diff --git a/esphome/components/status_led/status_led.cpp b/esphome/components/status_led/status_led.cpp
index a792110eebb..48762a73334 100644
--- a/esphome/components/status_led/status_led.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/status_led/status_led.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ namespace status_led {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "status_led";
 
+static constexpr uint32_t ERROR_PERIOD_MS = 250;
+static constexpr uint32_t ERROR_ON_MS = 150;
+static constexpr uint32_t WARNING_PERIOD_MS = 1500;
+static constexpr uint32_t WARNING_ON_MS = 250;
+
 StatusLED *global_status_led = nullptr;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
 StatusLED::StatusLED(GPIOPin *pin) : pin_(pin) { global_status_led = this; }
@@ -19,12 +24,18 @@ void StatusLED::dump_config() {
   LOG_PIN("  Pin: ", this->pin_);
 }
 void StatusLED::loop() {
-  if ((App.get_app_state() & STATUS_LED_ERROR) != 0u) {
-    this->pin_->digital_write(millis() % 250u < 150u);
-  } else if ((App.get_app_state() & STATUS_LED_WARNING) != 0u) {
-    this->pin_->digital_write(millis() % 1500u < 250u);
+  const uint32_t app_state = App.get_app_state();
+  // Use millis() rather than App.get_loop_component_start_time() because this loop is also
+  // dispatched from Application::feed_wdt() during long blocking operations, where the cached
+  // per-component timestamp doesn't advance and would freeze the blink pattern.
+  const uint32_t now = millis();
+  if ((app_state & STATUS_LED_ERROR) != 0u) {
+    this->pin_->digital_write(now % ERROR_PERIOD_MS < ERROR_ON_MS);
+  } else if ((app_state & STATUS_LED_WARNING) != 0u) {
+    this->pin_->digital_write(now % WARNING_PERIOD_MS < WARNING_ON_MS);
   } else {
     this->pin_->digital_write(false);
+    this->disable_loop();
   }
 }
 float StatusLED::get_setup_priority() const { return setup_priority::HARDWARE; }
diff --git a/esphome/core/application.cpp b/esphome/core/application.cpp
index 1c732307054..866edebbf60 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/application.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,21 @@ void HOT Application::feed_wdt_slow_(uint32_t time) {
   this->last_wdt_feed_ = time;
 #ifdef USE_STATUS_LED
   if (status_led::global_status_led != nullptr) {
-    status_led::global_status_led->call();
+    auto *sl = status_led::global_status_led;
+    uint8_t sl_state = sl->get_component_state() & COMPONENT_STATE_MASK;
+    if (sl_state == COMPONENT_STATE_LOOP_DONE) {
+      // status_led only transitions to LOOP_DONE from inside its own loop() (after the
+      // first idle-path dispatch), so its pin is already initialized by pre_setup() and
+      // its setup() has already run. Re-dispatch only if an error or warning bit has been
+      // set since; otherwise skip entirely.
+      if ((this->app_state_ & STATUS_LED_MASK) == 0)
+        return;
+      sl->enable_loop();
+    } else if (sl_state != COMPONENT_STATE_LOOP) {
+      // CONSTRUCTION/SETUP/FAILED: not our job — App::setup() drives the lifecycle.
+      return;
+    }
+    sl->loop();
   }
 #endif
 }