From 67dea1e5389785f62b3f67ceb812af954217b283 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:20:49 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [light] Use member array instead of heap allocation in
 AddressableLightWrapper (#13503)

---
 esphome/components/light/addressable_light_wrapper.h | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/light/addressable_light_wrapper.h b/esphome/components/light/addressable_light_wrapper.h
index 8665e62a79..cd83482248 100644
--- a/esphome/components/light/addressable_light_wrapper.h
+++ b/esphome/components/light/addressable_light_wrapper.h
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ namespace esphome::light {
 
 class AddressableLightWrapper : public light::AddressableLight {
  public:
-  explicit AddressableLightWrapper(light::LightState *light_state) : light_state_(light_state) {
-    this->wrapper_state_ = new uint8_t[5];  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
-  }
+  explicit AddressableLightWrapper(light::LightState *light_state) : light_state_(light_state) {}
 
   int32_t size() const override { return 1; }
 
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ class AddressableLightWrapper : public light::AddressableLight {
   }
 
   light::LightState *light_state_;
-  uint8_t *wrapper_state_;
+  mutable uint8_t wrapper_state_[5]{};
   ColorMode color_mode_{ColorMode::UNKNOWN};
 };