Merge branch 'beta' into next

Author: jesserockz

src/content/docs/changelog/2026.2.0.mdx

@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ The lists below are grouped by tag and may contain duplicates across sections.
 - [alarm_control_panel] Fix flaky integration test race condition [esphome#13964](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13964) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
 - [docker] Suppress git detached HEAD advice [esphome#13962](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13962) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
 - [api] Fix ESP8266 noise API handshake deadlock and prompt socket cleanup [esphome#13972](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13972) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
+- [wifi] Fix ESP8266 DHCP state corruption from premature dhcp_renew() [esphome#13983](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13983) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
+- [combination] Fix 'coeffecient' typo with backward-compatible deprecation [esphome#14004](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/14004) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
+- [fan] Fix preset_mode not restored on boot [esphome#14002](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/14002) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
+- [esp32_rmt] Handle ESP32 variants without RMT hardware [esphome#14001](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/14001) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337) (new-feature)
 
 ### All changes
 
@@ -728,6 +732,17 @@ The lists below are grouped by tag and may contain duplicates across sections.
 - Allow Python 3.14 [esphome#13945](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13945) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
 - [wifi] Allow fast_connect without preconfigured networks [esphome#13946](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13946) by [@QRPp](https://github.com/QRPp)
 - [ethernet] Add per-PHY compile guards to eliminate unused PHY drivers [esphome#13947](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13947) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
+- [schema-gen] fix Windows: ensure UTF-8 encoding when reading component files [esphome#13952](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13952) by [@glmnet](https://github.com/glmnet)
+- [uart] Remove redundant mutex, fix flush race, conditional event queue [esphome#13955](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13955) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
+- [api] Extract cold code from APIServer::loop() hot path [esphome#13902](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13902) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
+- [pulse_meter] Fix early edge detection [esphome#12360](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/12360) by [@LucasCZE](https://github.com/LucasCZE)
+- [alarm_control_panel] Fix flaky integration test race condition [esphome#13964](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13964) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
+- [docker] Suppress git detached HEAD advice [esphome#13962](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13962) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
+- [api] Fix ESP8266 noise API handshake deadlock and prompt socket cleanup [esphome#13972](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13972) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
+- [wifi] Fix ESP8266 DHCP state corruption from premature dhcp_renew() [esphome#13983](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/13983) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
+- [combination] Fix 'coeffecient' typo with backward-compatible deprecation [esphome#14004](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/14004) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
+- [fan] Fix preset_mode not restored on boot [esphome#14002](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/14002) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
+- [esp32_rmt] Handle ESP32 variants without RMT hardware [esphome#14001](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/14001) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337) (new-feature)
 
 </details>
 

src/content/docs/guides/supporters.mdx

@@ -2338,4 +2338,4 @@ ESPHome was originally founded by [Otto Winter (@OttoWinter)](https://github.com
 - [Christian Zufferey (@zuzu59)](https://github.com/zuzu59)
 - [Zynth-dev (@Zynth-dev)](https://github.com/Zynth-dev)
 
-*This page was last updated February 14, 2026.*
+*This page was last updated February 17, 2026.*