From de82f96ccb3b38480a441ae1aa255ada455f9c28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:43:31 -1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [core] Rename FixedVector::shrink_to_fit() to release()
 for clarity (#13130)

---
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp | 4 ++--
 esphome/core/helpers.h                     | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
index afdaa0b6e8..352081fe31 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
@@ -2014,8 +2014,8 @@ void WiFiComponent::release_scan_results_() {
     // std::vector - use swap trick since shrink_to_fit is non-binding
     decltype(this->scan_result_)().swap(this->scan_result_);
 #else
-    // FixedVector::shrink_to_fit() actually frees all memory
-    this->scan_result_.shrink_to_fit();
+    // FixedVector::release() frees all memory
+    this->scan_result_.release();
 #endif
   }
 }
diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.h b/esphome/core/helpers.h
index acba420d3e..05d2d475c1 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.h
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.h
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ template<typename T> class FixedVector {
     size_ = 0;
   }
 
-  // Shrink capacity to fit current size (frees all memory)
-  void shrink_to_fit() {
+  // Release all memory (destroys elements and frees memory)
+  void release() {
     cleanup_();
     reset_();
   }

From 5725a4840e3900eaa7d8ca9cc3f9719161577197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:09:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Bump aioesphomeapi from 43.10.1 to 43.11.0 (#13132)

Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 requirements.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 00f81f793f..eb177e1411 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ platformio==6.1.18  # When updating platformio, also update /docker/Dockerfile
 esptool==5.1.0
 click==8.1.7
 esphome-dashboard==20260110.0
-aioesphomeapi==43.10.1
+aioesphomeapi==43.11.0
 zeroconf==0.148.0
 puremagic==1.30
 ruamel.yaml==0.19.1 # dashboard_import