From 6685fa1da98a4c422c3aa5455eb28fe02ec64518 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 12:32:10 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [core] Fix startup delay from setup timing logs when console
 connected (#12832)

---
 esphome/core/component.cpp | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/component.cpp b/esphome/core/component.cpp
index 97ab2edb5a..90be6cf646 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/component.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,13 @@ void Component::call() {
       this->call_setup();
 #if ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL >= ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
       uint32_t setup_time = millis() - start_time;
-      ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "Setup %s took %ums", LOG_STR_ARG(this->get_component_log_str()), (unsigned) setup_time);
+      // Only log at CONFIG level if setup took longer than the blocking threshold
+      // to avoid spamming the log and blocking the event loop
+      if (setup_time >= WARN_IF_BLOCKING_OVER_MS) {
+        ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "Setup %s took %ums", LOG_STR_ARG(this->get_component_log_str()), (unsigned) setup_time);
+      } else {
+        ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Setup %s took %ums", LOG_STR_ARG(this->get_component_log_str()), (unsigned) setup_time);
+      }
 #endif
       break;
     }