From db8618e5fe7b7c61feb121c21f70445369aaea09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:41:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove dead call_loop override check from
 has_overridden_loop()

Since call_loop() is no longer virtual, the pointer-to-member
comparison can never detect an override. Remove the dead code.
---
 esphome/core/component.cpp | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/component.cpp b/esphome/core/component.cpp
index 47c4a70c0f..c64131cdbd 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/component.cpp
@@ -492,16 +492,14 @@ void Component::set_setup_priority(float priority) {
 
 bool Component::has_overridden_loop() const {
 #if defined(USE_HOST) || defined(CLANG_TIDY)
-  bool loop_overridden = true;
-  bool call_loop_overridden = true;
+  return true;
 #else
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpmf-conversions"
   bool loop_overridden = (void *) (this->*(&Component::loop)) != (void *) (&Component::loop);
-  bool call_loop_overridden = (void *) (this->*(&Component::call_loop)) != (void *) (&Component::call_loop);
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+  return loop_overridden;
 #endif
-  return loop_overridden || call_loop_overridden;
 }
 
 PollingComponent::PollingComponent(uint32_t update_interval) : update_interval_(update_interval) {}

From 168081c0f07e58e027a2a173db93079df5c593d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:47:27 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Rename call_loop() to call_loop_() for naming convention

Non-virtual protected methods require trailing underscore
per clang-tidy readability-identifier-naming.
---
 esphome/core/component.cpp | 6 +++---
 esphome/core/component.h   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/component.cpp b/esphome/core/component.cpp
index c64131cdbd..1ea34de517 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/component.cpp
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ bool Component::cancel_retry(uint32_t id) {
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 }
 
-void Component::call_loop() { this->loop(); }
+void Component::call_loop_() { this->loop(); }
 void Component::call_setup() { this->setup(); }
 void Component::call_dump_config() {
   this->dump_config();
@@ -255,11 +255,11 @@ void Component::call() {
     case COMPONENT_STATE_SETUP:
       // State setup: Call first loop and set state to loop
       this->set_component_state_(COMPONENT_STATE_LOOP);
-      this->call_loop();
+      this->call_loop_();
       break;
     case COMPONENT_STATE_LOOP:
       // State loop: Call loop
-      this->call_loop();
+      this->call_loop_();
       break;
     case COMPONENT_STATE_FAILED:
       // State failed: Do nothing
diff --git a/esphome/core/component.h b/esphome/core/component.h
index 3f9116c75c..bbb4e84c19 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.h
+++ b/esphome/core/component.h
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class Component {
  protected:
   friend class Application;
 
-  void call_loop();
+  void call_loop_();
   virtual void call_setup();
   virtual void call_dump_config();