From 9d49ca58b5ade7971a2c1e85033d76a51db75d9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:16:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] silence warning for nullptr

---
 esphome/core/component.cpp | 6 ++++++
 esphome/core/component.h   | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/component.cpp b/esphome/core/component.cpp
index aa487d8ef5..7d60a3d792 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/component.cpp
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@ void Component::status_set_warning(const LogString *message) {
   ESP_LOGW(TAG, "%s set Warning flag: %s", LOG_STR_ARG(this->get_component_log_str()),
            message ? LOG_STR_ARG(message) : LOG_STR_LITERAL("unspecified"));
 }
+void Component::status_set_error() {
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+  this->status_set_error(nullptr);
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+}
 void Component::status_set_error(const char *message) {
   if ((this->component_state_ & STATUS_LED_ERROR) != 0)
     return;
diff --git a/esphome/core/component.h b/esphome/core/component.h
index 82ac66f23c..db716d5b4a 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.h
+++ b/esphome/core/component.h
@@ -227,9 +227,10 @@ class Component {
   void status_set_warning(const char *message = nullptr);
   void status_set_warning(const LogString *message);
 
+  void status_set_error();  // Set error flag without message
   // Remove before 2026.6.0
   ESPDEPRECATED("Use status_set_error(LOG_STR(message)) instead. Will stop working in 2026.6.0", "2025.12.0")
-  void status_set_error(const char *message = nullptr);
+  void status_set_error(const char *message);
   void status_set_error(const LogString *message);
 
   void status_clear_warning();