fixes

esphome/components/socket/lwip_raw_tcp_impl.cpp

@@ -21,6 +21,24 @@
 namespace esphome {
 namespace socket {
 
+#ifdef USE_ESP8266
+// Flag to signal socket activity - checked by socket_delay() to exit early
+static volatile bool s_socket_woke = false;
+
+void socket_delay(uint32_t ms) {
+  // Use esp_delay with a callback that checks if socket data arrived.
+  // This allows the delay to exit early when socket_wake() is called by
+  // lwip recv_fn/accept_fn callbacks, reducing socket latency.
+  s_socket_woke = false;
+  esp_delay(ms, []() { return !s_socket_woke; });
+}
+
+void socket_wake() {
+  s_socket_woke = true;
+  esp_schedule();
+}
+#endif
+
 static const char *const TAG = "socket.lwip";
 
 // set to 1 to enable verbose lwip logging
@@ -483,8 +501,7 @@ class LWIPRawImpl : public Socket {
     }
 #ifdef USE_ESP8266
     // Wake the main loop immediately so it can process the received data.
-    // esp_schedule() wakes the context blocked in delay() -> esp_suspend().
-    esp_schedule();
+    socket_wake();
 #endif
     return ERR_OK;
   }
@@ -648,7 +665,7 @@ class LWIPRawListenImpl : public LWIPRawImpl {
     LWIP_LOG("Accepted connection, queue size: %d", accepted_socket_count_);
 #ifdef USE_ESP8266
     // Wake the main loop immediately so it can accept the new connection.
-    esp_schedule();
+    socket_wake();
 #endif
     return ERR_OK;
   }

esphome/components/socket/socket.h

@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ socklen_t set_sockaddr(struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen, const std::stri
 /// Set a sockaddr to the any address and specified port for the IP version used by socket_ip().
 socklen_t set_sockaddr_any(struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen, uint16_t port);
 
+#if defined(USE_ESP8266) && defined(USE_SOCKET_IMPL_LWIP_TCP)
+/// Delay that can be woken early by socket activity.
+/// On ESP8266, lwip callbacks set a flag and call esp_schedule() to wake the delay.
+void socket_delay(uint32_t ms);
+
+/// Called by lwip callbacks to signal socket activity and wake delay.
+void socket_wake();
+#endif
+
 }  // namespace socket
 }  // namespace esphome
 #endif

esphome/core/application.cpp

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 #include "esphome/components/status_led/status_led.h"
 #endif
 
+#if defined(USE_ESP8266) && defined(USE_SOCKET_IMPL_LWIP_TCP)
+#include "esphome/components/socket/socket.h"
+#endif
+
 #ifdef USE_SOCKET_SELECT_SUPPORT
 #include <cerrno>
 
@@ -627,6 +631,9 @@ void Application::yield_with_select_(uint32_t delay_ms) {
     // No sockets registered, use regular delay
     delay(delay_ms);
   }
+#elif defined(USE_ESP8266) && defined(USE_SOCKET_IMPL_LWIP_TCP)
+  // No select support but can wake on socket activity via esp_schedule()
+  socket::socket_delay(delay_ms);
 #else
   // No select support, use regular delay
   delay(delay_ms);