fix internal

Co-authored-by: J. Nick Koston <nick@home-assistant.io>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.clang-tidy.hash

@@ -1 +1 @@
-d7d806925e18aeccf22a4f12e2c1f3f4ab49275c6bd1ab3b1e046852afd77f0b
+15dc295268b2dcf75942f42759b3ddec64eba89f75525698eb39c95a7f4b14ce

esphome/components/bl0940/number/calibration_number.cpp

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ static const char *const TAG = "bl0940.number";
 void CalibrationNumber::setup() {
   float value = 0.0f;
   if (this->restore_value_) {
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
     if (!this->pref_.load(&value)) {
       value = 0.0f;
     }

esphome/components/climate/climate.cpp

@@ -360,8 +360,7 @@ void Climate::add_on_control_callback(std::function<void(ClimateCall &)> &&callb
 static const uint32_t RESTORE_STATE_VERSION = 0x848EA6ADUL;
 
 optional<ClimateDeviceRestoreState> Climate::restore_state_() {
-  this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<ClimateDeviceRestoreState>(this->get_preference_hash() ^
-                                                                              RESTORE_STATE_VERSION);
+  this->rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<ClimateDeviceRestoreState>(RESTORE_STATE_VERSION);
   ClimateDeviceRestoreState recovered{};
   if (!this->rtc_.load(&recovered))
     return {};

esphome/components/cover/cover.cpp

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void Cover::publish_state(bool save) {
   }
 }
 optional<CoverRestoreState> Cover::restore_state_() {
-  this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<CoverRestoreState>(this->get_preference_hash());
+  this->rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<CoverRestoreState>();
   CoverRestoreState recovered{};
   if (!this->rtc_.load(&recovered))
     return {};

esphome/components/duty_time/duty_time_sensor.cpp

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void DutyTimeSensor::setup() {
   uint32_t seconds = 0;
 
   if (this->restore_) {
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<uint32_t>(this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<uint32_t>();
     this->pref_.load(&seconds);
   }
 

esphome/components/fan/fan.cpp

@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ void Fan::publish_state() {
 constexpr uint32_t RESTORE_STATE_VERSION = 0x71700ABA;
 optional<FanRestoreState> Fan::restore_state_() {
   FanRestoreState recovered{};
-  this->rtc_ =
-      global_preferences->make_preference<FanRestoreState>(this->get_preference_hash() ^ RESTORE_STATE_VERSION);
+  this->rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<FanRestoreState>(RESTORE_STATE_VERSION);
   bool restored = this->rtc_.load(&recovered);
 
   switch (this->restore_mode_) {

esphome/components/haier/haier_base.cpp

@@ -350,8 +350,7 @@ ClimateTraits HaierClimateBase::traits() { return traits_; }
 
 void HaierClimateBase::initialization() {
   constexpr uint32_t restore_settings_version = 0xA77D21EF;
-  this->base_rtc_ =
-      global_preferences->make_preference<HaierBaseSettings>(this->get_preference_hash() ^ restore_settings_version);
+  this->base_rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<HaierBaseSettings>(restore_settings_version);
   HaierBaseSettings recovered;
   if (!this->base_rtc_.load(&recovered)) {
     recovered = {false, true};

esphome/components/haier/hon_climate.cpp

@@ -515,8 +515,7 @@ haier_protocol::HaierMessage HonClimate::get_power_message(bool state) {
 void HonClimate::initialization() {
   HaierClimateBase::initialization();
   constexpr uint32_t restore_settings_version = 0x57EB59DDUL;
-  this->hon_rtc_ =
-      global_preferences->make_preference<HonSettings>(this->get_preference_hash() ^ restore_settings_version);
+  this->hon_rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<HonSettings>(restore_settings_version);
   HonSettings recovered;
   if (this->hon_rtc_.load(&recovered)) {
     this->settings_ = recovered;

esphome/components/integration/integration_sensor.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ static const char *const TAG = "integration";
 
 void IntegrationSensor::setup() {
   if (this->restore_) {
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
     float preference_value = 0;
     this->pref_.load(&preference_value);
     this->result_ = preference_value;

esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static inline bool validate_header_footer(const uint8_t *header_footer, const ui
 void LD2450Component::setup() {
 #ifdef USE_NUMBER
   if (this->presence_timeout_number_ != nullptr) {
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->presence_timeout_number_->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->presence_timeout_number_->make_entity_preference<float>();
     this->set_presence_timeout();
   }
 #endif

esphome/components/libretiny/__init__.py

@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ def _notify_old_style(config):
 
 # The dev and latest branches will be at *least* this version, which is what matters.
 ARDUINO_VERSIONS = {
-    "dev": (cv.Version(1, 10, 0), "https://github.com/libretiny-eu/libretiny.git"),
-    "latest": (cv.Version(1, 10, 0), "libretiny"),
-    "recommended": (cv.Version(1, 10, 0), None),
+    "dev": (cv.Version(1, 9, 2), "https://github.com/libretiny-eu/libretiny.git"),
+    "latest": (cv.Version(1, 9, 2), "libretiny"),
+    "recommended": (cv.Version(1, 9, 2), None),
 }
 
 

esphome/components/light/light_state.cpp

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void LightState::setup() {
     case LIGHT_RESTORE_DEFAULT_ON:
     case LIGHT_RESTORE_INVERTED_DEFAULT_OFF:
     case LIGHT_RESTORE_INVERTED_DEFAULT_ON:
-      this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<LightStateRTCState>(this->get_preference_hash());
+      this->rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<LightStateRTCState>();
       // Attempt to load from preferences, else fall back to default values
       if (!this->rtc_.load(&recovered)) {
         recovered.state = (this->restore_mode_ == LIGHT_RESTORE_DEFAULT_ON ||
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void LightState::setup() {
       break;
     case LIGHT_RESTORE_AND_OFF:
     case LIGHT_RESTORE_AND_ON:
-      this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<LightStateRTCState>(this->get_preference_hash());
+      this->rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<LightStateRTCState>();
       this->rtc_.load(&recovered);
       recovered.state = (this->restore_mode_ == LIGHT_RESTORE_AND_ON);
       break;

esphome/components/lvgl/number/lvgl_number.h

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class LVGLNumber : public number::Number, public Component {
   void setup() override {
     float value = this->value_lambda_();
     if (this->restore_) {
-      this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
+      this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
       if (this->pref_.load(&value)) {
         this->control_lambda_(value);
       }

esphome/components/lvgl/select/lvgl_select.h

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class LVGLSelect : public select::Select, public Component {
     this->set_options_();
     if (this->restore_) {
       size_t index;
-      this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<size_t>(this->get_preference_hash());
+      this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<size_t>();
       if (this->pref_.load(&index))
         this->widget_->set_selected_index(index, LV_ANIM_OFF);
     }

esphome/components/number/automation.cpp

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ void ValueRangeTrigger::setup() {
   float local_min = this->min_.value(0.0);
   float local_max = this->max_.value(0.0);
   convert hash = {.from = (local_max - local_min)};
-  uint32_t myhash = hash.to ^ this->parent_->get_preference_hash();
-  this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<bool>(myhash);
+  this->rtc_ = this->parent_->make_entity_preference<bool>(hash.to);
   bool initial_state;
   if (this->rtc_.load(&initial_state)) {
     this->previous_in_range_ = initial_state;

esphome/components/opentherm/number/opentherm_number.cpp

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void OpenthermNumber::setup() {
   if (!this->restore_value_) {
     value = this->initial_value_;
   } else {
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
     if (!this->pref_.load(&value)) {
       if (!std::isnan(this->initial_value_)) {
         value = this->initial_value_;

esphome/components/rotary_encoder/rotary_encoder.cpp

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void RotaryEncoderSensor::setup() {
   int32_t initial_value = 0;
   switch (this->restore_mode_) {
     case ROTARY_ENCODER_RESTORE_DEFAULT_ZERO:
-      this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<int32_t>(this->get_preference_hash());
+      this->rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<int32_t>();
       if (!this->rtc_.load(&initial_value)) {
         initial_value = 0;
       }

esphome/components/sensor/automation.h

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ValueRangeTrigger : public Trigger<float>, public Component {
   template<typename V> void set_max(V max) { this->max_ = max; }
 
   void setup() override {
-    this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<bool>(this->parent_->get_preference_hash());
+    this->rtc_ = this->parent_->make_entity_preference<bool>();
     bool initial_state;
     if (this->rtc_.load(&initial_state)) {
       this->previous_in_range_ = initial_state;

esphome/components/speaker/media_player/speaker_media_player.cpp

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void SpeakerMediaPlayer::setup() {
 
   this->media_control_command_queue_ = xQueueCreate(MEDIA_CONTROLS_QUEUE_LENGTH, sizeof(MediaCallCommand));
 
-  this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<VolumeRestoreState>(this->get_preference_hash());
+  this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<VolumeRestoreState>();
 
   VolumeRestoreState volume_restore_state;
   if (this->pref_.load(&volume_restore_state)) {

esphome/components/sprinkler/sprinkler.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void SprinklerControllerNumber::setup() {
   if (!this->restore_value_) {
     value = this->initial_value_;
   } else {
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
     if (!this->pref_.load(&value)) {
       if (!std::isnan(this->initial_value_)) {
         value = this->initial_value_;

esphome/components/switch/switch.cpp

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ optional<bool> Switch::get_initial_state() {
   if (!(restore_mode & RESTORE_MODE_PERSISTENT_MASK))
     return {};
 
-  this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<bool>(this->get_preference_hash());
+  this->rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<bool>();
   bool initial_state;
   if (!this->rtc_.load(&initial_state))
     return {};

esphome/components/template/alarm_control_panel/template_alarm_control_panel.cpp

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void TemplateAlarmControlPanel::setup() {
   this->current_state_ = ACP_STATE_DISARMED;
   if (this->restore_mode_ == ALARM_CONTROL_PANEL_RESTORE_DEFAULT_DISARMED) {
     uint8_t value;
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<uint8_t>(this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<uint8_t>();
     if (this->pref_.load(&value)) {
       this->current_state_ = static_cast<alarm_control_panel::AlarmControlPanelState>(value);
     }

esphome/components/template/datetime/template_date.cpp

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ void TemplateDate::setup() {
     state = this->initial_value_;
   } else {
     datetime::DateEntityRestoreState temp;
-    this->pref_ =
-        global_preferences->make_preference<datetime::DateEntityRestoreState>(194434030U ^ this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<datetime::DateEntityRestoreState>(194434030U);
     if (this->pref_.load(&temp)) {
       temp.apply(this);
       return;

esphome/components/template/datetime/template_datetime.cpp

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ void TemplateDateTime::setup() {
     state = this->initial_value_;
   } else {
     datetime::DateTimeEntityRestoreState temp;
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<datetime::DateTimeEntityRestoreState>(
-        194434090U ^ this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<datetime::DateTimeEntityRestoreState>(194434090U);
     if (this->pref_.load(&temp)) {
       temp.apply(this);
       return;

esphome/components/template/datetime/template_time.cpp

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ void TemplateTime::setup() {
     state = this->initial_value_;
   } else {
     datetime::TimeEntityRestoreState temp;
-    this->pref_ =
-        global_preferences->make_preference<datetime::TimeEntityRestoreState>(194434060U ^ this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<datetime::TimeEntityRestoreState>(194434060U);
     if (this->pref_.load(&temp)) {
       temp.apply(this);
       return;

esphome/components/template/number/template_number.cpp

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ void TemplateNumber::setup() {
   if (!this->restore_value_) {
     value = this->initial_value_;
   } else {
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
     if (!this->pref_.load(&value)) {
       if (!std::isnan(this->initial_value_)) {
         value = this->initial_value_;

esphome/components/template/select/template_select.cpp

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void TemplateSelect::setup() {
 
   size_t index = this->initial_option_index_;
   if (this->restore_value_) {
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<size_t>(this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<size_t>();
     size_t restored_index;
     if (this->pref_.load(&restored_index) && this->has_index(restored_index)) {
       index = restored_index;

esphome/components/template/text/template_text.cpp

@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@ void TemplateText::setup() {
 
   // Need std::string for pref_->setup() to fill from flash
   std::string value{this->initial_value_ != nullptr ? this->initial_value_ : ""};
+  // For future hash migration: use migrate_entity_preference_() with:
+  //   old_key = get_preference_hash() + extra
+  //   new_key = get_preference_hash_v2() + extra
+  // See: https://github.com/esphome/backlog/issues/85
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
   uint32_t key = this->get_preference_hash();
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
   key += this->traits.get_min_length() << 2;
   key += this->traits.get_max_length() << 4;
   key += fnv1_hash(this->traits.get_pattern_c_str()) << 6;

esphome/components/template/water_heater/__init__.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from .. import template_ns
 CONF_CURRENT_TEMPERATURE = "current_temperature"
 
 TemplateWaterHeater = template_ns.class_(
-    "TemplateWaterHeater", water_heater.WaterHeater
+    "TemplateWaterHeater", cg.Component, water_heater.WaterHeater
 )
 
 TemplateWaterHeaterPublishAction = template_ns.class_(
@@ -36,24 +36,29 @@ RESTORE_MODES = {
     "RESTORE_AND_CALL": TemplateWaterHeaterRestoreMode.WATER_HEATER_RESTORE_AND_CALL,
 }
 
-CONFIG_SCHEMA = water_heater.water_heater_schema(TemplateWaterHeater).extend(
-    {
-        cv.Optional(CONF_OPTIMISTIC, default=True): cv.boolean,
-        cv.Optional(CONF_SET_ACTION): automation.validate_automation(single=True),
-        cv.Optional(CONF_RESTORE_MODE, default="NO_RESTORE"): cv.enum(
-            RESTORE_MODES, upper=True
-        ),
-        cv.Optional(CONF_CURRENT_TEMPERATURE): cv.returning_lambda,
-        cv.Optional(CONF_MODE): cv.returning_lambda,
-        cv.Optional(CONF_SUPPORTED_MODES): cv.ensure_list(
-            water_heater.validate_water_heater_mode
-        ),
-    }
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
+    water_heater.water_heater_schema(TemplateWaterHeater)
+    .extend(
+        {
+            cv.Optional(CONF_OPTIMISTIC, default=True): cv.boolean,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_SET_ACTION): automation.validate_automation(single=True),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_RESTORE_MODE, default="NO_RESTORE"): cv.enum(
+                RESTORE_MODES, upper=True
+            ),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_CURRENT_TEMPERATURE): cv.returning_lambda,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_MODE): cv.returning_lambda,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_SUPPORTED_MODES): cv.ensure_list(
+                water_heater.validate_water_heater_mode
+            ),
+        }
+    )
+    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
 )
 
 
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
+    await cg.register_component(var, config)
     await water_heater.register_water_heater(var, config)
 
     cg.add(var.set_optimistic(config[CONF_OPTIMISTIC]))

esphome/components/template/water_heater/template_water_heater.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ TemplateWaterHeater::TemplateWaterHeater() : set_trigger_(new Trigger<>()) {}
 void TemplateWaterHeater::setup() {
   if (this->restore_mode_ == TemplateWaterHeaterRestoreMode::WATER_HEATER_RESTORE ||
       this->restore_mode_ == TemplateWaterHeaterRestoreMode::WATER_HEATER_RESTORE_AND_CALL) {
-    auto restore = this->restore_state();
+    auto restore = this->restore_state_();
 
     if (restore.has_value()) {
       restore->perform();

esphome/components/template/water_heater/template_water_heater.h

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ enum TemplateWaterHeaterRestoreMode {
   WATER_HEATER_RESTORE_AND_CALL,
 };
 
-class TemplateWaterHeater : public water_heater::WaterHeater {
+class TemplateWaterHeater : public Component, public water_heater::WaterHeater {
  public:
   TemplateWaterHeater();
 

esphome/components/total_daily_energy/total_daily_energy.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ void TotalDailyEnergy::setup() {
   float initial_value = 0;
 
   if (this->restore_) {
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
     this->pref_.load(&initial_value);
   }
   this->publish_state_and_save(initial_value);

esphome/components/tuya/number/tuya_number.cpp

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ static const char *const TAG = "tuya.number";
 
 void TuyaNumber::setup() {
   if (this->restore_value_) {
-    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
+    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
   }
 
   this->parent_->register_listener(this->number_id_, [this](const TuyaDatapoint &datapoint) {

esphome/components/valve/valve.cpp

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void Valve::publish_state(bool save) {
   }
 }
 optional<ValveRestoreState> Valve::restore_state_() {
-  this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<ValveRestoreState>(this->get_preference_hash());
+  this->rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<ValveRestoreState>();
   ValveRestoreState recovered{};
   if (!this->rtc_.load(&recovered))
     return {};

esphome/components/water_heater/__init__.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CODEOWNERS = ["@dhoeben"]
 IS_PLATFORM_COMPONENT = True
 
 water_heater_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("water_heater")
-WaterHeater = water_heater_ns.class_("WaterHeater", cg.EntityBase, cg.Component)
+WaterHeater = water_heater_ns.class_("WaterHeater", cg.EntityBase)
 WaterHeaterCall = water_heater_ns.class_("WaterHeaterCall")
 WaterHeaterTraits = water_heater_ns.class_("WaterHeaterTraits")
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ _WATER_HEATER_SCHEMA = cv.ENTITY_BASE_SCHEMA.extend(
             }
         ),
     }
-).extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+)
 
 _WATER_HEATER_SCHEMA.add_extra(entity_duplicate_validator("water_heater"))
 
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ async def register_water_heater(var: cg.Pvariable, config: ConfigType) -> cg.Pva
 
     cg.add_define("USE_WATER_HEATER")
 
-    await cg.register_component(var, config)
-
     cg.add(cg.App.register_water_heater(var))
 
     CORE.register_platform_component("water_heater", var)

esphome/components/water_heater/water_heater.cpp

@@ -146,10 +146,6 @@ void WaterHeaterCall::validate_() {
   }
 }
 
-void WaterHeater::setup() {
-  this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<SavedWaterHeaterState>(this->get_preference_hash());
-}
-
 void WaterHeater::publish_state() {
   auto traits = this->get_traits();
   ESP_LOGD(TAG,
@@ -188,7 +184,8 @@ void WaterHeater::publish_state() {
   this->pref_.save(&saved);
 }
 
-optional<WaterHeaterCall> WaterHeater::restore_state() {
+optional<WaterHeaterCall> WaterHeater::restore_state_() {
+  this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<SavedWaterHeaterState>();
   SavedWaterHeaterState recovered{};
   if (!this->pref_.load(&recovered))
     return {};

esphome/components/water_heater/water_heater.h

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class WaterHeaterTraits {
   WaterHeaterModeMask supported_modes_;
 };
 
-class WaterHeater : public EntityBase, public Component {
+class WaterHeater : public EntityBase {
  public:
   WaterHeaterMode get_mode() const { return this->mode_; }
   float get_current_temperature() const { return this->current_temperature_; }
@@ -204,16 +204,15 @@ class WaterHeater : public EntityBase, public Component {
 #endif
   virtual void control(const WaterHeaterCall &call) = 0;
 
-  void setup() override;
-
-  optional<WaterHeaterCall> restore_state();
-
  protected:
   virtual WaterHeaterTraits traits() = 0;
 
   /// Log the traits of this water heater for dump_config().
   void dump_traits_(const char *tag);
 
+  /// Restore the state of the water heater, call this from your setup() method.
+  optional<WaterHeaterCall> restore_state_();
+
   /// Set the mode of the water heater. Should only be called from control().
   void set_mode_(WaterHeaterMode mode) { this->mode_ = mode; }
   /// Set the target temperature of the water heater. Should only be called from control().

esphome/core/entity_base.cpp

@@ -92,6 +92,48 @@ StringRef EntityBase::get_object_id_to(std::span<char, OBJECT_ID_MAX_LEN> buf) c
 
 uint32_t EntityBase::get_object_id_hash() { return this->object_id_hash_; }
 
+// Migrate preference data from old_key to new_key if they differ.
+// This helper is exposed so callers with custom key computation (like TextPrefs)
+// can use it for manual migration. See: https://github.com/esphome/backlog/issues/85
+//
+// FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION:
+// This will require raw load/save methods on ESPPreferenceObject that take uint8_t* and size.
+//   void EntityBase::migrate_entity_preference_(size_t size, uint32_t old_key, uint32_t new_key) {
+//     if (old_key == new_key)
+//       return;
+//     auto old_pref = global_preferences->make_preference(size, old_key);
+//     auto new_pref = global_preferences->make_preference(size, new_key);
+//     SmallBufferWithHeapFallback<64> buffer(size);
+//     if (old_pref.load(buffer.data(), size)) {
+//       new_pref.save(buffer.data(), size);
+//     }
+//   }
+
+ESPPreferenceObject EntityBase::make_entity_preference_(size_t size, uint32_t version) {
+  // This helper centralizes preference creation to enable fixing hash collisions.
+  // See: https://github.com/esphome/backlog/issues/85
+  //
+  // COLLISION PROBLEM: get_preference_hash() uses fnv1_hash on sanitized object_id.
+  // Multiple entity names can sanitize to the same object_id:
+  //   - "Living Room" and "living_room" both become "living_room"
+  //   - UTF-8 names like "温度" and "湿度" both become "__" (underscores)
+  // This causes entities to overwrite each other's stored preferences.
+  //
+  // FUTURE MIGRATION: When implementing get_preference_hash_v2() that hashes
+  // the original entity name (not sanitized object_id):
+  //
+  //   uint32_t old_key = this->get_preference_hash() ^ version;
+  //   uint32_t new_key = this->get_preference_hash_v2() ^ version;
+  //   this->migrate_entity_preference_(size, old_key, new_key);
+  //   return global_preferences->make_preference(size, new_key);
+  //
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+  uint32_t key = this->get_preference_hash() ^ version;
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+  return global_preferences->make_preference(size, key);
+}
+
 std::string EntityBase_DeviceClass::get_device_class() {
   if (this->device_class_ == nullptr) {
     return "";

esphome/core/entity_base.h

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "string_ref.h"
 #include "helpers.h"
 #include "log.h"
+#include "preferences.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_DEVICES
 #include "device.h"
@@ -138,7 +139,12 @@ class EntityBase {
    * from previous versions, so existing single-device configurations will continue to work.
    *
    * @return uint32_t The unique hash for preferences, including device_id if available.
+   * @deprecated Use make_entity_preference<T>() instead, or preferences won't be migrated.
+   * See https://github.com/esphome/backlog/issues/85
    */
+  ESPDEPRECATED("Use make_entity_preference<T>() instead, or preferences won't be migrated. "
+                "See https://github.com/esphome/backlog/issues/85. Will be removed in 2027.1.0.",
+                "2026.7.0")
   uint32_t get_preference_hash() {
 #ifdef USE_DEVICES
     // Combine object_id_hash with device_id to ensure uniqueness across devices
@@ -151,7 +157,19 @@ class EntityBase {
 #endif
   }
 
+  /// Create a preference object for storing this entity's state/settings.
+  /// @tparam T The type of data to store (must be trivially copyable)
+  /// @param version Optional version hash XORed with preference key (change when struct layout changes)
+  template<typename T> ESPPreferenceObject make_entity_preference(uint32_t version = 0) {
+    static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable<T>::value, "T must be trivially copyable");
+    return this->make_entity_preference_(sizeof(T), version);
+  }
+
  protected:
+  /// Non-template helper for make_entity_preference() to avoid code bloat.
+  /// When preference hash algorithm changes, migration logic goes here.
+  ESPPreferenceObject make_entity_preference_(size_t size, uint32_t version);
+
   void calc_object_id_();
 
   StringRef name_;

platformio.ini

@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ build_unflags =
 ; This are common settings for the LibreTiny (all variants) using Arduino.
 [common:libretiny-arduino]
 extends = common:arduino
-platform = libretiny@1.10.0
+platform = libretiny@1.9.2
 framework = arduino
 lib_compat_mode = soft
 lib_deps =