{0};
-  uint16_t char_total_{0};
-  uint16_t desc_total_{0};
-  // Walk context, set by build().
-  uint16_t conn_id_{0};
-  esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if_{};  // uint8_t width
-  uint8_t log_index_{0};
-};
-
-}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
-
-#endif  // USE_ESP32_BLE && USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT && USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE

esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/__init__.py

@@ -98,15 +98,9 @@ def _esp32_config_schema() -> cv.All:
                 raise cv.Invalid(
                     "Connections can only be used if the proxy is set to active"
                 )
-            # Explicit entries claim slots like the generated ones; dev
-            # historically skipped this, letting an explicit-connections
-            # config evade the controller budget.
-            bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot(
-                "bluetooth_proxy", len(config[CONF_CONNECTIONS])
-            )(config)
         elif config[CONF_ACTIVE]:
             connection_slots: int = config[CONF_CONNECTION_SLOTS]
-            bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("bluetooth_proxy", connection_slots)(
+            esp32_ble.consume_connection_slots(connection_slots, "bluetooth_proxy")(
                 config
             )
 
@@ -163,14 +157,14 @@ def _rp2_config_schema() -> cv.All:
     connection_schema = bluetooth_connection.hub_connection_schema(PLATFORM_RP2)
 
     def populate_connections(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
+        from esphome.components import rp2040_ble
+
         # One wrapper + backend pair per slot, declared during validation so
         # their ids exist for codegen (the esp32 arm's `connections` pattern).
         if not config[CONF_ACTIVE]:
             return config
         connection_slots: int = config[CONF_CONNECTION_SLOTS]
-        bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("bluetooth_proxy", connection_slots)(
-            config
-        )
+        rp2040_ble.consume_connection_slots(connection_slots, "bluetooth_proxy")(config)
         return {
             **config,
             CONF_CONNECTIONS: [connection_schema({}) for _ in range(connection_slots)],
@@ -220,9 +214,7 @@ async def _connections_to_code(var: cg.MockObj, config: ConfigType) -> None:
         # sends those requests and their handlers and encoders are dead.
         cg.add_define("USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS")
     for connection_conf in connections:
-        backend = await bluetooth_connection.new_gatt_backend(
-            connection_conf, service_table=False
-        )
+        backend = await bluetooth_connection.new_gatt_backend(connection_conf)
         connection = cg.new_Pvariable(connection_conf[CONF_ID])
         cg.add(connection.set_backend(backend))
         cg.add(var.register_connection(connection))

esphome/components/cm1106/cm1106.cpp

@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ bool CM1106Component::cm1106_write_command_(const uint8_t *command, size_t comma
 void CM1106Component::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "CM1106:");
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "CO2", this->co2_sensor_);
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600);
   if (this->is_failed()) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, ESP_LOG_MSG_COMM_FAIL);
   }

esphome/components/cm1106/sensor.py

@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     .extend(uart.UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
 )
 
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
+    "cm1106",
+    baud_rate=9600,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
+)
+
 
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     """Code generation entry point."""

esphome/components/cse7761/cse7761.cpp

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ void CSE7761Component::dump_config() {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, ESP_LOG_MSG_COMM_FAIL);
   }
   LOG_UPDATE_INTERVAL(this);
-  this->check_uart_settings(38400, 1, uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_EVEN, 8);
 }
 
 void CSE7761Component::update() {

esphome/components/cse7761/sensor.py

@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
 )
 
 FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
-    "cse7761", baud_rate=38400, require_rx=True, require_tx=True
+    "cse7761",
+    baud_rate=38400,
+    require_rx=True,
+    require_tx=True,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="EVEN",
+    stop_bits=1,
 )
 
 

esphome/components/cse7766/cse7766.cpp

@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ void CSE7766Component::dump_config() {
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "Apparent Power", this->apparent_power_sensor_);
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "Reactive Power", this->reactive_power_sensor_);
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "Power Factor", this->power_factor_sensor_);
-  this->check_uart_settings(4800, 1, uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_EVEN);
 }
 
 }  // namespace esphome::cse7766

esphome/components/cse7766/sensor.py

@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
 )
 FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
-    "cse7766", baud_rate=4800, parity="EVEN", require_rx=True
+    "cse7766",
+    baud_rate=4800,
+    require_rx=True,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="EVEN",
+    stop_bits=1,
 )
 
 

esphome/components/daly_bms/__init__.py

@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     .extend(cv.polling_component_schema("30s"))
 )
 
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
+    "daly_bms",
+    baud_rate=9600,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
+)
+
 
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])

esphome/components/daly_bms/daly_bms.cpp

@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ static const uint8_t DALY_REQUEST_TEMPERATURE = 0x96;
 
 void DalyBmsComponent::setup() { this->next_request_ = 1; }
 
-void DalyBmsComponent::dump_config() {
-  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "Daly BMS:");
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600);
-}
+void DalyBmsComponent::dump_config() { ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "Daly BMS:"); }
 
 void DalyBmsComponent::update() {
   this->trigger_next_ = true;

esphome/components/dfplayer/__init__.py

@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
     ).extend(uart.UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
 )
 FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
-    "dfplayer", baud_rate=9600, require_tx=True
+    "dfplayer",
+    baud_rate=9600,
+    require_tx=True,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
 )
 
 

esphome/components/dfplayer/dfplayer.cpp

@@ -277,9 +277,6 @@ void DFPlayer::loop() {
     }
   }
 }
-void DFPlayer::dump_config() {
-  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "DFPlayer:");
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600);
-}
+void DFPlayer::dump_config() { ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "DFPlayer:"); }
 
 }  // namespace esphome::dfplayer

esphome/components/hc8/hc8.cpp

@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ void HC8Component::dump_config() {
                 "  Warmup time: %" PRIu32 " s",
                 this->warmup_seconds_);
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "CO2", this->co2_sensor_);
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600);
 }
 
 }  // namespace esphome::hc8

esphome/components/hc8/sensor.py

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
     baud_rate=9600,
     require_rx=True,
     require_tx=True,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
 )
 
 

esphome/components/he60r/he60r.cpp

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ CoverTraits HE60rCover::get_traits() {
 
 void HE60rCover::dump_config() {
   LOG_COVER("", "HE60R Cover", this);
-  this->check_uart_settings(1200, 1, uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_EVEN, 8);
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG,
                 "  Open Duration: %.1fs\n"
                 "  Close Duration: %.1fs",

esphome/components/hrxl_maxsonar_wr/hrxl_maxsonar_wr.cpp

@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ void HrxlMaxsonarWrComponent::check_buffer_() {
 void HrxlMaxsonarWrComponent::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "HRXL MaxSonar WR Sensor:");
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "Distance", this);
-  // As specified in the sensor's data sheet
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600, 1, esphome::uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_NONE, 8);
 }
 
 }  // namespace esphome::hrxl_maxsonar_wr

esphome/components/hrxl_maxsonar_wr/sensor.py

@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = sensor.sensor_schema(
     state_class=STATE_CLASS_MEASUREMENT,
 ).extend(uart.UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
 
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
+    "hrxl_maxsonar_wr",
+    baud_rate=9600,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
+)
+
 
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     var = await sensor.new_sensor(config)

esphome/components/hydreon_rgxx/hydreon_rgxx.cpp

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ static const char *const PROTOCOL_NAMES[] = {HYDREON_RGXX_PROTOCOL_LIST(, HYDREO
 static const char *const IGNORE_STRINGS[] = {HYDREON_RGXX_IGNORE_LIST(, HYDREON_RGXX_COMMA)};
 
 void HydreonRGxxComponent::dump_config() {
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600, 1, esphome::uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_NONE, 8);
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "hydreon_rgxx:");
   if (this->is_failed()) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Connection with hydreon_rgxx failed!");

esphome/components/hydreon_rgxx/sensor.py

@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
     _validate,
 )
 
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
+    "hydreon_rgxx",
+    baud_rate=9600,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
+)
+
 
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])

esphome/components/kamstrup_kmp/kamstrup_kmp.cpp

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ void KamstrupKMPComponent::dump_config() {
     LOG_SENSOR("  ", "Custom Sensor", this->custom_sensors_[i]);
     ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "    Command: 0x%04X", this->custom_commands_[i]);
   }
-
-  this->check_uart_settings(1200, 2, uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_NONE, 8);
 }
 
 void KamstrupKMPComponent::update() {

esphome/components/kamstrup_kmp/sensor.py

@@ -102,7 +102,13 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
 )
 
 FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
-    "kamstrup_kmp", baud_rate=1200, require_rx=True, require_tx=True
+    "kamstrup_kmp",
+    baud_rate=1200,
+    require_rx=True,
+    require_tx=True,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=2,
 )
 
 

esphome/components/mhz19/mhz19.cpp

@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ void MHZ19Component::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "MH-Z19:");
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "CO2", this->co2_sensor_);
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "Temperature", this->temperature_sensor_);
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600);
-
   if (this->abc_boot_logic_ == MHZ19_ABC_ENABLED) {
     ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Automatic baseline calibration enabled on boot");
   } else if (this->abc_boot_logic_ == MHZ19_ABC_DISABLED) {

esphome/components/mhz19/sensor.py

@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     .extend(uart.UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
 )
 
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
+    "mhz19",
+    baud_rate=9600,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
+)
+
 
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])

esphome/components/mk2pvrouter/mk2pvrouter.cpp

@@ -163,10 +163,7 @@ void Mk2PVRouter::publish_value_(const char *tag, const char *val) {
 #endif
 }
 
-void Mk2PVRouter::dump_config() {
-  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "Mk2PVRouter:");
-  this->check_uart_settings(BAUD_RATE, 1, uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_EVEN, 7);
-}
+void Mk2PVRouter::dump_config() { ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "Mk2PVRouter:"); }
 
 #ifdef MK2PVROUTER_LISTENER_COUNT
 void Mk2PVRouter::register_mk2pvrouter_listener(Mk2PVRouterListener *listener) {

esphome/components/mk2pvrouter/mk2pvrouter.h

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class Mk2PVRouter final : public Component, public uart::UARTDevice {
 
  protected:
   static constexpr size_t CRC_SUFFIX_LEN = 1;
-  static constexpr uint32_t BAUD_RATE = 9600;
 
   enum class State : uint8_t {
     WAITING_FOR_START,

esphome/components/pm1006/pm1006.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ void PM1006Component::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "PM1006:");
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "PM2.5", this->pm_2_5_sensor_);
   LOG_UPDATE_INTERVAL(this);
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600);
 }
 
 void PM1006Component::update() {

esphome/components/pm1006/sensor.py

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ def validate_interval_uart(config: ConfigType) -> None:
         baud_rate=9600,
         require_rx=True,
         require_tx=interval.total_milliseconds != SCHEDULER_DONT_RUN,
+        data_bits=8,
+        parity="NONE",
+        stop_bits=1,
     )(config)
 
 

esphome/components/pmsx003/pmsx003.cpp

@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ void PMSX003Component::dump_config() {
   } else {
     ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Mode: passive with sleep/wake cycles");
   }
-
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600);
 }
 
 void PMSX003Component::loop() {

esphome/components/pmsx003/sensor.py

@@ -302,7 +302,13 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
 def final_validate(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     require_tx = config[CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL] > cv.time_period("0s")
     schema = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
-        "pmsx003", baud_rate=9600, require_rx=True, require_tx=require_tx
+        "pmsx003",
+        baud_rate=9600,
+        require_rx=True,
+        require_tx=require_tx,
+        data_bits=8,
+        parity="NONE",
+        stop_bits=1,
     )
     schema(config)
 

esphome/components/pylontech/__init__.py

@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
     .extend(uart.UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
 )
 
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
+    "pylontech",
+    baud_rate=115200,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
+)
+
 
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])

esphome/components/pylontech/pylontech.cpp

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ static const uint8_t ASCII_LF = 0x0A;
 PylontechComponent::PylontechComponent() {}
 
 void PylontechComponent::dump_config() {
-  this->check_uart_settings(115200, 1, esphome::uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_NONE, 8);
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "pylontech:");
   if (this->is_failed()) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Connection with pylontech failed!");

esphome/components/sdl/__init__.py

@@ -1 +1,254 @@
+import esphome.codegen as cg
+
 CODEOWNERS = ["@clydebarrow"]
+
+SDL_KeyCode = cg.global_ns.enum("SDL_KeyCode")
+
+SDL_KEYS = (
+    "SDLK_UNKNOWN",
+    "SDLK_RETURN",
+    "SDLK_ESCAPE",
+    "SDLK_BACKSPACE",
+    "SDLK_TAB",
+    "SDLK_SPACE",
+    "SDLK_EXCLAIM",
+    "SDLK_QUOTEDBL",
+    "SDLK_HASH",
+    "SDLK_PERCENT",
+    "SDLK_DOLLAR",
+    "SDLK_AMPERSAND",
+    "SDLK_QUOTE",
+    "SDLK_LEFTPAREN",
+    "SDLK_RIGHTPAREN",
+    "SDLK_ASTERISK",
+    "SDLK_PLUS",
+    "SDLK_COMMA",
+    "SDLK_MINUS",
+    "SDLK_PERIOD",
+    "SDLK_SLASH",
+    "SDLK_0",
+    "SDLK_1",
+    "SDLK_2",
+    "SDLK_3",
+    "SDLK_4",
+    "SDLK_5",
+    "SDLK_6",
+    "SDLK_7",
+    "SDLK_8",
+    "SDLK_9",
+    "SDLK_COLON",
+    "SDLK_SEMICOLON",
+    "SDLK_LESS",
+    "SDLK_EQUALS",
+    "SDLK_GREATER",
+    "SDLK_QUESTION",
+    "SDLK_AT",
+    "SDLK_LEFTBRACKET",
+    "SDLK_BACKSLASH",
+    "SDLK_RIGHTBRACKET",
+    "SDLK_CARET",
+    "SDLK_UNDERSCORE",
+    "SDLK_BACKQUOTE",
+    "SDLK_a",
+    "SDLK_b",
+    "SDLK_c",
+    "SDLK_d",
+    "SDLK_e",
+    "SDLK_f",
+    "SDLK_g",
+    "SDLK_h",
+    "SDLK_i",
+    "SDLK_j",
+    "SDLK_k",
+    "SDLK_l",
+    "SDLK_m",
+    "SDLK_n",
+    "SDLK_o",
+    "SDLK_p",
+    "SDLK_q",
+    "SDLK_r",
+    "SDLK_s",
+    "SDLK_t",
+    "SDLK_u",
+    "SDLK_v",
+    "SDLK_w",
+    "SDLK_x",
+    "SDLK_y",
+    "SDLK_z",
+    "SDLK_CAPSLOCK",
+    "SDLK_F1",
+    "SDLK_F2",
+    "SDLK_F3",
+    "SDLK_F4",
+    "SDLK_F5",
+    "SDLK_F6",
+    "SDLK_F7",
+    "SDLK_F8",
+    "SDLK_F9",
+    "SDLK_F10",
+    "SDLK_F11",
+    "SDLK_F12",
+    "SDLK_PRINTSCREEN",
+    "SDLK_SCROLLLOCK",
+    "SDLK_PAUSE",
+    "SDLK_INSERT",
+    "SDLK_HOME",
+    "SDLK_PAGEUP",
+    "SDLK_DELETE",
+    "SDLK_END",
+    "SDLK_PAGEDOWN",
+    "SDLK_RIGHT",
+    "SDLK_LEFT",
+    "SDLK_DOWN",
+    "SDLK_UP",
+    "SDLK_NUMLOCKCLEAR",
+    "SDLK_KP_DIVIDE",
+    "SDLK_KP_MULTIPLY",
+    "SDLK_KP_MINUS",
+    "SDLK_KP_PLUS",
+    "SDLK_KP_ENTER",
+    "SDLK_KP_1",
+    "SDLK_KP_2",
+    "SDLK_KP_3",
+    "SDLK_KP_4",
+    "SDLK_KP_5",
+    "SDLK_KP_6",
+    "SDLK_KP_7",
+    "SDLK_KP_8",
+    "SDLK_KP_9",
+    "SDLK_KP_0",
+    "SDLK_KP_PERIOD",
+    "SDLK_APPLICATION",
+    "SDLK_POWER",
+    "SDLK_KP_EQUALS",
+    "SDLK_F13",
+    "SDLK_F14",
+    "SDLK_F15",
+    "SDLK_F16",
+    "SDLK_F17",
+    "SDLK_F18",
+    "SDLK_F19",
+    "SDLK_F20",
+    "SDLK_F21",
+    "SDLK_F22",
+    "SDLK_F23",
+    "SDLK_F24",
+    "SDLK_EXECUTE",
+    "SDLK_HELP",
+    "SDLK_MENU",
+    "SDLK_SELECT",
+    "SDLK_STOP",
+    "SDLK_AGAIN",
+    "SDLK_UNDO",
+    "SDLK_CUT",
+    "SDLK_COPY",
+    "SDLK_PASTE",
+    "SDLK_FIND",
+    "SDLK_MUTE",
+    "SDLK_VOLUMEUP",
+    "SDLK_VOLUMEDOWN",
+    "SDLK_KP_COMMA",
+    "SDLK_KP_EQUALSAS400",
+    "SDLK_ALTERASE",
+    "SDLK_SYSREQ",
+    "SDLK_CANCEL",
+    "SDLK_CLEAR",
+    "SDLK_PRIOR",
+    "SDLK_RETURN2",
+    "SDLK_SEPARATOR",
+    "SDLK_OUT",
+    "SDLK_OPER",
+    "SDLK_CLEARAGAIN",
+    "SDLK_CRSEL",
+    "SDLK_EXSEL",
+    "SDLK_KP_00",
+    "SDLK_KP_000",
+    "SDLK_THOUSANDSSEPARATOR",
+    "SDLK_DECIMALSEPARATOR",
+    "SDLK_CURRENCYUNIT",
+    "SDLK_CURRENCYSUBUNIT",
+    "SDLK_KP_LEFTPAREN",
+    "SDLK_KP_RIGHTPAREN",
+    "SDLK_KP_LEFTBRACE",
+    "SDLK_KP_RIGHTBRACE",
+    "SDLK_KP_TAB",
+    "SDLK_KP_BACKSPACE",
+    "SDLK_KP_A",
+    "SDLK_KP_B",
+    "SDLK_KP_C",
+    "SDLK_KP_D",
+    "SDLK_KP_E",
+    "SDLK_KP_F",
+    "SDLK_KP_XOR",
+    "SDLK_KP_POWER",
+    "SDLK_KP_PERCENT",
+    "SDLK_KP_LESS",
+    "SDLK_KP_GREATER",
+    "SDLK_KP_AMPERSAND",
+    "SDLK_KP_DBLAMPERSAND",
+    "SDLK_KP_VERTICALBAR",
+    "SDLK_KP_DBLVERTICALBAR",
+    "SDLK_KP_COLON",
+    "SDLK_KP_HASH",
+    "SDLK_KP_SPACE",
+    "SDLK_KP_AT",
+    "SDLK_KP_EXCLAM",
+    "SDLK_KP_MEMSTORE",
+    "SDLK_KP_MEMRECALL",
+    "SDLK_KP_MEMCLEAR",
+    "SDLK_KP_MEMADD",
+    "SDLK_KP_MEMSUBTRACT",
+    "SDLK_KP_MEMMULTIPLY",
+    "SDLK_KP_MEMDIVIDE",
+    "SDLK_KP_PLUSMINUS",
+    "SDLK_KP_CLEAR",
+    "SDLK_KP_CLEARENTRY",
+    "SDLK_KP_BINARY",
+    "SDLK_KP_OCTAL",
+    "SDLK_KP_DECIMAL",
+    "SDLK_KP_HEXADECIMAL",
+    "SDLK_LCTRL",
+    "SDLK_LSHIFT",
+    "SDLK_LALT",
+    "SDLK_LGUI",
+    "SDLK_RCTRL",
+    "SDLK_RSHIFT",
+    "SDLK_RALT",
+    "SDLK_RGUI",
+    "SDLK_MODE",
+    "SDLK_AUDIONEXT",
+    "SDLK_AUDIOPREV",
+    "SDLK_AUDIOSTOP",
+    "SDLK_AUDIOPLAY",
+    "SDLK_AUDIOMUTE",
+    "SDLK_MEDIASELECT",
+    "SDLK_WWW",
+    "SDLK_MAIL",
+    "SDLK_CALCULATOR",
+    "SDLK_COMPUTER",
+    "SDLK_AC_SEARCH",
+    "SDLK_AC_HOME",
+    "SDLK_AC_BACK",
+    "SDLK_AC_FORWARD",
+    "SDLK_AC_STOP",
+    "SDLK_AC_REFRESH",
+    "SDLK_AC_BOOKMARKS",
+    "SDLK_BRIGHTNESSDOWN",
+    "SDLK_BRIGHTNESSUP",
+    "SDLK_DISPLAYSWITCH",
+    "SDLK_KBDILLUMTOGGLE",
+    "SDLK_KBDILLUMDOWN",
+    "SDLK_KBDILLUMUP",
+    "SDLK_EJECT",
+    "SDLK_SLEEP",
+    "SDLK_APP1",
+    "SDLK_APP2",
+    "SDLK_AUDIOREWIND",
+    "SDLK_AUDIOFASTFORWARD",
+    "SDLK_SOFTLEFT",
+    "SDLK_SOFTRIGHT",
+    "SDLK_CALL",
+    "SDLK_ENDCALL",
+)
+
+SDL_KEYMAP = {key: getattr(SDL_KeyCode, key) for key in SDL_KEYS}

esphome/components/sdl/binary_sensor.py

@@ -7,262 +7,15 @@ from esphome.core import Lambda
 from esphome.cpp_generator import ExpressionStatement, RawExpression
 from esphome.types import ConfigType
 
-from .display import CONF_SDL_ID, Sdl
+from . import SDL_KEYMAP
+from .display import CONF_SDL_ID, Sdl, headless_final_validate
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@bdm310"]
 
 STATE_ARG = "state"
 
-SDL_KeyCode = cg.global_ns.enum("SDL_KeyCode")
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = headless_final_validate("binary_sensor")
 
-SDL_KEYS = (
-    "SDLK_UNKNOWN",
-    "SDLK_RETURN",
-    "SDLK_ESCAPE",
-    "SDLK_BACKSPACE",
-    "SDLK_TAB",
-    "SDLK_SPACE",
-    "SDLK_EXCLAIM",
-    "SDLK_QUOTEDBL",
-    "SDLK_HASH",
-    "SDLK_PERCENT",
-    "SDLK_DOLLAR",
-    "SDLK_AMPERSAND",
-    "SDLK_QUOTE",
-    "SDLK_LEFTPAREN",
-    "SDLK_RIGHTPAREN",
-    "SDLK_ASTERISK",
-    "SDLK_PLUS",
-    "SDLK_COMMA",
-    "SDLK_MINUS",
-    "SDLK_PERIOD",
-    "SDLK_SLASH",
-    "SDLK_0",
-    "SDLK_1",
-    "SDLK_2",
-    "SDLK_3",
-    "SDLK_4",
-    "SDLK_5",
-    "SDLK_6",
-    "SDLK_7",
-    "SDLK_8",
-    "SDLK_9",
-    "SDLK_COLON",
-    "SDLK_SEMICOLON",
-    "SDLK_LESS",
-    "SDLK_EQUALS",
-    "SDLK_GREATER",
-    "SDLK_QUESTION",
-    "SDLK_AT",
-    "SDLK_LEFTBRACKET",
-    "SDLK_BACKSLASH",
-    "SDLK_RIGHTBRACKET",
-    "SDLK_CARET",
-    "SDLK_UNDERSCORE",
-    "SDLK_BACKQUOTE",
-    "SDLK_a",
-    "SDLK_b",
-    "SDLK_c",
-    "SDLK_d",
-    "SDLK_e",
-    "SDLK_f",
-    "SDLK_g",
-    "SDLK_h",
-    "SDLK_i",
-    "SDLK_j",
-    "SDLK_k",
-    "SDLK_l",
-    "SDLK_m",
-    "SDLK_n",
-    "SDLK_o",
-    "SDLK_p",
-    "SDLK_q",
-    "SDLK_r",
-    "SDLK_s",
-    "SDLK_t",
-    "SDLK_u",
-    "SDLK_v",
-    "SDLK_w",
-    "SDLK_x",
-    "SDLK_y",
-    "SDLK_z",
-    "SDLK_CAPSLOCK",
-    "SDLK_F1",
-    "SDLK_F2",
-    "SDLK_F3",
-    "SDLK_F4",
-    "SDLK_F5",
-    "SDLK_F6",
-    "SDLK_F7",
-    "SDLK_F8",
-    "SDLK_F9",
-    "SDLK_F10",
-    "SDLK_F11",
-    "SDLK_F12",
-    "SDLK_PRINTSCREEN",
-    "SDLK_SCROLLLOCK",
-    "SDLK_PAUSE",
-    "SDLK_INSERT",
-    "SDLK_HOME",
-    "SDLK_PAGEUP",
-    "SDLK_DELETE",
-    "SDLK_END",
-    "SDLK_PAGEDOWN",
-    "SDLK_RIGHT",
-    "SDLK_LEFT",
-    "SDLK_DOWN",
-    "SDLK_UP",
-    "SDLK_NUMLOCKCLEAR",
-    "SDLK_KP_DIVIDE",
-    "SDLK_KP_MULTIPLY",
-    "SDLK_KP_MINUS",
-    "SDLK_KP_PLUS",
-    "SDLK_KP_ENTER",
-    "SDLK_KP_1",
-    "SDLK_KP_2",
-    "SDLK_KP_3",
-    "SDLK_KP_4",
-    "SDLK_KP_5",
-    "SDLK_KP_6",
-    "SDLK_KP_7",
-    "SDLK_KP_8",
-    "SDLK_KP_9",
-    "SDLK_KP_0",
-    "SDLK_KP_PERIOD",
-    "SDLK_APPLICATION",
-    "SDLK_POWER",
-    "SDLK_KP_EQUALS",
-    "SDLK_F13",
-    "SDLK_F14",
-    "SDLK_F15",
-    "SDLK_F16",
-    "SDLK_F17",
-    "SDLK_F18",
-    "SDLK_F19",
-    "SDLK_F20",
-    "SDLK_F21",
-    "SDLK_F22",
-    "SDLK_F23",
-    "SDLK_F24",
-    "SDLK_EXECUTE",
-    "SDLK_HELP",
-    "SDLK_MENU",
-    "SDLK_SELECT",
-    "SDLK_STOP",
-    "SDLK_AGAIN",
-    "SDLK_UNDO",
-    "SDLK_CUT",
-    "SDLK_COPY",
-    "SDLK_PASTE",
-    "SDLK_FIND",
-    "SDLK_MUTE",
-    "SDLK_VOLUMEUP",
-    "SDLK_VOLUMEDOWN",
-    "SDLK_KP_COMMA",
-    "SDLK_KP_EQUALSAS400",
-    "SDLK_ALTERASE",
-    "SDLK_SYSREQ",
-    "SDLK_CANCEL",
-    "SDLK_CLEAR",
-    "SDLK_PRIOR",
-    "SDLK_RETURN2",
-    "SDLK_SEPARATOR",
-    "SDLK_OUT",
-    "SDLK_OPER",
-    "SDLK_CLEARAGAIN",
-    "SDLK_CRSEL",
-    "SDLK_EXSEL",
-    "SDLK_KP_00",
-    "SDLK_KP_000",
-    "SDLK_THOUSANDSSEPARATOR",
-    "SDLK_DECIMALSEPARATOR",
-    "SDLK_CURRENCYUNIT",
-    "SDLK_CURRENCYSUBUNIT",
-    "SDLK_KP_LEFTPAREN",
-    "SDLK_KP_RIGHTPAREN",
-    "SDLK_KP_LEFTBRACE",
-    "SDLK_KP_RIGHTBRACE",
-    "SDLK_KP_TAB",
-    "SDLK_KP_BACKSPACE",
-    "SDLK_KP_A",
-    "SDLK_KP_B",
-    "SDLK_KP_C",
-    "SDLK_KP_D",
-    "SDLK_KP_E",
-    "SDLK_KP_F",
-    "SDLK_KP_XOR",
-    "SDLK_KP_POWER",
-    "SDLK_KP_PERCENT",
-    "SDLK_KP_LESS",
-    "SDLK_KP_GREATER",
-    "SDLK_KP_AMPERSAND",
-    "SDLK_KP_DBLAMPERSAND",
-    "SDLK_KP_VERTICALBAR",
-    "SDLK_KP_DBLVERTICALBAR",
-    "SDLK_KP_COLON",
-    "SDLK_KP_HASH",
-    "SDLK_KP_SPACE",
-    "SDLK_KP_AT",
-    "SDLK_KP_EXCLAM",
-    "SDLK_KP_MEMSTORE",
-    "SDLK_KP_MEMRECALL",
-    "SDLK_KP_MEMCLEAR",
-    "SDLK_KP_MEMADD",
-    "SDLK_KP_MEMSUBTRACT",
-    "SDLK_KP_MEMMULTIPLY",
-    "SDLK_KP_MEMDIVIDE",
-    "SDLK_KP_PLUSMINUS",
-    "SDLK_KP_CLEAR",
-    "SDLK_KP_CLEARENTRY",
-    "SDLK_KP_BINARY",
-    "SDLK_KP_OCTAL",
-    "SDLK_KP_DECIMAL",
-    "SDLK_KP_HEXADECIMAL",
-    "SDLK_LCTRL",
-    "SDLK_LSHIFT",
-    "SDLK_LALT",
-    "SDLK_LGUI",
-    "SDLK_RCTRL",
-    "SDLK_RSHIFT",
-    "SDLK_RALT",
-    "SDLK_RGUI",
-    "SDLK_MODE",
-    "SDLK_AUDIONEXT",
-    "SDLK_AUDIOPREV",
-    "SDLK_AUDIOSTOP",
-    "SDLK_AUDIOPLAY",
-    "SDLK_AUDIOMUTE",
-    "SDLK_MEDIASELECT",
-    "SDLK_WWW",
-    "SDLK_MAIL",
-    "SDLK_CALCULATOR",
-    "SDLK_COMPUTER",
-    "SDLK_AC_SEARCH",
-    "SDLK_AC_HOME",
-    "SDLK_AC_BACK",
-    "SDLK_AC_FORWARD",
-    "SDLK_AC_STOP",
-    "SDLK_AC_REFRESH",
-    "SDLK_AC_BOOKMARKS",
-    "SDLK_BRIGHTNESSDOWN",
-    "SDLK_BRIGHTNESSUP",
-    "SDLK_DISPLAYSWITCH",
-    "SDLK_KBDILLUMTOGGLE",
-    "SDLK_KBDILLUMDOWN",
-    "SDLK_KBDILLUMUP",
-    "SDLK_EJECT",
-    "SDLK_SLEEP",
-    "SDLK_APP1",
-    "SDLK_APP2",
-    "SDLK_AUDIOREWIND",
-    "SDLK_AUDIOFASTFORWARD",
-    "SDLK_SOFTLEFT",
-    "SDLK_SOFTRIGHT",
-    "SDLK_CALL",
-    "SDLK_ENDCALL",
-)
-
-SDL_KEYMAP = {key: getattr(SDL_KeyCode, key) for key in SDL_KEYS}
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     binary_sensor.binary_sensor_schema(BinarySensor)

esphome/components/sdl/display.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from typing import Any
 
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 from esphome.components import display
+from esphome.components.snapshot import Snapshot, register_snapshot
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
     CONF_DIMENSIONS,
@@ -16,14 +17,21 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_Y,
     PLATFORM_HOST,
 )
+import esphome.final_validate as fv
 from esphome.types import ConfigType
 
+from . import SDL_KEYMAP
+
+AUTO_LOAD = ["snapshot"]
+
 sdl_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("sdl")
-Sdl = sdl_ns.class_("Sdl", display.Display, cg.Component)
+Sdl = sdl_ns.class_("Sdl", display.Display, cg.Component, Snapshot)
 sdl_window_flags = cg.global_ns.enum("SDL_WindowFlags")
 
 
 CONF_CENTERED_ON_DISPLAY = "centered_on_display"
+CONF_HEADLESS = "headless"
+CONF_SNAPSHOT_KEY = "snapshot_key"
 CONF_SDL_OPTIONS = "sdl_options"
 CONF_SDL_ID = "sdl_id"
 CONF_WINDOW_OPTIONS = "window_options"
@@ -67,12 +75,29 @@ def _validate_position(config: dict) -> dict:
     raise cv.Invalid("Must specify either 'x' and 'y' or 'centered_on_display'")
 
 
+def _validate_headless(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
+    if not config[CONF_HEADLESS]:
+        return config
+    if CONF_WINDOW_OPTIONS in config:
+        raise cv.Invalid(
+            f"'{CONF_WINDOW_OPTIONS}' has no effect when '{CONF_HEADLESS}' is set - there is no window"
+        )
+    if CONF_SNAPSHOT_KEY in config:
+        raise cv.Invalid(
+            f"'{CONF_SNAPSHOT_KEY}' cannot be used when '{CONF_HEADLESS}' is set - "
+            f"there is no keyboard. Use the 'snapshot.take' action instead"
+        )
+    return config
+
+
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
     display.FULL_DISPLAY_SCHEMA.extend(
         cv.Schema(
             {
                 cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(Sdl),
                 cv.Optional(CONF_SDL_OPTIONS, default=""): get_sdl_options,
+                cv.Optional(CONF_HEADLESS, default=False): cv.boolean,
+                cv.Optional(CONF_SNAPSHOT_KEY): cv.enum(SDL_KEYMAP),
                 cv.Required(CONF_DIMENSIONS): cv.Any(
                     cv.dimensions,
                     cv.Schema(
@@ -99,16 +124,42 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
             }
         )
     ),
+    _validate_headless,
     cv.only_on(PLATFORM_HOST),
 )
 
 
+def headless_final_validate(platform: str) -> cv.Schema:
+    """Build a FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA rejecting a platform whose sdl display is headless.
+
+    Mouse and keyboard platforms are driven by window events, so under a headless display they
+    would never report anything.
+    """
+
+    def validate_display(display_config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
+        if display_config.get(CONF_HEADLESS):
+            raise cv.Invalid(
+                f"The sdl {platform} platform needs a window, but its display has "
+                f"'{CONF_HEADLESS}' set"
+            )
+        return display_config
+
+    return cv.Schema(
+        {cv.Required(CONF_SDL_ID): fv.id_declaration_match_schema(validate_display)},
+        extra=cv.ALLOW_EXTRA,
+    )
+
+
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     for option in config[CONF_SDL_OPTIONS].split():
         cg.add_build_flag(option)
     cg.add_build_flag("-DSDL_BYTEORDER=4321")
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
     await display.register_display(var, config)
+    await register_snapshot(var, config)
+    cg.add(var.set_headless(config[CONF_HEADLESS]))
+    if (key := config.get(CONF_SNAPSHOT_KEY)) is not None:
+        cg.add(var.set_snapshot_key(key))
 
     dimensions = config[CONF_DIMENSIONS]
     if isinstance(dimensions, dict):

esphome/components/sdl/sdl_esphome.cpp

@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@
 #include "sdl_esphome.h"
 #include "esphome/components/display/display_color_utils.h"
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+
 namespace esphome::sdl {
 
+namespace {
+
+// Key under which each window keeps a pointer back to its Sdl instance.
+constexpr const char *const WINDOW_DATA_KEY = "esphome_sdl";
+
+}  // namespace
+
 int Sdl::get_width() {
   switch (this->rotation_) {
     case display::DISPLAY_ROTATION_90_DEGREES:
@@ -28,17 +37,96 @@ int Sdl::get_height() {
   }
 }
 
-void Sdl::setup() {
-  SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
-  this->window_ = SDL_CreateWindow(App.get_name().c_str(), this->pos_x_, this->pos_y_, this->width_, this->height_,
-                                   this->window_options_);
-  this->renderer_ = SDL_CreateRenderer(this->window_, -1, SDL_RENDERER_SOFTWARE);
-  SDL_RenderSetLogicalSize(this->renderer_, this->width_, this->height_);
+void Sdl::destroy_renderer_() {
+  // Reverse order of creation: the renderer refers to the window or surface it was made from.
+  if (this->shot_target_ != nullptr) {
+    SDL_DestroyTexture(this->shot_target_);
+    this->shot_target_ = nullptr;
+  }
+  if (this->texture_ != nullptr) {
+    SDL_DestroyTexture(this->texture_);
+    this->texture_ = nullptr;
+  }
+  if (this->renderer_ != nullptr) {
+    SDL_DestroyRenderer(this->renderer_);
+    this->renderer_ = nullptr;
+  }
+  if (this->window_ != nullptr) {
+    SDL_DestroyWindow(this->window_);
+    this->window_ = nullptr;
+  }
+  if (this->surface_ != nullptr) {
+    SDL_FreeSurface(this->surface_);
+    this->surface_ = nullptr;
+  }
+}
+
+bool Sdl::setup_failed_(const char *what) {
+  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "%s: %s", what, SDL_GetError());
+  // Give back whatever was created before the failure. Without this a half set up display leaves an
+  // empty window on screen for the life of the process, still registered as an event target.
+  this->destroy_renderer_();
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool Sdl::setup_renderer_() {
+  SDL_SetMainReady();
+  if (this->headless_) {
+    // SDL_INIT_VIDEO is deliberately not requested: a software renderer bound to a surface needs no
+    // video device, so this works on a machine with no display server at all.
+    if (SDL_Init(0) != 0)
+      return this->setup_failed_("SDL_Init failed");
+    this->surface_ = SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceWithFormat(0, this->width_, this->height_, 16, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB565);
+    if (this->surface_ == nullptr)
+      return this->setup_failed_("Could not create offscreen surface");
+    this->renderer_ = SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer(this->surface_);
+  } else {
+    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) != 0)
+      return this->setup_failed_("SDL_Init failed");
+    this->window_ = SDL_CreateWindow(App.get_name().c_str(), this->pos_x_, this->pos_y_, this->width_, this->height_,
+                                     this->window_options_);
+    if (this->window_ == nullptr)
+      return this->setup_failed_("Could not create window");
+    // Lets loop() find the display an event belongs to, so one display does not act on another's
+    // input when several windows are open.
+    SDL_SetWindowData(this->window_, WINDOW_DATA_KEY, this);
+    this->renderer_ = SDL_CreateRenderer(this->window_, -1, SDL_RENDERER_SOFTWARE);
+  }
+  if (this->renderer_ == nullptr)
+    return this->setup_failed_("Could not create renderer");
+  if (SDL_RenderSetLogicalSize(this->renderer_, this->width_, this->height_) != 0)
+    return this->setup_failed_("Could not set renderer logical size");
   this->texture_ =
       SDL_CreateTexture(this->renderer_, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB565, SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STATIC, this->width_, this->height_);
-  SDL_SetTextureBlendMode(this->texture_, SDL_BLENDMODE_BLEND);
+  if (this->texture_ == nullptr)
+    return this->setup_failed_("Could not create texture");
+  // The texture has no alpha channel, so blending is pointless. Headless it would also force a
+  // different software blit path onto the 16 bit target surface.
+  if (SDL_SetTextureBlendMode(this->texture_, this->headless_ ? SDL_BLENDMODE_NONE : SDL_BLENDMODE_BLEND) != 0)
+    return this->setup_failed_("Could not set texture blend mode");
+  return true;
 }
+
+void Sdl::setup() {
+  if (!this->setup_renderer_()) {
+    this->mark_failed();
+    return;
+  }
+  if (this->headless_) {
+    // Nothing generates events, so there is nothing for loop() to do.
+    this->disable_loop();
+  } else if (this->snapshot_key_ != 0) {
+    this->add_key_listener(this->snapshot_key_, [this](bool down) {
+      if (down && !this->take_snapshot(nullptr)) {
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "snapshot key did not write a file");
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 void Sdl::update() {
+  if (this->texture_ == nullptr)
+    return;
   this->do_update_();
   if ((this->x_high_ < this->x_low_) || (this->y_high_ < this->y_low_))
     return;
@@ -51,12 +139,19 @@ void Sdl::update() {
 }
 
 void Sdl::redraw_(SDL_Rect &rect) {
+  // Nothing to present when headless - a snapshot blits the whole texture when it needs it, so
+  // doing it here as well would just burn CPU. draw_pixels_at() calls this on every partial
+  // update, so it is worth skipping.
+  if (this->headless_)
+    return;
   SDL_RenderCopy(this->renderer_, this->texture_, &rect, &rect);
   SDL_RenderPresent(this->renderer_);
 }
 
 void Sdl::draw_pixels_at(int x_start, int y_start, int w, int h, const uint8_t *ptr, display::ColorOrder order,
                          display::ColorBitness bitness, bool big_endian, int x_offset, int y_offset, int x_pad) {
+  if (this->texture_ == nullptr)
+    return;
   SDL_Rect rect{x_start, y_start, w, h};
   if (this->rotation_ != display::DISPLAY_ROTATION_0_DEGREES || bitness != display::COLOR_BITNESS_565 || big_endian) {
     Display::draw_pixels_at(x_start, y_start, w, h, ptr, order, bitness, big_endian, x_offset, y_offset, x_pad);
@@ -69,7 +164,7 @@ void Sdl::draw_pixels_at(int x_start, int y_start, int w, int h, const uint8_t *
 }
 
 void Sdl::draw_pixel_at(int x, int y, Color color) {
-  if (!this->get_clipping().inside(x, y))
+  if (this->texture_ == nullptr || !this->get_clipping().inside(x, y))
     return;
 
   if (this->rotation_ == display::DISPLAY_ROTATION_180_DEGREES) {
@@ -104,61 +199,148 @@ void Sdl::process_key(uint32_t keycode, bool down) {
     callback->second(down);
 }
 
+Sdl *Sdl::instance_for_window_(uint32_t window_id) {
+  SDL_Window *window = SDL_GetWindowFromID(window_id);
+  if (window == nullptr)
+    return nullptr;
+  return static_cast<Sdl *>(SDL_GetWindowData(window, WINDOW_DATA_KEY));
+}
+
+void Sdl::handle_event_(const SDL_Event &event) {
+  switch (event.type) {
+    case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
+    case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONUP:
+      if (event.button.button == 1) {
+        this->mouse_x = event.button.x;
+        this->mouse_y = event.button.y;
+        this->mouse_down = event.button.state != 0;
+      }
+      break;
+
+    case SDL_MOUSEMOTION:
+      if (event.motion.state & 1) {
+        this->mouse_x = event.motion.x;
+        this->mouse_y = event.motion.y;
+        this->mouse_down = true;
+      } else {
+        this->mouse_down = false;
+      }
+      break;
+
+    case SDL_KEYDOWN:
+      // Ignore auto-repeat, otherwise holding a key floods the listeners.
+      if (event.key.repeat != 0)
+        break;
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "keydown %d", event.key.keysym.sym);
+      this->process_key(event.key.keysym.sym, true);
+      break;
+
+    case SDL_KEYUP:
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "keyup %d", event.key.keysym.sym);
+      this->process_key(event.key.keysym.sym, false);
+      break;
+
+    case SDL_WINDOWEVENT:
+      switch (event.window.event) {
+        case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_SIZE_CHANGED:
+        case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_EXPOSED:
+        case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_RESIZED: {
+          SDL_Rect rect{0, 0, this->width_, this->height_};
+          this->redraw_(rect);
+          break;
+        }
+        default:
+          break;
+      }
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
 void Sdl::loop() {
   SDL_Event e;
-  if (SDL_PollEvent(&e)) {
-    switch (e.type) {
-      case SDL_QUIT:
-        exit(0);
+  // Take everything that is waiting, not one event per loop. A touch drag produces a burst of
+  // motion events, and consuming them one at a time lets the queue grow without bound, so the
+  // pointer ends up acting on input from further and further in the past. Draining collapses a
+  // burst to the position it ended at, which is the one the user is asking for anyway.
+  while (SDL_PollEvent(&e)) {
+    if (e.type == SDL_QUIT)
+      exit(0);
 
+    // Events carry the window they happened in, so send each one to the display that owns it.
+    uint32_t window_id;
+    switch (e.type) {
       case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
       case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONUP:
-        if (e.button.button == 1) {
-          this->mouse_x = e.button.x;
-          this->mouse_y = e.button.y;
-          this->mouse_down = e.button.state != 0;
-        }
+        window_id = e.button.windowID;
         break;
-
       case SDL_MOUSEMOTION:
-        if (e.motion.state & 1) {
-          this->mouse_x = e.button.x;
-          this->mouse_y = e.button.y;
-          this->mouse_down = true;
-        } else {
-          this->mouse_down = false;
-        }
+        window_id = e.motion.windowID;
         break;
-
       case SDL_KEYDOWN:
-        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "keydown %d", e.key.keysym.sym);
-        this->process_key(e.key.keysym.sym, true);
-        break;
-
       case SDL_KEYUP:
-        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "keyup %d", e.key.keysym.sym);
-        this->process_key(e.key.keysym.sym, false);
+        window_id = e.key.windowID;
         break;
-
       case SDL_WINDOWEVENT:
-        switch (e.window.event) {
-          case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_SIZE_CHANGED:
-          case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_EXPOSED:
-          case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_RESIZED: {
-            SDL_Rect rect{0, 0, this->width_, this->height_};
-            this->redraw_(rect);
-            break;
-          }
-          default:
-            break;
-        }
+        window_id = e.window.windowID;
         break;
-
       default:
+        // Anything else, including the touch events SDL reports alongside the mouse events it
+        // synthesises from them, is not used here.
         ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Event %d", e.type);
-        break;
+        continue;
+    }
+
+    Sdl *target = instance_for_window_(window_id);
+    if (target == nullptr) {
+      // Nothing to route this to: the window has gone, or it is not one of ours. Say so, otherwise
+      // input that stops working leaves no trace at all.
+      ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Event %d for unknown window %u", e.type, window_id);
+      continue;
+    }
+    target->handle_event_(e);
+  }
+}
+
+bool Sdl::capture_bgr(uint8_t *dest, size_t row_stride) {
+  if (this->texture_ == nullptr || this->renderer_ == nullptr) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Snapshot requested but SDL is not set up");
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (this->shot_target_ == nullptr) {
+    this->shot_target_ = SDL_CreateTexture(this->renderer_, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB565, SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_TARGET,
+                                           this->width_, this->height_);
+    if (this->shot_target_ == nullptr) {
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Could not create capture texture: %s", SDL_GetError());
+      return false;
+    }
+    SDL_SetTextureBlendMode(this->shot_target_, SDL_BLENDMODE_NONE);
+  }
+
+  // Render into an offscreen target first. SDL_RenderReadPixels works in physical output pixels and
+  // ignores the logical size, so reading straight off a resizable window would read more pixels than
+  // there is room for.
+  // Every step is checked: a failed clear or copy would otherwise be read back as a blank or stale
+  // picture, written out, and reported as a snapshot that worked.
+  bool ok = false;
+  if (SDL_SetRenderTarget(this->renderer_, this->shot_target_) == 0) {
+    ok = SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(this->renderer_, 0, 0, 0, SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE) == 0 &&
+         SDL_RenderClear(this->renderer_) == 0 &&
+         SDL_RenderCopy(this->renderer_, this->texture_, nullptr, nullptr) == 0 &&
+         SDL_RenderReadPixels(this->renderer_, nullptr, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR24, dest, static_cast<int>(row_stride)) == 0;
+    if (SDL_SetRenderTarget(this->renderer_, nullptr) != 0) {
+      // Stuck rendering into shot_target_ from here on, so there's no point continuing.
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Could not restore the render target: %s", SDL_GetError());
+      this->mark_failed();
+      return false;
     }
   }
+  if (!ok) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Could not capture the screen: %s", SDL_GetError());
+  }
+  return ok;
 }
 
 }  // namespace esphome::sdl

esphome/components/sdl/sdl_esphome.h

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #ifdef USE_HOST
+#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esphome/core/application.h"
 #include "esphome/components/display/display.h"
+#include "esphome/components/snapshot/snapshot.h"
 #define SDL_MAIN_HANDLED
 #include "SDL.h"
 #include <map>
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ namespace esphome::sdl {
 
 constexpr static const char *const TAG = "sdl";
 
-class Sdl final : public display::Display {
+class Sdl final : public display::Display, public snapshot::Snapshot {
  public:
   display::DisplayType get_display_type() override { return display::DISPLAY_TYPE_COLOR; }
   void update() override;
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ class Sdl final : public display::Display {
     this->pos_x_ = pos_x;
     this->pos_y_ = pos_y;
   }
+  void set_headless(bool headless) { this->headless_ = headless; }
+  void set_snapshot_key(int32_t keycode) { this->snapshot_key_ = keycode; }
+
   int get_width() override;
   int get_height() override;
   float get_setup_priority() const override { return setup_priority::HARDWARE; }
@@ -51,20 +56,40 @@ class Sdl final : public display::Display {
   int get_width_internal() override { return this->width_; }
   int get_height_internal() override { return this->height_; }
   void redraw_(SDL_Rect &rect);
+  bool setup_renderer_();
+  /// Release the window, surface, renderer and textures, and forget them.
+  void destroy_renderer_();
+  /// Log an SDL failure during setup, release anything already created, and return false.
+  bool setup_failed_(const char *what);
+  int snapshot_width() override { return this->width_; }
+  int snapshot_height() override { return this->height_; }
+  bool capture_bgr(uint8_t *dest, size_t row_stride) override;
+  void handle_event_(const SDL_Event &event);
+  /// The display owning the given window, or nullptr if it is not one of ours.
+  static Sdl *instance_for_window_(uint32_t window_id);
+  SDL_Renderer *renderer_{};
+  SDL_Window *window_{};
+  SDL_Texture *texture_{};
+  // Offscreen render target used when headless. SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer only borrows the
+  // surface, and the renderer goes back to using it as its output whenever the capture target is
+  // released, so it has to stay alive as long as the renderer does.
+  SDL_Surface *surface_{};
+  // Capture target, created on first snapshot.
+  SDL_Texture *shot_target_{};
+  std::map<int32_t, CallbackManager<void(bool)>> key_callbacks_{};
   int width_{};
   int height_{};
   uint32_t window_options_{0};
   int32_t pos_x_{SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED};
   int32_t pos_y_{SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED};
-  SDL_Renderer *renderer_{};
-  SDL_Window *window_{};
-  SDL_Texture *texture_{};
+  int32_t snapshot_key_{0};
   uint16_t x_low_{0};
   uint16_t y_low_{0};
   uint16_t x_high_{0};
   uint16_t y_high_{0};
-  std::map<int32_t, CallbackManager<void(bool)>> key_callbacks_{};
+  bool headless_{false};
 };
+
 }  // namespace esphome::sdl
 
 #endif

esphome/components/sdl/touchscreen/__init__.py

@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import CONF_ID
 from esphome.types import ConfigType
 
-from ..display import CONF_SDL_ID, Sdl, sdl_ns
+from ..display import CONF_SDL_ID, Sdl, headless_final_validate, sdl_ns
 
 SdlTouchscreen = sdl_ns.class_("SdlTouchscreen", touchscreen.Touchscreen)
 
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = headless_final_validate("touchscreen")
+
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = touchscreen.TOUCHSCREEN_SCHEMA.extend(
     {

esphome/components/seeed_mr60fda2/__init__.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
     require_tx=True,
     require_rx=True,
     baud_rate=115200,
+    data_bits=8,
     parity="NONE",
     stop_bits=1,
 )

esphome/components/seeed_mr60fda2/seeed_mr60fda2.cpp

@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ void MR60FDA2Component::dump_config() {
 
 // Initialisation functions
 void MR60FDA2Component::setup() {
-  this->check_uart_settings(115200);
-
   this->current_frame_locate_ = LOCATE_FRAME_HEADER;
   this->current_frame_id_ = 0;
   this->current_frame_len_ = 0;

esphome/components/serial_proxy/serial_proxy.cpp

@@ -130,17 +130,26 @@ SerialProxyResult SerialProxy::configure(api::APIConnection *api_connection, uin
     return SerialProxyResult::SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_NOT_SUPPORTED;
   }
 
-  // Apply validated parameters
-  uart_comp->set_baud_rate(baudrate);
-  uart_comp->set_stop_bits(stop_bits);
-  uart_comp->set_data_bits(data_size);
-
-  // Map parity value to UARTParityOptions
+  // Skip a no-op reconfigure. Clients routinely re-send identical settings on every
+  // port open, and on a USB UART each apply is a CDC SET_LINE_CODING control transfer.
+  // Some bridges watch line-coding changes as a signalling channel (a magic baud
+  // sequence to enter a bootloader, say), so redundant applies are not harmless.
   static const uart::UARTParityOptions PARITY_MAP[] = {
       uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_NONE,
       uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_EVEN,
       uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_ODD,
   };
+  if (uart_comp->get_baud_rate() == baudrate && uart_comp->get_stop_bits() == stop_bits &&
+      uart_comp->get_data_bits() == data_size && uart_comp->get_parity() == PARITY_MAP[parity]) {
+    ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Settings unchanged, skipping reconfigure [%" PRIu32 "]", this->instance_index_);
+    return SerialProxyResult::SERIAL_PROXY_RESULT_OK;
+  }
+
+  // Apply validated parameters
+  uart_comp->set_baud_rate(baudrate);
+  uart_comp->set_stop_bits(stop_bits);
+  uart_comp->set_data_bits(data_size);
+
   uart_comp->set_parity(PARITY_MAP[parity]);
 
   // load_settings() is available on ESP8266 and ESP32 platforms

esphome/components/smt100/sensor.py

@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
 )
 
 FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
-    "smt100", baud_rate=9600, require_rx=True, require_tx=True
+    "smt100",
+    baud_rate=9600,
+    require_rx=True,
+    require_tx=True,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
 )
 
 

esphome/components/smt100/smt100.cpp

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ void SMT100Component::dump_config() {
   LOG_SENSOR(TAG, "Temperature", this->temperature_sensor_);
   LOG_SENSOR(TAG, "Moisture", this->moisture_sensor_);
   LOG_UPDATE_INTERVAL(this);
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600);
 }
 
 int SMT100Component::readline_(int readch, char *buffer, int len) {

esphome/components/snapshot/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+"""Shared support for writing what a display is showing out to an image file.
+
+The component itself has no configuration. It provides the ``snapshot.take`` action and the C++
+base class behind it, so any display that can hand over its pixels - the in memory display in this
+component, or an SDL window - saves files the same way, under the same directory, with the same
+rules about names.
+"""
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from esphome import automation
+import esphome.codegen as cg
+import esphome.config_validation as cv
+from esphome.const import CONF_ID
+from esphome.core import CORE, ID
+from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObj
+from esphome.types import ConfigType, TemplateArgsType
+
+CODEOWNERS = ["@clydebarrow"]
+
+DOMAIN = "snapshot"
+
+CONF_FILENAME = "filename"
+
+snapshot_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("snapshot")
+Snapshot = snapshot_ns.class_("Snapshot")
+SnapshotAction = snapshot_ns.class_("SnapshotAction", automation.Action)
+
+
+@automation.register_action(
+    "snapshot.take",
+    SnapshotAction,
+    automation.maybe_simple_id(
+        {
+            cv.GenerateID(): cv.use_id(Snapshot),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_FILENAME): cv.templatable(cv.string),
+        }
+    ),
+    synchronous=True,
+)
+async def snapshot_take_to_code(
+    config: ConfigType,
+    action_id: ID,
+    template_arg: cg.TemplateArguments,
+    args: TemplateArgsType,
+) -> MockObj:
+    var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg)
+    await cg.register_parented(var, config[CONF_ID])
+    if (filename := config.get(CONF_FILENAME)) is not None:
+        cg.add(var.set_filename(await cg.templatable(filename, args, cg.std_string)))
+    return var
+
+
+@dataclass
+class SnapshotData:
+    directory_defined: bool = False
+
+
+def _get_data() -> SnapshotData:
+    if DOMAIN not in CORE.data:
+        CORE.data[DOMAIN] = SnapshotData()
+    return CORE.data[DOMAIN]
+
+
+async def register_snapshot(var: MockObj, config: ConfigType) -> None:
+    """Set up a component so that the snapshot action can write its picture to a file."""
+    data = _get_data()
+    # Only once, however many displays there are: two defines that say the same thing do not
+    # compare equal, so asking for this per display repeats the line in defines.h.
+    if not data.directory_defined:
+        data.directory_defined = True
+        cg.add_define(
+            "ESPHOME_SNAPSHOT_DIR",
+            (CORE.data_dir / "snapshots" / CORE.name).as_posix(),
+        )
+    cg.add(var.set_snapshot_prefix(str(config[CONF_ID])))

esphome/components/snapshot/display/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import esphome.codegen as cg
+from esphome.components import display
+import esphome.config_validation as cv
+from esphome.const import (
+    CONF_DIMENSIONS,
+    CONF_HEIGHT,
+    CONF_ID,
+    CONF_LAMBDA,
+    CONF_WIDTH,
+    PLATFORM_HOST,
+)
+from esphome.types import ConfigType
+
+from .. import Snapshot, register_snapshot, snapshot_ns
+
+# The base class and the file writing live in the parent component, which nothing else in a
+# configuration using only this platform would pull in.
+AUTO_LOAD = ["snapshot"]
+
+SnapshotDisplay = snapshot_ns.class_(
+    "SnapshotDisplay", display.DisplayBuffer, cg.Component, Snapshot
+)
+
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
+    display.FULL_DISPLAY_SCHEMA.extend(
+        cv.Schema(
+            {
+                cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(SnapshotDisplay),
+                cv.Required(CONF_DIMENSIONS): cv.Any(
+                    cv.dimensions,
+                    cv.Schema(
+                        {
+                            cv.Required(CONF_WIDTH): cv.positive_not_null_int,
+                            cv.Required(CONF_HEIGHT): cv.positive_not_null_int,
+                        }
+                    ),
+                ),
+            }
+        )
+    ),
+    cv.only_on(PLATFORM_HOST),
+)
+
+
+async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
+    var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
+    await display.register_display(var, config)
+    await register_snapshot(var, config)
+
+    dimensions = config[CONF_DIMENSIONS]
+    if isinstance(dimensions, dict):
+        cg.add(var.set_dimensions(dimensions[CONF_WIDTH], dimensions[CONF_HEIGHT]))
+    else:
+        (width, height) = dimensions
+        cg.add(var.set_dimensions(width, height))
+
+    if lamb := config.get(CONF_LAMBDA):
+        lambda_ = await cg.process_lambda(
+            lamb, [(display.DisplayRef, "it")], return_type=cg.void
+        )
+        cg.add(var.set_writer(lambda_))

esphome/components/snapshot/display/snapshot_display.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#ifdef USE_HOST
+#include "snapshot_display.h"
+#include "esphome/components/display/display_color_utils.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace esphome::snapshot {
+
+static const char *const TAG = "snapshot.display";
+
+namespace {
+
+/// Spread a channel that only goes up to `max` over the whole 0 to 255 range, so that the
+/// brightest value stays the brightest. This is the same arithmetic SDL uses, which is what makes
+/// a picture taken here come out identical to the same picture taken from an SDL window.
+constexpr uint8_t expand_channel(uint16_t value, uint16_t max) { return static_cast<uint8_t>(value * 255 / max); }
+
+constexpr uint16_t RED_MAX = 0x1F;
+constexpr uint16_t GREEN_MAX = 0x3F;
+constexpr uint16_t BLUE_MAX = 0x1F;
+
+}  // namespace
+
+void SnapshotDisplay::setup() {
+  this->init_internal_(static_cast<uint32_t>(this->width_) * this->height_ * 2);
+  if (this->buffer_ == nullptr) {
+    this->mark_failed(LOG_STR("Could not allocate display buffer"));
+  }
+}
+
+void SnapshotDisplay::dump_config() { LOG_DISPLAY("", "Snapshot", this); }
+
+void SnapshotDisplay::draw_absolute_pixel_internal(int x, int y, Color color) {
+  if (this->buffer_ == nullptr || x < 0 || x >= this->width_ || y < 0 || y >= this->height_)
+    return;
+  this->pixels_()[y * this->width_ + x] = display::ColorUtil::color_to_565(color, display::COLOR_ORDER_RGB);
+}
+
+void SnapshotDisplay::draw_pixels_at(int x_start, int y_start, int w, int h, const uint8_t *ptr,
+                                     display::ColorOrder order, display::ColorBitness bitness, bool big_endian,
+                                     int x_offset, int y_offset, int x_pad) {
+  if (this->buffer_ == nullptr)
+    return;
+  // Anything that is not already laid out the way the buffer is, or that would reach outside it,
+  // goes through the base class, which turns it into one call per pixel with the bounds checked.
+  const bool copyable = this->rotation_ == display::DISPLAY_ROTATION_0_DEGREES &&
+                        bitness == display::COLOR_BITNESS_565 && !big_endian && x_start >= 0 && y_start >= 0 &&
+                        x_start + w <= this->width_ && y_start + h <= this->height_;
+  if (!copyable) {
+    DisplayBuffer::draw_pixels_at(x_start, y_start, w, h, ptr, order, bitness, big_endian, x_offset, y_offset, x_pad);
+    return;
+  }
+  const size_t stride = static_cast<size_t>(x_offset) + w + x_pad;
+  const uint8_t *src = ptr + (stride * y_offset + x_offset) * 2;
+  for (int y = 0; y != h; y++) {
+    memcpy(&this->pixels_()[(y_start + y) * this->width_ + x_start], src + y * stride * 2, w * 2);
+  }
+}
+
+bool SnapshotDisplay::capture_bgr(uint8_t *dest, size_t row_stride) {
+  if (this->buffer_ == nullptr) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Snapshot requested but there is no buffer to read");
+    return false;
+  }
+  const uint16_t *src = this->pixels_();
+  for (int y = 0; y != this->height_; y++) {
+    uint8_t *out = dest + y * row_stride;
+    for (int x = 0; x != this->width_; x++) {
+      const uint16_t pixel = *src++;
+      *out++ = expand_channel(pixel & BLUE_MAX, BLUE_MAX);
+      *out++ = expand_channel((pixel >> 5) & GREEN_MAX, GREEN_MAX);
+      *out++ = expand_channel(pixel >> 11, RED_MAX);
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+}  // namespace esphome::snapshot
+#endif

esphome/components/snapshot/display/snapshot_display.h

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef USE_HOST
+#include "esphome/components/display/display_buffer.h"
+#include "esphome/components/snapshot/snapshot.h"
+#include "esphome/core/component.h"
+
+namespace esphome::snapshot {
+
+/// A display with nowhere to show anything: it keeps the picture in memory, where the snapshot
+/// action can pick it up. That makes it a way to see what a configuration draws on a machine with
+/// no screen, and to check the result in a test.
+class SnapshotDisplay final : public display::DisplayBuffer, public Snapshot {
+ public:
+  void setup() override;
+  void update() override { this->do_update_(); }
+  void dump_config() override;
+  float get_setup_priority() const override { return setup_priority::HARDWARE; }
+  display::DisplayType get_display_type() override { return display::DISPLAY_TYPE_COLOR; }
+
+  void set_dimensions(uint16_t width, uint16_t height) {
+    this->width_ = width;
+    this->height_ = height;
+  }
+
+  void draw_pixels_at(int x_start, int y_start, int w, int h, const uint8_t *ptr, display::ColorOrder order,
+                      display::ColorBitness bitness, bool big_endian, int x_offset, int y_offset, int x_pad) override;
+
+ protected:
+  void draw_absolute_pixel_internal(int x, int y, Color color) override;
+  int get_width_internal() override { return this->width_; }
+  int get_height_internal() override { return this->height_; }
+
+  int snapshot_width() override { return this->width_; }
+  int snapshot_height() override { return this->height_; }
+  bool capture_bgr(uint8_t *dest, size_t row_stride) override;
+
+  /// The picture, one 16 bit RGB565 value per pixel, topmost row first. Owned by DisplayBuffer as
+  /// a byte pointer; this is the same memory seen as what is actually stored in it.
+  uint16_t *pixels_() { return reinterpret_cast<uint16_t *>(this->buffer_); }
+
+  int width_{};
+  int height_{};
+};
+
+}  // namespace esphome::snapshot
+
+#endif

esphome/components/snapshot/snapshot.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+#ifdef USE_HOST
+#include "snapshot.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <cctype>
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <ctime>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace esphome::snapshot {
+
+namespace {
+
+constexpr const char *const TAG = "snapshot";
+
+// Longest name we will build a path from. NAME_MAX is 255 and we may append a collision suffix.
+constexpr size_t MAX_NAME_LENGTH = 200;
+// Give up rather than spin forever if every candidate name is taken.
+constexpr unsigned MAX_NAME_ATTEMPTS = 1000;
+// A BMP file header followed by a BITMAPINFOHEADER, which is where the pixels start.
+constexpr size_t BMP_HEADER_SIZE = 54;
+constexpr size_t BMP_INFO_HEADER_SIZE = 40;
+constexpr int BMP_BITS_PER_PIXEL = 24;
+
+/// True if the name already ends in ".bmp". The comparison ignores case, so "shot.BMP" is left
+/// alone rather than turned into "shot.BMP.bmp".
+bool has_bmp_suffix(const std::string &name) {
+  return name.size() >= 4 && strcasecmp(name.c_str() + name.size() - 4, ".bmp") == 0;
+}
+
+/// Reduce a user supplied name to a single safe path component. Everything outside the allowed set
+/// is replaced, so "..", "/" and absolute paths cannot escape the snapshot directory.
+/// Returns an empty string if nothing usable is left.
+std::string sanitise_filename(const char *const name, bool *name_changed) {
+  std::string result;
+  bool all_dots = true;
+  bool changed = false;
+  for (const char *p = name; *p != '\0'; p++) {
+    if (result.size() >= MAX_NAME_LENGTH) {
+      changed = true;
+      break;
+    }
+    char c = *p;
+    if (!(std::isalnum(static_cast<unsigned char>(c)) || c == '.' || c == '_' || c == '-')) {
+      c = '_';
+      changed = true;
+    }
+    if (c != '.')
+      all_dots = false;
+    result.push_back(c);
+  }
+  if (all_dots) {
+    *name_changed = true;
+    return "";
+  }
+  if (!has_bmp_suffix(result))
+    result += ".bmp";
+  *name_changed = changed;
+  return result;
+}
+
+/// Insert "-<attempt>" before the file extension, e.g. "shot.bmp" -> "shot-1.bmp".
+std::string add_suffix(const std::string &name, unsigned attempt) {
+  char suffix[12];
+  snprintf(suffix, sizeof(suffix), "-%u", attempt);
+  auto dot = name.rfind('.');
+  if (dot == std::string::npos)
+    return name + suffix;
+  return name.substr(0, dot) + suffix + name.substr(dot);
+}
+
+/// Directory snapshots are written to. The environment variable lets a test redirect output
+/// without rebuilding, matching how the host platform handles ESPHOME_PREFDIR.
+const char *snapshot_dir() {
+  const char *dir = getenv("ESPHOME_SNAPSHOT_DIR");  // NOLINT(concurrency-mt-unsafe)
+  return dir != nullptr && dir[0] != '\0' ? dir : ESPHOME_SNAPSHOT_DIR;
+}
+
+/// Store a value in as many bytes, least significant first, and step the pointer past it.
+/// BMP is a little endian format whatever the machine writing it uses.
+void put_le(uint8_t *&dest, uint32_t value, size_t bytes) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i != bytes; i++)
+    *dest++ = static_cast<uint8_t>(value >> (8 * i));
+}
+
+/// The number of bytes one row of `width` pixels takes up in the file. Rows are padded out to a
+/// multiple of four bytes.
+size_t bmp_row_size(int width) { return (static_cast<size_t>(width) * 3 + 3) & ~size_t{3}; }
+
+/// Write pixels out as a 24 bit BMP. The rows given start with the topmost and are `row_stride`
+/// bytes apart, which must leave room for a whole padded row; a BMP holds its rows the other way
+/// up, so they go out last first.
+bool write_bmp(FILE *file, const uint8_t *pixels, int width, int height, size_t row_stride) {
+  const size_t row_size = bmp_row_size(width);
+  const size_t pixel_bytes = row_size * height;
+
+  uint8_t header[BMP_HEADER_SIZE];
+  uint8_t *pos = header;
+  *pos++ = 'B';
+  *pos++ = 'M';
+  put_le(pos, static_cast<uint32_t>(BMP_HEADER_SIZE + pixel_bytes), 4);
+  put_le(pos, 0, 4);  // reserved
+  put_le(pos, BMP_HEADER_SIZE, 4);
+  put_le(pos, BMP_INFO_HEADER_SIZE, 4);
+  put_le(pos, static_cast<uint32_t>(width), 4);
+  put_le(pos, static_cast<uint32_t>(height), 4);
+  put_le(pos, 1, 2);  // one plane
+  put_le(pos, BMP_BITS_PER_PIXEL, 2);
+  put_le(pos, 0, 4);  // not compressed
+  put_le(pos, static_cast<uint32_t>(pixel_bytes), 4);
+  put_le(pos, 0, 4);  // pixels per metre across, unspecified
+  put_le(pos, 0, 4);  // pixels per metre down, unspecified
+  put_le(pos, 0, 4);  // no palette
+  put_le(pos, 0, 4);  // so no palette entry matters more than another
+
+  if (fwrite(header, 1, sizeof(header), file) != sizeof(header))
+    return false;
+  for (int y = height - 1; y >= 0; y--) {
+    if (fwrite(pixels + static_cast<size_t>(y) * row_stride, 1, row_size, file) != row_size)
+      return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+/// Reserve a name in the snapshot directory and write the picture to it.
+/// With `exact` set the given name is the only one tried; otherwise a number is added on
+/// collision. Returns true if a file was written.
+bool write_snapshot_file(const uint8_t *pixels, int width, int height, size_t row_stride, const std::string &name,
+                         bool exact) {
+  const std::string dir = snapshot_dir();
+  std::error_code ec;
+  std::filesystem::create_directories(dir, ec);
+  if (ec) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Could not create snapshot directory %s: %s", dir.c_str(), ec.message().c_str());
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // O_EXCL guarantees we never write over a file that is already there.
+  std::string path;
+  int fd = -1;
+  for (unsigned attempt = 0; attempt < MAX_NAME_ATTEMPTS; attempt++) {
+    path = dir + "/" + (attempt == 0 ? name : add_suffix(name, attempt));
+    fd = ::open(path.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_NOFOLLOW, 0644);
+    if (fd >= 0)
+      break;
+    if (errno != EEXIST) {
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Could not create %s: %s", path.c_str(), strerror(errno));
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (exact) {
+      // The caller asked for this exact name, so silently writing somewhere else would be worse
+      // than failing - a test asserting on the path would pick up a stale file.
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Snapshot %s already exists, not overwriting", path.c_str());
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Could not find an unused name for %s in %s", name.c_str(), dir.c_str());
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  FILE *file = fdopen(fd, "wb");
+  if (file == nullptr) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Could not open %s: %s", path.c_str(), strerror(errno));
+    ::close(fd);
+    ::unlink(path.c_str());
+    return false;
+  }
+  bool ok = write_bmp(file, pixels, width, height, row_stride);
+  int saved_errno = ok ? 0 : errno;
+  // Closing can fail in its own right - the last of the data is still on its way out.
+  if (fclose(file) != 0) {
+    if (ok)
+      saved_errno = errno;
+    ok = false;
+  }
+  if (!ok) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Could not write %s: %s", path.c_str(), strerror(saved_errno));
+    // Leave no truncated file behind - it would block a retry under the same name.
+    ::unlink(path.c_str());
+    return false;
+  }
+  ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Snapshot written to %s", path.c_str());
+  return true;
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+// helper function since ESP_LOGW is disallowed in a header file
+void Snapshot::log_action_failed() { ESP_LOGW(TAG, "snapshot.take did not write a file"); }
+
+bool Snapshot::take_snapshot(const char *filename) {
+  const int width = this->snapshot_width();
+  const int height = this->snapshot_height();
+  if (width <= 0 || height <= 0) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Snapshot requested but the display is %dx%d", width, height);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  std::string name;
+  bool exact = false;
+  if (filename != nullptr) {
+    bool name_changed = false;
+    name = sanitise_filename(filename, &name_changed);
+    exact = !name.empty();
+    if (name_changed) {
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Requested snapshot name '%s' is not an acceptable file name, using '%s' instead", filename,
+               name.empty() ? "a name made from the time" : name.c_str());
+    }
+  }
+  if (name.empty()) {
+    struct timespec now {};
+    if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &now) != 0)
+      now = {};
+    struct tm tm_buf {};
+    if (localtime_r(&now.tv_sec, &tm_buf) == nullptr)
+      tm_buf = {};
+    char stamp[32]{};
+    // ::strftime to be sure of the one from <ctime>; display has an unrelated member of that name
+    if (::strftime(stamp, sizeof(stamp), "%Y%m%d-%H%M%S", &tm_buf) == 0)
+      snprintf(stamp, sizeof(stamp), "unknown-time");
+    char buffer[MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
+    int written =
+        snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s-%s-%03ld.bmp", this->snapshot_prefix_, stamp, now.tv_nsec / 1000000);
+    if (written < 0 || static_cast<size_t>(written) >= sizeof(buffer)) {
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Could not build a timestamped snapshot name, using a fallback");
+      snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "snapshot.bmp");
+    }
+    name = buffer;
+  }
+
+  // Rows are padded out to a multiple of four bytes, as the file wants them, so each one can be
+  // written straight from the buffer. Zeroed on allocation, which is what the padding must be.
+  const size_t row_stride = bmp_row_size(width);
+  auto pixels = std::make_unique<uint8_t[]>(row_stride * height);
+  if (!this->capture_bgr(pixels.get(), row_stride))
+    return false;
+  return write_snapshot_file(pixels.get(), width, height, row_stride, name, exact);
+}
+
+}  // namespace esphome::snapshot
+#endif

esphome/components/snapshot/snapshot.h

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef USE_HOST
+#include "esphome/core/automation.h"
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+
+// Directory snapshots are written to. Normally set by codegen to a folder under .esphome; the
+// fallback keeps the component compiling for static analysis, where no defines.h is generated.
+#ifndef ESPHOME_SNAPSHOT_DIR
+#define ESPHOME_SNAPSHOT_DIR "."
+#endif
+
+namespace esphome::snapshot {
+
+/// Base for anything that can hand over the picture it is showing so it can be written to a file.
+///
+/// A subclass says how big the picture is and fills in the pixels. Everything else - picking a
+/// name, staying inside the snapshot directory, not writing over anything, and encoding the file -
+/// is done here, so every component that can take a snapshot behaves the same way.
+class Snapshot {
+ public:
+  virtual ~Snapshot() = default;
+
+  /// Set the word generated names start with. Codegen passes the component id, so with more than
+  /// one display in a device it is clear which one a file came from.
+  void set_snapshot_prefix(const char *prefix) { this->snapshot_prefix_ = prefix; }
+
+  /// Write the current picture to a BMP file in the snapshot directory.
+  ///
+  /// Pass nullptr to have a name made up from the prefix and the current time. A file that is
+  /// already there is never written over. Returns true if a file was written.
+  bool take_snapshot(const char *filename);
+
+  /// Log that an action-triggered snapshot did not write a file.
+  static void log_action_failed();
+
+ protected:
+  /// Width of the picture in pixels.
+  virtual int snapshot_width() = 0;
+  /// Height of the picture in pixels.
+  virtual int snapshot_height() = 0;
+  /// Fill in the picture: three bytes per pixel in blue, green, red order, topmost row first, with
+  /// `row_stride` bytes from the start of one row to the start of the next. Returns false, having
+  /// logged why, if the picture could not be read.
+  virtual bool capture_bgr(uint8_t *dest, size_t row_stride) = 0;
+
+  const char *snapshot_prefix_{"snapshot"};
+};
+
+template<typename... Ts> class SnapshotAction final : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<Snapshot> {
+ public:
+  TEMPLATABLE_VALUE(std::string, filename)
+
+ protected:
+  void play(const Ts &...x) override {
+    bool ok;
+    if (this->filename_.has_value()) {
+      ok = this->parent_->take_snapshot(this->filename_.value(x...).c_str());
+    } else {
+      ok = this->parent_->take_snapshot(nullptr);
+    }
+    if (!ok)
+      this->parent_->log_action_failed();
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace esphome::snapshot
+
+#endif

esphome/components/t6615/sensor.py

@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
 )
 
 FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
-    "t6615", baud_rate=19200, require_rx=True, require_tx=True
+    "t6615",
+    baud_rate=19200,
+    require_rx=True,
+    require_tx=True,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
 )
 
 

esphome/components/t6615/t6615.cpp

@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ void T6615Component::query_ppm_() {
 void T6615Component::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "T6615:");
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "CO2", this->co2_sensor_);
-  this->check_uart_settings(19200);
 }
 
 }  // namespace esphome::t6615

esphome/components/teleinfo/__init__.py

@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
 )
 
 
+def _final_validate(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
+    # Historical mode runs at 1200 baud, standard mode at 9600 baud.
+    baud_rate = 1200 if config[CONF_HISTORICAL_MODE] else 9600
+    uart.final_validate_device_schema(
+        "teleinfo",
+        baud_rate=baud_rate,
+        data_bits=7,
+        parity="EVEN",
+        stop_bits=1,
+    )(config)
+    return config
+
+
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = _final_validate
+
+
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID], config[CONF_HISTORICAL_MODE])
     await cg.register_component(var, config)

esphome/components/teleinfo/teleinfo.cpp

@@ -184,10 +184,7 @@ void TeleInfo::publish_value_(const std::string &tag, const std::string &val) {
     element->publish_val(val);
   }
 }
-void TeleInfo::dump_config() {
-  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "TeleInfo:");
-  this->check_uart_settings(baud_rate_, 1, uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_EVEN, 7);
-}
+void TeleInfo::dump_config() { ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "TeleInfo:"); }
 TeleInfo::TeleInfo(bool historical_mode) {
   if (historical_mode) {
     /*
@@ -195,11 +192,9 @@ TeleInfo::TeleInfo(bool historical_mode) {
      */
     checksum_area_end_ = 2;
     separator_ = 0x20;
-    baud_rate_ = 1200;
   } else {
     checksum_area_end_ = 1;
     separator_ = 0x9;
-    baud_rate_ = 9600;
   }
 }
 void TeleInfo::register_teleinfo_listener(TeleInfoListener *listener) { teleinfo_listeners_.push_back(listener); }

esphome/components/teleinfo/teleinfo.h

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class TeleInfo final : public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDevice {
   std::vector<TeleInfoListener *> teleinfo_listeners_{};
 
  protected:
-  uint32_t baud_rate_;
   int checksum_area_end_;
   int separator_;
   char buf_[MAX_BUF_SIZE];

esphome/components/tormatic/tormatic_cover.cpp

@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ cover::CoverTraits Tormatic::get_traits() {
 
 void Tormatic::dump_config() {
   LOG_COVER("", "Tormatic Cover", this);
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600, 1, uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_NONE, 8);
-
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG,
                 "  Open Duration: %.1fs\n"
                 "  Close Duration: %.1fs",

esphome/components/uart/uart.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/hal.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "uart_component.h"
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ class UARTDevice {
   }
 
   /// Check that the configuration of the UART bus matches the provided values and otherwise print a warning
+  ESPDEPRECATED("Use uart.final_validate_device_schema() in Python instead. Removed in 2027.3.0", "2026.9.0")
   void check_uart_settings(uint32_t baud_rate, uint8_t stop_bits = 1,
                            UARTParityOptions parity = UART_CONFIG_PARITY_NONE, uint8_t data_bits = 8);
 

esphome/components/ufm01/__init__.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
     require_tx=True,
     require_rx=True,
     baud_rate=2400,
+    data_bits=8,
     parity="EVEN",
     stop_bits=1,
 )

esphome/components/ufm01/ufm01.cpp

@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ void UFM01Component::dump_config() {
   LOG_BINARY_SENSOR("  ", "Empty Tube", this->empty_tube_binary_sensor_);
   LOG_BINARY_SENSOR("  ", "Flow Rate Out Of Range", this->flow_rate_out_of_range_binary_sensor_);
 #endif
-  this->check_uart_settings(2400, 1, uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_EVEN, 8);
 }
 
 void UFM01Component::on_active_frame_(uint8_t data[FRAME_SIZE]) {

esphome/components/uponor_smatrix/__init__.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
     require_tx=True,
     require_rx=True,
     data_bits=8,
-    parity=None,
+    parity="NONE",
     stop_bits=1,
 )
 

esphome/components/uponor_smatrix/uponor_smatrix.cpp

@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ void UponorSmatrixComponent::dump_config() {
   }
 #endif
 
-  this->check_uart_settings(19200);
-
   if (!this->unknown_devices_.empty()) {
     ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Detected unknown device addresses:");
     for (auto device_address : this->unknown_devices_) {

esphome/components/vbus/__init__.py

@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = uart.UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA.extend(
     }
 )
 
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
+    "vbus",
+    baud_rate=9600,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
+)
+
 
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])

esphome/components/vbus/vbus.cpp

@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ static const char *const TAG = "vbus";
 // Maximum bytes to log in verbose hex output (16 frames * 4 bytes = 64 bytes typical)
 static constexpr size_t VBUS_MAX_LOG_BYTES = 64;
 
-void VBus::dump_config() {
-  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "VBus:");
-  check_uart_settings(9600);
-}
+void VBus::dump_config() { ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "VBus:"); }
 
 static void septet_spread(uint8_t *data, int start, int count, uint8_t septet) {
   for (int i = 0; i < count; i++, septet >>= 1) {

esphome/components/wl_134/text_sensor.py

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
     .extend(uart.UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
 )
 
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = uart.final_validate_device_schema(
+    "wl_134",
+    baud_rate=9600,
+    data_bits=8,
+    parity="NONE",
+    stop_bits=1,
+)
+
 
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     var = await text_sensor.new_text_sensor(config)

esphome/components/wl_134/wl_134.cpp

@@ -110,7 +110,5 @@ uint64_t Wl134Component::hex_lsb_ascii_to_uint64_(const uint8_t *text, uint8_t t
 void Wl134Component::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "WL-134 Sensor:");
   LOG_TEXT_SENSOR("", "Tag", this);
-  // As specified in the sensor's data sheet
-  this->check_uart_settings(9600, 1, esphome::uart::UART_CONFIG_PARITY_NONE, 8);
 }
 }  // namespace esphome::wl_134

esphome/const.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from enum import Enum
 
 from esphome.enum import StrEnum
 
-__version__ = "2026.9.0-dev"
+__version__ = "2026.9.0b1"
 
 ALLOWED_NAME_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"
 VALID_SUBSTITUTIONS_CHARACTERS = (

esphome/core/defines.h

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define ESPHOME_PROJECT_VERSION "v2"
 #define ESPHOME_PROJECT_VERSION_30 "v2"
 #define ESPHOME_VARIANT "ESP32"
+#define ESPHOME_SNAPSHOT_DIR "."
 #define ESPHOME_NAME_ADD_MAC_SUFFIX
 #define ESPHOME_DEBUG_SCHEDULER
 #define ESPHOME_DEBUG_API
@@ -330,11 +331,6 @@
 #define USE_ESP32_BLE_SERVER_ON_DISCONNECT
 #define USE_ESP32_BLE_TRACKER
 #define USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
-#define USE_BLE_GATT_BACKEND_BLUEDROID
-#define USE_BLUEDROID_GATT_SERVICE_TABLE
-#define USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
-#define USE_BLE_CLIENT_LEGACY_ENGINE
-#define ESPHOME_BLE_CLIENT_MAX_NODES 1
 #define ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CLIENT_COUNT 1
 #define ESPHOME_ESP32_BLE_TRACKER_LISTENER_COUNT 1
 #define ESPHOME_ESP32_BLE_TRACKER_CLIENT_COUNT 1
@@ -503,10 +499,7 @@
 #define ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT 1
 #define USE_BLE_SCAN_RESPONSE_MERGER
 #define USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
-#define USE_BLE_GATT_BACKEND_RP2
-#define USE_BLE_CLIENT_GATT_NODES
 #define ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CLIENT_COUNT 3
-#define ESPHOME_BLE_CLIENT_MAX_NODES 1
 #define USE_RP2040_VARIANT_RP2040
 #define USE_SPI
 #ifndef USE_ETHERNET

tests/component_tests/ble_client/test_validation.py

@@ -19,21 +19,9 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_NOTIFY,
     CONF_SERVICE_UUID,
     CONF_TYPE,
-    PlatformFramework,
 )
-from esphome.core import CORE
 from esphome.types import ConfigType
 
-from ..types import SetCoreConfigCallable
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def esp32_platform(set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable) -> None:
-    # The raw-gattc node family gates through BLE_CLIENT_SCHEMA's
-    # _legacy_engine_only choke point; these schema tests exercise the esp32 arm.
-    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.ESP32_IDF)
-
-
 DESCRIPTOR_CONFIG: ConfigType = {
     CONF_NAME: "test",
     CONF_SERVICE_UUID: "6E400001-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E",
@@ -96,72 +84,3 @@ def test_on_notify_implies_notify() -> None:
 def test_notify_unchanged_without_on_notify() -> None:
     config: ConfigType = {CONF_NOTIFY: False}
     assert notify_from_on_notify(config)[CONF_NOTIFY] is False
-
-
-def test_legacy_node_choke_point_rejects_other_platforms(
-    set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable,
-) -> None:
-    from esphome.components import ble_client
-    from esphome.core import ID
-
-    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO)
-    with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="not been migrated"):
-        ble_client._legacy_engine_only(ID("x"))
-    # Through the public schema too, so removing the cv.All wiring fails here.
-    with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="not been migrated"):
-        ble_client.BLE_CLIENT_SCHEMA({})
-
-
-def test_neutral_arm_rejects_esp32_only_keys(
-    set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable,
-) -> None:
-    # Pins the schema split's rejection side: the legacy-only keys must not
-    # leak into the neutral arm. The hub is registered so the extra key is
-    # the only error - without it the missing-tracker error would satisfy
-    # the raises vacuously.
-    from esphome.components import ble_client, ble_device_base
-
-    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO)
-    ble_device_base.register_hub_provider("rp2_ble_tracker")
-    CORE.loaded_integrations.add("rp2_ble_tracker")
-    for key in ("name", "on_passkey_request", "on_passkey_notification"):
-        with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="extra keys not allowed"):
-            ble_client.CONFIG_SCHEMA({"mac_address": "AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF", key: "x"})
-
-
-def test_security_actions_reject_platforms_without_the_feature(
-    set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable,
-) -> None:
-    from esphome.components import ble_client
-
-    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO)
-    for schema in (
-        ble_client.BLE_PASSKEY_REPLY_ACTION_SCHEMA,
-        ble_client.BLE_NUMERIC_COMPARISON_REPLY_ACTION_SCHEMA,
-        ble_client.BLE_REMOVE_BOND_ACTION_SCHEMA,
-    ):
-        with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="'security' feature, which rp2"):
-            schema({})
-
-
-def test_node_schema_passes_on_every_gatt_platform(
-    set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable,
-) -> None:
-    # The neutral node schema carries no engine gate: raw_gattc components
-    # stay choked, gatt_node components validate wherever ble_client does.
-    from esphome.components import ble_client
-
-    for pf in (PlatformFramework.ESP32_IDF, PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO):
-        set_core_config(pf)
-        assert ble_client.NODE_BLE_CLIENT_SCHEMA({})
-
-
-def test_feature_error_names_the_available_features(
-    set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable,
-) -> None:
-    from esphome.components import ble_client
-    from esphome.core import ID
-
-    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO)
-    with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="provides: gatt_node"):
-        ble_client._legacy_engine_only(ID("x"))

tests/component_tests/bluetooth_connection/test_slot_ledger.py

@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for the cross-component GATT slot ledger."""
-
-import pytest
-
-from esphome import config_validation as cv
-from esphome.components import (
-    ble_client,
-    ble_device_base,
-    bluetooth_connection,
-    bluetooth_proxy,
-    rp2040_ble,
-)
-from esphome.const import CONF_MAC_ADDRESS, PlatformFramework
-from esphome.core import CORE
-
-from ..types import SetCoreConfigCallable
-
-
-def test_gatt_slot_ledger_rejects_overcommit_on_rp2(
-    set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable,
-) -> None:
-    # rp2 owns its budget: the stack's validation reports the overcommit and
-    # the neutral cap check stays silent (one message per misconfiguration).
-    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO)
-    bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("bluetooth_proxy", 3)({})
-    bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("ble_client")({})
-    bluetooth_connection.FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA({})
-    with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="rp2 maximum is 3"):
-        rp2040_ble.validate_connection_slots()
-
-
-def test_gatt_slot_ledger_skipped_in_testing_mode(
-    set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable,
-) -> None:
-    # Grouped component builds merge fixtures past the cap; the check defers
-    # to testing mode like esp32_ble.validate_connection_slots.
-    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO)
-    bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("bluetooth_proxy", 3)({})
-    bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("ble_client")({})
-    CORE.testing_mode = True
-    try:
-        bluetooth_connection.FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA({})
-        rp2040_ble.validate_connection_slots()
-    finally:
-        CORE.testing_mode = False
-
-
-def test_real_validators_charge_the_ledger_on_rp2(
-    set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable,
-) -> None:
-    # End to end through the component CONFIG_SCHEMAs (no hand charges):
-    # removing either consumer's consume_gatt_slot call fails this test.
-    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO)
-    ble_device_base.register_hub_provider("rp2_ble_tracker")
-    CORE.loaded_integrations.add("rp2_ble_tracker")
-    bluetooth_proxy.CONFIG_SCHEMA({})
-    ble_client.CONFIG_SCHEMA({CONF_MAC_ADDRESS: "AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF"})
-    # The proxy defaults to 3 slots on rp2; ble_client's claim overcommits
-    # and rp2's own budget names every claimant.
-    with pytest.raises(
-        cv.Invalid,
-        match="Components: bluetooth_proxy, bluetooth_proxy, bluetooth_proxy, "
-        "ble_client",
-    ):
-        rp2040_ble.validate_connection_slots()
-
-
-def test_neutral_cap_check_guards_future_hub_platforms(
-    set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
-) -> None:
-    # Both current platforms defer to their stack budgets; pin the message
-    # and boundary of the branch a future budget-less hub platform takes.
-    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(bluetooth_connection, "_STACK_BUDGET_PLATFORMS", set())
-    bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("bluetooth_proxy", 3)({})
-    bluetooth_connection.FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA({})
-    bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("ble_client")({})
-    with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="supports at most 3 GATT client connection"):
-        bluetooth_connection.FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA({})

tests/component_tests/bluetooth_proxy/test_platform_gates.py

@@ -186,18 +186,6 @@ def test_rp2_rejects_esp32_only_keys_by_name(
         bluetooth_proxy.CONFIG_SCHEMA({"connections": [{}]})
 
 
-def test_esp32_explicit_connections_claim_gatt_slots(
-    set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable,
-) -> None:
-    # Explicit `connections:` entries must charge the slot ledger like the
-    # generated ones; dev historically let them evade the budget.
-    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.ESP32_IDF)
-    bluetooth_proxy.CONFIG_SCHEMA({"active": True, "connections": [{}, {}]})
-    # Exact match (one entry per slot): catches a missed charge and a
-    # double charge alike.
-    assert bluetooth_connection._get_data().slot_consumers == ["bluetooth_proxy"] * 2
-
-
 def test_hub_source_filter_covers_every_hub_platform() -> None:
     # bluetooth_connection cannot import this module to derive the hub.cpp
     # framework set, so pin it here: a platform admitted to the proxy but
@@ -241,12 +229,6 @@ def test_every_registered_hub_platform_has_a_schema_arm() -> None:
     # Hub platforms must also be in the backend registry the shared codegen
     # helpers dispatch on.
     assert registered <= set(bluetooth_connection._PLATFORM_BACKENDS)
-    # Every non-esp32 backend platform must carry a slot cap: without one the
-    # ledger's FINAL_VALIDATE accepts unlimited claims silently (esp32's cap
-    # is the controller budget in esp32_ble).
-    assert set(bluetooth_connection._PLATFORM_BACKENDS) - {"esp32"} <= set(
-        bluetooth_connection.HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS
-    )
     # The outer walkable schema's bound must stay the loosest platform cap.
     assert (
         max(bluetooth_connection.HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS.values())

tests/component_tests/sdl/test_sdl.py

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+"""Tests for the sdl display schema, in particular the headless option."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from esphome import config_validation as cv
+from esphome.components.sdl.display import (
+    CONF_SDL_ID,
+    CONFIG_SCHEMA,
+    headless_final_validate,
+)
+from esphome.config import Config
+from esphome.const import PlatformFramework
+from esphome.core import ID
+from esphome.final_validate import full_config
+from esphome.types import ConfigType
+from tests.component_tests.types import SetCoreConfigCallable
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _host_platform(set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable) -> None:
+    set_core_config(PlatformFramework.HOST_NATIVE)
+
+
+def _config(**extra: object) -> ConfigType:
+    config: ConfigType = {
+        "dimensions": {"width": 320, "height": 240},
+        # sdl2-config is not necessarily installed in the test environment
+        "sdl_options": "-lSDL2",
+    }
+    config.update(extra)
+    return config
+
+
+def test_defaults_to_windowed() -> None:
+    """A display without the option is not headless."""
+    assert CONFIG_SCHEMA(_config())["headless"] is False
+
+
+def test_headless_accepted() -> None:
+    """A headless display needs nothing beyond the dimensions."""
+    assert CONFIG_SCHEMA(_config(headless=True))["headless"] is True
+
+
+def test_headless_rejects_window_options() -> None:
+    """Window options are meaningless without a window."""
+    with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="has no effect"):
+        CONFIG_SCHEMA(
+            _config(headless=True, window_options={"position": {"x": 0, "y": 0}})
+        )
+
+
+def test_headless_rejects_snapshot_key() -> None:
+    """A headless display has no keyboard, so the action is the only way in."""
+    with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="snapshot.take"):
+        CONFIG_SCHEMA(_config(headless=True, snapshot_key="SDLK_F12"))
+
+
+def test_snapshot_key_accepted_when_windowed() -> None:
+    """The key is only valid alongside a window."""
+    config = CONFIG_SCHEMA(_config(snapshot_key="SDLK_F12"))
+    assert str(config["snapshot_key"]) == "SDLK_F12"
+
+
+def _declare_sdl_display(headless: bool) -> ID:
+    """Register a full_config with a single sdl display declaration and return a reference to it.
+
+    Mirrors what the real config pipeline leaves behind: a "display" domain entry plus a
+    declare_ids record id_declaration_match_schema uses to find it again.
+    """
+    declared_id = ID("my_sdl", is_declaration=True)
+    fc = Config()
+    fc["display"] = [
+        {
+            "platform": "sdl",
+            "id": declared_id,
+            "headless": headless,
+            "dimensions": {"width": 320, "height": 240},
+        }
+    ]
+    fc.declare_ids.append((declared_id, ["display", 0, "id"]))
+    full_config.set(fc)
+    return ID("my_sdl")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("platform", ["binary_sensor", "touchscreen"])
+def test_headless_final_validate_rejects_headless_display(platform: str) -> None:
+    """binary_sensor and touchscreen both need a window, so a headless display is rejected."""
+    sdl_ref = _declare_sdl_display(headless=True)
+    schema = headless_final_validate(platform)
+    with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="needs a window"):
+        schema({CONF_SDL_ID: sdl_ref})
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("platform", ["binary_sensor", "touchscreen"])
+def test_headless_final_validate_accepts_windowed_display(platform: str) -> None:
+    """The same platforms are accepted once the display has a window."""
+    sdl_ref = _declare_sdl_display(headless=False)
+    schema = headless_final_validate(platform)
+    schema({CONF_SDL_ID: sdl_ref})  # Should not raise.

tests/components/ble_client/common-gatt.yaml

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-ble_client:
-  - mac_address: 01:02:03:04:05:06
-    id: test_blec
-    on_connect:
-      then:
-        - ble_client.ble_write:
-            id: test_blec
-            service_uuid: '1802'
-            characteristic_uuid: '2a06'
-            value: [0x04, 0x05, 0x06]
-    on_disconnect:
-      then:
-        - ble_client.disconnect: test_blec
-
-button:
-  - platform: template
-    name: Connect button
-    on_press:
-      - ble_client.connect: test_blec
-      - ble_client.ble_write:
-          id: test_blec
-          service_uuid: '1802'
-          characteristic_uuid: '2a06'
-          value: !lambda return {0x01, 0x02};

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

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# The neutral engine: the BTstack backend and rp2040_ble come in through
-# bluetooth_connection's auto-load; the tracker hub supplies the sightings.
-packages:
-  common: !include common-gatt.yaml
-
-rp2_ble_tracker:

tests/components/ble_device_base/__init__.py

@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ def override_manifest(manifest: ComponentManifestOverride) -> None:
     # and the listener vector it dispatches into (codegen-sized by consumers).
     async def to_code_testing(config):
         cg.add_define("USE_BLE_DEVICE_IRK")
-        # The gatt contract test exercises the gated lookup helpers; compile
-        # their definitions (ble_gatt_client.cpp) into the test build.
-        cg.add_define("USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT")
         cg.add_define("USE_BLE_SCAN_RESPONSE_MERGER")
         cg.add_define("ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT", 4)
 

tests/components/ble_device_base/test_gatt_client_contract.cpp

@@ -79,54 +79,4 @@ TEST(BleGattClientContract, MinimalImplementerCompilesAndRoutesEvents) {
   EXPECT_EQ(table.descriptor_count, 0);
 }
 
-// A radon_eye_rd200-shaped table: two services, the second holding a
-// notifying characteristic with a CCCD and a bare write characteristic.
-class ServiceTableLookup : public ::testing::Test {
- protected:
-  void SetUp() override {
-    this->services_[0] = {ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1800), 0x0001, 0x0005, 0, 1};
-    this->services_[1] = {ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1523), 0x0010, 0x0020, 1, 2};
-    this->characteristics_[0] = {ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x2A00), 0x0003, 0x0003, 0x02, 0, 0};
-    this->characteristics_[1] = {ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1525), 0x0012, 0x0014, 0x10, 0, 1};
-    this->characteristics_[2] = {ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1524), 0x0016, 0x0016, 0x04, 1, 0};
-    this->descriptors_[0] = {ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x2902), 0x0013};
-    this->table_ = {this->services_, this->characteristics_, this->descriptors_, 2, 3, 1};
-  }
-
-  GattService services_[2];
-  GattCharacteristic characteristics_[3];
-  GattDescriptor descriptors_[1];
-  GattServiceTable table_;
-};
-
-TEST_F(ServiceTableLookup, FindsServicesAndCharacteristicsByUuid) {
-  const GattService *service = find_service(this->table_, ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1523));
-  ASSERT_NE(service, nullptr);
-  EXPECT_EQ(service->start_handle, 0x0010);
-  EXPECT_EQ(find_service(this->table_, ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0xFFFF)), nullptr);
-
-  const GattCharacteristic *characteristic =
-      find_characteristic(this->table_, *service, ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1525));
-  ASSERT_NE(characteristic, nullptr);
-  EXPECT_EQ(characteristic->value_handle, 0x0012);
-  // The lookup is scoped to the service: 0x2A00 lives in the other service.
-  EXPECT_EQ(find_characteristic(this->table_, *service, ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x2A00)), nullptr);
-}
-
-TEST_F(ServiceTableLookup, FindsTheCccdAndReportsItsAbsence) {
-  const GattService *service = find_service(this->table_, ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1523));
-  const GattCharacteristic *notify_char = find_characteristic(this->table_, *service, ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1525));
-  EXPECT_EQ(find_cccd(this->table_, *notify_char), 0x0013);
-  const GattCharacteristic *write_char = find_characteristic(this->table_, *service, ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1524));
-  EXPECT_EQ(find_cccd(this->table_, *write_char), 0);
-}
-
-TEST_F(ServiceTableLookup, RejectsRangesThatOverrunTheTable) {
-  // A corrupt index range must fail the lookup, not walk out of bounds.
-  GattService bad_service = {ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1523), 0x0010, 0x0020, 2, 5};
-  EXPECT_EQ(find_characteristic(this->table_, bad_service, ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1524)), nullptr);
-  GattCharacteristic bad_char = {ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(0x1525), 0x0012, 0x0014, 0x10, 0, 9};
-  EXPECT_EQ(find_cccd(this->table_, bad_char), 0);
-}
-
 }  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base::testing

tests/components/bluetooth_proxy/test-passive.esp32-c6-idf.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Advertisement-only proxy on esp32 by explicit choice: no GATT backend is
-# compiled (USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT unset), which pins the
-# USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS gating and the
+# compiled (USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT unset), which pins the HAS_GATT gating and the
 # address-scoped maintenance path that a connections build never exercises.
 # Under batch grouping the active default build is what runs; the standalone
 # compile of this fixture is what exercises the passive gating.

tests/components/cse7761/test.esp32-idf.yaml

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ substitutions:
   rx_pin: GPIO14
 
 packages:
-  uart_38400: !include ../../test_build_components/common/uart_38400/esp32-idf.yaml
+  uart_38400_even: !include ../../test_build_components/common/uart_38400_even/esp32-idf.yaml
 
 <<: !include common.yaml