ESPHome 2025.4.0 - 16th April 2025

Read the ESPHome 2025.4.0 release notes on the blog for the release overview, feature highlights, upgrade checklist, and breaking changes.

Full list of changes

New Components

• Add support for MCP4461 quad i2c digipot/rheostat esphome#8180 by @p1ngb4ck (new-integration)

Breaking Changes

• Rework max connections for BLE to avoid exceeding the hard limit esphome#8303 by @bdraco (breaking-change)

Beta Changes

• [lvgl] Fix use of image without canvas (Bugfix) esphome#8540 by @clydebarrow
• Include MAC address in noise hello esphome#8551 by @bdraco
• [axs15231] Don’t overwrite manual dimensions esphome#8553 by @clydebarrow
• [lvgl] Fix initial focus on roller esphome#8547 by @clydebarrow
• [lvgl] Add restore_value to select and number esphome#8494 by @clydebarrow
• Speaker-Media-Player: Fix potential deadlock in audio pipeline esphome#8548 by @gnumpi
• [lvgl] Ensure captured lambdas are in correct order esphome#8560 by @clydebarrow
• Bump aioesphomeapi from 29.9.0 to 29.10.0 esphome#8562 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump zeroconf from 0.146.3 to 0.146.4 esphome#8563 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump esphome-dashboard to 20250415.0 esphome#8565 by @swoboda1337
• Fix ‘—device MQTT’ for devices with static IP esphome#8535 by @dwmw2
• [am2315c] Use warning not fail during update esphome#8499 by @swoboda1337
• Bump zeroconf from 0.146.4 to 0.146.5 esphome#8569 by @dependabot[bot]
• Fix vscode validation not showing error squiggles esphome#8500 by @glmnet
• SML runtime optimizations esphome#8571 by @mariusgreuel

All changes

• [esp32] Allow pioarduino versions 5.3.2 and 5.4.0 esphome#8440 by @swoboda1337
• [cli] Add --reset and --upload_speed options esphome#8380 by @clydebarrow
• [core] Fix 5.4.0 build issue esphome#8455 by @swoboda1337
• [core] Fix s2 build after crc header fix esphome#8459 by @swoboda1337
• [esp32_can] Configurable enqueue timeout esphome#8453 by @patagonaa
• [scheduler] Properly handle millis() overflow esphome#8197 by @clydebarrow
• [esp32] Allow pioarduino version 5.4.1 esphome#8480 by @swoboda1337
• [psram] 120MHz does not work in octal mode esphome#8477 by @clydebarrow
• Move CONF_DEFAULT to const.py esphome#8497 by @nielsnl68
• [lvgl] Add some defines esphome#8501 by @clydebarrow
• Add support for MCP4461 quad i2c digipot/rheostat esphome#8180 by @p1ngb4ck (new-integration)
• Bump platformio to 6.1.18 esphome#8430 by @shvmm
• Update emails from nabucasa to OHF esphome#8508 by @jesserockz
• [nau7802] fix bad blocking code (#6395) esphome#8070 by @cujomalainey
• [core, qspi_dbi] Clang tidy fixes for 5.3.2 esphome#8509 by @swoboda1337
• [CI] Clang tidy fixes for 5.3.2 esphome#8510 by @swoboda1337
• [ethernet_info] return actual ethernet MAC address esphome#8492 by @victorclaessen
• Rework max connections for BLE to avoid exceeding the hard limit esphome#8303 by @bdraco (breaking-change)
• [component] Show error message for failed component esphome#8478 by @clydebarrow
• [psram] Allow use of experimental 120MHz octal mode esphome#8519 by @clydebarrow
• Ensure plaintext responds with bad indicator byte before dropping the connection esphome#8521 by @bdraco
• Bump aioesphomeapi to 29.9.0 esphome#8522 by @bdraco
• [lvgl] add on_boot trigger esphome#8498 by @clydebarrow
• [lvgl] Make line points templatable esphome#8502 by @clydebarrow
• [spi] Implement octal mode esphome#8386 by @clydebarrow
• real_time_clock: Apply timezone immediately in set_timezone() esphome#8531 by @dwmw2
• [lvgl] Implement canvas widget esphome#8504 by @clydebarrow
• [lvgl] Fix use of image without canvas (Bugfix) esphome#8540 by @clydebarrow
• Include MAC address in noise hello esphome#8551 by @bdraco
• [axs15231] Don’t overwrite manual dimensions esphome#8553 by @clydebarrow
• [lvgl] Fix initial focus on roller esphome#8547 by @clydebarrow
• [lvgl] Add restore_value to select and number esphome#8494 by @clydebarrow
• Speaker-Media-Player: Fix potential deadlock in audio pipeline esphome#8548 by @gnumpi
• [lvgl] Ensure captured lambdas are in correct order esphome#8560 by @clydebarrow
• Bump esphome-dashboard to 20250415.0 esphome#8565 by @swoboda1337
• Fix ‘—device MQTT’ for devices with static IP esphome#8535 by @dwmw2
• [am2315c] Use warning not fail during update esphome#8499 by @swoboda1337
• Fix vscode validation not showing error squiggles esphome#8500 by @glmnet
• SML runtime optimizations esphome#8571 by @mariusgreuel

Dependency Changes

• Bump setuptools from 69.2.0 to 76.0.0 esphome#8405 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump puremagic from 1.27 to 1.28 esphome#8406 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump esphome-glyphsets from 0.1.0 to 0.2.0 esphome#8403 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/cache from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3 in /.github/actions/restore-python esphome#8437 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/cache from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3 esphome#8433 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump ruff from 0.9.2 to 0.11.0 esphome#8409 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump pylint from 3.2.7 to 3.3.6 esphome#8441 by @dependabot[bot]
• Update wheel requirement from ~=0.43.0 to >=0.43,<0.46 esphome#8421 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump tzlocal from 5.2 to 5.3.1 esphome#8423 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump aioesphomeapi from 29.6.0 to 29.7.0 esphome#8448 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump pytest-asyncio from 0.23.6 to 0.25.3 esphome#8447 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump ruff from 0.11.0 to 0.11.2 esphome#8461 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/setup-python from 5.4.0 to 5.5.0 esphome#8468 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/setup-python from 5.4.0 to 5.5.0 in /.github/actions/restore-python esphome#8467 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump pytest-cov from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0 esphome#8462 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump pytest-asyncio from 0.25.3 to 0.26.0 esphome#8490 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump async-timeout from 4.0.3 to 5.0.1 esphome#8491 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump platformio from 6.1.16 to 6.1.18 esphome#8449 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 7.0.7 to 7.0.8 esphome#8362 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump docker/login-action from 3.3.0 to 3.4.0 in the docker-actions group esphome#8408 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/download-artifact from 4.1.9 to 4.2.1 esphome#8434 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.6.1 to 4.6.2 esphome#8435 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump ruamel-yaml from 0.18.6 to 0.18.10 esphome#8446 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump yamllint from 1.35.1 to 1.37.0 esphome#8495 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump pyupgrade from 3.15.2 to 3.19.1 esphome#8496 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump voluptuous from 0.14.2 to 0.15.2 esphome#8506 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump zeroconf from 0.146.1 to 0.146.3 esphome#8507 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump setuptools from 76.0.0 to 78.1.0 esphome#8512 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump flake8 from 7.0.0 to 7.2.0 esphome#8493 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump pytest from 8.2.0 to 8.3.5 esphome#8528 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump aioesphomeapi from 29.9.0 to 29.10.0 esphome#8562 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump zeroconf from 0.146.3 to 0.146.4 esphome#8563 by @dependabot[bot]
• Bump zeroconf from 0.146.4 to 0.146.5 esphome#8569 by @dependabot[bot]