From 3d6224d1b10d4431bb0dacfe1fd74c9ab0fb71aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:22:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [select] Store options in flash to reduce RAM usage

---
 esphome/components/copy/select/copy_select.cpp | 2 +-
 esphome/components/select/select_traits.cpp    | 2 ++
 esphome/components/select/select_traits.h      | 1 +
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/copy/select/copy_select.cpp b/esphome/components/copy/select/copy_select.cpp
index 6618ae6347..be90af5a13 100644
--- a/esphome/components/copy/select/copy_select.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/copy/select/copy_select.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ void CopySelect::setup() {
   source_->add_on_state_callback([this](const std::string &value, size_t index) { this->publish_state(value); });
 
   const auto &source_options = source_->traits.get_options();
-  traits.set_options({source_options.begin(), source_options.end()});
+  traits.set_options(source_options);
 
   if (source_->has_state())
     this->publish_state(source_->state);
diff --git a/esphome/components/select/select_traits.cpp b/esphome/components/select/select_traits.cpp
index 06bd2404c2..90a70393d1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/select/select_traits.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/select/select_traits.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace select {
 
 void SelectTraits::set_options(std::initializer_list<const char *> options) { this->options_ = options; }
 
+void SelectTraits::set_options(const FixedVector<const char *> &options) { this->options_ = options; }
+
 const FixedVector<const char *> &SelectTraits::get_options() const { return this->options_; }
 
 }  // namespace select
diff --git a/esphome/components/select/select_traits.h b/esphome/components/select/select_traits.h
index 8f8fe3b71f..b504f08298 100644
--- a/esphome/components/select/select_traits.h
+++ b/esphome/components/select/select_traits.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace select {
 class SelectTraits {
  public:
   void set_options(std::initializer_list<const char *> options);
+  void set_options(const FixedVector<const char *> &options);
   const FixedVector<const char *> &get_options() const;
 
  protected: