From 406fa220f548a485e68f800de9308790c78a789d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:59:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] logs!

---
 esphome/components/api/api_connection.h | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
index 458fee6c99..05af0ccde7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
@@ -554,10 +554,8 @@ class APIConnection final : public APIServerConnection {
     std::vector<BatchItem> items;
     uint32_t batch_start_time{0};
 
-    DeferredBatch() {
-      // Pre-allocate capacity for typical batch sizes to avoid reallocation
-      items.reserve(8);
-    }
+    // No pre-allocation - log connections never use batching, and for
+    // connections that do, buffers are released after initial sync anyway
 
     // Add item to the batch
     void add_item(EntityBase *entity, MessageCreator creator, uint8_t message_type, uint8_t estimated_size);