From c649ec1d8c6d07cc7a4899ba1dbd5ba9cb6aac1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Tatam <will@netmindz.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:40:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update wled00/json.cpp

Co-authored-by: coderabbitai[bot] <136622811+coderabbitai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 wled00/json.cpp | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wled00/json.cpp b/wled00/json.cpp
index 5661d0bd..e0be0580 100644
--- a/wled00/json.cpp
+++ b/wled00/json.cpp
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@ void serializeState(JsonObject root, bool forPreset, bool includeBri, bool segme
 
 // Generate a device ID based on SHA1 hash of MAC address
 String getDeviceId() {
+  static String cachedDeviceId = "";
+  if (cachedDeviceId.length() > 0) return cachedDeviceId;
+
   uint8_t mac[6];
   WiFi.macAddress(mac);
 
@@ -708,7 +711,8 @@ String getDeviceId() {
     char macStr[18];
     sprintf(macStr, "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x", mac[0], mac[1], mac[2], mac[3], mac[4], mac[5]);
     String macString = String(macStr);
-    return sha1(macString);
+    cachedDeviceId = sha1(macString);
+    return cachedDeviceId;
   #endif
 
   #ifdef ESP32
@@ -726,8 +730,11 @@ String getDeviceId() {
     for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
       sprintf(&buf[i*2], "%02x", shaResult[i]);
     }
-    return String(buf);
+    cachedDeviceId = String(buf);
+    return cachedDeviceId;
   #endif
+
+  return String("");
 }
 
 void serializeInfo(JsonObject root)