From c0e5ae4298162b1c971121255de9bf5358be93d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 07:35:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [template.text] Avoid heap allocation for trigger (#13711)

---
 esphome/components/template/text/template_text.cpp | 2 +-
 esphome/components/template/text/template_text.h   | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/template/text/template_text.cpp b/esphome/components/template/text/template_text.cpp
index 70b8dce312..af134e6ed4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/template/text/template_text.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/template/text/template_text.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void TemplateText::update() {
 }
 
 void TemplateText::control(const std::string &value) {
-  this->set_trigger_->trigger(value);
+  this->set_trigger_.trigger(value);
 
   if (this->optimistic_)
     this->publish_state(value);
diff --git a/esphome/components/template/text/template_text.h b/esphome/components/template/text/template_text.h
index e5e5e4f4a8..88c6afdf2c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/template/text/template_text.h
+++ b/esphome/components/template/text/template_text.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class TemplateText final : public text::Text, public PollingComponent {
   void dump_config() override;
   float get_setup_priority() const override { return setup_priority::HARDWARE; }
 
-  Trigger<std::string> *get_set_trigger() const { return this->set_trigger_; }
+  Trigger<std::string> *get_set_trigger() { return &this->set_trigger_; }
   void set_optimistic(bool optimistic) { this->optimistic_ = optimistic; }
   void set_initial_value(const char *initial_value) { this->initial_value_ = initial_value; }
   /// Prevent accidental use of std::string which would dangle
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class TemplateText final : public text::Text, public PollingComponent {
   void control(const std::string &value) override;
   bool optimistic_ = false;
   const char *initial_value_{nullptr};
-  Trigger<std::string> *set_trigger_ = new Trigger<std::string>();
+  Trigger<std::string> set_trigger_;
   TemplateLambda<std::string> f_{};
 
   TemplateTextSaverBase *pref_ = nullptr;