From 2c3a92db971ca8e6559215504616dbcfaea16d2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 20:11:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add forward declaration for ComponentIterator in
 api_connection.h

---
 esphome/components/api/api_connection.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
index 55b5402323..c69e5eb9ed 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <vector>
 
+namespace esphome {
+class ComponentIterator;
+}  // namespace esphome
+
 namespace esphome::api {
 
 // Keepalive timeout in milliseconds