From 0137954f2b48421c27a756d13d2df70c27fe0c76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 18:20:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [const] Move CONF_MAX_CONNECTIONS to const.py (#11007)

---
 esphome/components/api/__init__.py               | 2 +-
 esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py | 2 +-
 esphome/const.py                                 | 1 +
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/__init__.py b/esphome/components/api/__init__.py
index c91051ba20..e0d4fc8df2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/api/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_EVENT,
     CONF_ID,
     CONF_KEY,
+    CONF_MAX_CONNECTIONS,
     CONF_ON_CLIENT_CONNECTED,
     CONF_ON_CLIENT_DISCONNECTED,
     CONF_PASSWORD,
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ CONF_CUSTOM_SERVICES = "custom_services"
 CONF_HOMEASSISTANT_SERVICES = "homeassistant_services"
 CONF_HOMEASSISTANT_STATES = "homeassistant_states"
 CONF_LISTEN_BACKLOG = "listen_backlog"
-CONF_MAX_CONNECTIONS = "max_connections"
 
 
 def validate_encryption_key(value):
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
index 787fb9fb65..8ebee6b0b1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_INTERVAL,
     CONF_MAC_ADDRESS,
     CONF_MANUFACTURER_ID,
+    CONF_MAX_CONNECTIONS,
     CONF_ON_BLE_ADVERTISE,
     CONF_ON_BLE_MANUFACTURER_DATA_ADVERTISE,
     CONF_ON_BLE_SERVICE_DATA_ADVERTISE,
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ CODEOWNERS = ["@bdraco"]
 KEY_ESP32_BLE_TRACKER = "esp32_ble_tracker"
 KEY_USED_CONNECTION_SLOTS = "used_connection_slots"
 
-CONF_MAX_CONNECTIONS = "max_connections"
 CONF_ESP32_BLE_ID = "esp32_ble_id"
 CONF_SCAN_PARAMETERS = "scan_parameters"
 CONF_WINDOW = "window"
diff --git a/esphome/const.py b/esphome/const.py
index 7813b72bfa..ee6eec32b1 100644
--- a/esphome/const.py
+++ b/esphome/const.py
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ CONF_MANUAL_IP = "manual_ip"
 CONF_MANUFACTURER_ID = "manufacturer_id"
 CONF_MASK_DISTURBER = "mask_disturber"
 CONF_MAX_BRIGHTNESS = "max_brightness"
+CONF_MAX_CONNECTIONS = "max_connections"
 CONF_MAX_COOLING_RUN_TIME = "max_cooling_run_time"
 CONF_MAX_CURRENT = "max_current"
 CONF_MAX_DURATION = "max_duration"