[web_server] Add name_id to SSE for entity ID format migration

2026.1.2

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_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
+    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
     if (!this->pref_.load(&value)) {
       value = 0.0f;
     }

esphome/components/climate/climate.cpp

@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ 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_ = this->make_entity_preference<ClimateDeviceRestoreState>(RESTORE_STATE_VERSION);
+  this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<ClimateDeviceRestoreState>(this->get_preference_hash() ^
+                                                                              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_ = this->make_entity_preference<CoverRestoreState>();
+  this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<CoverRestoreState>(this->get_preference_hash());
   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_ = this->make_entity_preference<uint32_t>();
+    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<uint32_t>(this->get_preference_hash());
     this->pref_.load(&seconds);
   }
 

esphome/components/esp32_hosted/__init__.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
     KEY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION,
 )
 from esphome.core import CORE
+from esphome.cpp_generator import add_define
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@swoboda1337"]
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
 
 
 async def to_code(config):
+    add_define("USE_ESP32_HOSTED")
     if config[CONF_ACTIVE_HIGH]:
         esp32.add_idf_sdkconfig_option(
             "CONFIG_ESP_HOSTED_SDIO_RESET_ACTIVE_HIGH",

esphome/components/fan/fan.cpp

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

esphome/components/haier/haier_base.cpp

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

esphome/components/haier/hon_climate.cpp

@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ haier_protocol::HaierMessage HonClimate::get_power_message(bool state) {
 void HonClimate::initialization() {
   HaierClimateBase::initialization();
   constexpr uint32_t restore_settings_version = 0x57EB59DDUL;
-  this->hon_rtc_ = this->make_entity_preference<HonSettings>(restore_settings_version);
+  this->hon_rtc_ =
+      global_preferences->make_preference<HonSettings>(this->get_preference_hash() ^ 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_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
+    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
     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_ = this->presence_timeout_number_->make_entity_preference<float>();
+    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->presence_timeout_number_->get_preference_hash());
     this->set_presence_timeout();
   }
 #endif

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_ = this->make_entity_preference<LightStateRTCState>();
+      this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<LightStateRTCState>(this->get_preference_hash());
       // 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_ = this->make_entity_preference<LightStateRTCState>();
+      this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<LightStateRTCState>(this->get_preference_hash());
       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_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
+      this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
       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_ = this->make_entity_preference<size_t>();
+      this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<size_t>(this->get_preference_hash());
       if (this->pref_.load(&index))
         this->widget_->set_selected_index(index, LV_ANIM_OFF);
     }

esphome/components/number/automation.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ 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)};
-  this->rtc_ = this->parent_->make_entity_preference<bool>(hash.to);
+  uint32_t myhash = hash.to ^ this->parent_->get_preference_hash();
+  this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<bool>(myhash);
   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_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
+    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
     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_ = this->make_entity_preference<int32_t>();
+      this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<int32_t>(this->get_preference_hash());
       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_ = this->parent_->make_entity_preference<bool>();
+    this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<bool>(this->parent_->get_preference_hash());
     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_ = this->make_entity_preference<VolumeRestoreState>();
+  this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<VolumeRestoreState>(this->get_preference_hash());
 
   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_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
+    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
     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_ = this->make_entity_preference<bool>();
+  this->rtc_ = global_preferences->make_preference<bool>(this->get_preference_hash());
   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_ = this->make_entity_preference<uint8_t>();
+    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<uint8_t>(this->get_preference_hash());
     if (this->pref_.load(&value)) {
       this->current_state_ = static_cast<alarm_control_panel::AlarmControlPanelState>(value);
     }

esphome/components/template/datetime/template_date.cpp

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

esphome/components/template/datetime/template_datetime.cpp

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

esphome/components/template/datetime/template_time.cpp

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ void TemplateTime::setup() {
     state = this->initial_value_;
   } else {
     datetime::TimeEntityRestoreState temp;
-    this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<datetime::TimeEntityRestoreState>(194434060U);
+    this->pref_ =
+        global_preferences->make_preference<datetime::TimeEntityRestoreState>(194434060U ^ this->get_preference_hash());
     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_ = this->make_entity_preference<float>();
+    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<float>(this->get_preference_hash());
     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_ = this->make_entity_preference<size_t>();
+    this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<size_t>(this->get_preference_hash());
     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

@@ -20,14 +20,7 @@ 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/total_daily_energy/total_daily_energy.cpp

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

esphome/components/water_heater/water_heater.cpp

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void WaterHeater::publish_state() {
 }
 
 optional<WaterHeaterCall> WaterHeater::restore_state_() {
-  this->pref_ = this->make_entity_preference<SavedWaterHeaterState>();
+  this->pref_ = global_preferences->make_preference<SavedWaterHeaterState>(this->get_preference_hash());
   SavedWaterHeaterState recovered{};
   if (!this->pref_.load(&recovered))
     return {};

esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp

@@ -531,7 +531,19 @@ static void set_json_id(JsonObject &root, EntityBase *obj, const char *prefix, J
   memcpy(p, name.c_str(), name_len);
   p[name_len] = '\0';
 
-  root[ESPHOME_F("id")] = id_buf;
+  // name_id: new format {prefix}/{device?}/{name} - frontend should prefer this
+  // Remove in 2026.8.0 when id switches to new format permanently
+  root[ESPHOME_F("name_id")] = id_buf;
+
+  // id: old format {prefix}-{object_id} for backward compatibility
+  // Will switch to new format in 2026.8.0
+  char legacy_buf[ESPHOME_DOMAIN_MAX_LEN + 1 + OBJECT_ID_MAX_LEN];
+  char *lp = legacy_buf;
+  memcpy(lp, prefix, prefix_len);
+  lp += prefix_len;
+  *lp++ = '-';
+  obj->write_object_id_to(lp, sizeof(legacy_buf) - (lp - legacy_buf));
+  root[ESPHOME_F("id")] = legacy_buf;
 
   if (start_config == DETAIL_ALL) {
     root[ESPHOME_F("domain")] = prefix;

esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp8266.cpp

@@ -698,6 +698,10 @@ bool WiFiComponent::wifi_scan_start_(bool passive) {
   if (!this->wifi_mode_(true, {}))
     return false;
 
+  // Reset scan_done_ before starting new scan to prevent stale flag from previous scan
+  // (e.g., roaming scan completed just before unexpected disconnect)
+  this->scan_done_ = false;
+
   struct scan_config config {};
   memset(&config, 0, sizeof(config));
   config.ssid = nullptr;

esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cinttypes>
+#include <memory>
 #include <utility>
 #ifdef USE_WIFI_WPA2_EAP
 #if (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MAJOR >= 5) && (ESP_IDF_VERSION_MINOR >= 1)
@@ -828,16 +829,29 @@ void WiFiComponent::wifi_process_event_(IDFWiFiEvent *data) {
 
     uint16_t number = it.number;
     scan_result_.init(number);
-
-    // Process one record at a time to avoid large buffer allocation
-    wifi_ap_record_t record;
+#ifdef USE_ESP32_HOSTED
+    // getting records one at a time fails on P4 with hosted esp32 WiFi coprocessor
+    // Presumably an upstream bug, work-around by getting all records at once
+    auto records = std::make_unique<wifi_ap_record_t[]>(number);
+    err = esp_wifi_scan_get_ap_records(&number, records.get());
+    if (err != ESP_OK) {
+      esp_wifi_clear_ap_list();
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "esp_wifi_scan_get_ap_records failed: %s", esp_err_to_name(err));
+      return;
+    }
     for (uint16_t i = 0; i < number; i++) {
+      wifi_ap_record_t &record = records[i];
+#else
+    // Process one record at a time to avoid large buffer allocation
+    for (uint16_t i = 0; i < number; i++) {
+      wifi_ap_record_t record;
       err = esp_wifi_scan_get_ap_record(&record);
       if (err != ESP_OK) {
         ESP_LOGW(TAG, "esp_wifi_scan_get_ap_record failed: %s", esp_err_to_name(err));
         esp_wifi_clear_ap_list();  // Free remaining records not yet retrieved
         break;
       }
+#endif  // USE_ESP32_HOSTED
       bssid_t bssid;
       std::copy(record.bssid, record.bssid + 6, bssid.begin());
       std::string ssid(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(record.ssid));

esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_libretiny.cpp

@@ -649,6 +649,10 @@ bool WiFiComponent::wifi_scan_start_(bool passive) {
   if (!this->wifi_mode_(true, {}))
     return false;
 
+  // Reset scan_done_ before starting new scan to prevent stale flag from previous scan
+  // (e.g., roaming scan completed just before unexpected disconnect)
+  this->scan_done_ = false;
+
   // need to use WiFi because of WiFiScanClass allocations :(
   int16_t err = WiFi.scanNetworks(true, true, passive, 200);
   if (err != WIFI_SCAN_RUNNING) {

esphome/core/defines.h

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define USE_DEVICES
 #define USE_DISPLAY
 #define USE_ENTITY_ICON
+#define USE_ESP32_HOSTED
 #define USE_ESP32_IMPROV_STATE_CALLBACK
 #define USE_EVENT
 #define USE_FAN

esphome/core/entity_base.cpp

@@ -92,48 +92,6 @@ 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

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "string_ref.h"
 #include "helpers.h"
 #include "log.h"
-#include "preferences.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_DEVICES
 #include "device.h"
@@ -139,12 +138,7 @@ 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
@@ -157,19 +151,7 @@ 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_;