diff --git a/tests/components/web_server_idf/common.yaml b/tests/components/web_server_idf/common.yaml
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+esphome:
+  name: test-web-server-idf
+
+esp32:
+  board: esp32dev
+  framework:
+    type: esp-idf
+
+network:
+
+# Add some entities to test SSE event formatting
+sensor:
+  - platform: template
+    name: "Test Sensor"
+    id: test_sensor
+    update_interval: 60s
+    lambda: "return 42.5;"
+
+binary_sensor:
+  - platform: template
+    name: "Test Binary Sensor"
+    id: test_binary_sensor
+    lambda: "return true;"
+
+switch:
+  - platform: template
+    name: "Test Switch"
+    id: test_switch
+    optimistic: true
diff --git a/tests/components/web_server_idf/test.esp32-idf.yaml b/tests/components/web_server_idf/test.esp32-idf.yaml
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+<<: !include common.yaml
+
+web_server: