Merge pull request #5789 from esphome/bump-2025.12.0b4

2025.12.0b4

Author: swoboda1337

content/changelog/2025.12.0.md

@@ -603,6 +603,9 @@ For detailed migration guides and API documentation, see the [ESPHome Developers
 - Fix progmem.h includes for host [esphome#12471](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/12471) by [@guillempages](https://github.com/guillempages)
 - [ethernet] fix used pins validation in configuration of RMII pins [esphome#12486](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/12486) by [@mbohdal](https://github.com/mbohdal)
 - [wifi] Fix WiFi recovery after failed connection attempts [esphome#12483](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/12483) by [@bdraco](https://github.com/bdraco)
+- [remote_base] Fix crash when ABBWelcome action has no data field [esphome#12493](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/12493) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
+- [esp32] Support all IDF component version operators in shorthand syntax [esphome#12499](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/12499) by [@swoboda1337](https://github.com/swoboda1337)
+- [http_request] Fix infinite loop when server doesn't send Content-Length header [esphome#12480](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/12480) by [@pvizeli](https://github.com/pvizeli)
 
 </details>
 

content/components/esp32.md

@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@ components that are available in the [ESP Component Registry](https://components
 
 ### Simple
 
-For components from the ESP Component Registry, you can use the shorthand syntax `owner/component^version`:
+For components from the ESP Component Registry, you can use the shorthand syntax `owner/component<operator>version`.
+All [IDF Component Manager version operators](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/idf-component-manager/en/latest/reference/versioning.html)
+are supported (e.g., `^`, `~`, `==`, `>=`):
 
 ```yaml
 esp32:

content/guides/supporters.md

@@ -2293,4 +2293,4 @@ 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 December 14, 2025.*
+*This page was last updated December 15, 2025.*

data/version.yaml

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-release: 2025.12.0b3
+release: 2025.12.0b4
 version: '2025.12'