Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 3585ffe and df10a5f.

• aioesphomeapi/api.proto (1 hunks)
• aioesphomeapi/api_options.proto (1 hunks)
• aioesphomeapi/api_options_pb2.py (1 hunks)

aioesphomeapi/api.proto (1)

509-509: LGTM on switching to container_pointer_no_template; confirm generator + type exist.

Change aligns with the new option. Please verify the C++ symbol light::ColorModeMask exists and the codegen path for container_pointer_no_template is implemented and tested end-to-end.

aioesphomeapi/api_options.proto (1)

74-82: Based on my verification:

Evidence gathered:

• ✅ No enum_as_bitmask usages remain anywhere in the codebase (confirmed zero matches across all files)
• ✅ Tag 50014 reuse is safe; the old bool-typed enum_as_bitmask is completely removed
• ✅ container_pointer_no_template is already in active use in api.proto:509 with the new string-typed option at tag 50014, indicating the generator supports it
• ✅ container_pointer documentation at lines 42–66 explicitly mentions lifetime requirements ("remains valid during message encoding"), but container_pointer_no_template (lines 74–82) omits this crucial detail

The documentation improvement is valid and necessary to prevent misuse. The tag reuse is safe.

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Add explicit lifetime requirements to match container_pointer documentation.

The docs reference similarity to container_pointer but omit the lifetime constraint that exists there. Add the safety requirement to prevent accidental use-after-free:

    // container_pointer_no_template: Use a non-template container type for repeated fields
    // Similar to container_pointer, but for containers that don't take template parameters.
+    //
+    // The corresponding C++ code must provide const reference access to a container
+    // that remains valid during message encoding (same lifetime requirement as container_pointer).
     // The container type is used as-is without appending element type.
     // The container must have:
     // - begin() and end() methods returning iterators