RGB led strip disconnecting after updating

ESPHome
1

I have a custom board with an ESP8266, three transistors and a short led strip (about 0.5m). It was working fine but I decided to update the esphome version and now I’m experiencing disconnects.
The previous working version was 2022.12.2 and now I have updated to 2023.12.9.

While it’s idle it’s fine. When the rgb is on at any color, it randomly disconnects after 2-3 hours. The led strip is too short and I have tested more powerful power supplies, so I don’t think it’s a power issue. Also the wifi signal was and still is about -60dBm.
What else should I check? Why did it started to disconnect after the update?

Here is the config

substitutions:
  devicename: rgb-bedroom
  friendlyname: RGB Bedroom

esphome:
  name: $devicename

esp8266:
  board: esp01_1m

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_wpa
  fast_connect: on
  ap:
    ssid: $friendlyname Hotspot
    password: !secret hotspot_pass

captive_portal:

logger:

api:
  encryption:
    key: !secret api_key
  
ota:

switch:
- platform: restart
  name: $friendlyname restart

light:
  - platform: rgb
    name: $friendlyname LED
    red: red_channel
    green: green_channel
    blue: blue_channel

output:
  - platform: esp8266_pwm
    id: red_channel
    pin: GPIO5
  - platform: esp8266_pwm
    id: green_channel
    pin: GPIO14
  - platform: esp8266_pwm
    id: blue_channel
    pin: GPIO12

sensor:
  - platform: uptime
    name: $friendlyname Uptime
    update_interval: 30s
  - platform: wifi_signal
    name: $friendlyname WiFi Signal
    update_interval: 60s

binary_sensor:
  - platform: status
    name: "${friendlyname} Status"
2

I have enabled the debug component and the device is not disconnecting. If I remove the debug it starts disconnecting again a few minutes or hours after turning the rgb light on.
How could the enabled debug preventing it from disconnecting?

3

It might not help since this should be the default for ESP8266 devices, but can you add

  power_save_mode: none

under your wifi section?

If that still doesn’t work, you might have to restore an earlier version of esphome, either by reloading a backup or by using this project.