From ee0f3a8548f783e29f40dc95b28df1a9f3ee593a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:52:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix pre-existing bug

---
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
index fe92df049a..52ee482121 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ bool WiFiComponent::wifi_start_ap_(const WiFiAP &ap) {
   }
   memcpy(reinterpret_cast<char *>(conf.ap.ssid), ap.ssid_.c_str(), ap.ssid_.size());
   conf.ap.channel = ap.has_channel() ? ap.get_channel() : 1;
-  conf.ap.ssid_hidden = ap.ssid_.size();
+  conf.ap.ssid_hidden = ap.get_hidden();
   conf.ap.max_connection = 5;
   conf.ap.beacon_interval = 100;