diff --git a/esphome/components/ble_client/__init__.py b/esphome/components/ble_client/__init__.py
index 95c186d36a..4ccf860995 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ble_client/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/ble_client/__init__.py
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ def _gatt_config_schema(platform: str) -> cv.All:
 @schema_extractor("schema")
 def _validate_platform(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
     if config is SCHEMA_EXTRACT:
+        # Deliberate gap (the bluetooth_proxy pattern): the dumper gets only
+        # this shape, so the neutral arm's ble_hub_id is absent from editor
+        # schemas and the esp32-only keys are advertised on every platform.
         # The language-schema dumper runs without a platform; expose the
         # esp32 (legacy-engine) shape.
         return _esp32_config_schema()
diff --git a/esphome/components/ble_client/ble_write_action.h b/esphome/components/ble_client/ble_write_action.h
index 89fa745ab5..8789846678 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ble_client/ble_write_action.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ble_client/ble_write_action.h
@@ -129,13 +129,21 @@ template<typename... Ts> class BLEClientWriteAction final : public Action<Ts...>
   }
 
   void on_write_result(uint16_t handle, int error) override {
-    if (this->resolved_ && handle == this->char_handle_ && this->num_running_ != 0) {
-      if (error != 0) {
-        // Continue the chain (legacy parity) but leave a breadcrumb.
-        esph_log_w(Automation::TAG, "Write completed with status %d", error);
-      }
-      this->ble_client_->run_later([this]() { this->play_next_tuple_(this->var_); });
+    if (this->num_running_ == 0) {
+      return;
     }
+    if (!this->resolved_ || handle != this->char_handle_) {
+      // A parked chain waiting on a completion that never matches would
+      // otherwise stall silently until disconnect.
+      esph_log_d(Automation::TAG, "Write result for handle 0x%04x ignored, waiting on 0x%04x", handle,
+                 this->char_handle_);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (error != 0) {
+      // Continue the chain (legacy parity) but leave a breadcrumb.
+      esph_log_w(Automation::TAG, "Write completed with status %d", error);
+    }
+    this->ble_client_->run_later([this]() { this->play_next_tuple_(this->var_); });
   }
 
  private:
diff --git a/esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/__init__.py b/esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/__init__.py
index 6f965989ab..a26f17e7ee 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/__init__.py
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ def consume_gatt_slot(
     consumer: str, count: int = 1
 ) -> Callable[[ConfigType], ConfigType]:
     """Validator claiming GATT connection slots - the one spelling for every
-    claimant. The neutral ledger feeds the hub-platform cap check in
-    FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA; esp32 and rp2 additionally charge their platform
-    stack's connection budget (esp32's cap lives there, not in
-    HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS)."""
+    claimant. Platforms whose BLE stack owns a connection budget (esp32, rp2)
+    are charged there and their stack's final validation reports an
+    overcommit; the neutral ledger covers any future backend platform without
+    one (the cap check in FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA)."""
 
     def validator(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
         _get_data().slot_consumers.extend([consumer] * count)
@@ -195,21 +195,23 @@ def consume_gatt_slot(
     return validator
 
 
+# Platforms whose BLE stack owns its own connection budget: consume_gatt_slot
+# charges it there, and the stack's final validation is the one place an
+# overcommit is reported (never two messages for one misconfiguration).
+_STACK_BUDGET_PLATFORMS = {PLATFORM_ESP32, PLATFORM_RP2}
+
+
 def _validate_slot_totals(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
-    # esp32 has its own controller budget (esp32_ble); the hub platforms cap
-    # at the prebuilt stack's client count, and nothing else counts claims
-    # across components (e.g. a proxy plus a radon_eye_rd200 on rp2).
     # Skipped in testing mode so grouped component builds can co-exist
     # (mirrors esp32_ble.validate_connection_slots).
     if CORE.testing_mode:
         return config
+    if CORE.target_platform in _STACK_BUDGET_PLATFORMS:
+        return config
     if (cap := HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS.get(CORE.target_platform)) is None:
-        # esp32's budget lives in esp32_ble; any other registered backend
-        # platform must carry a cap here or fail loudly, never fail open.
-        if (
-            CORE.target_platform != PLATFORM_ESP32
-            and CORE.target_platform in _PLATFORM_BACKENDS
-        ):
+        # Any backend platform without a stack budget must carry a cap here
+        # or fail loudly, never fail open.
+        if CORE.target_platform in _PLATFORM_BACKENDS:
             raise cv.Invalid(
                 f"{CORE.target_platform} has a GATT backend but no slot cap "
                 "in HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS"
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/bluetooth_connection/test_slot_ledger.py b/tests/component_tests/bluetooth_connection/test_slot_ledger.py
index 1de4cc8ad6..847fb946ef 100644
--- a/tests/component_tests/bluetooth_connection/test_slot_ledger.py
+++ b/tests/component_tests/bluetooth_connection/test_slot_ledger.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from esphome.components import (
     ble_device_base,
     bluetooth_connection,
     bluetooth_proxy,
+    rp2040_ble,
 )
 from esphome.const import CONF_MAC_ADDRESS, PlatformFramework
 from esphome.core import CORE
@@ -18,12 +19,14 @@ from ..types import SetCoreConfigCallable
 def test_gatt_slot_ledger_rejects_overcommit_on_rp2(
     set_core_config: SetCoreConfigCallable,
 ) -> None:
-    # The cap logic in isolation: hand charges past the cap must trip it.
+    # rp2 owns its budget: the stack's validation reports the overcommit and
+    # the neutral cap check stays silent (one message per misconfiguration).
     set_core_config(PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO)
     bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("bluetooth_proxy", 3)({})
     bluetooth_connection.consume_gatt_slot("ble_client")({})
-    with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="supports at most 3 GATT client"):
-        bluetooth_connection.FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA({})
+    bluetooth_connection.FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA({})
+    with pytest.raises(cv.Invalid, match="rp2 maximum is 3"):
+        rp2040_ble.validate_connection_slots()
 
 
 def test_gatt_slot_ledger_skipped_in_testing_mode(
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ def test_gatt_slot_ledger_skipped_in_testing_mode(
     CORE.testing_mode = True
     try:
         bluetooth_connection.FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA({})
+        rp2040_ble.validate_connection_slots()
     finally:
         CORE.testing_mode = False
 
@@ -51,10 +55,11 @@ def test_real_validators_charge_the_ledger_on_rp2(
     CORE.loaded_integrations.add("rp2_ble_tracker")
     bluetooth_proxy.CONFIG_SCHEMA({})
     ble_client.CONFIG_SCHEMA({CONF_MAC_ADDRESS: "AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF"})
-    # The proxy defaults to 3 slots on rp2; ble_client's claim overcommits.
+    # The proxy defaults to 3 slots on rp2; ble_client's claim overcommits
+    # and rp2's own budget names every claimant.
     with pytest.raises(
         cv.Invalid,
-        match="requested by: bluetooth_proxy, bluetooth_proxy, bluetooth_proxy, "
+        match="Components: bluetooth_proxy, bluetooth_proxy, bluetooth_proxy, "
         "ble_client",
     ):
-        bluetooth_connection.FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA({})
+        rp2040_ble.validate_connection_slots()