From fb1c4955065feec7f8947857dadb4e5ddc3c4931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:12:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] tweaks

---
 esphome/components/api/proto.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/proto.h b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
index 4546851aec..0088e5c451 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/proto.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class ProtoVarInt {
 
   /// Parse a varint from buffer. consumed must be a valid pointer (not null).
   static optional<ProtoVarInt> parse(const uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t len, uint32_t *consumed) {
+    assert(consumed != nullptr);
     if (len == 0)
       return {};