From 5e7b4c1e6c30622e9681d111af5dc39daf727660 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:17:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [http_request] Add comment explaining why start() calls
 perform() directly

The no-collect-headers start() overload calls perform() directly
instead of the vector start() overload to avoid ambiguity with
the deprecated std::set overload.
---
 esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h
index cdf8cd910e..dacf691d38 100644
--- a/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h
+++ b/esphome/components/http_request/http_request.h
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ class HttpRequestComponent : public Component {
 
   std::shared_ptr<HttpContainer> start(const std::string &url, const std::string &method, const std::string &body,
                                        const std::list<Header> &request_headers) {
+    // Call perform() directly to avoid ambiguity with the std::set overload
     return this->perform(url, method, body, request_headers, {});
   }