From 103c234196d1d3fa60ab7c48ff4dbdc43704e8a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:31:31 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add static_assert for Application default-constructibility

---
 esphome/core/application.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/esphome/core/application.cpp b/esphome/core/application.cpp
index aad71ff4d0..f3d9fac0da 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/application.cpp
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ void Application::yield_with_select_(uint32_t delay_ms) {
 #ifndef __GXX_ABI_VERSION
 #error "Application placement new requires Itanium C++ ABI (GCC/Clang)"
 #endif
+static_assert(std::is_default_constructible<Application>::value, "Application must be default-constructible");
 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 alignas(Application) char app_storage[sizeof(Application)] asm("_ZN7esphome3AppE");