From 62f34bea83c1423a8b894cebf04c3cc40bfc78f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 07:36:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [template.output] Avoid heap allocation for triggers (#13709)

---
 esphome/components/template/output/template_output.h | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/template/output/template_output.h b/esphome/components/template/output/template_output.h
index e536660b02..6fe8e53855 100644
--- a/esphome/components/template/output/template_output.h
+++ b/esphome/components/template/output/template_output.h
@@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ namespace esphome::template_ {
 
 class TemplateBinaryOutput final : public output::BinaryOutput {
  public:
-  Trigger<bool> *get_trigger() const { return trigger_; }
+  Trigger<bool> *get_trigger() { return &this->trigger_; }
 
  protected:
-  void write_state(bool state) override { this->trigger_->trigger(state); }
+  void write_state(bool state) override { this->trigger_.trigger(state); }
 
-  Trigger<bool> *trigger_ = new Trigger<bool>();
+  Trigger<bool> trigger_;
 };
 
 class TemplateFloatOutput final : public output::FloatOutput {
  public:
-  Trigger<float> *get_trigger() const { return trigger_; }
+  Trigger<float> *get_trigger() { return &this->trigger_; }
 
  protected:
-  void write_state(float state) override { this->trigger_->trigger(state); }
+  void write_state(float state) override { this->trigger_.trigger(state); }
 
-  Trigger<float> *trigger_ = new Trigger<float>();
+  Trigger<float> trigger_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace esphome::template_