From 946f8deb3d8a884c4562f33d68fb98bb7d11fbc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 07:22:27 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] tweak naming

---
 esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp | 10 +++++-----
 esphome/components/api/api_server.h   |  8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
index 54b8a58de6..225ed5178c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ void APIServer::add_state_subscription_(const char *entity_id, const char *attri
                                         std::function<void(std::string)> f, bool once) {
   this->state_subs_.push_back(HomeAssistantStateSubscription{
       .entity_id_ = entity_id, .attribute_ = attribute, .callback_ = std::move(f), .once_ = once,
-      // entity_id_copy_ and attribute_copy_ remain nullptr (no heap allocation)
+      // entity_id_dynamic_storage_ and attribute_dynamic_storage_ remain nullptr (no heap allocation)
   });
 }
 
@@ -445,12 +445,12 @@ void APIServer::add_state_subscription_(std::string entity_id, optional<std::str
                                         std::function<void(std::string)> f, bool once) {
   HomeAssistantStateSubscription sub;
   // Allocate heap storage for the strings
-  sub.entity_id_copy_ = std::make_unique<std::string>(std::move(entity_id));
-  sub.entity_id_ = sub.entity_id_copy_->c_str();
+  sub.entity_id_dynamic_storage_ = std::make_unique<std::string>(std::move(entity_id));
+  sub.entity_id_ = sub.entity_id_dynamic_storage_->c_str();
 
   if (attribute.has_value()) {
-    sub.attribute_copy_ = std::make_unique<std::string>(std::move(attribute.value()));
-    sub.attribute_ = sub.attribute_copy_->c_str();
+    sub.attribute_dynamic_storage_ = std::make_unique<std::string>(std::move(attribute.value()));
+    sub.attribute_ = sub.attribute_dynamic_storage_->c_str();
   } else {
     sub.attribute_ = nullptr;
   }
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_server.h b/esphome/components/api/api_server.h
index be69153a27..547a978d50 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_server.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_server.h
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ class APIServer : public Component, public Controller {
     std::function<void(std::string)> callback_;
     bool once_;
 
-    // Storage for external components using std::string API (custom_api_device.h)
-    // These are only allocated when using the std::string overload
-    std::unique_ptr<std::string> entity_id_copy_;
-    std::unique_ptr<std::string> attribute_copy_;
+    // Dynamic storage for external components using std::string API (custom_api_device.h)
+    // These are only allocated when using the std::string overload (nullptr for const char* overload)
+    std::unique_ptr<std::string> entity_id_dynamic_storage_;
+    std::unique_ptr<std::string> attribute_dynamic_storage_;
   };
 
   // New const char* overload (for internal components - zero allocation)