fix

esphome/components/cst816/touchscreen/cst816_touchscreen.cpp

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ void CST816Touchscreen::continue_setup_() {
       case CST816T_CHIP_ID:
         break;
       default:
-        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Unknown chip ID: 0x%02X", this->chip_id_);
-        this->status_set_error("Unknown chip ID");
+        this->status_set_error(str_sprintf("Unknown chip ID 0x%02X", this->chip_id_));
         this->mark_failed();
         return;
     }

esphome/components/http_request/update/http_request_update.cpp

@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ void HttpRequestUpdate::update_task(void *params) {
   auto container = this_update->request_parent_->get(this_update->source_url_);
 
   if (container == nullptr || container->status_code != HTTP_STATUS_OK) {
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to fetch manifest from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
+    std::string msg = str_sprintf("Failed to fetch manifest from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
     // Defer to main loop to avoid race condition on component_state_ read-modify-write
-    this_update->defer([this_update]() { this_update->status_set_error("Failed to fetch manifest"); });
+    this_update->defer([this_update, msg]() { this_update->status_set_error(msg); });
     UPDATE_RETURN;
   }
 
   RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
   uint8_t *data = allocator.allocate(container->content_length);
   if (data == nullptr) {
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to allocate %zu bytes for manifest", container->content_length);
+    std::string msg = str_sprintf("Failed to allocate %zu bytes for manifest", container->content_length);
     // Defer to main loop to avoid race condition on component_state_ read-modify-write
-    this_update->defer([this_update]() { this_update->status_set_error("Failed to allocate memory for manifest"); });
+    this_update->defer([this_update, msg]() { this_update->status_set_error(msg); });
     container->end();
     UPDATE_RETURN;
   }
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ void HttpRequestUpdate::update_task(void *params) {
   }
 
   if (!valid) {
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to parse JSON from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
+    std::string msg = str_sprintf("Failed to parse JSON from %s", this_update->source_url_.c_str());
     // Defer to main loop to avoid race condition on component_state_ read-modify-write
-    this_update->defer([this_update]() { this_update->status_set_error("Failed to parse manifest JSON"); });
+    this_update->defer([this_update, msg]() { this_update->status_set_error(msg); });
     UPDATE_RETURN;
   }
 

esphome/core/component.cpp

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static const char *const TAG = "component";
 namespace {
 struct ComponentErrorMessage {
   const Component *component;
-  const char *message;
+  std::string message;
 };
 
 struct ComponentPriorityOverride {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void Component::call_dump_config() {
     if (component_error_messages) {
       for (const auto &entry : *component_error_messages) {
         if (entry.component == this) {
-          error_msg = entry.message;
+          error_msg = entry.message.c_str();
           break;
         }
       }
@@ -307,28 +307,33 @@ 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(const char *message) {
+void Component::status_set_error(const std::string &message) {
   if ((this->component_state_ & STATUS_LED_ERROR) != 0)
     return;
   this->component_state_ |= STATUS_LED_ERROR;
   App.app_state_ |= STATUS_LED_ERROR;
-  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "%s set Error flag: %s", LOG_STR_ARG(this->get_component_log_str()),
-           message ? message : LOG_STR_LITERAL("unspecified"));
-  if (message != nullptr) {
-    // Lazy allocate the error messages vector if needed
-    if (!component_error_messages) {
-      component_error_messages = std::make_unique<std::vector<ComponentErrorMessage>>();
-    }
-    // Check if this component already has an error message
-    for (auto &entry : *component_error_messages) {
-      if (entry.component == this) {
-        entry.message = message;
-        return;
-      }
-    }
-    // Add new error message
-    component_error_messages->emplace_back(ComponentErrorMessage{this, message});
+  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "%s set Error flag: %s", LOG_STR_ARG(this->get_component_log_str()), message.c_str());
+  // Lazy allocate the error messages vector if needed
+  if (!component_error_messages) {
+    component_error_messages = std::make_unique<std::vector<ComponentErrorMessage>>();
   }
+  // Check if this component already has an error message
+  for (auto &entry : *component_error_messages) {
+    if (entry.component == this) {
+      entry.message = message;
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  // Add new error message
+  component_error_messages->emplace_back(ComponentErrorMessage{this, message});
+}
+void Component::status_set_error() {
+  // No message version - just set the error flag
+  if ((this->component_state_ & STATUS_LED_ERROR) != 0)
+    return;
+  this->component_state_ |= STATUS_LED_ERROR;
+  App.app_state_ |= STATUS_LED_ERROR;
+  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "%s set Error flag: %s", LOG_STR_ARG(this->get_component_log_str()), LOG_STR_LITERAL("unspecified"));
 }
 void Component::status_clear_warning() {
   if ((this->component_state_ & STATUS_LED_WARNING) == 0)

esphome/core/component.h

@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ class Component {
   void status_set_warning(const char *message = nullptr);
   void status_set_warning(const LogString *message);
 
-  void status_set_error(const char *message = nullptr);
+  void status_set_error(const std::string &message);
+  void status_set_error();
 
   void status_clear_warning();