Deprecating config entry listener with reloading methods in config flow (#3082)

Co-authored-by: Martin Hjelmare <marhje52@gmail.com>

Author: gjohansson-ST

blog/2026-05-07-config-entry-listener-together-with-reloading-methods.md

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+author: G Johansson
+authorURL: https://github.com/gjohansson-ST
+authorImageURL: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62932417?v=4
+authorTwitter: GJohansson
+title: "Deprecating config entry listener with reloading methods in config flow"
+---
+
+As of Home Assistant Core 2026.6, using a config entry listener together with any reloading methods in a config flow is deprecated and will result in an error from 2026.12.
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+## Background
+
+Using a config entry listener together with any reloading methods in a config flow can cause the integration to reload twice and/or create a race condition.
+
+## Possible solutions
+
+- Remove the config entry listener and rely only on the reloading methods in your config flow.
+- Use `async_update_and_abort()` instead of `async_update_reload_and_abort()`.
+- Set `reload_on_update=False` when calling `_abort_if_unique_id_configured()`.
+
+More details can be found in the [core PR](https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/169198).