esphome / esphome/feature-requests

Allow "Blacklisting" of Specified Serial Ports Displayed for ESPHome Serial Connection

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Description

**Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like**
Allow a CONFIGURABLE Serial Port "Exclusion List" to prevent specified Serial Ports from being selected for ESPHome Logging and Upload Operations.

**Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:**
My HA Instance includes the Network UPS Tools (NUT) Addon which monitors my UPS via Serial Port. If the UPS's Serial Port is MISTAKENLY CHOSEN for ESPHome, NUT fails, requiring a MANUAL NUT restart.

**Additional context**
It should be possible to add ports to an "Exclusion List" to prevent them from being shown / selected.

![HA ESPHome - Feature Request - Serial Port Exclusion List - Serial Menu](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0c3e75be-682a-460b-a258-1454600ee429)

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the ESPHome serial connection workflow and how ports are displayed and selected for logging and upload operations. The work is complete when a configurable exclusion list prevents specified ports from being shown or selected, without disrupting other serial-port users such as NUT.

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Assessment

Domain
embedded-iot
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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