Core downgrade erased my esphome folder

I have had some issues with HA core update 8.1 and I downgraded back to 7.3 using the backup from the update. The esphome folder disappeared.

Is this an intended outcome ?

Only if you forgot to include the ESPHome add-on in your backup and you restored it as a full backup, not a partial restore.

I used the automatic backups resulting from the upgrade from 7.3 to 8.1. On the tin it says “partial backup”. didn’t include ESPHome either in the backup nor in the restore. Oh, well…

So when you restore it you need to only restore the Home Assistant section of the backup.

That’s what I believe I did. If the issue repeats itself I’ll double check.
Thanks !