From 1a55254258e93f479b8ccd76cae2bb1264cb50d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:28:24 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [status] Convert to PollingComponent to reduce CPU usage
 (#13342)

---
 esphome/components/status/binary_sensor.py         |  4 ++--
 esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.cpp |  8 +++-----
 esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.h   | 10 ++++------
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/status/binary_sensor.py b/esphome/components/status/binary_sensor.py
index c1a4a52ce2..f0c7c87e17 100644
--- a/esphome/components/status/binary_sensor.py
+++ b/esphome/components/status/binary_sensor.py
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ DEPENDENCIES = ["network"]
 
 status_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("status")
 StatusBinarySensor = status_ns.class_(
-    "StatusBinarySensor", binary_sensor.BinarySensor, cg.Component
+    "StatusBinarySensor", binary_sensor.BinarySensor, cg.PollingComponent
 )
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = binary_sensor.binary_sensor_schema(
     StatusBinarySensor,
     device_class=DEVICE_CLASS_CONNECTIVITY,
     entity_category=ENTITY_CATEGORY_DIAGNOSTIC,
-).extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+).extend(cv.polling_component_schema("1s"))
 
 
 async def to_code(config):
diff --git a/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.cpp b/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.cpp
index 1795a9c41b..2c95be8569 100644
--- a/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.cpp
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
 #include "esphome/components/api/api_server.h"
 #endif
 
-namespace esphome {
-namespace status {
+namespace esphome::status {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "status";
 
-void StatusBinarySensor::loop() {
+void StatusBinarySensor::update() {
   bool status = network::is_connected();
 #ifdef USE_MQTT
   if (mqtt::global_mqtt_client != nullptr) {
@@ -33,5 +32,4 @@ void StatusBinarySensor::loop() {
 void StatusBinarySensor::setup() { this->publish_initial_state(false); }
 void StatusBinarySensor::dump_config() { LOG_BINARY_SENSOR("", "Status Binary Sensor", this); }
 
-}  // namespace status
-}  // namespace esphome
+}  // namespace esphome::status
diff --git a/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.h b/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.h
index feda8b6328..7e8c31d741 100644
--- a/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.h
+++ b/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.h
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/components/binary_sensor/binary_sensor.h"
 
-namespace esphome {
-namespace status {
+namespace esphome::status {
 
-class StatusBinarySensor : public binary_sensor::BinarySensor, public Component {
+class StatusBinarySensor : public binary_sensor::BinarySensor, public PollingComponent {
  public:
-  void loop() override;
+  void update() override;
 
   void setup() override;
   void dump_config() override;
@@ -16,5 +15,4 @@ class StatusBinarySensor : public binary_sensor::BinarySensor, public Component
   bool is_status_binary_sensor() const override { return true; }
 };
 
-}  // namespace status
-}  // namespace esphome
+}  // namespace esphome::status