From ae7aa4c0efefd257832a9b7bf772afcb3f8ab591 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:46:41 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] preen

---
 esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp  | 8 --------
 script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
index c3814e8089..3b1f8d201f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
@@ -831,8 +831,6 @@ bool NoiseEncryptionSetKeyRequest::decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthD
   switch (field_id) {
     case 1:
       this->key = value.as_string();
-      this->key_ptr_ = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(this->key.data());
-      this->key_len_ = this->key.size();
       break;
     default:
       return false;
@@ -2001,8 +1999,6 @@ bool BluetoothGATTWriteRequest::decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthDeli
   switch (field_id) {
     case 4:
       this->data = value.as_string();
-      this->data_ptr_ = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(this->data.data());
-      this->data_len_ = this->data.size();
       break;
     default:
       return false;
@@ -2039,8 +2035,6 @@ bool BluetoothGATTWriteDescriptorRequest::decode_length(uint32_t field_id, Proto
   switch (field_id) {
     case 3:
       this->data = value.as_string();
-      this->data_ptr_ = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(this->data.data());
-      this->data_len_ = this->data.size();
       break;
     default:
       return false;
@@ -2263,8 +2257,6 @@ bool VoiceAssistantAudio::decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthDelimited
   switch (field_id) {
     case 1:
       this->data = value.as_string();
-      this->data_ptr_ = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(this->data.data());
-      this->data_len_ = this->data.size();
       break;
     default:
       return false;
diff --git a/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py b/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
index a51fdc233b..adb103b665 100755
--- a/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
+++ b/script/api_protobuf/api_protobuf.py
@@ -634,12 +634,10 @@ class BytesType(TypeInfo):
         if not self.needs_decode:
             return ""  # No decode needed for SOURCE_SERVER messages
 
-        # Decode into storage and update pointer/length
+        # Decode into storage only - pointer/length are only needed for encoding
         return (
             f"case {self.number}:\n"
             f"  this->{self.field_name} = value.as_string();\n"
-            f"  this->{self.field_name}_ptr_ = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(this->{self.field_name}.data());\n"
-            f"  this->{self.field_name}_len_ = this->{self.field_name}.size();\n"
             f"  break;"
         )