From d9c3213ef6c319b3444cf86f52f7e2ba507a893c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 21:43:35 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] goodbye strdup

---
 esphome/components/mdns/mdns_component.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_component.h b/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_component.h
index a3684f6f5e..241c32079e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_component.h
+++ b/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_component.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ class MDNSComponent : public Component {
     return this->dynamic_txt_values_.back().c_str();
   }
 
+  /// Storage for runtime-generated TXT values (MAC address, user lambdas)
+  /// Pre-sized at compile time via MDNS_DYNAMIC_TXT_COUNT to avoid heap allocations.
+  /// Static/compile-time values (version, board, etc.) are stored directly in flash and don't use this.
   StaticVector<std::string, MDNS_DYNAMIC_TXT_COUNT> dynamic_txt_values_;
 
  protected: