Merge branch 'dev' into espidf_parallel_tool_prefetch

[ci] Stop jobs hanging on apt by restoring the cached apt action and bounding raw apt calls (#18518 )
[ai] Add instructions for concise comments (#18522 )
2026-08-23 22:56:19 +00:00 · 2026-08-19 16:32:48 -05:00 · 2026-08-20 09:30:34 +12:00 · 2026-08-19 16:09:12 -05:00 · 2026-08-19 15:13:04 -05:00 · 2026-08-19 14:41:44 -05:00
944 changed files with 42056 additions and 7037 deletions
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ runs:
      # detects the activated venv via ``VIRTUAL_ENV`` so the venv layout
      # downstream jobs rely on is preserved.
      if: steps.cache-venv.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@c771a70e6277c0a99b617c7a806ffedaca235ff9 # v9.0.0
+      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d # v10.0.1
      with:
        enable-cache: true
        # Pull request saves land in per-PR scopes nothing else can
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ runs:
        python -m venv venv
        source venv/bin/activate
        python --version
-        uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_test.txt
+        uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_dev.txt -r requirements_test.txt
        uv pip install -e .
    - name: Create Python virtual environment
      if: steps.cache-venv.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && runner.os == 'Windows'
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ runs:
        python -m venv venv
        source ./venv/Scripts/activate
        python --version
-        uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_test.txt
+        uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_dev.txt -r requirements_test.txt
        uv pip install -e .
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ async function isStackedPr(github, context) {
 async function detectMergeBranch(github, context) {
  const labels = new Set();
  const baseRef = context.payload.pull_request.base.ref;
+  const defaultBranch = context.payload.repository.default_branch;

  if (baseRef === 'release') {
    labels.add('merging-to-release');
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ async function detectMergeBranch(github, context) {
  } else if (await isStackedPr(github, context)) {
    // GitHub manages the merge order for a stack, so these are not blocked.
    labels.add('stacked-pr');
-  } else if (baseRef !== 'dev') {
+  } else if (baseRef !== defaultBranch) {
    // A chain built by hand: it must not merge until its base branch does.
    labels.add('chained-pr');
  }
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ const WITHOUT_SCHEMA = 'CODEOWNERS = ["@esphome/core"]';

 // Builds a fresh context for detectMergeBranch tests instead of mutating the
 // shared CONTEXT fixture above (which other describe blocks rely on).
-function makeMergeContext(baseRef, { stack } = {}) {
+function makeMergeContext(baseRef, { stack, defaultBranch = 'dev' } = {}) {
  const pull_request = { number: 1, base: { ref: baseRef } };
  if (stack !== undefined) {
    pull_request.stack = stack;
  }
  return {
    repo: { owner: 'esphome', repo: 'esphome' },
-    payload: { pull_request }
+    payload: { pull_request, repository: { default_branch: defaultBranch } }
  };
 }

@@ -136,6 +136,21 @@ describe('detectMergeBranch', () => {
    assert.deepEqual(Array.from(labels).sort(), ['chained-pr']);
    assert.equal(state.calls, 1);
  });
+
+  it('base ref matches default branch adds no labels', async () => {
+    const { github } = makeStackGithub({ stack: null });
+    const context = makeMergeContext('other', { defaultBranch: 'other' });
+    const labels = await detectMergeBranch(github, context);
+    assert.deepEqual(Array.from(labels).sort(), []);
+  });
+
+  it('base ref dev when the default branch is main adds chained-pr', async () => {
+    const { github } = makeStackGithub({ stack: null });
+    const context = makeMergeContext('dev', { defaultBranch: 'main' });
+    const labels = await detectMergeBranch(github, context);
+    assert.deepEqual(Array.from(labels).sort(), ['chained-pr']);
+  });
+
 });

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Set up uv
        # ``--system`` (below) installs into the setup-python interpreter;
        # no venv is created or restored by this workflow.
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@c771a70e6277c0a99b617c7a806ffedaca235ff9 # v9.0.0
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d # v10.0.1
        with:
          enable-cache: true
          # Pull-request-only workflow: a save could never be shared and
@@ -41,10 +41,32 @@ jobs:
          version: "0.11.15"

      - name: Install apt dependencies
+        # PR-only workflow, so nothing on dev could seed a shared apt cache
+        # entry; the cached apt action would save one copy per PR. Plain apt
+        # with every call bounded: the apt.conf.d timeouts make a dead
+        # mirror fail over in seconds, and timeout runs under sudo so it can
+        # kill apt-get itself. Install without update first: image lists are
+        # fresh, and the index refresh is what a congested mirror makes slow.
+        timeout-minutes: 15
        run: |
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt-cache show protobuf-compiler
-          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
+          sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99ci-acquire-timeouts >/dev/null <<'EOF'
+          Acquire::Retries "1";
+          Acquire::http::Timeout "15";
+          Acquire::https::Timeout "15";
+          EOF
+          # Common path: the image's package lists are fresh enough.
+          if sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive timeout -k 15 90 \
+              apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler; then
+            protoc --version
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          # Rescue path: refresh the lists once with a generous bound; the
+          # apt config already fails a stalled mirror over quickly.
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive timeout -k 10 30 \
+            dpkg --configure -a || true
+          sudo timeout -k 15 300 apt-get update
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive timeout -k 15 300 \
+            apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler
          protoc --version
      - name: Install python dependencies
        run: uv pip install --system aioesphomeapi -c requirements.txt -r requirements_dev.txt
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ jobs:
      contents: read  # actions/checkout to load the test configs
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
-      # Cap concurrency so this smoke test doesn't hog all the shared runners.
-      max-parallel: 2
+      # Modest cap so this smoke test leaves room on the shared runner pool.
+      max-parallel: 8
      matrix:
        # One entry per distinct toolchain. ESP32 variants (c3/c6/s2/s3/p4)
        # share a toolchain bundle, so esp32 is exercised on the base variant
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
        # detects the activated venv via ``VIRTUAL_ENV`` so downstream jobs
        # that ``. venv/bin/activate`` see an identical layout.
        if: steps.cache-venv.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@c771a70e6277c0a99b617c7a806ffedaca235ff9 # v9.0.0
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d # v10.0.1
        with:
          enable-cache: true
          # Pull request saves land in per-PR scopes nothing else can
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ jobs:
          uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_dev.txt -r requirements_test.txt
          uv pip install -e .

+  seed-apt-cache:
+    name: Seed apt package cache
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    # PR-branch cache saves are invisible to other PRs, so dev/beta/release
+    # pushes seed the one shared entry PR jobs restore. The key is derived
+    # only from the package list and version; keep both identical in every
+    # step that restores it. In ci-status needs so a broken seed fails dev.
+    if: github.event_name == 'push'
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - name: Install apt packages (cached)
+        uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@553a35bb8ebd9fcabcb1c9451aa4c98e1b4ca8a9 # v1.6.3
+        with:
+          packages: libsdl2-dev ccache
+          version: 1.1
+
  determine-jobs:
    name: Determine which jobs to run
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -179,6 +195,7 @@ jobs:
          . venv/bin/activate
          script/ci-custom.py
          script/build_codeowners.py --check
+          script/build_alias_registry.py --check
          script/build_language_schema.py --check
          script/generate-esp32-boards.py --check
          script/generate-rp2-boards.py --check
@@ -322,7 +339,8 @@ jobs:

  integration-tests:
    name: Run integration tests (${{ matrix.bucket.name }})
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Must match seed-apt-cache's image: the apt cache key has no OS in it.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    needs:
      - common
      - determine-jobs
@@ -334,24 +352,16 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - name: Check out code from GitHub
        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - name: Install ccache
-        # Speeds up the host compiles: tests in a bucket compile overlapping
-        # component sets, so later tests reuse earlier tests' objects.
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ccache
-      - name: Restore ccache (restore-only)
-        # esphome stores the PlatformIO ccache under the machine-global cache
-        # dir (see _ccache_env() in esphome/platformio/toolchain.py). The
-        # bucket-name prefix prefers a same-bucket seed; the bare prefix falls
-        # back to any seed when the bucket layout differs from dev.
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+      - name: Install apt packages (cached)
+        # ccache speeds up the host compiles. A cache hit never touches apt
+        # (mirror outages cannot hang the job); the timeout bounds the cold
+        # path. Packages and version must match seed-apt-cache exactly;
+        # libsdl2-dev is unused here and carried only for cache-key parity.
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@553a35bb8ebd9fcabcb1c9451aa4c98e1b4ca8a9 # v1.6.3
        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/esphome/platformio-ccache
-          key: integration-ccache-${{ matrix.bucket.name }}-${{ github.sha }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            integration-ccache-${{ matrix.bucket.name }}-
-            integration-ccache-
+          packages: libsdl2-dev ccache
+          version: 1.1
      - name: Set up Python 3.13
        id: python
        uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
@@ -366,7 +376,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Set up uv
        # Only needed on cache miss to populate the venv.
        if: steps.cache-venv.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@c771a70e6277c0a99b617c7a806ffedaca235ff9 # v9.0.0
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d # v10.0.1
        with:
          enable-cache: true
          # Pull request saves land in per-PR scopes nothing else can
@@ -400,14 +410,6 @@ jobs:
        # esphome stores the PlatformIO ccache under the machine-global cache
        # dir (see _ccache_env() in esphome/platformio/toolchain.py).
        run: CCACHE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/esphome/platformio-ccache" ccache -s
-      - name: Save ccache
-        # Pull request saves land in per-PR scopes nothing else can reuse;
-        # dev pushes seed the shared copy instead.
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: actions/cache/save@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/esphome/platformio-ccache
-          key: integration-ccache-${{ matrix.bucket.name }}-${{ github.sha }}

  import-time:
    name: Check import esphome.__main__ time
@@ -440,12 +442,17 @@ jobs:
  benchmarks:
    name: Run CodSpeed benchmarks
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 30
    needs:
      - common
      - determine-jobs
    if: >-
-      (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'dev') ||
-      (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && needs.determine-jobs.outputs.benchmarks == 'true')
+      github.repository == 'esphome/esphome' && (
+        (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'dev') ||
+        (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && needs.determine-jobs.outputs.benchmarks == 'true')
+      )
+    # CodSpeed benchmarks require a CodSpeed account linked to the repository to run
+    # (https://codspeed.io) -- disabled on forks that aren't esphome/esphome itself.
    steps:
      - name: Check out code from GitHub
        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -459,14 +466,60 @@ jobs:
      - name: Build benchmarks
        id: build
        run: |
+          # pipefail: without it a failed build is masked by the grep/cut
+          # pipeline below, leaving BINARY empty and silently dropping every
+          # C++ benchmark from the run while the job still reports success.
+          set -o pipefail
          . venv/bin/activate
-          export BENCHMARK_LIB_CONFIG=$(python script/setup_codspeed_lib.py)
-          # --build-only prints BUILD_BINARY=<path> to stdout
-          BINARY=$(script/cpp_benchmark.py --all --build-only | grep '^BUILD_BINARY=' | tail -1 | cut -d= -f2-)
+          BENCHMARK_LIB_CONFIG=$(python script/setup_codspeed_lib.py)
+          export BENCHMARK_LIB_CONFIG
+          # --build-only prints BUILD_BINARY=<path> to stdout; the grep is
+          # non-fatal so a missing marker reaches the check below instead of
+          # tripping errexit at this assignment
+          BINARY=$(script/cpp_benchmark.py --all --build-only | { grep '^BUILD_BINARY=' || true; } | tail -1 | cut -d= -f2-)
+          if [ -z "$BINARY" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Benchmark build did not report a binary path"
+            exit 1
+          fi
          echo "binary=$BINARY" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

+      - name: Bound apt fetches and pre-install libc6-dbg
+        # The CodSpeed runner installs valgrind + libc6-dbg via its own
+        # unbounded apt-get update; per-invocation apt options cannot reach
+        # it. The apt.conf.d timeouts below bound every later apt call in
+        # this job, the runner's included. Pre-installing libc6-dbg lets the
+        # runner skip apt once its valgrind cache is restored (it checks
+        # ``dpkg -s libc6-dbg``, so the cache action's unregistered restores
+        # would not count). Install without update first: image lists are
+        # fresh, and the index refresh is what a congested mirror makes
+        # slow. Best effort; the job timeout is the last backstop.
+        timeout-minutes: 15
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99ci-acquire-timeouts >/dev/null <<'EOF'
+          Acquire::Retries "1";
+          Acquire::http::Timeout "15";
+          Acquire::https::Timeout "15";
+          EOF
+          if dpkg -s libc6-dbg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "libc6-dbg already installed"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          # Common path: the image's package lists are fresh enough.
+          if sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive timeout -k 15 90 \
+              apt-get install -y libc6-dbg; then
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          # Rescue path: refresh the lists once with a generous bound; the
+          # apt config already fails a stalled mirror over quickly.
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive timeout -k 10 30 \
+            dpkg --configure -a || true
+          sudo timeout -k 15 300 apt-get update
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive timeout -k 15 300 \
+            apt-get install -y libc6-dbg
+
      - name: Run CodSpeed benchmarks
-        uses: CodSpeedHQ/action@0ca9cbbf4623b599a6c3ed4fc8a922942705d9f1 # v5.0.2
+        uses: CodSpeedHQ/action@4296e51e7041e24dadb86d1d6e8b9320d223dbe8 # v5.0.3
        with:
          run: |
            . venv/bin/activate
@@ -516,7 +569,6 @@ jobs:
      ESPHOME_SDK_NRF_PREFIX: ~/.esphome-sdk-nrf
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
-      max-parallel: 2
      matrix:
        include:
          - id: clang-tidy
@@ -550,24 +602,29 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: 2

      - name: Restore Python
+        id: restore-python
        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
        with:
          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}

+      # Key on the exact Python version as well: LibreTiny creates a venv under
+      # ~/.platformio/penv whose interpreter is a symlink into the runner's
+      # hosted toolcache, so a cache saved on an older runner image breaks once
+      # a new image ships a newer patch release and drops the old interpreter.
      - name: Cache platformio
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev' && matrix.pio_cache_key
        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
        with:
          path: ~/.platformio
-          key: platformio-${{ matrix.pio_cache_key }}-${{ hashFiles('platformio.ini') }}
+          key: platformio-${{ matrix.pio_cache_key }}-${{ steps.restore-python.outputs.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('platformio.ini') }}

      - name: Cache platformio
        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/dev' && matrix.pio_cache_key
        uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
        with:
          path: ~/.platformio
-          key: platformio-${{ matrix.pio_cache_key }}-${{ hashFiles('platformio.ini') }}
+          key: platformio-${{ matrix.pio_cache_key }}-${{ steps.restore-python.outputs.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('platformio.ini') }}

      - name: Cache ESP-IDF install
        if: matrix.cache_idf
@@ -707,7 +764,6 @@ jobs:
      ESPHOME_ESP_IDF_PREFIX: ~/.esphome-idf
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
-      max-parallel: 3
      matrix:
        include:
          - id: clang-tidy
@@ -787,7 +843,6 @@ jobs:
      ESPHOME_ESP_IDF_PREFIX: ~/.esphome-idf
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
-      max-parallel: 3
      matrix:
        include:
          - id: clang-tidy
@@ -874,7 +929,7 @@ jobs:
      ESPHOME_SDK_NRF_PREFIX: ~/.esphome-sdk-nrf
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
-      max-parallel: ${{ (startsWith(github.base_ref, 'beta') || startsWith(github.base_ref, 'release')) && 8 || 4 }}
+      max-parallel: ${{ (startsWith(github.base_ref, 'beta') || startsWith(github.base_ref, 'release')) && 32 || 16 }}
      matrix:
        batch: ${{ fromJson(needs.determine-jobs.outputs.component-test-batches) }}
    steps:
@@ -886,12 +941,17 @@ jobs:
      - name: List components
        run: echo ${{ matrix.batch.components }}

-      - name: Install apt packages
-        # Not cached: this job is pull-request-only, so a cache save could
-        # never be shared and would only consume quota.
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libsdl2-dev ccache
+      - name: Install apt packages (cached)
+        # A cache hit (seeded on dev by seed-apt-cache) never touches apt,
+        # so mirror outages cannot hang this PR-only job; the timeout bounds
+        # the cold path. Packages and version must match seed-apt-cache
+        # exactly. The action has no --no-install-recommends; same package
+        # set this job used before #17463.
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@553a35bb8ebd9fcabcb1c9451aa4c98e1b4ca8a9 # v1.6.3
+        with:
+          packages: libsdl2-dev ccache
+          version: 1.1

      - name: Check out code from GitHub
        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -1093,7 +1153,7 @@ jobs:
        # install step (order-of-magnitude faster on cold boots,
        # with its own wheel cache). actions/setup-python still
        # provides the interpreter.
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@c771a70e6277c0a99b617c7a806ffedaca235ff9 # v9.0.0
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d # v10.0.1
        with:
          enable-cache: true
          # Pull request saves land in per-PR scopes nothing else can
@@ -1426,6 +1486,7 @@ jobs:
    # this check.
    needs:
      - common
+      - seed-apt-cache
      - determine-jobs
      - ci-custom
      - pylint
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:

      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@f205ea1c3313d32999d8d6a48b4f6530d4437b38 # v4.37.4
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@ff2f1c621b7f889edc0d3c761ac2e6a3f8cdb0dd # v4.37.7
        with:
          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
          build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
@@ -84,6 +84,6 @@ jobs:
          exit 1

      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@f205ea1c3313d32999d8d6a48b4f6530d4437b38 # v4.37.4
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@ff2f1c621b7f889edc0d3c761ac2e6a3f8cdb0dd # v4.37.7
        with:
          category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ jobs:
    permissions:
      issues: write         # issues.lock on closed issues
      pull-requests: write  # issues.lock on closed pull requests
-    uses: esphome/workflows/.github/workflows/lock.yml@9f6577fd37b5cf773ab1b9be929714a0dcd15661  # 2026.7.0
+    uses: esphome/workflows/.github/workflows/lock.yml@0fdd5e311b7e744069166696072a1a9cbc5fbeb6  # 2026.8.1
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+name: Nightly Dev Release
+
+# Works out the dated dev tag and starts the release workflow with it, so that
+# the release run is named after the tag it builds. A workflow run name is
+# fixed when the run starts and cannot read a file or the current date.
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 2 * * *"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read  # actions/checkout to read the version from esphome/const.py
+
+jobs:
+  trigger:
+    name: Start release build
+    if: github.repository == 'esphome/esphome'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read  # actions/checkout to read the version from esphome/const.py
+      actions: write  # gh workflow run starts release.yml
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+
+      - name: Start the release workflow
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(sed -n -E "s/^__version__\s+=\s+\"(.+)\"$/\1/p" esphome/const.py)
+          if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
+            echo "::error::Could not read __version__ from esphome/const.py"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          TAG="${VERSION}$(date --utc '+%Y%m%d')"
+          echo "Starting release build for ${TAG}"
+          gh workflow run release.yml --ref "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --field tag="${TAG}"
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 ---
 name: Publish Release

+# Releases (production and beta) are named after the version they publish.
+# Dev builds are named after the dated dev tag, which is passed in by the
+# nightly workflow because a run name cannot compute it itself.
+run-name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.event.release.tag_name || format('Manual build ({0})', github.ref_name) }}
+
 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: >-
+          Tag to build. Only supported on dev, where the nightly workflow
+          uses it. Leave empty to build the version from esphome/const.py
+          with today's date appended.
+        required: false
+        default: ""
  release:
    types: [published]
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 2 * * *"

 permissions:
  contents: read  # actions/checkout for all jobs; deploy jobs add their own scopes when they need to write
@@ -23,6 +34,8 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
      - name: Get tag
        id: tag
+        env:
+          INPUT_TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
        # yamllint disable rule:line-length
        run: |
          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "release" ]]; then
@@ -34,12 +47,23 @@ jobs:
              ENVIRONMENT="production"
            fi
          else
-            TAG=$(cat esphome/const.py | sed -n -E "s/^__version__\s+=\s+\"(.+)\"$/\1/p")
-            today="$(date --utc '+%Y%m%d')"
-            TAG="${TAG}${today}"
            BRANCH=${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}
+            # The nightly workflow passes the finished tag so that the run name
+            # matches what is built. Without it, work it out here.
+            TAG="${INPUT_TAG}"
+            if [[ -n "$TAG" && "$BRANCH" != "dev" ]]; then
+              echo "::error::The tag input is only supported on dev. A build from ${BRANCH} has to use the tag worked out here, which carries the branch name, so that it cannot publish over the dev, beta, latest or stable images."
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            if [[ -z "$TAG" ]]; then
+              TAG=$(cat esphome/const.py | sed -n -E "s/^__version__\s+=\s+\"(.+)\"$/\1/p")
+              today="$(date --utc '+%Y%m%d')"
+              TAG="${TAG}${today}"
+              if [[ "$BRANCH" != "dev" ]]; then
+                TAG="${TAG}-${BRANCH}"
+              fi
+            fi
            if [[ "$BRANCH" != "dev" ]]; then
-              TAG="${TAG}-${BRANCH}"
              BRANCH_BUILD="true"
              ENVIRONMENT=""
            else
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
    # No GITHUB_TOKEN permissions: the reusable workflow mints an ESPHome
    # GitHub App token so the labels, comments and closures come from
    # esphome[bot] instead of github-actions[bot].
-    uses: esphome/workflows/.github/workflows/stale.yml@61fd37a044cad4e9aa4303027b2a61b6a34da855  # main
+    uses: esphome/workflows/.github/workflows/stale.yml@a1c1485ab46ef41a84a6a9d8abd7fa4b7628fd70  # main
    secrets:
      ESPHOME_GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.ESPHOME_GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
    with:
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
        # setup-python interpreter so subsequent ``prek`` /
        # ``script/run-in-env.py`` steps find the deps without a
        # ``uv run`` prefix.
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@c771a70e6277c0a99b617c7a806ffedaca235ff9 # v9.0.0
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d # v10.0.1
        with:
          enable-cache: true
          # Pin uv version so the action does not have to fetch the
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ci:
 repos:
  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
    # Ruff version.
-    rev: v0.16.0
+    rev: v0.16.3
    hooks:
      # Run the linter.
      - id: ruff
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ This document provides essential context for AI models interacting with this pro
        - Function-local constants: `lower_snake_case`
        - Protected/private fields: `lower_snake_case_with_trailing_underscore_`
        - Favor descriptive names over abbreviations
+        - Enumerator names: prefix every value of an `enum class` with the enum name converted to
+          `UPPER_SNAKE_CASE` (e.g. `UARTFlushResult::UART_FLUSH_RESULT_SUCCESS`). Never use bare
+          names like `SUCCESS`, `FAILURE`, `OK`, or `FAIL`: platform SDK headers define macros with
+          these common names (for example the Realtek SDKs used by LibreTiny define
+          `#define SUCCESS 0` in `basic_types.h`), and the preprocessor replaces the enumerator
+          before the compiler sees it, breaking the build and clang-tidy on those platforms.

 *   **Python Idioms:**
    *   **Assignment expressions (PEP 572):** Prefer the walrus operator (`:=`) wherever it removes a redundant lookup or a throwaway temporary. The most common case in component code is presence-checking a config key and then indexing it separately — fetch once with `.get()` and bind in the condition instead:
@@ -757,3 +763,13 @@ The project uses English for non-code content. When drafting documentation, code
 PR descriptions, and similar text, avoid technical jargon. Instead, express concepts in plain English,
 using standard technical terms only when required. Ensure the text is readily comprehensible to a wide
 audience, including non-native English speakers.
+
+## 10. Code Comments
+
+Code comments on individual lines should be used only where necessary to flag issues that may not be obvious
+on a simple reading of the code. Keep them short (e.g. 1 or 2 lines).
+
+Function and method comment blocks may include more detail as required to make
+calling contracts clear and document parameter usage, but should still be kept concise.
+
+Avoid redundancy and repetition; comments should never simply restate what the code already says.
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ esphome/components/bl0942/* @dbuezas @dwmw2
 esphome/components/ble_client/* @buxtronix @clydebarrow
 esphome/components/ble_device_base/* @Bl00d-B0b
 esphome/components/ble_nus/* @tomaszduda23
+esphome/components/bluetooth_connection/* @bdraco @jesserockz
 esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/* @bdraco @jesserockz
 esphome/components/bm8563/* @abmantis
 esphome/components/bme280_base/* @esphome/core
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ esphome/components/hlw8032/* @rici4kubicek
 esphome/components/hm3301/* @freekode
 esphome/components/hmac_md5/* @dwmw2
 esphome/components/hmac_sha256/* @dwmw2
+esphome/components/hoermann_hcp/* @zweckj
 esphome/components/homeassistant/* @esphome/core @OttoWinter
 esphome/components/homeassistant/number/* @landonr
 esphome/components/homeassistant/switch/* @Links2004
@@ -288,6 +290,7 @@ esphome/components/ld2412/* @Rihan9
 esphome/components/ld2420/* @descipher
 esphome/components/ld2450/* @hareeshmu
 esphome/components/ld24xx/* @kbx81
+esphome/components/ld6002b/* @hepter
 esphome/components/ledc/* @OttoWinter
 esphome/components/libretiny/* @kuba2k2
 esphome/components/libretiny_pwm/* @kuba2k2
@@ -351,6 +354,7 @@ esphome/components/mlx90393/* @functionpointer
 esphome/components/mlx90614/* @jesserockz
 esphome/components/mmc5603/* @benhoff
 esphome/components/mmc5983/* @agoode
+esphome/components/modbus_client/* @exciton
 esphome/components/modbus_controller/* @martgras
 esphome/components/modbus_controller/binary_sensor/* @martgras
 esphome/components/modbus_controller/number/* @martgras
@@ -462,6 +466,7 @@ esphome/components/sen21231/* @shreyaskarnik
 esphome/components/sen5x/* @martgras
 esphome/components/sen6x/* @martgras @mebner86 @tuct
 esphome/components/sendspin/* @kahrendt
+esphome/components/sendspin/image/* @kahrendt
 esphome/components/sendspin/media_player/* @kahrendt
 esphome/components/sendspin/media_source/* @kahrendt
 esphome/components/sendspin/sensor/* @kahrendt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = ESPHome
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.

-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2026.8.0-dev
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2026.9.0-dev

 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ RUN \
    -r /requirements.txt

 # Install the ESPHome Device Builder dashboard.
-RUN uv pip install --no-cache-dir esphome-device-builder==1.9.2
+RUN uv pip install --no-cache-dir esphome-device-builder==1.12.0

 RUN \
    platformio settings set enable_telemetry No \
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import re
 import sys
 import time
-from typing import Protocol
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Protocol

 # Note: Do not import modules from esphome.components here, as this would
 # cause them to be loaded before external components are processed, resulting
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from esphome.const import (
    ARGUMENT_HELP_DEVICE,
    BUNDLE_EXTENSION,
    CONF_API,
-    CONF_AUTH,
    CONF_BAUD_RATE,
    CONF_BROKER,
    CONF_DEASSERT_RTS_DTR,
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
    CONF_DISCOVER_IP,
    CONF_ESPHOME,
    CONF_LEVEL,
+    CONF_LOG,
    CONF_LOG_TOPIC,
    CONF_LOGGER,
    CONF_MDNS,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
    CONF_PORT,
    CONF_SUBSTITUTIONS,
    CONF_TOPIC,
-    CONF_USERNAME,
+    CONF_VERSION,
    CONF_WEB_SERVER,
    CONF_WIFI,
    ENV_NOGITIGNORE,
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ from esphome.util import (
    safe_print,
 )

+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import threading
+
 # Keep expensive imports (zeroconf, writer, yaml_util, etc.) out of this
 # module's top level. Every `esphome` invocation — including fast paths
 # like `esphome version` — pays the cost of what's imported here before
@@ -273,8 +276,8 @@ def _unresolved_default_error(purpose: Purpose, defaults: list[str]) -> str:
        if purpose == Purpose.LOGGING and not has_api():
            return (
                "Cannot view logs over the network: no 'api:' component is "
-                "configured. Network log streaming requires the native API; add "
-                "an 'api:' component, enable MQTT logging, or view logs over USB."
+                "configured. Add an 'api:' component, enable MQTT logging, add a "
+                "'web_server:' component, or view logs over USB."
            )
        if purpose == Purpose.UPLOADING and not has_ota():
            return (
@@ -314,9 +317,12 @@ def choose_upload_log_host(
                ]
                resolved.append(choose_prompt(options, purpose=purpose))
            elif device == "OTA":
+                # Logs can stream over a network transport via the native API
+                # or the web_server HTTP SSE feed.
+                network_logging = has_api() or has_web_server_logging()
                # ensure IP adresses are used first
                if is_ip_address(CORE.address) and (
-                    (purpose == Purpose.LOGGING and has_api())
+                    (purpose == Purpose.LOGGING and network_logging)
                    or (purpose == Purpose.UPLOADING and has_ota())
                ):
                    resolved.extend(_resolve_with_cache(CORE.address, purpose))
@@ -328,7 +334,11 @@ def choose_upload_log_host(
                    if has_mqtt_logging():
                        resolved.append("MQTT")

-                    if has_api() and has_non_ip_address() and has_resolvable_address():
+                    if (
+                        network_logging
+                        and has_non_ip_address()
+                        and has_resolvable_address()
+                    ):
                        resolved.extend(_ota_hostnames_for_default(purpose))

                elif purpose == Purpose.UPLOADING:
@@ -390,7 +400,7 @@ def choose_upload_log_host(
            mqtt_config = CORE.config[CONF_MQTT]
            options.append((f"MQTT ({mqtt_config[CONF_BROKER]})", "MQTT"))

-        if has_api():
+        if has_api() or has_web_server_logging():
            add_ota_options()

    elif purpose == Purpose.UPLOADING and has_ota():
@@ -483,6 +493,21 @@ def has_web_server_ota() -> bool:
    )


+def has_web_server_logging() -> bool:
+    """Check if logs can be streamed over the web_server HTTP SSE endpoint.
+
+    The ``web_server`` component exposes a ``/events`` Server-Sent Events
+    stream that carries ``event: log`` frames. This requires version 2+ (the
+    v1 UI has no ``/events`` endpoint) and the ``log`` option enabled (default).
+    """
+    web_conf = CORE.config.get(CONF_WEB_SERVER)
+    if web_conf is None:
+        return False
+    if web_conf.get(CONF_VERSION, 2) == 1:
+        return False
+    return web_conf.get(CONF_LOG, True)
+
+
 def has_mqtt_ip_lookup() -> bool:
    """Check if MQTT is available and IP lookup is supported."""
    if CONF_MQTT not in CORE.config:
@@ -545,11 +570,48 @@ def has_name_add_mac_suffix() -> bool:


 def mqtt_get_ip(
-    config: ConfigType, username: str, password: str, client_id: str
+    config: ConfigType,
+    username: str,
+    password: str,
+    client_id: str,
+    stop_event: "threading.Event | None" = None,
 ) -> list[str]:
    from esphome import mqtt

-    return mqtt.get_esphome_device_ip(config, username, password, client_id)
+    return mqtt.get_esphome_device_ip(
+        config, username, password, client_id, stop_event=stop_event
+    )
+
+
+def _add_network_device(device: str, network_devices: list[str]) -> None:
+    """Append a device to the list, expanding it through ``CORE.address_cache``.
+
+    If the hostname is already in the address cache (e.g. populated by mDNS
+    discovery), substitute the cached IPs so aioesphomeapi doesn't open its
+    own Zeroconf to re-resolve it. Duplicates are dropped.
+    """
+    if CORE.address_cache and (cached := CORE.address_cache.get_addresses(device)):
+        network_devices.extend(addr for addr in cached if addr not in network_devices)
+    elif device not in network_devices:
+        network_devices.append(device)
+
+
+def _split_network_devices(devices: list[str]) -> tuple[list[str], bool]:
+    """Split the device list into direct addresses and an MQTT-lookup flag.
+
+    Direct addresses are expanded through ``CORE.address_cache`` and deduped
+    the same way ``_resolve_network_devices`` does; MQTT/MQTTIP magic strings
+    are not resolved, only reported via the returned bool so the caller can
+    defer the broker lookup.
+    """
+    network_devices: list[str] = []
+    has_mqtt_lookup = False
+    for device in devices:
+        if get_port_type(device) in _MQTT_PORT_TYPES:
+            has_mqtt_lookup = True
+        else:
+            _add_network_device(device, network_devices)
+    return network_devices, has_mqtt_lookup


 def _resolve_network_devices(
@@ -582,40 +644,44 @@ def _resolve_network_devices(
        if port_type in _MQTT_PORT_TYPES:
            # Only resolve MQTT once, even if multiple MQTT entries
            if not mqtt_resolved:
-                try:
-                    mqtt_ips = mqtt_get_ip(
-                        config, args.username, args.password, args.client_id
-                    )
-                    # pylint can't infer mqtt_get_ip's return through its
-                    # lazy ``from esphome import mqtt`` import, so it flags
-                    # the genexpr below.
-                    network_devices.extend(
-                        addr
-                        for addr in mqtt_ips  # pylint: disable=not-an-iterable
-                        if addr not in network_devices
-                    )
-                except EsphomeError as err:
-                    _LOGGER.warning(
-                        "MQTT IP discovery failed (%s), will try other devices if available",
-                        err,
-                    )
+                mqtt_ips = _mqtt_get_ip_or_warn(
+                    config, args.username, args.password, args.client_id
+                )
+                network_devices.extend(
+                    addr for addr in mqtt_ips if addr not in network_devices
+                )
                mqtt_resolved = True
            continue

-        # If the hostname is already in the address cache (e.g. populated by
-        # mDNS discovery), substitute the cached IPs so aioesphomeapi doesn't
-        # open its own Zeroconf to re-resolve it.
-        if CORE.address_cache and (cached := CORE.address_cache.get_addresses(device)):
-            network_devices.extend(
-                addr for addr in cached if addr not in network_devices
-            )
-        elif device not in network_devices:
-            # Regular network address or IP - add if not already present
-            network_devices.append(device)
+        _add_network_device(device, network_devices)

    return network_devices


+def _mqtt_get_ip_or_warn(
+    config: ConfigType,
+    username: str,
+    password: str,
+    client_id: str,
+    stop_event: "threading.Event | None" = None,
+) -> list[str]:
+    """Look up the device IP via MQTT, returning [] with a warning on failure.
+
+    This owns the failure policy for MQTT IP discovery on paths that have
+    other addresses to fall back on: a broker problem must not abort the
+    operation. Also used as the deferred resolver handed to ``run_logs``,
+    where it runs in a worker thread.
+    """
+    try:
+        return mqtt_get_ip(config, username, password, client_id, stop_event=stop_event)
+    except EsphomeError as err:
+        _LOGGER.warning(
+            "MQTT IP discovery failed (%s), will try other devices if available",
+            err,
+        )
+        return []
+
+
 def run_miniterm(config: ConfigType, port: str, args) -> int:
    from datetime import datetime

@@ -1291,25 +1357,23 @@ def _upload_via_native_api(
 def _upload_via_web_server(
    config: ConfigType, network_devices: list[str], binary: Path
 ) -> tuple[int, str | None]:
-    web_conf = config.get(CONF_WEB_SERVER)
-    if not web_conf:
-        raise EsphomeError(
-            f"Cannot upload via web_server OTA: the {CONF_WEB_SERVER} component "
-            f"is not configured."
-        )
-
-    remote_port = int(web_conf[CONF_PORT])
-    auth = web_conf.get(CONF_AUTH) or {}
-    username = auth.get(CONF_USERNAME)
-    password = auth.get(CONF_PASSWORD)
-
    from esphome import web_server_ota
+    from esphome.web_server_helpers import get_web_server_connection

+    remote_port, username, password = get_web_server_connection(config)
    return web_server_ota.run_ota(
        network_devices, remote_port, username, password, binary
    )


+def _show_logs_via_web_server(config: ConfigType, network_devices: list[str]) -> int:
+    from esphome import web_server_logs
+    from esphome.web_server_helpers import get_web_server_connection
+
+    port, username, password = get_web_server_connection(config)
+    return web_server_logs.run_logs(network_devices, port, username, password)
+
+
 # Layout of esp_partition_info_t on flash. Each entry is 32 bytes, leading with a
 # 16-bit little-endian magic. ESP-IDF defines ESP_PARTITION_MAGIC = 0x50AA (stored as
 # bytes 0xAA, 0x50) for partition entries and ESP_PARTITION_MAGIC_MD5 = 0xEBEB for the
@@ -1418,17 +1482,37 @@ def show_logs(config: ConfigType, args: ArgsProtocol, devices: list[str]) -> int
        return run_miniterm(config, port, args)

    # Check if we should use API for logging
-    # Resolve MQTT magic strings to actual IP addresses
-    if has_api() and (
-        network_devices := _resolve_network_devices(devices, config, args)
-    ):
-        from esphome.api_client import run_logs
+    if has_api():
+        network_devices, has_mqtt_lookup = _split_network_devices(devices)
+        mqtt_resolver = None
+        if has_mqtt_lookup:
+            if network_devices:
+                # Addresses are already known, so don't block startup on the
+                # MQTT broker lookup; hand it to run_logs as a deferred
+                # resolver that runs in the background and feeds discovered
+                # addresses into the running log client, keeping MQTT as a
+                # fallback for when the known addresses are stale (e.g. DHCP
+                # reassigned the IP).
+                mqtt_resolver = functools.partial(
+                    _mqtt_get_ip_or_warn,
+                    config,
+                    args.username,
+                    args.password,
+                    args.client_id,
+                )
+            else:
+                # The MQTT lookup is the only way to find the device; resolve
+                # it up front since the client needs an address to start with.
+                network_devices = _resolve_network_devices(devices, config, args)
+        if network_devices:
+            from esphome.api_client import run_logs

-        return run_logs(
-            config,
-            network_devices,
-            subscribe_states=_should_subscribe_states(args),
-        )
+            return run_logs(
+                config,
+                network_devices,
+                subscribe_states=_should_subscribe_states(args),
+                mqtt_resolver=mqtt_resolver,
+            )

    if port_type in (PortType.NETWORK, PortType.MQTT) and has_mqtt_logging():
        from esphome import mqtt
@@ -1437,6 +1521,13 @@ def show_logs(config: ConfigType, args: ArgsProtocol, devices: list[str]) -> int
            config, args.topic, args.username, args.password, args.client_id
        )

+    # Fall back to the web_server HTTP SSE log stream for devices that have
+    # web_server: but no api: (the logging counterpart to web_server OTA).
+    if has_web_server_logging() and (
+        network_devices := _resolve_network_devices(devices, config, args)
+    ):
+        return _show_logs_via_web_server(config, network_devices)
+
    raise EsphomeError("No remote or local logging method configured (api/mqtt/logger)")


@@ -1941,7 +2032,7 @@ def command_rename(args: ArgsProtocol, config: ConfigType) -> int | None:
    new_name = args.name
    for c in new_name:
        if c not in ALLOWED_NAME_CHARS:
-            print(
+            safe_print(
                color(
                    AnsiFore.BOLD_RED,
                    f"'{c}' is an invalid character for names. Valid characters are: "
@@ -1954,7 +2045,7 @@ def command_rename(args: ArgsProtocol, config: ConfigType) -> int | None:

    yaml = yaml_util.load_yaml(CORE.config_path)
    if CONF_ESPHOME not in yaml or CONF_NAME not in yaml[CONF_ESPHOME]:
-        print(
+        safe_print(
            color(
                AnsiFore.BOLD_RED, "Complex YAML files cannot be automatically renamed."
            )
@@ -2001,7 +2092,9 @@ def command_rename(args: ArgsProtocol, config: ConfigType) -> int | None:
            )
            > 1
        ):
-            print(color(AnsiFore.BOLD_RED, "Too many matches in YAML to safely rename"))
+            safe_print(
+                color(AnsiFore.BOLD_RED, "Too many matches in YAML to safely rename")
+            )
            return 1

        new_raw = re.sub(
@@ -2019,7 +2112,7 @@ def command_rename(args: ArgsProtocol, config: ConfigType) -> int | None:
    # ``kitchen``; running ``esphome rename weird-file.yaml kitchen``
    # would otherwise just re-flash the same hostname).
    if new_name == old_name:
-        print(
+        safe_print(
            color(
                AnsiFore.BOLD_RED,
                f"'{new_name}' is already the device's name.",
@@ -2029,7 +2122,7 @@ def command_rename(args: ArgsProtocol, config: ConfigType) -> int | None:

    new_path: Path = CORE.config_dir / (new_name + ".yaml")
    if new_path.resolve() == CORE.config_path.resolve():
-        print(
+        safe_print(
            color(
                AnsiFore.BOLD_RED,
                f"'{new_name}' is already the device's name.",
@@ -2037,7 +2130,7 @@ def command_rename(args: ArgsProtocol, config: ConfigType) -> int | None:
        )
        return 1
    if new_path.exists():
-        print(
+        safe_print(
            color(
                AnsiFore.BOLD_RED,
                f"Cannot rename: {new_path} already exists. "
@@ -2045,7 +2138,7 @@ def command_rename(args: ArgsProtocol, config: ConfigType) -> int | None:
            )
        )
        return 1
-    print(
+    safe_print(
        f"Updating {color(AnsiFore.CYAN, str(CORE.config_path))} to {color(AnsiFore.CYAN, str(new_path))}"
    )
    print()
@@ -2054,7 +2147,7 @@ def command_rename(args: ArgsProtocol, config: ConfigType) -> int | None:

    rc = run_external_process(*ESPHOME_COMMAND, "config", str(new_path))
    if rc != 0:
-        print(color(AnsiFore.BOLD_RED, "Rename failed. Reverting changes."))
+        safe_print(color(AnsiFore.BOLD_RED, "Rename failed. Reverting changes."))
        new_path.unlink()
        return 1

@@ -2080,7 +2173,7 @@ def command_rename(args: ArgsProtocol, config: ConfigType) -> int | None:
    if CORE.config_path != new_path:
        CORE.config_path.unlink()

-    print(color(AnsiFore.BOLD_GREEN, "SUCCESS"))
+    safe_print(color(AnsiFore.BOLD_GREEN, "SUCCESS"))
    print()
    return 0

@@ -2507,6 +2600,49 @@ def parse_args(argv):
    return parser.parse_args(arguments)


+def _warn_if_source_tree_mismatch() -> None:
+    """Warn when the checkout the user is standing in is not the one being run.
+
+    An editable install records one absolute path, so a venv shared between git
+    worktrees (or reused after a checkout is copied or renamed) keeps importing
+    the tree it was installed from. Every command then silently runs, and
+    compiles, sources the user is not looking at. Only fires inside a checkout,
+    so ordinary installs never see it.
+    """
+    try:
+        cwd = Path.cwd()
+    except OSError:
+        return  # working directory is gone; a diagnostic must not break startup
+    for candidate in (cwd, *cwd.parents):
+        if (candidate / "esphome" / "__main__.py").is_file():
+            standing_in = candidate.resolve()
+            break
+    else:
+        return  # not inside a checkout; nothing to compare against
+
+    running = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+    # Both sides are resolved, so on a case-sensitive filesystem this matches
+    # plain equality. samefile() compares device and inode, which additionally
+    # covers a case-insensitive filesystem (macOS) reaching one directory by
+    # differently cased paths. Falls back to equality if either path is gone.
+    try:
+        same = standing_in.samefile(running)
+    except OSError:
+        same = standing_in == running
+    if same:
+        return
+
+    _LOGGER.warning(
+        "Running ESPHome from a different checkout than the one you are in:\n"
+        "  running from: %s\n"
+        "  you are in:   %s\n"
+        "The installed esphome resolves to the first, so its sources are used.\n"
+        "Run 'python -m esphome' from the second to use that one instead.",
+        running,
+        standing_in,
+    )
+
+
 def run_esphome(argv):
    from esphome.address_cache import AddressCache

@@ -2525,6 +2661,7 @@ def run_esphome(argv):
        args.log_level = "CRITICAL"

    setup_log(log_level=args.log_level)
+    _warn_if_source_tree_mismatch()

    if args.command in PRE_CONFIG_ACTIONS:
        try:
@@ -2595,7 +2732,8 @@ def run_esphome(argv):
                conf_path.name,
            )

-    if config is None:
+    cache_missed = config is None
+    if cache_missed:
        from esphome.config import read_config

        config = read_config(
@@ -2604,26 +2742,25 @@ def run_esphome(argv):
            # Snapshot only needed by `esphome config --no-defaults`.
            snapshot_user_config=getattr(args, "no_defaults", False),
        )
-        # Refresh the cache so the next upload/logs hits the fast path
-        # instead of re-running read_config. Skip when the storage
-        # sidecar is absent (no compile has run): the cache would
-        # never be loaded back, so writing secrets to disk is wasted.
-        if cache_eligible and config is not None:
-            from esphome.compiled_config import save_compiled_config
-            from esphome.storage_json import ext_storage_path
-
-            if ext_storage_path(conf_path.name).exists():
-                save_compiled_config(config)
-    if config is None:
-        return 2
+        if config is None:
+            return 2
    CORE.config = config

    # Fallback for platforms whose validators didn't set the toolchain
    # (only the esp32 component reads esp32.framework.toolchain). All
-    # other platforms only support PlatformIO today.
+    # other platforms only support PlatformIO today. Must run before the
+    # cache refresh below so its sidecar records the same toolchain a
+    # compile would.
    if CORE.toolchain is None:
        CORE.toolchain = Toolchain.PLATFORMIO

+    # Refresh the cache so the next upload/logs hits the fast path
+    # instead of re-running read_config.
+    if cache_eligible and cache_missed:
+        from esphome.compiled_config import save_compiled_config_and_sidecar
+
+        save_compiled_config_and_sidecar(config)
+
    if args.command not in POST_CONFIG_ACTIONS:
        safe_print(f"Unknown command {args.command}")
        return 1
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import asyncio
 from contextlib import suppress
 import logging
+import threading
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 import warnings

@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ from esphome.stacktrace import LogLineProcessor
 from esphome.util import safe_print

 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+
    from aioesphomeapi.api_pb2 import (
        SubscribeLogsResponse,  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
    )
@@ -32,8 +35,18 @@ async def async_run_logs(
    config: dict[str, Any],
    addresses: list[str],
    subscribe_states: bool = True,
+    mqtt_resolver: Callable[[threading.Event], list[str]] | None = None,
 ) -> None:
-    """Run the logs command in the event loop."""
+    """Run the logs command in the event loop.
+
+    If ``mqtt_resolver`` is given, it is called in a worker thread (paho-mqtt
+    has no asyncio support on Windows) concurrently with the connection
+    attempts to ``addresses``, and any addresses it discovers are fed into
+    the running client. It owns its own failure handling (returning [] when
+    discovery fails) and must honor the ``threading.Event`` it is passed so
+    teardown is not delayed by the lookup's wait window; the initial broker
+    connect itself is only bounded by the socket timeout.
+    """
    from datetime import datetime

    conf = config["api"]
@@ -60,6 +73,41 @@ async def async_run_logs(
    # Decoder resolution policy lives in LogLineProcessor.
    processor = LogLineProcessor(config, CORE.target_platform)

+    mqtt_task: asyncio.Task[None] | None = None
+    mqtt_stop_event = threading.Event()
+
+    def _cancel_mqtt_discovery() -> None:
+        """Stop the broker lookup once a connection has been established.
+
+        Its answer is only useful while still disconnected: after that it
+        either duplicates the connected address or arrives too late to
+        matter, so don't keep an idle broker session open for it.
+        """
+        mqtt_stop_event.set()
+        if mqtt_task is not None and not mqtt_task.done():
+            mqtt_task.cancel()
+
+    async def _resolve_mqtt_addresses() -> None:
+        """Discover the device address via the MQTT broker in the background."""
+        try:
+            mqtt_ips = await asyncio.to_thread(mqtt_resolver, mqtt_stop_event)
+            if not mqtt_ips:
+                _LOGGER.debug(
+                    "MQTT discovery %s",
+                    "aborted" if mqtt_stop_event.is_set() else "found no addresses",
+                )
+                return
+            if cli.add_addresses(mqtt_ips):
+                _LOGGER.info("Discovered address(es) via MQTT: %s", ", ".join(mqtt_ips))
+            else:
+                _LOGGER.debug(
+                    "MQTT-discovered address(es) already known: %s", ", ".join(mqtt_ips)
+                )
+        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            # A background task failure would otherwise stay invisible for
+            # the whole session and only re-raise at teardown
+            _LOGGER.exception("MQTT address discovery failed")
+
    def on_log(msg: SubscribeLogsResponse) -> None:
        """Handle a new log message."""
        time_ = datetime.now().astimezone()
@@ -98,20 +146,53 @@ async def async_run_logs(
        # A top-level ``deep_sleep:`` block means the device is only awake
        # briefly; cap the reconnect backoff so a wake window is not missed.
        deep_sleep="deep_sleep" in config,
+        on_connect=_cancel_mqtt_discovery if mqtt_resolver is not None else None,
    )
    try:
+        # Don't start (or keep) the broker lookup if a connection already
+        # succeeded; the stop event doubles as the not-needed-anymore latch
+        # and get_esphome_device_ip returns immediately when it is set.
+        if mqtt_resolver is not None and not mqtt_stop_event.is_set():
+            mqtt_task = asyncio.create_task(_resolve_mqtt_addresses())
        await asyncio.Event().wait()
    finally:
-        await stop()
+        try:
+            if mqtt_task is not None:
+                # Unblock the worker thread first so it can't hold up
+                # loop.shutdown_default_executor() for the full lookup timeout.
+                mqtt_stop_event.set()
+                # Give the worker a moment to exit through its own error
+                # handling; cancelling first would race out a late failure.
+                done, _ = await asyncio.wait([mqtt_task], timeout=1.0)
+                if not done:
+                    mqtt_task.cancel()
+                # return_exceptions keeps a CancelledError from the cancel()
+                # above from re-raising here and jumping over the stop() below.
+                # The task handles Exception itself, so only a BaseException
+                # escape (e.g. SystemExit from the worker) can land here.
+                (result,) = await asyncio.gather(mqtt_task, return_exceptions=True)
+                if isinstance(result, BaseException) and not isinstance(
+                    result, asyncio.CancelledError
+                ):
+                    _LOGGER.error("MQTT address discovery failed", exc_info=result)
+        finally:
+            # Must run even if a second cancellation lands mid-cleanup above
+            await stop()


 def run_logs(
    config: dict[str, Any],
    addresses: list[str],
    subscribe_states: bool = True,
+    mqtt_resolver: Callable[[threading.Event], list[str]] | None = None,
 ) -> None:
    """Run the logs command."""
    with suppress(KeyboardInterrupt):
        asyncio.run(
-            async_run_logs(config, addresses, subscribe_states=subscribe_states)
+            async_run_logs(
+                config,
+                addresses,
+                subscribe_states=subscribe_states,
+                mqtt_resolver=mqtt_resolver,
+            )
        )
@@ -1,26 +1,178 @@
 """Validated-config cache for the upload/logs fast path.

-compile dumps the validated config to <data_dir>/storage/<file>.validated.yaml;
+compile dumps the validated config to <data_dir>/storage/<file>.validated.json;
 the next upload/logs for that YAML reuses it instead of running the full
-read_config pipeline. YAML round-trip (yaml_util.dump/load_yaml) keeps
-!lambda/!include/IDs/paths intact; mtime gates staleness.
+read_config pipeline. The cache is deliberately lossy: only ``!lambda``
+bodies survive typed (``Lambda``); IDs, time periods, MAC/IP addresses,
+paths, UUIDs and enums store the same string form the YAML dumper
+produced for them. JSON additionally coerces non-str dict keys to
+strings; validated configs only use string keys (every schema key
+validator is ``cv.string``). mtime gates staleness.
 """

 from __future__ import annotations

+import json
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any

-from esphome.core import CORE
+from esphome.const import __version__ as ESPHOME_VERSION
+from esphome.core import CORE, EsphomeError, Lambda
 from esphome.helpers import write_file
-from esphome.storage_json import StorageJSON, ext_storage_path
+from esphome.storage_json import StorageJSON, ext_storage_path, storage_path
 from esphome.types import ConfigType

 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)

+# Bump when the on-disk shape changes; a mismatched version falls back
+# to read_config. The envelope also stamps the writing esphome version:
+# after an upgrade the cache holds the previous release's validation, so
+# it falls back once and the re-save self-heals.
+_CACHE_VERSION = 1
+_LAMBDA_KEY = "__esphome_lambda__"
+

 def compiled_config_path(config_filename: str) -> Path:
    """Path to the cached validated config alongside the storage sidecar."""
+    return CORE.data_dir / "storage" / f"{config_filename}.validated.json"
+
+
+def save_compiled_config(config: ConfigType) -> None:
+    """Write the validated-config cache. Always-write so mtime stays fresh.
+
+    Mode 0600 because config validation resolved !secret inline.
+    Failures are non-fatal: the fast path falls back to read_config.
+    """
+    try:
+        # The legacy YAML cache holds inline-resolved secrets and nothing
+        # reads it anymore; drop it even when the write below fails. A
+        # failed removal leaves resolved secrets on disk, so it warns.
+        try:
+            _legacy_compiled_config_path(CORE.config_filename).unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        except OSError as err:
+            _LOGGER.warning(
+                "Could not remove the legacy validated-config cache: %s", err
+            )
+        rendered = json.dumps(
+            {"v": _CACHE_VERSION, "esphome": ESPHOME_VERSION, "config": config},
+            separators=(",", ":"),
+            default=_json_default,
+        )
+        write_file(compiled_config_path(CORE.config_filename), rendered, private=True)
+    except TypeError as err:
+        # Structural, not transient: this config can never cache (e.g. a
+        # non-basic dict key), so every upload/logs pays the slow path.
+        _LOGGER.warning("Cannot cache the validated config: %s", err)
+    except Exception as err:  # noqa: BLE001  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+        # Likely persistent (permissions, full disk): every upload/logs
+        # pays the slow path until it clears, so surface it.
+        _LOGGER.warning("Skipping compiled config cache write: %s", err)
+
+
+def save_compiled_config_and_sidecar(config: ConfigType) -> None:
+    """Refresh the cache from the upload/logs fallback (CORE.config must be set).
+
+    The cache is only written when a complete sidecar is on disk:
+    load_compiled_config can't use it otherwise, and it holds resolved
+    secrets.
+    """
+    if _refresh_sidecar():
+        save_compiled_config(config)
+
+
+def _refresh_sidecar() -> bool:
+    """Ensure a complete sidecar is on disk; True when one is.
+
+    Writes one (without claiming a build) when missing or wizard-only.
+    Failures are non-fatal; the next upload/logs pays the slow path again.
+    """
+    try:
+        path = storage_path()
+        try:
+            old = StorageJSON.load_strict(path)
+        except Exception as err:  # noqa: BLE001  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            # Present but unreadable: it may hold a real build's metadata,
+            # and a fresh rewrite would also stop the next compile from
+            # cleaning a possibly incoherent build tree.
+            _LOGGER.warning(
+                "Not caching: storage sidecar %s is unreadable (%s)", path, err
+            )
+            return False
+        if old is not None and old.can_apply_to_core():
+            # Compile-written; nothing to refresh.
+            return True
+        if CORE.build_path is not None and CORE.build_path.exists():
+            # An unvalidated build tree: its absent or mismatched sidecar
+            # is what makes the next compile wipe it, so don't vouch for
+            # a build this run never saw.
+            _LOGGER.warning(
+                "Not caching: build tree %s has no matching sidecar; "
+                "'esphome compile' will settle it",
+                CORE.build_path,
+            )
+            return False
+        new = StorageJSON.from_esphome_core(CORE, old, claim_build=False)
+        if not new.can_apply_to_core():
+            _LOGGER.warning("Not caching: rebuilt storage sidecar is still incomplete")
+            return False
+        new.save(path)
+        return True
+    except (OSError, EsphomeError) as err:
+        # write_file wraps OSError into EsphomeError. Persistent
+        # (unwritable storage dir), so surface that every upload/logs
+        # pays the slow path.
+        _LOGGER.warning("Could not refresh the storage sidecar: %s", err)
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+        # A structural bug; keep the traceback so it isn't mistaken
+        # for the I/O failure above.
+        _LOGGER.warning(
+            "Unexpected error refreshing the storage sidecar", exc_info=True
+        )
+    return False
+
+
+def load_compiled_config(conf_path: Path) -> ConfigType | None:
+    """Load the cached validated config and apply storage metadata to CORE.
+
+    Returns None (caller falls back to read_config) when the cache is
+    missing, older than the source YAML, unparseable, a different cache
+    version, or the sidecar is incomplete. The loaded config carries no
+    source ranges; callers must not feed it into read_config/write_cpp.
+    """
+    cache_path = compiled_config_path(conf_path.name)
+    if not _cache_is_fresh(cache_path, conf_path):
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        envelope = json.loads(
+            cache_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), object_hook=_decode_object
+        )
+    except (OSError, ValueError) as err:
+        _LOGGER.debug("Ignoring unreadable compiled config cache: %s", err)
+        return None
+
+    if (
+        not isinstance(envelope, dict)
+        or envelope.get("v") != _CACHE_VERSION
+        or envelope.get("esphome") != ESPHOME_VERSION
+        or not isinstance(config := envelope.get("config"), dict)
+    ):
+        _LOGGER.debug("Ignoring compiled config cache with a foreign envelope")
+        return None
+
+    storage = StorageJSON.load(ext_storage_path(conf_path.name))
+    if storage is None or not storage.can_apply_to_core():
+        _LOGGER.debug("Ignoring compiled config cache: sidecar missing or incomplete")
+        return None
+    storage.apply_to_core()
+    return config
+
+
+# Remove before 2027.8: by then every maintained install has saved the
+# JSON cache at least once and dropped its legacy YAML file.
+def _legacy_compiled_config_path(config_filename: str) -> Path:
+    """Path of the pre-JSON YAML cache; only ever removed."""
    return CORE.data_dir / "storage" / f"{config_filename}.validated.yaml"


@@ -32,52 +184,21 @@ def _cache_is_fresh(cache_path: Path, source_path: Path) -> bool:
        return False


-def save_compiled_config(config: ConfigType) -> None:
-    """Write the validated-config cache. Always-write so mtime stays fresh.
+def _json_default(value: Any) -> Any:
+    """Mirror ESPHomeDumper's representers: Lambda stays typed, the rest
+    stringify (IDs, time periods, MAC/IP addresses, paths, UUIDs, enums).

-    Mode 0600 because show_secrets=True resolves !secret inline.
-    Failures are non-fatal: the fast path falls back to read_config.
+    IncludeFile/Extend/Remove have no JSON mirror and would stringify
+    wrong, but none survive validation (config.py's packages merge and
+    the substitution pass consume them) so no guard is spent on them.
    """
-    from esphome import yaml_util
-
-    try:
-        rendered = yaml_util.dump(config, show_secrets=True)
-        write_file(compiled_config_path(CORE.config_filename), rendered, private=True)
-    except Exception as err:  # noqa: BLE001  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-        _LOGGER.debug("Skipping compiled config cache write: %s", err)
+    if isinstance(value, Lambda):
+        return {_LAMBDA_KEY: value.value}
+    return str(value)


-def load_compiled_config(conf_path: Path) -> ConfigType | None:
-    """Load the cached validated config and apply storage metadata to CORE.
-
-    Returns None (caller falls back to read_config) when the cache is
-    missing, older than the source YAML, unparseable, or the sidecar
-    is incomplete.
-    """
-    cache_path = compiled_config_path(conf_path.name)
-    if not _cache_is_fresh(cache_path, conf_path):
-        return None
-
-    from esphome import yaml_util
-
-    try:
-        # Fast path never validates or generates code - no source ranges
-        # needed (see load_yaml). Callers must not feed this config into
-        # read_config/write_cpp: the esp_range consumers in config.py and
-        # cpp_generator.py are isinstance-guarded and would degrade
-        # silently (wrong error/lambda locations) instead of raising.
-        config = yaml_util.load_yaml(
-            cache_path, clear_secrets=False, track_document_range=False
-        )
-    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-        return None
-
-    storage = StorageJSON.load(ext_storage_path(conf_path.name))
-    if storage is None:
-        return None
-    # apply_to_core assumes a real compile wrote the sidecar; wizard-only
-    # sidecars leave both of these unset and can't drive upload/logs.
-    if not storage.core_platform and not storage.target_platform:
-        return None
-    storage.apply_to_core()
-    return config
+def _decode_object(obj: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
+    """Revive the Lambda sentinel; every other mapping passes through."""
+    if len(obj) == 1 and isinstance(value := obj.get(_LAMBDA_KEY), str):
+        return Lambda(value)
+    return obj
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""Component alias registry.
+
+Generated by script/build_alias_registry.py - do not edit manually.
+See the component-alias section of esphome/loader.py.
+"""
+
+# alias -> (canonical component, removal version or None)
+COMPONENT_ALIASES: dict[str, tuple[str, str | None]] = {
+    "rp2040": ("rp2", "2027.7.0"),
+}
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ def validate_adc_pin(value):
            return pins.internal_gpio_input_pin_schema(29)
        return cv.only_on([PLATFORM_ESP8266])("VCC")

+    # Deprecated in favour of the `internal_temperature` platform, remove before 2027.2.0
    if str(value).upper() == "TEMPERATURE":
        return cv.only_on_rp2("TEMPERATURE")

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 namespace esphome::adc {

-static const char *const TAG = "adc.common";
+static const char *const TAG = "adc";

 const LogString *sampling_mode_to_str(SamplingMode mode) {
  switch (mode) {
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@

 namespace esphome::adc {

-static const char *const TAG = "adc.esp32";
+static const char *const TAG = "adc";

 adc_oneshot_unit_handle_t ADCSensor::shared_adc_handles[2] = {nullptr, nullptr};

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ADC_MODE(ADC_VCC)

 namespace esphome::adc {

-static const char *const TAG = "adc.esp8266";
+static const char *const TAG = "adc";

 void ADCSensor::setup() {
 #ifndef USE_ADC_SENSOR_VCC
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@

 namespace esphome::adc {

-static const char *const TAG = "adc.libretiny";
+static const char *const TAG = "adc";

 void ADCSensor::setup() {
 #ifndef USE_ADC_SENSOR_VCC
@@ -17,7 +17,26 @@

 namespace esphome::adc {

-static const char *const TAG = "adc.rp2";
+static const char *const TAG = "adc";
+
+// The on-die temperature sensor sits on the last ADC channel: input 4 on RP2040
+// and RP2350A, but input 8 on RP2350B, which has eight external channels rather
+// than four.
+//
+// This deliberately does not use the SDK's ADC_TEMPERATURE_CHANNEL_NUM. That
+// derives from NUM_ADC_CHANNELS, which <pico.h> settles from a board header, and
+// arduino-pico supplies a fixed B-die one for every RP2350 build. The real die
+// is only declared later, by the variant's pins_arduino.h, so the SDK constant
+// reads 8 on A-die boards. PICO_RP2350A itself is correct by the time this file
+// is compiled, on both arduino-pico and pico-sdk builds.
+#if defined(PICO_RP2350) && !defined(PICO_RP2350A)
+#error "PICO_RP2350A is not defined, so the RP2350 die is unknown and the temperature ADC channel cannot be chosen"
+#endif
+#if defined(PICO_RP2350) && !PICO_RP2350A
+static constexpr uint8_t TEMPERATURE_ADC_INPUT = 8;
+#else
+static constexpr uint8_t TEMPERATURE_ADC_INPUT = 4;
+#endif

 void ADCSensor::setup() {
  static bool initialized = false;
@@ -52,7 +71,7 @@ float ADCSensor::sample() {
  if (this->is_temperature_) {
    adc_set_temp_sensor_enabled(true);
    delay(1);
-    adc_select_input(4);
+    adc_select_input(TEMPERATURE_ADC_INPUT);

    for (uint8_t sample = 0; sample < this->sample_count_; sample++) {
      raw = adc_read();
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@

 namespace esphome::adc {

-static const char *const TAG = "adc.zephyr";
+static const char *const TAG = "adc";

 void ADCSensor::setup() {
  if (!adc_is_ready_dt(this->channel_)) {
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ def validate_config(config):
        # Alter value here so `config` command prints the recommended change
        config[CONF_ATTENUATION] = _attenuation("12db")

+    # Remove before 2027.2.0
+    if config[CONF_PIN] == "TEMPERATURE":
+        _LOGGER.warning(
+            "[adc] `pin: TEMPERATURE` is deprecated, use the `internal_temperature` "
+            "sensor platform instead. Will be removed in 2027.2.0"
+        )
+
    return config


@@ -133,6 +140,7 @@ async def to_code(config):
    if config[CONF_PIN] == "VCC":
        cg.add_define("USE_ADC_SENSOR_VCC")
    elif config[CONF_PIN] == "TEMPERATURE":
+        # Remove before 2027.2.0
        cg.add(var.set_is_temperature())
    elif not CORE.is_nrf52 or config[CONF_PIN][CONF_NUMBER] not in EXTRA_ADC:
        pin = await cg.gpio_pin_expression(config[CONF_PIN])
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import esp32_ble_tracker
+from esphome.components import ble_device_base
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import CONF_ID

-DEPENDENCIES = ["esp32_ble_tracker"]
+AUTO_LOAD = ["ble_device_base"]
 CODEOWNERS = ["@jeromelaban"]

 airthings_ble_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("airthings_ble")
 AirthingsListener = airthings_ble_ns.class_(
-    "AirthingsListener", esp32_ble_tracker.ESPBTDeviceListener
+    "AirthingsListener", ble_device_base.ESPBTDeviceListener
 )

-CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
-    {
-        cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(AirthingsListener),
-    }
-).extend(esp32_ble_tracker.ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
+    ble_device_base.rename_legacy_hub_id("airthings_ble"),
+    cv.Schema(
+        {
+            cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(AirthingsListener),
+        }
+    ).extend(ble_device_base.BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA),
+)


 async def to_code(config):
    var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
-    await esp32_ble_tracker.register_ble_device(var, config)
+    await ble_device_base.register_ble_device(var, config)
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include <cinttypes>

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
 namespace esphome::airthings_ble {

 static const char *const TAG = "airthings_ble";

-bool AirthingsListener::parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device) {
+bool AirthingsListener::parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) {
  for (auto &it : device.get_manufacturer_datas()) {
-    if (it.uuid == esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(0x0334)) {
+    if (it.uuid == ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(0x0334)) {
      if (it.data.size() < 4)
        continue;

@@ -29,5 +27,3 @@ bool AirthingsListener::parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &devic
 }

 }  // namespace esphome::airthings_ble
-
-#endif
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 #pragma once

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
-#include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_device.h"

 namespace esphome::airthings_ble {

-class AirthingsListener final : public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDeviceListener {
+class AirthingsListener final : public ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener {
 public:
-  bool parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device) override;
+  bool parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) override;
 };

 }  // namespace esphome::airthings_ble
-
-#endif
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@
 import esphome.components.image as espImage
 import esphome.config_validation as cv

+from . import image as animation_image
 from .image import ANIMATION_CONFIG_SCHEMA, setup_animation

+# The deprecated top-level `animation:` shim gets the same batched
+# downloads as the `image:` platform form.
+PREFETCH_FILES = animation_image.PREFETCH_FILES
+
 AUTO_LOAD = ["image", "file"]
 CODEOWNERS = ["@syndlex"]
 DEPENDENCIES = ["display"]
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from esphome import automation
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 from esphome.components.const import CONF_LOOP
+from esphome.components.file import image as file_image
 from esphome.components.file.image import image_schema, write_image
 from esphome.components.image import Image_, validate_settings
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
@@ -8,6 +9,10 @@ from esphome.const import CONF_ID, CONF_REPEAT
 from esphome.types import ConfigType

 CODEOWNERS = ["@syndlex"]
+
+# The animation platform shares the file platform's remote file handling,
+# including its batch-download hook.
+PREFETCH_FILES = file_image.PREFETCH_FILES
 AUTO_LOAD = ["file"]
 DEPENDENCIES = ["display"]

@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
            # and plaintext disabled. Only a factory reset can remove it.
            cg.add_define("USE_API_PLAINTEXT")
        cg.add_define("USE_API_NOISE")
-        cg.add_library("esphome/noise-c", "0.1.11")
+        cg.add_library("esphome/noise-c", "0.1.21")
        # Enable optimized memzero/memcmp in libsodium instead of volatile byte loops
        cg.add_build_flag("-DHAVE_WEAK_SYMBOLS=1")
        cg.add_build_flag("-DHAVE_INLINE_ASM=1")
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ service APIConnection {
  rpc device_info (DeviceInfoRequest) returns (DeviceInfoResponse) {
    option (needs_authentication) = false;
  }
+  rpc device_capabilities (DeviceCapabilitiesRequest) returns (DeviceCapabilitiesResponse) {}
  rpc list_entities (ListEntitiesRequest) returns (void) {}
  rpc subscribe_states (SubscribeStatesRequest) returns (void) {}
  rpc subscribe_logs (SubscribeLogsRequest) returns (void) {}
@@ -243,6 +244,12 @@ message SerialProxyInfo {
 //   model = 127 (core/config.BOARD_MAX_LENGTH, validated in platform schemas)
 //   project_name/project_version = 127 (core/config.PROJECT_MAX_LENGTH)
 //   suggested_area = 120 (core/config.FRIENDLY_NAME_MAX_LEN via AREA_SCHEMA)
+//
+// Some fields below are marked "Superseded by DeviceCapabilitiesResponse". They
+// have moved to that message as of API 1.15, but are still sent here so that
+// older clients keep working. Do NOT mark them (deprecated) until the removal
+// release: in this repo (deprecated) makes the generator drop the field
+// entirely, so the device would stop sending it.
 message DeviceInfoResponse {
  option (id) = 10;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
@@ -280,6 +287,8 @@ message DeviceInfoResponse {

  // Deprecated in API version 1.9
  uint32 legacy_bluetooth_proxy_version = 11 [deprecated=true, (field_ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY"];
+
+  // Superseded by DeviceCapabilitiesResponse.bluetooth_proxy as of API 1.15.
  uint32 bluetooth_proxy_feature_flags = 15 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY"];

  string manufacturer = 12 [(max_data_length) = 20, (force) = true];
@@ -288,11 +297,14 @@ message DeviceInfoResponse {

  // Deprecated in API version 1.10
  uint32 legacy_voice_assistant_version = 14 [deprecated=true, (field_ifdef) = "USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT"];
+
+  // Superseded by DeviceCapabilitiesResponse.voice_assistant as of API 1.15.
  uint32 voice_assistant_feature_flags = 17 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT"];

  string suggested_area = 16 [(max_data_length) = 120, (force) = true, (field_ifdef) = "USE_AREAS"];

  // The Bluetooth mac address of the device. For example "AC:BC:32:89:0E:AA"
+  // Superseded by DeviceCapabilitiesResponse.bluetooth_proxy.mac_address as of API 1.15.
  string bluetooth_mac_address = 18 [(max_data_length) = 17, (force) = true, (field_ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY"];

  // Supports receiving and saving api encryption key
@@ -305,10 +317,13 @@ message DeviceInfoResponse {
  AreaInfo area = 22 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_AREAS"];

  // Indicates if Z-Wave proxy support is available and features supported
+  // Superseded by DeviceCapabilitiesResponse.zwave_proxy as of API 1.15.
  uint32 zwave_proxy_feature_flags = 23 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_ZWAVE_PROXY"];
+  // Superseded by DeviceCapabilitiesResponse.zwave_proxy as of API 1.15.
  uint32 zwave_home_id = 24 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_ZWAVE_PROXY"];

  // Serial proxy instance metadata
+  // Superseded by DeviceCapabilitiesResponse.serial_proxies as of API 1.15.
  repeated SerialProxyInfo serial_proxies = 25 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_SERIAL_PROXY", (fixed_array_size_define) = "SERIAL_PROXY_COUNT"];

  // Device is unprovisioned and accepts Noise handshakes with the well-known
@@ -317,6 +332,63 @@ message DeviceInfoResponse {
  bool api_encryption_provisionable = 26 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_API_NOISE"];
 }

+// ==================== DEVICE CAPABILITIES ====================
+
+// Asks the device which optional features it supports.
+//
+// This message exists so that DeviceInfoResponse does not have to keep growing
+// a flat list of feature flags. DeviceInfoResponse is served before
+// authentication, so it is limited to identity information. Capabilities are
+// only served on an authenticated connection (encrypted as well, when
+// encryption is configured).
+//
+// Clients that see api_version >= 1.15 should read these values from
+// DeviceCapabilitiesResponse and ignore the matching DeviceInfoResponse fields.
+// Older clients keep reading DeviceInfoResponse, which still carries the same
+// values, so this is not a breaking change.
+message DeviceCapabilitiesRequest {
+  option (id) = 149;
+  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
+  // Empty
+}
+
+// Each feature gets its own sub-message so that it can gain fields over time
+// without crowding the top-level field numbering.
+//
+// Note: a sub-message whose fields are all at their default value is not sent
+// at all, so the presence of a sub-message is not a reliable test for "this
+// feature is compiled in". Clients should test a value inside it, for example
+// a non-zero feature_flags, exactly as they do today with DeviceInfoResponse.
+
+message BluetoothProxyCapabilities {
+  // Bitmask of the features this proxy supports
+  uint32 feature_flags = 1;
+  // The Bluetooth mac address of the device. For example "AC:BC:32:89:0E:AA"
+  string mac_address = 2 [(max_data_length) = 17, (force) = true];
+}
+
+message VoiceAssistantCapabilities {
+  // Bitmask of the features this voice assistant supports
+  uint32 feature_flags = 1;
+}
+
+message ZWaveProxyCapabilities {
+  // Bitmask of the features this proxy supports
+  uint32 feature_flags = 1;
+  uint32 home_id = 2;
+}
+
+message DeviceCapabilitiesResponse {
+  option (id) = 150;
+  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
+
+  BluetoothProxyCapabilities bluetooth_proxy = 1 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY"];
+  VoiceAssistantCapabilities voice_assistant = 2 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT"];
+  ZWaveProxyCapabilities zwave_proxy = 3 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_ZWAVE_PROXY"];
+  repeated SerialProxyInfo serial_proxies = 4
+      [(field_ifdef) = "USE_SERIAL_PROXY", (fixed_array_size_define) = "SERIAL_PROXY_COUNT"];
+}
+
 message ListEntitiesRequest {
  option (id) = 11;
  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
@@ -1688,7 +1760,7 @@ enum BluetoothDeviceRequestType {
 message BluetoothDeviceRequest {
  option (id) = 68;
  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  BluetoothDeviceRequestType request_type = 2;
@@ -1699,7 +1771,7 @@ message BluetoothDeviceRequest {
 message BluetoothDeviceConnectionResponse {
  option (id) = 69;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  bool connected = 2;
@@ -1710,7 +1782,7 @@ message BluetoothDeviceConnectionResponse {
 message BluetoothGATTGetServicesRequest {
  option (id) = 70;
  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
 }
@@ -1754,7 +1826,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTService {
 message BluetoothGATTGetServicesResponse {
  option (id) = 71;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  repeated BluetoothGATTService services = 2;
@@ -1763,7 +1835,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTGetServicesResponse {
 message BluetoothGATTGetServicesDoneResponse {
  option (id) = 72;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
 }
@@ -1771,7 +1843,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTGetServicesDoneResponse {
 message BluetoothGATTReadRequest {
  option (id) = 73;
  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 handle = 2;
@@ -1780,7 +1852,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTReadRequest {
 message BluetoothGATTReadResponse {
  option (id) = 74;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 handle = 2;
@@ -1792,7 +1864,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTReadResponse {
 message BluetoothGATTWriteRequest {
  option (id) = 75;
  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 handle = 2;
@@ -1804,7 +1876,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTWriteRequest {
 message BluetoothGATTReadDescriptorRequest {
  option (id) = 76;
  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 handle = 2;
@@ -1813,7 +1885,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTReadDescriptorRequest {
 message BluetoothGATTWriteDescriptorRequest {
  option (id) = 77;
  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 handle = 2;
@@ -1824,7 +1896,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTWriteDescriptorRequest {
 message BluetoothGATTNotifyRequest {
  option (id) = 78;
  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 handle = 2;
@@ -1834,7 +1906,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTNotifyRequest {
 message BluetoothGATTNotifyDataResponse {
  option (id) = 79;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 handle = 2;
@@ -1845,13 +1917,13 @@ message BluetoothGATTNotifyDataResponse {
 message SubscribeBluetoothConnectionsFreeRequest {
  option (id) = 80;
  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";
 }

 message BluetoothConnectionsFreeResponse {
  option (id) = 81;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint32 free = 1;
  uint32 limit = 2;
@@ -1864,7 +1936,7 @@ message BluetoothConnectionsFreeResponse {
 message BluetoothGATTErrorResponse {
  option (id) = 82;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 handle = 2;
@@ -1874,7 +1946,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTErrorResponse {
 message BluetoothGATTWriteResponse {
  option (id) = 83;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 handle = 2;
@@ -1883,7 +1955,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTWriteResponse {
 message BluetoothGATTNotifyResponse {
  option (id) = 84;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 handle = 2;
@@ -1892,7 +1964,7 @@ message BluetoothGATTNotifyResponse {
 message BluetoothDevicePairingResponse {
  option (id) = 85;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  bool paired = 2;
@@ -1902,7 +1974,7 @@ message BluetoothDevicePairingResponse {
 message BluetoothDeviceUnpairingResponse {
  option (id) = 86;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  bool success = 2;
@@ -1918,7 +1990,7 @@ message UnsubscribeBluetoothLEAdvertisementsRequest {
 message BluetoothDeviceClearCacheResponse {
  option (id) = 88;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  bool success = 2;
@@ -2735,7 +2807,7 @@ message SerialProxyRequestResponse {
 message BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest {
  option (id) = 145;
  option (source) = SOURCE_CLIENT;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  uint32 min_interval = 2;  // units of 1.25ms
@@ -2747,7 +2819,7 @@ message BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest {
 message BluetoothSetConnectionParamsResponse {
  option (id) = 146;
  option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
-  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY";
+  option (ifdef) = "USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS";

  uint64 address = 1;
  int32 error = 2;
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/application.h"
 #include "esphome/core/entity_base.h"
 #include "esphome/core/hal.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esphome/core/version.h"
 #ifdef USE_PROVISIONING
@@ -88,6 +89,13 @@ static_assert(ESPHOME_DEVICE_NAME_MAX_LEN <= 31, "Update max_data_length for nam
 static_assert(ESPHOME_FRIENDLY_NAME_MAX_LEN <= 120, "Update max_data_length for friendly_name in api.proto");

 static const char *const TAG = "api.connection";
+
+#if ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL >= ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL_WARN
+void log_dropped_message(const char *tag, int line, const LogString *what) {
+  esp_log_printf_(ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL_WARN, tag, line, ESPHOME_LOG_FORMAT("%s dropped, TCP buffer full"),
+                  LOG_STR_ARG(what));
+}
+#endif
 #ifdef USE_CAMERA
 static const int CAMERA_STOP_STREAM = 5000;
 #endif
@@ -152,11 +160,6 @@ APIConnection::APIConnection(std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> sock, APIServer *pa
 #else
 #error "No frame helper defined"
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_CAMERA
-  if (camera::Camera::instance() != nullptr) {
-    this->image_reader_ = std::unique_ptr<camera::CameraImageReader>{camera::Camera::instance()->create_image_reader()};
-  }
-#endif
 }

 void APIConnection::start() {
@@ -440,7 +443,7 @@ void APIConnection::on_disconnect_response() {
 uint16_t APIConnection::fill_and_encode_entity_state(EntityBase *entity, StateResponseProtoMessage &msg,
                                                     CalculateSizeFn size_fn, MessageEncodeFn encode_fn,
                                                     APIConnection *conn, uint32_t remaining_size) {
-  msg.key = entity->get_entity_key();
+  msg.key = entity->get_object_id_hash();
 #ifdef USE_DEVICES
  msg.device_id = entity->get_device_id();
 #endif
@@ -451,7 +454,7 @@ uint16_t APIConnection::fill_and_encode_entity_info(EntityBase *entity, InfoResp
                                                    CalculateSizeFn size_fn, MessageEncodeFn encode_fn,
                                                    APIConnection *conn, uint32_t remaining_size) {
  // Set common fields that are shared by all entity types
-  msg.key = entity->get_entity_key();
+  msg.key = entity->get_object_id_hash();

  if (entity->has_own_name()) {
    msg.name = entity->get_name();
@@ -1132,6 +1135,7 @@ void APIConnection::try_send_camera_image_() {
  if (!this->image_reader_)
    return;

+  const auto *cam = camera::Camera::instance();
  // Send as many chunks as possible without blocking
  while (this->image_reader_->available()) {
    if (!this->helper_->can_write_without_blocking())
@@ -1141,11 +1145,11 @@ void APIConnection::try_send_camera_image_() {
    bool done = this->image_reader_->available() == to_send;

    CameraImageResponse msg;
-    msg.key = camera::Camera::instance()->get_entity_key();
+    msg.key = cam->get_object_id_hash();
    msg.set_data(this->image_reader_->peek_data_buffer(), to_send);
    msg.done = done;
 #ifdef USE_DEVICES
-    msg.device_id = camera::Camera::instance()->get_device_id();
+    msg.device_id = cam->get_device_id();
 #endif

    if (!this->send_message(msg)) {
@@ -1161,15 +1165,19 @@ void APIConnection::try_send_camera_image_() {
 void APIConnection::set_camera_state(std::shared_ptr<camera::CameraImage> image) {
  if (!this->flags_.state_subscription)
    return;
-  if (!this->image_reader_)
+  if (this->image_reader_ && this->image_reader_->available())
    return;
-  if (this->image_reader_->available())
+  if (!image->was_requested_by(esphome::camera::API_REQUESTER) && !image->was_requested_by(esphome::camera::IDLE))
    return;
-  if (image->was_requested_by(esphome::camera::API_REQUESTER) || image->was_requested_by(esphome::camera::IDLE)) {
-    this->image_reader_->set_image(std::move(image));
-    // Try to send immediately to reduce latency
-    this->try_send_camera_image_();
+  if (!this->image_reader_) {
+    // Created on the first image this connection will send, so connections
+    // that never receive one never pay for a reader. Only a registered
+    // camera's listener can reach this, so instance() is non-null here.
+    this->image_reader_ = std::unique_ptr<camera::CameraImageReader>{camera::Camera::instance()->create_image_reader()};
  }
+  this->image_reader_->set_image(std::move(image));
+  // Try to send immediately to reduce latency
+  this->try_send_camera_image_();
 }
 uint16_t APIConnection::try_send_camera_info(EntityBase *entity, APIConnection *conn, uint32_t remaining_size) {
  auto *camera = static_cast<camera::Camera *>(entity);
@@ -1235,6 +1243,7 @@ void APIConnection::on_subscribe_bluetooth_le_advertisements_request(
 void APIConnection::on_unsubscribe_bluetooth_le_advertisements_request() {
  bluetooth_proxy::global_bluetooth_proxy->unsubscribe_api_connection(this);
 }
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
 void APIConnection::on_bluetooth_device_request(const BluetoothDeviceRequest &msg) {
  bluetooth_proxy::global_bluetooth_proxy->bluetooth_device_request(msg);
 }
@@ -1268,13 +1277,15 @@ void APIConnection::on_subscribe_bluetooth_connections_free_request() {
  }
 }

+void APIConnection::on_bluetooth_set_connection_params_request(const BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest &msg) {
+  bluetooth_proxy::global_bluetooth_proxy->bluetooth_set_connection_params(msg);
+}
+#endif
+
 void APIConnection::on_bluetooth_scanner_set_mode_request(const BluetoothScannerSetModeRequest &msg) {
  bluetooth_proxy::global_bluetooth_proxy->bluetooth_scanner_set_mode(
      msg.mode == enums::BluetoothScannerMode::BLUETOOTH_SCANNER_MODE_ACTIVE);
 }
-void APIConnection::on_bluetooth_set_connection_params_request(const BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest &msg) {
-  bluetooth_proxy::global_bluetooth_proxy->bluetooth_set_connection_params(msg);
-}
 #endif

 #ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
@@ -1532,7 +1543,13 @@ void APIConnection::on_infrared_rf_transmit_raw_timings_request(const InfraredRF
 #endif

 #if defined(USE_IR_RF) || defined(USE_RADIO_FREQUENCY)
-void APIConnection::send_infrared_rf_receive_event(const InfraredRFReceiveEvent &msg) { this->send_message(msg); }
+void APIConnection::send_infrared_rf_receive_event(const InfraredRFReceiveEvent &msg) {
+  if (!this->send_message(msg)) {
+    // V: fires per decoded frame with no subscription gate, so a warning
+    // would flood the congested link it reports on.
+    ESP_LOGV(TAG, "IR/RF event dropped, TCP buffer full");
+  }
+}
 #endif

 #ifdef USE_SERIAL_PROXY
@@ -1574,7 +1591,9 @@ void APIConnection::on_serial_proxy_get_modem_pins_request(const SerialProxyGetM
  SerialProxyGetModemPinsResponse resp{};
  resp.instance = msg.instance;
  resp.line_states = proxies[msg.instance]->get_modem_pins();
-  this->send_message(resp);
+  if (!this->send_message(resp)) {
+    API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(TAG, "Serial proxy response");
+  }
 }

 void APIConnection::on_serial_proxy_request(const SerialProxyRequest &msg) {
@@ -1606,7 +1625,9 @@ void APIConnection::on_serial_proxy_request(const SerialProxyRequest &msg) {
          resp.status = enums::SERIAL_PROXY_STATUS_ERROR;
          break;
      }
-      this->send_message(resp);
+      if (!this->send_message(resp)) {
+        API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(TAG, "Serial proxy response");
+      }
      break;
    }
    default:
@@ -1615,7 +1636,11 @@ void APIConnection::on_serial_proxy_request(const SerialProxyRequest &msg) {
  }
 }

-void APIConnection::send_serial_proxy_data(const SerialProxyDataReceived &msg) { this->send_message(msg); }
+void APIConnection::send_serial_proxy_data(const SerialProxyDataReceived &msg) {
+  if (!this->send_message(msg)) {
+    ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Serial proxy data dropped, TCP buffer full");
+  }
+}
 #endif

 #ifdef USE_INFRARED
@@ -1735,7 +1760,7 @@ bool APIConnection::send_hello_response_(const HelloRequest &msg) {

  HelloResponse resp;
  resp.api_version_major = 1;
-  resp.api_version_minor = 14;
+  resp.api_version_minor = 15;
  // Send only the version string - the client only logs this for debugging and doesn't use it otherwise
  resp.server_info = ESPHOME_VERSION_REF;
  resp.name = StringRef(App.get_name());
@@ -1746,7 +1771,9 @@ bool APIConnection::send_hello_response_(const HelloRequest &msg) {
    // Acknowledge the hello so the client can read the server name, then request
    // disconnect with the reason. Authentication is intentionally not completed.
    this->log_client_(ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL_WARN, LOG_STR("Provisioning closed; rejecting connection"));
-    this->send_message(resp);
+    if (!this->send_message(resp)) {
+      API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(TAG, "Hello response");
+    }
    DisconnectRequest req;
    req.reason = enums::DISCONNECT_REASON_PROVISIONING_CLOSED;
    return this->send_message(req);
@@ -1771,9 +1798,8 @@ bool APIConnection::send_device_info_response_() {
 #ifdef USE_AREAS
  resp.suggested_area = StringRef(App.get_area());
 #endif
-  // Stack buffer for MAC address (XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX\0 = 18 bytes)
-  char mac_address[18];
-  uint8_t mac[6];
+  char mac_address[MAC_ADDRESS_PRETTY_BUFFER_SIZE];
+  uint8_t mac[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE];
  get_mac_address_raw(mac);
  format_mac_addr_upper(mac, mac_address);
  resp.mac_address = StringRef(mac_address);
@@ -1849,8 +1875,7 @@ bool APIConnection::send_device_info_response_() {
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
  resp.bluetooth_proxy_feature_flags = bluetooth_proxy::global_bluetooth_proxy->get_feature_flags();
-  // Stack buffer for Bluetooth MAC address (XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX\0 = 18 bytes)
-  char bluetooth_mac[18];
+  char bluetooth_mac[MAC_ADDRESS_PRETTY_BUFFER_SIZE];
  bluetooth_proxy::global_bluetooth_proxy->get_bluetooth_mac_address_pretty(bluetooth_mac);
  resp.bluetooth_mac_address = StringRef(bluetooth_mac);
 #endif
@@ -1904,6 +1929,35 @@ bool APIConnection::send_device_info_response_() {

  return this->send_message(resp);
 }
+bool APIConnection::send_device_capabilities_response_() {
+  // These are the same values DeviceInfoResponse still reports for older clients. Keep the blocks
+  // below in sync with send_device_info_response_() until those copies are removed.
+  DeviceCapabilitiesResponse resp;
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+  resp.bluetooth_proxy.feature_flags = bluetooth_proxy::global_bluetooth_proxy->get_feature_flags();
+  char bluetooth_mac[MAC_ADDRESS_PRETTY_BUFFER_SIZE];
+  bluetooth_proxy::global_bluetooth_proxy->get_bluetooth_mac_address_pretty(bluetooth_mac);
+  resp.bluetooth_proxy.mac_address = StringRef(bluetooth_mac);
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
+  resp.voice_assistant.feature_flags = voice_assistant::global_voice_assistant->get_feature_flags();
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_ZWAVE_PROXY
+  resp.zwave_proxy.feature_flags = zwave_proxy::global_zwave_proxy->get_feature_flags();
+  resp.zwave_proxy.home_id = zwave_proxy::global_zwave_proxy->get_home_id();
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_SERIAL_PROXY
+  size_t serial_proxy_index = 0;
+  for (auto const &proxy : App.get_serial_proxies()) {
+    if (serial_proxy_index >= SERIAL_PROXY_COUNT)
+      break;
+    auto &info = resp.serial_proxies[serial_proxy_index++];
+    info.name = StringRef(proxy->get_name());
+    info.port_type = proxy->get_port_type();
+  }
+#endif
+  return this->send_message(resp);
+}
 void APIConnection::on_hello_request(const HelloRequest &msg) {
  if (!this->send_hello_response_(msg)) {
    this->on_fatal_error();
@@ -1925,6 +1979,11 @@ void APIConnection::on_device_info_request() {
    this->on_fatal_error();
  }
 }
+void APIConnection::on_device_capabilities_request() {
+  if (!this->send_device_capabilities_response_()) {
+    this->on_fatal_error();
+  }
+}

 #ifdef USE_API_HOMEASSISTANT_STATES
 void APIConnection::on_home_assistant_state_response(const HomeAssistantStateResponse &msg) {
@@ -2003,7 +2062,9 @@ void APIConnection::send_execute_service_response(uint32_t call_id, bool success
  resp.call_id = call_id;
  resp.success = success;
  resp.error_message = error_message;
-  this->send_message(resp);
+  if (!this->send_message(resp)) {
+    API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(TAG, "Action response");
+  }
 }
 #ifdef USE_API_USER_DEFINED_ACTION_RESPONSES_JSON
 void APIConnection::send_execute_service_response(uint32_t call_id, bool success, StringRef error_message,
@@ -2014,12 +2075,34 @@ void APIConnection::send_execute_service_response(uint32_t call_id, bool success
  resp.error_message = error_message;
  resp.response_data = response_data;
  resp.response_data_len = response_data_len;
-  this->send_message(resp);
+  if (!this->send_message(resp)) {
+    API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(TAG, "Action response");
+  }
 }
 #endif  // USE_API_USER_DEFINED_ACTION_RESPONSES_JSON
 #endif  // USE_API_USER_DEFINED_ACTION_RESPONSES
 #endif

+#ifdef USE_API_HOMEASSISTANT_SERVICES
+bool APIConnection::send_homeassistant_action(const HomeassistantActionRequest &call) {
+  if (!this->flags_.service_call_subscription)
+    return false;
+  if (!this->send_message(call)) {
+    API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(TAG, "Action request");
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+#endif  // USE_API_HOMEASSISTANT_SERVICES
+
+#ifdef USE_HOMEASSISTANT_TIME
+void APIConnection::send_time_request() {
+  GetTimeRequest req;
+  if (!this->send_message(req)) {
+    API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(TAG, "Time request");
+  }
+}
+#endif  // USE_HOMEASSISTANT_TIME
+
 #ifdef USE_API_HOMEASSISTANT_ACTION_RESPONSES
 void APIConnection::on_homeassistant_action_response(const HomeassistantActionResponse &msg) {
 #ifdef USE_API_HOMEASSISTANT_ACTION_RESPONSES_JSON
@@ -2094,7 +2177,10 @@ bool APIConnection::try_to_clear_buffer_slow_(bool log_out_of_space) {
  if (this->helper_->can_write_without_blocking())
    return true;
  if (log_out_of_space) {
-    ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Cannot send message because of TCP buffer space");
+    // VV: refusals are either reported by the sending call site (naming what
+    // was lost) or retried without loss (the deferred batch), so this generic
+    // line only duplicates them.
+    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "Cannot send message because of TCP buffer space");
  }
  return false;
 }
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "esphome/components/esp8266/crash_handler.h"
 #endif
 #include "esphome/core/entity_base.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esphome/core/string_ref.h"

 #include <functional>
@@ -40,6 +41,16 @@ namespace esphome::api {
 // Forward-declared to break the api_server.h cycle; full-type inlines are in api_connection_buffer.h.
 class APIServer;

+// One shared flash string for every refused-frame warning: send_message()
+// fails as soon as the TCP buffer is full, and each caller only pays for its
+// short name. The guard drops the helper and its arguments below WARN.
+#if ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL >= ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL_WARN
+void log_dropped_message(const char *tag, int line, const LogString *what);
+#define API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(tag, what) esphome::api::log_dropped_message(tag, __LINE__, LOG_STR(what))
+#else
+#define API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(tag, what)
+#endif
+
 // Keepalive timeout in milliseconds
 static constexpr uint32_t KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS = 60000;
 // Maximum number of entities to process in a single batch during initial state/info sending
@@ -169,12 +180,7 @@ class APIConnection final : public APIServerConnectionBase {
  // Returns whether this client has subscribed to Home Assistant actions; the message
  // is only handed to the send path when subscribed. A true return does not guarantee
  // delivery - it lets the caller warn when no connected client has the subscription.
-  bool send_homeassistant_action(const HomeassistantActionRequest &call) {
-    if (!this->flags_.service_call_subscription)
-      return false;
-    this->send_message(call);
-    return true;
-  }
+  bool send_homeassistant_action(const HomeassistantActionRequest &call);
 #ifdef USE_API_HOMEASSISTANT_ACTION_RESPONSES
  void on_homeassistant_action_response(const HomeassistantActionResponse &msg);
 #endif  // USE_API_HOMEASSISTANT_ACTION_RESPONSES
@@ -183,6 +189,7 @@ class APIConnection final : public APIServerConnectionBase {
  void on_subscribe_bluetooth_le_advertisements_request(const SubscribeBluetoothLEAdvertisementsRequest &msg);
  void on_unsubscribe_bluetooth_le_advertisements_request();

+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  void on_bluetooth_device_request(const BluetoothDeviceRequest &msg);
  void on_bluetooth_gatt_read_request(const BluetoothGATTReadRequest &msg);
  void on_bluetooth_gatt_write_request(const BluetoothGATTWriteRequest &msg);
@@ -191,15 +198,13 @@ class APIConnection final : public APIServerConnectionBase {
  void on_bluetooth_gatt_get_services_request(const BluetoothGATTGetServicesRequest &msg);
  void on_bluetooth_gatt_notify_request(const BluetoothGATTNotifyRequest &msg);
  void on_subscribe_bluetooth_connections_free_request();
-  void on_bluetooth_scanner_set_mode_request(const BluetoothScannerSetModeRequest &msg);
  void on_bluetooth_set_connection_params_request(const BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest &msg);
+#endif
+  void on_bluetooth_scanner_set_mode_request(const BluetoothScannerSetModeRequest &msg);

 #endif
 #ifdef USE_HOMEASSISTANT_TIME
-  void send_time_request() {
-    GetTimeRequest req;
-    this->send_message(req);
-  }
+  void send_time_request();
 #endif

 #ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
@@ -266,6 +271,7 @@ class APIConnection final : public APIServerConnectionBase {
  void on_disconnect_request(const DisconnectRequest &msg);
  void on_ping_request();
  void on_device_info_request();
+  void on_device_capabilities_request();
  void on_list_entities_request() { this->begin_iterator_(ActiveIterator::LIST_ENTITIES); }
  void on_subscribe_states_request() {
    this->flags_.state_subscription = true;
@@ -334,7 +340,9 @@ class APIConnection final : public APIServerConnectionBase {
  // Function pointer type for type-erased size calculation
  using CalculateSizeFn = uint32_t (*)(const void *);

-  template<typename T> bool send_message(const T &msg) {
+  /// Returns false as soon as the TCP buffer is full. Marked nodiscard so we
+  /// have no silent failures: every caller must handle (or log) a refusal.
+  template<typename T> [[nodiscard]] bool send_message(const T &msg) {
    if constexpr (T::ESTIMATED_SIZE == 0) {
      return this->send_message_(0, T::MESSAGE_TYPE, &encode_msg_noop, &msg);
    } else {
@@ -385,10 +393,11 @@ class APIConnection final : public APIServerConnectionBase {
  bool send_disconnect_response_();
  bool send_ping_response_();
  bool send_device_info_response_();
+  bool send_device_capabilities_response_();
 #ifdef USE_API_NOISE
  bool send_noise_encryption_set_key_response_(const NoiseEncryptionSetKeyRequest &msg);
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  bool send_subscribe_bluetooth_connections_free_response_();
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class APIFrameHelper {
  // holding data too long waiting for Nagle's timer causes buffer exhaustion
  // and dropped messages.
  //
-  // ESP32 (TCP_SND_BUF=4×MSS+) / RP2040 (8×MSS) / LibreTiny (4×MSS): 4 logs per cycle
+  // ESP32 (TCP_SND_BUF=4×MSS+) / RP2040 (4×MSS) / LibreTiny (4×MSS): 4 logs per cycle
  // ESP8266 (2×MSS): 3 logs per cycle (tightest buffers)
  //
  // Flow (ESP32/RP2040/LT): Log 1 (Nagle on) -> Log 2 -> Log 3 -> Log 4 (NODELAY, flush)
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class APIFrameHelper {
  // Values 1..LOG_NAGLE_COUNT count log messages in the current Nagle batch.
  // After LOG_NAGLE_COUNT logs, we flush by re-enabling NODELAY and resetting to 0.
  // ESP8266 has the tightest TCP send buffer (2×MSS) and needs conservative batching.
-  // ESP32 (4×MSS+), RP2040 (8×MSS), and LibreTiny (4×MSS) can coalesce more.
+  // ESP32 (4×MSS+), RP2040 (4×MSS), and LibreTiny (4×MSS) can coalesce more.
 #ifdef USE_ESP8266
  static constexpr uint8_t LOG_NAGLE_COUNT = 2;
 #else
@@ -591,18 +591,21 @@ APIError APINoiseFrameHelper::write_frame_(const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) {
 */
 APIError APINoiseFrameHelper::init_handshake_() {
  int err;
-  memset(&nid_, 0, sizeof(nid_));
-  // const char *proto = "Noise_NNpsk0_25519_ChaChaPoly_SHA256";
-  // err = noise_protocol_name_to_id(&nid_, proto, strlen(proto));
-  nid_.pattern_id = NOISE_PATTERN_NN;
-  nid_.cipher_id = NOISE_CIPHER_CHACHAPOLY;
-  nid_.dh_id = NOISE_DH_CURVE25519;
-  nid_.prefix_id = NOISE_PREFIX_STANDARD;
-  nid_.hybrid_id = NOISE_DH_NONE;
-  nid_.hash_id = NOISE_HASH_SHA256;
-  nid_.modifier_ids[0] = NOISE_MODIFIER_PSK0;
+  // Noise_NNpsk0_25519_ChaChaPoly_SHA256, built on the stack:
+  // noise_handshakestate_new_by_id copies it, so a member would waste
+  // 104 bytes per connection, and a static const would sit in RAM on
+  // ESP8266 (.rodata is DRAM there).
+  const NoiseProtocolId nid = {
+      .prefix_id = NOISE_PREFIX_STANDARD,
+      .pattern_id = NOISE_PATTERN_NN,
+      .modifier_ids = {NOISE_MODIFIER_PSK0},
+      .dh_id = NOISE_DH_CURVE25519,
+      .cipher_id = NOISE_CIPHER_CHACHAPOLY,
+      .hash_id = NOISE_HASH_SHA256,
+      .hybrid_id = NOISE_DH_NONE,
+  };

-  err = noise_handshakestate_new_by_id(&handshake_, &nid_, NOISE_ROLE_RESPONDER);
+  err = noise_handshakestate_new_by_id(&handshake_, &nid, NOISE_ROLE_RESPONDER);
  APIError aerr =
      handle_noise_error_(err, LOG_STR("noise_handshakestate_new_by_id"), APIError::HANDSHAKESTATE_SETUP_FAILED);
  if (aerr != APIError::OK)
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ class APINoiseFrameHelper final : public APIFrameHelper {
  // Buffer for noise handshake prologue (released after handshake)
  APIBuffer prologue_;

-  // NoiseProtocolId (size depends on implementation)
-  NoiseProtocolId nid_;
-
  // Group small types together
  // Fixed-size header buffer for noise protocol:
  // 1 byte for indicator + 2 bytes for message size (16-bit value, not varint)
@@ -241,6 +241,82 @@ uint32_t DeviceInfoResponse::calculate_size() const {
 #endif
  return size;
 }
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+uint8_t *BluetoothProxyCapabilities::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
+  uint8_t *__restrict__ pos = buffer.get_pos();
+  ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 1, this->feature_flags);
+  ProtoEncode::encode_short_string_force(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 18, this->mac_address);
+  return pos;
+}
+uint32_t BluetoothProxyCapabilities::calculate_size() const {
+  uint32_t size = 0;
+  size += ProtoSize::calc_uint32(1, this->feature_flags);
+  size += 2 + this->mac_address.size();
+  return size;
+}
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
+uint8_t *VoiceAssistantCapabilities::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
+  uint8_t *__restrict__ pos = buffer.get_pos();
+  ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 1, this->feature_flags);
+  return pos;
+}
+uint32_t VoiceAssistantCapabilities::calculate_size() const {
+  uint32_t size = 0;
+  size += ProtoSize::calc_uint32(1, this->feature_flags);
+  return size;
+}
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_ZWAVE_PROXY
+uint8_t *ZWaveProxyCapabilities::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
+  uint8_t *__restrict__ pos = buffer.get_pos();
+  ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 1, this->feature_flags);
+  ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 2, this->home_id);
+  return pos;
+}
+uint32_t ZWaveProxyCapabilities::calculate_size() const {
+  uint32_t size = 0;
+  size += ProtoSize::calc_uint32(1, this->feature_flags);
+  size += ProtoSize::calc_uint32(1, this->home_id);
+  return size;
+}
+#endif
+uint8_t *DeviceCapabilitiesResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
+  uint8_t *__restrict__ pos = buffer.get_pos();
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+  ProtoEncode::encode_optional_sub_message(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, buffer, 1, this->bluetooth_proxy);
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
+  ProtoEncode::encode_optional_sub_message(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, buffer, 2, this->voice_assistant);
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_ZWAVE_PROXY
+  ProtoEncode::encode_optional_sub_message(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, buffer, 3, this->zwave_proxy);
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_SERIAL_PROXY
+  for (const auto &it : this->serial_proxies) {
+    ProtoEncode::encode_sub_message(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, buffer, 4, it);
+  }
+#endif
+  return pos;
+}
+uint32_t DeviceCapabilitiesResponse::calculate_size() const {
+  uint32_t size = 0;
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+  size += ProtoSize::calc_message(1, this->bluetooth_proxy.calculate_size());
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
+  size += ProtoSize::calc_message(1, this->voice_assistant.calculate_size());
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_ZWAVE_PROXY
+  size += ProtoSize::calc_message(1, this->zwave_proxy.calculate_size());
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_SERIAL_PROXY
+  for (const auto &it : this->serial_proxies) {
+    size += ProtoSize::calc_message_force(1, it.calculate_size());
+  }
+#endif
+  return size;
+}
 #ifdef USE_BINARY_SENSOR
 uint8_t *ListEntitiesBinarySensorResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
  uint8_t *__restrict__ pos = buffer.get_pos();
@@ -2406,6 +2482,8 @@ BluetoothLERawAdvertisementsResponse::calculate_size() const {
  }
  return size;
 }
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
 bool BluetoothDeviceRequest::decode_varint(uint32_t field_id, proto_varint_value_t value) {
  switch (field_id) {
    case 1:
@@ -2782,6 +2860,8 @@ uint32_t BluetoothDeviceClearCacheResponse::calculate_size() const {
  size += ProtoSize::calc_int32(1, this->error);
  return size;
 }
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
 uint8_t *BluetoothScannerStateResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
  uint8_t *__restrict__ pos = buffer.get_pos();
  ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 1, static_cast<uint32_t>(this->state));
@@ -4145,7 +4225,7 @@ uint32_t SerialProxyRequestResponse::calculate_size() const {
  return size;
 }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
 bool BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest::decode_varint(uint32_t field_id, proto_varint_value_t value) {
  switch (field_id) {
    case 1:
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ enum MediaPlayerFormatPurpose : uint32_t {
  MEDIA_PLAYER_FORMAT_PURPOSE_ANNOUNCEMENT = 1,
 };
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
 enum BluetoothDeviceRequestType : uint32_t {
  BLUETOOTH_DEVICE_REQUEST_TYPE_CONNECT = 0,
  BLUETOOTH_DEVICE_REQUEST_TYPE_DISCONNECT = 1,
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ enum BluetoothDeviceRequestType : uint32_t {
  BLUETOOTH_DEVICE_REQUEST_TYPE_CONNECT_V3_WITHOUT_CACHE = 5,
  BLUETOOTH_DEVICE_REQUEST_TYPE_CLEAR_CACHE = 6,
 };
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
 enum BluetoothScannerState : uint32_t {
  BLUETOOTH_SCANNER_STATE_IDLE = 0,
  BLUETOOTH_SCANNER_STATE_STARTING = 1,
@@ -600,6 +602,74 @@ class DeviceInfoResponse final : public ProtoMessage {

 protected:
 };
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+class BluetoothProxyCapabilities final : public ProtoMessage {
+ public:
+  uint32_t feature_flags{0};
+  StringRef mac_address{};
+  uint8_t *encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const;
+  uint32_t calculate_size() const;
+#ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
+  const char *dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const override;
+#endif
+
+ protected:
+};
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
+class VoiceAssistantCapabilities final : public ProtoMessage {
+ public:
+  uint32_t feature_flags{0};
+  uint8_t *encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const;
+  uint32_t calculate_size() const;
+#ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
+  const char *dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const override;
+#endif
+
+ protected:
+};
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_ZWAVE_PROXY
+class ZWaveProxyCapabilities final : public ProtoMessage {
+ public:
+  uint32_t feature_flags{0};
+  uint32_t home_id{0};
+  uint8_t *encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const;
+  uint32_t calculate_size() const;
+#ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
+  const char *dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const override;
+#endif
+
+ protected:
+};
+#endif
+class DeviceCapabilitiesResponse final : public ProtoMessage {
+ public:
+  static constexpr uint8_t MESSAGE_TYPE = 150;
+  static constexpr uint8_t ESTIMATED_SIZE = 102;
+#ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
+  const LogString *message_name() const override { return LOG_STR("device_capabilities_response"); }
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+  BluetoothProxyCapabilities bluetooth_proxy{};
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
+  VoiceAssistantCapabilities voice_assistant{};
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_ZWAVE_PROXY
+  ZWaveProxyCapabilities zwave_proxy{};
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_SERIAL_PROXY
+  std::array<SerialProxyInfo, SERIAL_PROXY_COUNT> serial_proxies{};
+#endif
+  uint8_t *encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const;
+  uint32_t calculate_size() const;
+#ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
+  const char *dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const override;
+#endif
+
+ protected:
+};
 class ListEntitiesDoneResponse final : public ProtoMessage {
 public:
  static constexpr uint8_t MESSAGE_TYPE = 19;
@@ -1931,6 +2001,8 @@ class BluetoothLERawAdvertisementsResponse final : public ProtoMessage {

 protected:
 };
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
 class BluetoothDeviceRequest final : public ProtoDecodableMessage {
 public:
  static constexpr uint8_t MESSAGE_TYPE = 68;
@@ -2316,6 +2388,8 @@ class BluetoothDeviceClearCacheResponse final : public ProtoMessage {

 protected:
 };
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
 class BluetoothScannerStateResponse final : public ProtoMessage {
 public:
  static constexpr uint8_t MESSAGE_TYPE = 126;
@@ -3290,7 +3364,7 @@ class SerialProxyRequestResponse final : public ProtoMessage {
 protected:
 };
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
 class BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest final : public ProtoDecodableMessage {
 public:
  static constexpr uint8_t MESSAGE_TYPE = 145;
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #pragma once

 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#if defined(USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY) || defined(USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS)
 #ifndef USE_API_VARINT64
 #define USE_API_VARINT64
 #endif
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ template<> const char *proto_enum_to_string<enums::MediaPlayerFormatPurpose>(enu
  }
 }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
 template<>
 const char *proto_enum_to_string<enums::BluetoothDeviceRequestType>(enums::BluetoothDeviceRequestType value) {
  switch (value) {
@@ -606,6 +606,8 @@ const char *proto_enum_to_string<enums::BluetoothDeviceRequestType>(enums::Bluet
      return ESPHOME_PSTR("UNKNOWN");
  }
 }
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
 template<> const char *proto_enum_to_string<enums::BluetoothScannerState>(enums::BluetoothScannerState value) {
  switch (value) {
    case enums::BLUETOOTH_SCANNER_STATE_IDLE:
@@ -988,6 +990,55 @@ const char *DeviceInfoResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
 #endif
  return out.c_str();
 }
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+const char *BluetoothProxyCapabilities::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
+  MessageDumpHelper helper(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("BluetoothProxyCapabilities"));
+  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("feature_flags"), this->feature_flags);
+  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("mac_address"), this->mac_address);
+  return out.c_str();
+}
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
+const char *VoiceAssistantCapabilities::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
+  MessageDumpHelper helper(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("VoiceAssistantCapabilities"));
+  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("feature_flags"), this->feature_flags);
+  return out.c_str();
+}
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_ZWAVE_PROXY
+const char *ZWaveProxyCapabilities::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
+  MessageDumpHelper helper(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("ZWaveProxyCapabilities"));
+  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("feature_flags"), this->feature_flags);
+  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("home_id"), this->home_id);
+  return out.c_str();
+}
+#endif
+const char *DeviceCapabilitiesResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
+  MessageDumpHelper helper(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("DeviceCapabilitiesResponse"));
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+  out.append(2, ' ').append_p(ESPHOME_PSTR("bluetooth_proxy")).append(": ");
+  this->bluetooth_proxy.dump_to(out);
+  out.append("\n");
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
+  out.append(2, ' ').append_p(ESPHOME_PSTR("voice_assistant")).append(": ");
+  this->voice_assistant.dump_to(out);
+  out.append("\n");
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_ZWAVE_PROXY
+  out.append(2, ' ').append_p(ESPHOME_PSTR("zwave_proxy")).append(": ");
+  this->zwave_proxy.dump_to(out);
+  out.append("\n");
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_SERIAL_PROXY
+  for (const auto &it : this->serial_proxies) {
+    out.append(4, ' ').append_p(ESPHOME_PSTR("serial_proxies")).append(": ");
+    it.dump_to(out);
+    out.append("\n");
+  }
+#endif
+  return out.c_str();
+}
 const char *ListEntitiesDoneResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
  out.append_p(ESPHOME_PSTR("ListEntitiesDoneResponse {}"));
  return out.c_str();
@@ -1953,6 +2004,8 @@ const char *BluetoothLERawAdvertisementsResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const
  }
  return out.c_str();
 }
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
 const char *BluetoothDeviceRequest::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
  MessageDumpHelper helper(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("BluetoothDeviceRequest"));
  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("address"), this->address);
@@ -2124,6 +2177,8 @@ const char *BluetoothDeviceClearCacheResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("error"), this->error);
  return out.c_str();
 }
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
 const char *BluetoothScannerStateResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
  MessageDumpHelper helper(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("BluetoothScannerStateResponse"));
  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("state"), static_cast<enums::BluetoothScannerState>(this->state));
@@ -2715,7 +2770,7 @@ const char *SerialProxyRequestResponse::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
  return out.c_str();
 }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
 const char *BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest::dump_to(DumpBuffer &out) const {
  MessageDumpHelper helper(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest"));
  dump_field(out, ESPHOME_PSTR("address"), this->address);
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void APIConnection::read_message_(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_type, const ui
      break;
    }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
    case BluetoothDeviceRequest::MESSAGE_TYPE: {
      BluetoothDeviceRequest msg;
      msg.decode(msg_data, msg_size);
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void APIConnection::read_message_(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_type, const ui
      break;
    }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
    case BluetoothGATTGetServicesRequest::MESSAGE_TYPE: {
      BluetoothGATTGetServicesRequest msg;
      msg.decode(msg_data, msg_size);
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void APIConnection::read_message_(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_type, const ui
      break;
    }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
    case BluetoothGATTReadRequest::MESSAGE_TYPE: {
      BluetoothGATTReadRequest msg;
      msg.decode(msg_data, msg_size);
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ void APIConnection::read_message_(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_type, const ui
      break;
    }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
    case BluetoothGATTWriteRequest::MESSAGE_TYPE: {
      BluetoothGATTWriteRequest msg;
      msg.decode(msg_data, msg_size);
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ void APIConnection::read_message_(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_type, const ui
      break;
    }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
    case BluetoothGATTReadDescriptorRequest::MESSAGE_TYPE: {
      BluetoothGATTReadDescriptorRequest msg;
      msg.decode(msg_data, msg_size);
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ void APIConnection::read_message_(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_type, const ui
      break;
    }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
    case BluetoothGATTWriteDescriptorRequest::MESSAGE_TYPE: {
      BluetoothGATTWriteDescriptorRequest msg;
      msg.decode(msg_data, msg_size);
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ void APIConnection::read_message_(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_type, const ui
      break;
    }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
    case BluetoothGATTNotifyRequest::MESSAGE_TYPE: {
      BluetoothGATTNotifyRequest msg;
      msg.decode(msg_data, msg_size);
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ void APIConnection::read_message_(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_type, const ui
      break;
    }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
    case 80 /* SubscribeBluetoothConnectionsFreeRequest is empty */: {
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
      this->log_receive_message_(LOG_STR("on_subscribe_bluetooth_connections_free_request"));
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ void APIConnection::read_message_(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_type, const ui
      break;
    }
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
    case BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest::MESSAGE_TYPE: {
      BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest msg;
      msg.decode(msg_data, msg_size);
@@ -705,6 +705,13 @@ void APIConnection::read_message_(uint32_t msg_size, uint32_t msg_type, const ui
      break;
    }
 #endif
+    case 149 /* DeviceCapabilitiesRequest is empty */: {
+#ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
+      this->log_receive_message_(LOG_STR("on_device_capabilities_request"));
+#endif
+      this->on_device_capabilities_request();
+      break;
+    }
    default:
      break;
  }
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class APIServerConnectionBase {
  void on_ping_response(){};
  void on_device_info_request(){};

+  void on_device_capabilities_request(){};
+
  void on_list_entities_request(){};

  void on_subscribe_states_request(){};
@@ -113,32 +115,32 @@ class APIServerConnectionBase {
  void on_subscribe_bluetooth_le_advertisements_request(const SubscribeBluetoothLEAdvertisementsRequest &value){};
 #endif

-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  void on_bluetooth_device_request(const BluetoothDeviceRequest &value){};
 #endif

-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  void on_bluetooth_gatt_get_services_request(const BluetoothGATTGetServicesRequest &value){};
 #endif

-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  void on_bluetooth_gatt_read_request(const BluetoothGATTReadRequest &value){};
 #endif

-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  void on_bluetooth_gatt_write_request(const BluetoothGATTWriteRequest &value){};
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  void on_bluetooth_gatt_read_descriptor_request(const BluetoothGATTReadDescriptorRequest &value){};
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  void on_bluetooth_gatt_write_descriptor_request(const BluetoothGATTWriteDescriptorRequest &value){};
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  void on_bluetooth_gatt_notify_request(const BluetoothGATTNotifyRequest &value){};
 #endif

-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  void on_subscribe_bluetooth_connections_free_request(){};
 #endif

@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ class APIServerConnectionBase {
  void on_serial_proxy_request(const SerialProxyRequest &value){};
 #endif

-#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
  void on_bluetooth_set_connection_params_request(const BluetoothSetConnectionParamsRequest &value){};
 #endif
 };
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ void APIServer::setup() {
        // Best-effort: if the send buffer is full the reason is dropped, but the
        // client still learns the window is closed when it reconnects (rejected at
        // hello) or via the socket close.
-        c->send_message(req);
+        if (!c->send_message(req)) {
+          API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(TAG, "Disconnect request");
+        }
      }
    });
  }
@@ -394,8 +396,11 @@ void APIServer::on_update(update::UpdateEntity *obj) {
 void APIServer::on_zwave_proxy_request(const ZWaveProxyRequest &msg) {
  // We could add code to manage a second subscription type, but, since this message type is
  //  very infrequent and small, we simply send it to all clients
-  for (auto &c : this->active_clients())
-    c->send_message(msg);
+  for (auto &c : this->active_clients()) {
+    if (!c->send_message(msg)) {
+      API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(TAG, "Home ID notification");
+    }
+  }
 }
 #endif

@@ -576,7 +581,9 @@ bool APIServer::update_noise_psk_(const SavedNoisePsk &new_psk, const LogString
      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Disconnecting all clients to reset PSK");
      for (auto &c : this->active_clients()) {
        DisconnectRequest req;
-        c->send_message(req);
+        if (!c->send_message(req)) {
+          API_LOG_MSG_DROPPED(TAG, "Disconnect request");
+        }
      }
    });
  }
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #include "atc_mithermometer.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
 namespace esphome::atc_mithermometer {

 static const char *const TAG = "atc_mithermometer";
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ void ATCMiThermometer::dump_config() {
  LOG_SENSOR("  ", "Battery Voltage", this->battery_voltage_);
 }

-bool ATCMiThermometer::parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device) {
+bool ATCMiThermometer::parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) {
  if (device.address_uint64() != this->address_) {
    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "parse_device(): unknown MAC address.");
    return false;
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ bool ATCMiThermometer::parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device
  return success;
 }

-optional<ParseResult> ATCMiThermometer::parse_header_(const esp32_ble_tracker::ServiceData &service_data) {
+optional<ParseResult> ATCMiThermometer::parse_header_(const ble_device_base::ServiceData &service_data) {
  ParseResult result;
  if (!service_data.uuid.contains(0x1A, 0x18)) {
    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "parse_header(): no service data UUID magic bytes.");
@@ -132,5 +130,3 @@ bool ATCMiThermometer::report_results_(const optional<ParseResult> &result, cons
 }

 }  // namespace esphome::atc_mithermometer
-
-#endif
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@

 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h"
-#include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_device.h"

 #include <vector>

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
 namespace esphome::atc_mithermometer {

 struct ParseResult {
@@ -18,11 +16,11 @@ struct ParseResult {
  int raw_offset;
 };

-class ATCMiThermometer final : public Component, public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDeviceListener {
+class ATCMiThermometer final : public Component, public ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener {
 public:
  void set_address(uint64_t address) { address_ = address; };

-  bool parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device) override;
+  bool parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) override;
  void dump_config() override;
  void set_temperature(sensor::Sensor *temperature) { temperature_ = temperature; }
  void set_humidity(sensor::Sensor *humidity) { humidity_ = humidity; }
@@ -40,11 +38,9 @@ class ATCMiThermometer final : public Component, public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBT

  uint8_t last_frame_count_{0};

-  optional<ParseResult> parse_header_(const esp32_ble_tracker::ServiceData &service_data);
+  optional<ParseResult> parse_header_(const ble_device_base::ServiceData &service_data);
  bool parse_message_(const std::vector<uint8_t> &message, ParseResult &result);
  bool report_results_(const optional<ParseResult> &result, const char *address);
 };

 }  // namespace esphome::atc_mithermometer
-
-#endif
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import esp32_ble_tracker, sensor
+from esphome.components import ble_device_base, sensor
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
    CONF_BATTERY_LEVEL,
@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ from esphome.const import (

 CODEOWNERS = ["@ahpohl"]

-DEPENDENCIES = ["esp32_ble_tracker"]
+AUTO_LOAD = ["ble_device_base"]

 atc_mithermometer_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("atc_mithermometer")
 ATCMiThermometer = atc_mithermometer_ns.class_(
-    "ATCMiThermometer", esp32_ble_tracker.ESPBTDeviceListener, cg.Component
+    "ATCMiThermometer", ble_device_base.ESPBTDeviceListener, cg.Component
 )

-CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
+    ble_device_base.rename_legacy_hub_id("atc_mithermometer"),
    cv.Schema(
        {
            cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(ATCMiThermometer),
@@ -71,15 +72,15 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
            ),
        }
    )
-    .extend(esp32_ble_tracker.ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+    .extend(ble_device_base.BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA),
 )


 async def to_code(config):
    var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
    await cg.register_component(var, config)
-    await esp32_ble_tracker.register_ble_device(var, config)
+    await ble_device_base.register_ble_device(var, config)

    cg.add(var.set_address(config[CONF_MAC_ADDRESS].as_hex))

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ async def to_code(config):
            data.wav_support = True

    if data.micro_decoder_support:
-        add_idf_component(name="esphome/micro-decoder", ref="0.2.0")
+        add_idf_component(name="esphome/micro-decoder", ref="0.4.0")

        # All codecs are enabled by default in micro-decoder, so disable the ones that aren't requested to save flash
        if not data.flac_support:
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ async def to_code(config):
            add_idf_sdkconfig_option("CONFIG_MICRO_DECODER_CODEC_MP3", False)
        if not data.opus_support:
            add_idf_sdkconfig_option("CONFIG_MICRO_DECODER_CODEC_OPUS", False)
+        # Vorbis is unsupported in ESPHome, so always disable it
+        add_idf_sdkconfig_option("CONFIG_MICRO_DECODER_CODEC_VORBIS", False)
        if not data.wav_support:
            add_idf_sdkconfig_option("CONFIG_MICRO_DECODER_CODEC_WAV", False)

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #include "b_parasite.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
 namespace esphome::b_parasite {

 static const char *const TAG = "b_parasite";
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@ void BParasite::dump_config() {
  LOG_SENSOR("  ", "Illuminance", this->illuminance_);
 }

-bool BParasite::parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device) {
+bool BParasite::parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) {
  if (device.address_uint64() != address_) {
    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "parse_device(): unknown MAC address.");
    return false;
@@ -113,5 +111,3 @@ bool BParasite::parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device) {
 }

 }  // namespace esphome::b_parasite
-
-#endif  // USE_ESP32
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@

 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h"
-#include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
-
-#ifdef USE_ESP32
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_device.h"

 namespace esphome::b_parasite {

-class BParasite final : public Component, public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDeviceListener {
+class BParasite final : public Component, public ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener {
 public:
  void set_address(uint64_t address) { address_ = address; };
  void set_bindkey(const std::string &bindkey);

-  bool parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device) override;
+  bool parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) override;
  void dump_config() override;

  void set_battery_voltage(sensor::Sensor *battery_voltage) { battery_voltage_ = battery_voltage; }
@@ -35,5 +33,3 @@ class BParasite final : public Component, public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDeviceL
 };

 }  // namespace esphome::b_parasite
-
-#endif  // USE_ESP32
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import esp32_ble_tracker, sensor
+from esphome.components import ble_device_base, sensor
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
    CONF_BATTERY_VOLTAGE,
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ from esphome.const import (

 CODEOWNERS = ["@rbaron"]

-DEPENDENCIES = ["esp32_ble_tracker"]
+AUTO_LOAD = ["ble_device_base"]

 b_parasite_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("b_parasite")
 BParasite = b_parasite_ns.class_(
-    "BParasite", esp32_ble_tracker.ESPBTDeviceListener, cg.Component
+    "BParasite", ble_device_base.ESPBTDeviceListener, cg.Component
 )

-CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
+    ble_device_base.rename_legacy_hub_id("b_parasite"),
    cv.Schema(
        {
            cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(BParasite),
@@ -68,15 +69,15 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
            ),
        }
    )
-    .extend(esp32_ble_tracker.ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+    .extend(ble_device_base.BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA),
 )


 async def to_code(config):
    var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
    await cg.register_component(var, config)
-    await esp32_ble_tracker.register_ble_device(var, config)
+    await ble_device_base.register_ble_device(var, config)

    cg.add(var.set_address(config[CONF_MAC_ADDRESS].as_hex))

@@ -300,46 +300,12 @@ void BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput::write_state(light::LightState *state) {
 }

 light::ESPColorView BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput::get_view_internal(int32_t index) const {
-  int32_t r = 0, g = 0, b = 0;
-  switch (this->rgb_order_) {
-    case ORDER_RGB:
-      r = 0;
-      g = 1;
-      b = 2;
-      break;
-    case ORDER_RBG:
-      r = 0;
-      g = 2;
-      b = 1;
-      break;
-    case ORDER_GRB:
-      r = 1;
-      g = 0;
-      b = 2;
-      break;
-    case ORDER_GBR:
-      r = 2;
-      g = 0;
-      b = 1;
-      break;
-    case ORDER_BGR:
-      r = 2;
-      g = 1;
-      b = 0;
-      break;
-    case ORDER_BRG:
-      r = 1;
-      g = 2;
-      b = 0;
-      break;
-  }
-  uint8_t multiplier = this->is_rgbw_ || this->is_wrgb_ ? 4 : 3;
-  uint8_t white = this->is_wrgb_ ? 0 : 3;
-
-  return {this->buf_ + (index * multiplier) + r + this->is_wrgb_,
-          this->buf_ + (index * multiplier) + g + this->is_wrgb_,
-          this->buf_ + (index * multiplier) + b + this->is_wrgb_,
-          this->is_rgbw_ || this->is_wrgb_ ? this->buf_ + (index * multiplier) + white : nullptr,
+  const light::ChannelColors &colors = this->channel_colors_;
+  uint8_t *led = this->buf_ + (index * colors.bytes_per_led());
+  return {led + colors.r,
+          led + colors.g,
+          led + colors.b,
+          colors.has_white() ? led + colors.w : nullptr,
          &this->effect_data_[index],
          &this->correction_};
 }
@@ -349,35 +315,12 @@ void BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput::dump_config() {
                "Beken SPI LED Strip:\n"
                "  Pin: %u",
                this->pin_);
-  const char *rgb_order;
-  switch (this->rgb_order_) {
-    case ORDER_RGB:
-      rgb_order = "RGB";
-      break;
-    case ORDER_RBG:
-      rgb_order = "RBG";
-      break;
-    case ORDER_GRB:
-      rgb_order = "GRB";
-      break;
-    case ORDER_GBR:
-      rgb_order = "GBR";
-      break;
-    case ORDER_BGR:
-      rgb_order = "BGR";
-      break;
-    case ORDER_BRG:
-      rgb_order = "BRG";
-      break;
-    default:
-      rgb_order = "UNKNOWN";
-      break;
-  }
+  char channel_colors[5];
  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG,
-                "  RGB Order: %s\n"
+                "  Channel colors: %s\n"
                "  Max refresh rate: %" PRIu32 "\n"
                "  Number of LEDs: %u",
-                rgb_order, this->max_refresh_rate_.value_or(0), this->num_leds_);
+                this->channel_colors_.to_string(channel_colors), this->max_refresh_rate_.value_or(0), this->num_leds_);
 }

 float BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput::get_setup_priority() const { return setup_priority::HARDWARE; }
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #ifdef USE_BK72XX

 #include "esphome/components/light/addressable_light.h"
+#include "esphome/components/light/channel_colors.h"
 #include "esphome/components/light/light_output.h"
 #include "esphome/core/color.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
@@ -10,15 +11,6 @@

 namespace esphome::beken_spi_led_strip {

-enum RGBOrder : uint8_t {
-  ORDER_RGB,
-  ORDER_RBG,
-  ORDER_GRB,
-  ORDER_GBR,
-  ORDER_BGR,
-  ORDER_BRG,
-};
-
 class BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput final : public light::AddressableLight {
 public:
  void setup() override;
@@ -28,7 +20,7 @@ class BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput final : public light::AddressableLight {
  int32_t size() const override { return this->num_leds_; }
  light::LightTraits get_traits() override {
    auto traits = light::LightTraits();
-    if (this->is_rgbw_ || this->is_wrgb_) {
+    if (this->channel_colors_.has_white()) {
      traits.set_supported_color_modes({light::ColorMode::RGB_WHITE, light::ColorMode::WHITE});
    } else {
      traits.set_supported_color_modes({light::ColorMode::RGB});
@@ -38,16 +30,13 @@ class BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput final : public light::AddressableLight {

  void set_pin(uint8_t pin) { this->pin_ = pin; }
  void set_num_leds(uint16_t num_leds) { this->num_leds_ = num_leds; }
-  void set_is_rgbw(bool is_rgbw) { this->is_rgbw_ = is_rgbw; }
-  void set_is_wrgb(bool is_wrgb) { this->is_wrgb_ = is_wrgb; }
+  void set_channel_colors(light::ChannelColors channel_colors) { this->channel_colors_ = channel_colors; }

  /// Set a maximum refresh rate in µs as some lights do not like being updated too often.
  void set_max_refresh_rate(uint32_t interval_us) { this->max_refresh_rate_ = interval_us; }

  void set_led_params(uint8_t bit0, uint8_t bit1, uint32_t spi_frequency);

-  void set_rgb_order(RGBOrder rgb_order) { this->rgb_order_ = rgb_order; }
-
  void clear_effect_data() override {
    for (int i = 0; i < this->size(); i++)
      this->effect_data_[i] = 0;
@@ -58,7 +47,7 @@ class BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput final : public light::AddressableLight {
 protected:
  light::ESPColorView get_view_internal(int32_t index) const override;

-  size_t get_buffer_size_() const { return this->num_leds_ * (this->is_rgbw_ || this->is_wrgb_ ? 4 : 3); }
+  size_t get_buffer_size_() const { return this->num_leds_ * this->channel_colors_.bytes_per_led(); }

  uint8_t *buf_{nullptr};
  uint8_t *effect_data_{nullptr};
@@ -66,13 +55,11 @@ class BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput final : public light::AddressableLight {

  uint8_t pin_;
  uint16_t num_leds_;
-  bool is_rgbw_;
-  bool is_wrgb_;

  uint32_t spi_frequency_{6666666};
  uint8_t bit0_{0xE0};
  uint8_t bit1_{0xFC};
-  RGBOrder rgb_order_;
+  light::ChannelColors channel_colors_{0, 1, 2, light::ChannelColors::NO_WHITE};

  uint32_t last_refresh_{0};
  optional<uint32_t> max_refresh_rate_{};
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from esphome import pins
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 from esphome.components import libretiny, light
+from esphome.components.const import CONF_CHANNEL_COLORS, CONF_IS_WRGB
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
    CONF_CHIPSET,
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
    CONF_PIN,
    CONF_RGB_ORDER,
 )
+from esphome.types import ConfigType

 CODEOWNERS = ["@Mat931"]
 DEPENDENCIES = ["libretiny"]
@@ -22,17 +24,6 @@ BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput = beken_spi_led_strip_ns.class_(
    "BekenSPILEDStripLightOutput", light.AddressableLight
 )

-RGBOrder = beken_spi_led_strip_ns.enum("RGBOrder")
-
-RGB_ORDERS = {
-    "RGB": RGBOrder.ORDER_RGB,
-    "RBG": RGBOrder.ORDER_RBG,
-    "GRB": RGBOrder.ORDER_GRB,
-    "GBR": RGBOrder.ORDER_GBR,
-    "BGR": RGBOrder.ORDER_BGR,
-    "BRG": RGBOrder.ORDER_BRG,
-}
-

@dataclass
 class LEDStripTimings:
@@ -57,8 +48,6 @@ CHIPSETS = {
 }


-CONF_IS_WRGB = "is_wrgb"
-
 SUPPORTED_PINS = {
    libretiny.const.FAMILY_BK7231N: [16],
    libretiny.const.FAMILY_BK7231T: [16],
@@ -79,10 +68,9 @@ def _validate_pin(value):
    return value


-def _validate_num_leds(value):
-    max_num_leds = 165  # 170
-    if value[CONF_IS_RGBW] or value[CONF_IS_WRGB]:
-        max_num_leds = 123  # 127
+def _validate_num_leds(value: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
+    # A white channel makes each LED one byte wider, so fewer of them fit in the DMA buffer.
+    max_num_leds = 123 if "W" in value[CONF_CHANNEL_COLORS] else 165  # 127 / 170
    if value[CONF_NUM_LEDS] > max_num_leds:
        raise cv.Invalid(
            f"The maximum number of LEDs for this configuration is {max_num_leds}.",
@@ -99,18 +87,23 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
                pins.internal_gpio_output_pin_number, _validate_pin
            ),
            cv.Required(CONF_NUM_LEDS): cv.positive_not_null_int,
-            cv.Required(CONF_RGB_ORDER): cv.enum(RGB_ORDERS, upper=True),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_CHANNEL_COLORS): light.validate_channel_colors,
+            # Deprecated in favour of CONF_CHANNEL_COLORS, remove in 2027.3.0
+            cv.Optional(CONF_RGB_ORDER): cv.one_of(*light.RGB_ORDERS, upper=True),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_IS_RGBW): cv.boolean,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_IS_WRGB): cv.boolean,
            cv.Optional(CONF_MAX_REFRESH_RATE): cv.positive_time_period_microseconds,
            cv.Required(CONF_CHIPSET): cv.one_of(*CHIPSETS, upper=True),
-            cv.Optional(CONF_IS_RGBW, default=False): cv.boolean,
-            cv.Optional(CONF_IS_WRGB, default=False): cv.boolean,
        }
    ),
+    light.migrate_channel_colors(
+        removed_in="2027.3.0", component="beken_spi_led_strip"
+    ),
    _validate_num_leds,
 )


-async def to_code(config):
+async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
    var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_OUTPUT_ID])
    await light.register_light(var, config)
    await cg.register_component(var, config)
@@ -130,6 +123,6 @@ async def to_code(config):
        )
    )

-    cg.add(var.set_rgb_order(config[CONF_RGB_ORDER]))
-    cg.add(var.set_is_rgbw(config[CONF_IS_RGBW]))
-    cg.add(var.set_is_wrgb(config[CONF_IS_WRGB]))
+    cg.add(
+        var.set_channel_colors(light.channel_colors_struct(config[CONF_CHANNEL_COLORS]))
+    )
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ bring-up and the controller BLE address. Consumers (bk72xx_ble_tracker) build
 on this component and contain no SDK calls of their own.

 Supported SoCs (BLE 5.x): BK7231N/BK7236 (BLE 5.1), BK7238/BK7252N/BK7253
-(BLE 5.2), and any future BLE-5.x SoC. Capability is detected at compile time,
-not by a chip list: the C++ guards on `__has_include("ble_api.h")` — the Beken
-BLE 5.x public API header, which the LibreTiny beken-72xx builder ships only
-for BLE-5.x SoCs. BK7231T/BK7251/BK7271 (BLE 4.2) and BK7231Q (no BLE) fail
-with a clear #error.
+(BLE 5.2), and any future BLE-5.x SoC. Known non-5.x families are rejected in
+to_code; unknown families are capability-checked at compile time via
+`__has_include("app_ble.h")`, a header only on the BLE 5.x include path
+(ble_api.h ships for every SoC, so it cannot be the probe). A non-5.x build
+fails with a clear #error.

 No framework patch is needed: the LibreTiny beken-72xx builder already compiles
 and links the BLE 5.x stack (CFG_SUPPORT_BLE=1 + CFG_BLE_VERSION=BLE_VERSION_5_x;
@@ -21,9 +21,16 @@ import logging

 import esphome.codegen as cg
 from esphome.components import libretiny
-from esphome.components.libretiny.const import FAMILY_BK7231N, FAMILY_BK7238
+from esphome.components.libretiny.const import (
+    FAMILY_BK7231N,
+    FAMILY_BK7231Q,
+    FAMILY_BK7231T,
+    FAMILY_BK7238,
+    FAMILY_BK7251,
+)
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import CONF_ENABLE_ON_BOOT, CONF_ID
+from esphome.core import EsphomeError
 from esphome.types import ConfigType

 DEPENDENCIES = ["bk72xx"]
@@ -50,7 +57,31 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
 request_scan_listener_slot = cg.slot_counter("BK72XX_BLE_SCAN_LISTENER_COUNT")


+def _unsupported_family_message(family: str) -> str | None:
+    if family in (FAMILY_BK7231T, FAMILY_BK7251):
+        return (
+            f"bk72xx_ble does not support {family}: this SoC has the Beken BLE 4.2 "
+            "stack; a BLE 5.x SoC such as BK7231N or BK7238 is required"
+        )
+    if family == FAMILY_BK7231Q:
+        return "bk72xx_ble does not support BK7231Q: this SoC has no BLE"
+    return None
+
+
+def _final_validate(config: ConfigType) -> None:
+    # Warn only: a hard error here would break the validate-only CI fixtures,
+    # which run on a BLE 4.2 board. The hard error is raised at codegen.
+    if msg := _unsupported_family_message(libretiny.get_libretiny_family()):
+        _LOGGER.warning("%s (this configuration cannot compile)", msg)
+
+
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = _final_validate
+
+
 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
+    if msg := _unsupported_family_message(libretiny.get_libretiny_family()):
+        raise EsphomeError(msg)
+
    var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
    await cg.register_component(var, config)

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+// Every SDK call the scan reconciler makes. The BDK's own start hardcodes
+// passive (the active bit is commented out in both stacks), so
+// bdk_scan_start() packs the GAPM_ACTIVITY_START_CMD itself, field-for-field
+// the SDK's app_ble_start_scaning() except that prop takes the mode, armed
+// through the SDK's own operation bookkeeping. The component pins
+// beken-bdk 3.0.78; the static asserts catch a layout change on a bump.
+
+#include "bdk_scan.h"
+
+#ifdef USE_BK72XX_BLE
+
+// Same SDK gate as bk72xx_ble.cpp (which carries the explanatory #error).
+#if !defined(CLANG_TIDY) && __has_include("ble_api.h") && __has_include("app_ble.h")
+
+extern "C" {
+#include "app_ble.h"     // app_ble_env, app_ble_run, app_ble_reset, actv_state_t,
+                         // app_ble_actv_state_get, app_ble_env_state_get,
+                         // app_ble_get_idle_actv_idx_handle, UNKNOW_ACT_IDX,
+                         // bk_ble_* (via ble_api_5_x.h)
+#include "kernel_msg.h"  // KERNEL_MSG_ALLOC, kernel_msg_send
+#if __has_include("gapm_msg.h")
+#include "gapm_msg.h"  // BLE 5.2 (BK7238/BK7252N): gapm_activity_start_cmd, GAPM_SCAN_*
+#else
+#include "gapm_task.h"  // BLE 5.1 (BK7231N/BK7236): same declarations, older header name
+#endif
+}
+
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble {
+
+static const char *const TAG = "bk72xx_ble";
+
+// Pin the SDK surface this file depends on: a beken-bdk bump that moves these
+// must fail the build, not corrupt the kernel message.
+static_assert(GAPM_SCAN_PROP_PHY_1M_BIT == (1 << 0) && GAPM_SCAN_PROP_ACTIVE_1M_BIT == (1 << 2) &&
+                  sizeof(struct gapm_scan_param) == 16 && sizeof(struct gapm_scan_wd_op_param) == 4,
+              "beken-bdk GAPM scan layout changed; revalidate bdk_scan_start() "
+              "against the SDK's app_ble_start_scaning()");
+static_assert(INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX == UNKNOW_ACT_IDX,
+              "beken-bdk activity sentinel changed; revalidate the scan reconciler");
+static_assert(GAPM_REPORT_TYPE_SCAN_RSP_EXT == 2 && GAPM_REPORT_TYPE_SCAN_RSP_LEG == 3 &&
+                  GAPM_REPORT_INFO_SCAN_ADV_BIT == (1 << 5),
+              "beken-bdk GAPM report info changed; revalidate the tracker's demux constants");
+
+bool bdk_scan_ready() { return app_ble_env_state_get() == APP_BLE_READY; }
+
+BdkActivityState bdk_scan_state(uint8_t activity_idx) {
+  if (activity_idx == INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX)
+    return BdkActivityState::IDLE;
+  switch (app_ble_actv_state_get(activity_idx)) {
+    case ACTV_IDLE:
+      return BdkActivityState::IDLE;
+    case ACTV_SCAN_CREATED:
+      return BdkActivityState::CREATED;
+    case ACTV_SCAN_STARTED:
+      return BdkActivityState::STARTED;
+    default:
+      return BdkActivityState::OTHER;
+  }
+}
+
+uint8_t bdk_scan_acquire_activity() {
+  uint8_t idx = app_ble_get_idle_actv_idx_handle(SCAN_ACTV);
+  if (idx == INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX)
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Scan start failed: no idle activity handle");
+  return idx;
+}
+
+BdkOpResult bdk_scan_create(uint8_t activity_idx) {
+  ble_err_t ret = bk_ble_create_scaning(activity_idx, nullptr);
+  if (ret == ERR_SUCCESS)
+    return BdkOpResult::OK;
+  if (ret == ERR_BLE_STATUS)
+    return BdkOpResult::BUSY;
+  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Scan activity create failed (err %d)", static_cast<int>(ret));
+  return BdkOpResult::FAILED;
+}
+
+BdkOpResult bdk_scan_start(uint8_t activity_idx, uint16_t interval, uint16_t window, bool active) {
+  app_ble_run(activity_idx, BLE_START_SCAN, 1 << BLE_OP_START_SCAN_POS, nullptr);
+  struct gapm_activity_start_cmd *cmd =
+      KERNEL_MSG_ALLOC(GAPM_ACTIVITY_START_CMD, TASK_BLE_GAPM, TASK_BLE_APP, gapm_activity_start_cmd);
+  if (cmd == nullptr) {
+    app_ble_reset();  // the SDK's own failure path for an unsent operation
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Scan start failed: kernel message allocation");
+    return BdkOpResult::FAILED;
+  }
+  cmd->operation = GAPM_START_ACTIVITY;
+  cmd->actv_idx = app_ble_env.actvs[activity_idx].gap_advt_idx;
+  cmd->u_param.scan_param.type = GAPM_SCAN_TYPE_OBSERVER;
+  cmd->u_param.scan_param.prop = GAPM_SCAN_PROP_PHY_1M_BIT | (active ? GAPM_SCAN_PROP_ACTIVE_1M_BIT : 0);
+  cmd->u_param.scan_param.scan_param_1m.scan_intv = interval;
+  cmd->u_param.scan_param.scan_param_1m.scan_wd = window;
+  cmd->u_param.scan_param.scan_param_coded.scan_intv = 0;
+  cmd->u_param.scan_param.scan_param_coded.scan_wd = 0;
+  cmd->u_param.scan_param.dup_filt_pol = 0;
+  cmd->u_param.scan_param.rsvd = 0;
+  cmd->u_param.scan_param.duration = 0;  // scan until stopped
+  cmd->u_param.scan_param.period = 10;   // matches the SDK's passive start
+  kernel_msg_send(cmd);
+  return BdkOpResult::OK;
+}
+
+BdkOpResult bdk_scan_release(uint8_t activity_idx, bool created, int *err_out) {
+  ble_err_t ret = created ? bk_ble_delete_scaning(activity_idx, nullptr) : bk_ble_scan_stop(activity_idx, nullptr);
+  *err_out = static_cast<int>(ret);
+  if (ret == ERR_SUCCESS)
+    return BdkOpResult::OK;
+  // DEBUG on purpose: the reconciler WARNs once per streak and the stuck
+  // ERROR carries this code — a per-retry ERROR would be unbounded.
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Scan release %s (err %d)", ret == ERR_BLE_STATUS ? "rejected" : "failed", static_cast<int>(ret));
+  return ret == ERR_BLE_STATUS ? BdkOpResult::BUSY : BdkOpResult::FAILED;
+}
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble
+
+#endif  // !CLANG_TIDY && ble_api.h && app_ble.h
+#endif  // USE_BK72XX_BLE
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+
+#ifdef USE_BK72XX_BLE
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble {
+
+/// Activity index value marking "no scan activity", the BDK's own convention
+/// (asserted against its symbol in bdk_scan.cpp).
+inline constexpr uint8_t INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX = 0xFF;
+
+/// Scan-relevant controller activity states, read live from the SDK.
+enum class BdkActivityState : uint8_t {
+  IDLE,     ///< No activity (or one whose create failed).
+  CREATED,  ///< Created but not started.
+  STARTED,  ///< Scanning.
+  OTHER,    ///< A non-scan or transitional state; settles on a later read.
+};
+
+/// Outcome of a BDK scan operation request.
+enum class BdkOpResult : uint8_t {
+  OK,      ///< Accepted; completion is asynchronous.
+  BUSY,    ///< Another controller operation is in flight; retry later.
+  FAILED,  ///< Rejected.
+};
+
+/// True when no controller operation is in flight (APP_BLE_READY).
+bool bdk_scan_ready();
+/// Live state of the given activity; INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX reads as IDLE.
+BdkActivityState bdk_scan_state(uint8_t activity_idx);
+/// Claim an idle activity slot; INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX when none is free.
+uint8_t bdk_scan_acquire_activity();
+/// Create the scan activity (asynchronous); started once CREATED is observed.
+BdkOpResult bdk_scan_create(uint8_t activity_idx);
+/// Start a created activity: the packed GAPM start, taking the scan mode the
+/// BDK's own start path hardcodes away. Fire-and-forget; FAILED when the
+/// kernel message could not be allocated (the armed SDK operation is rolled
+/// back).
+BdkOpResult bdk_scan_start(uint8_t activity_idx, uint16_t interval, uint16_t window, bool active);
+/// Release the activity: delete when never started (a stop would be
+/// rejected), stop otherwise. BUSY on a transient rejection (retry), FAILED
+/// on any other error; err_out receives the SDK code (0 on success).
+/// Teardown is asynchronous — observe IDLE to confirm.
+BdkOpResult bdk_scan_release(uint8_t activity_idx, bool created, int *err_out);
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble
+
+#endif  // USE_BK72XX_BLE
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 // talks to the Beken BDK BLE stack:
 //   - one-time stack bring-up (ble_set_notice_cb() + ble_entry()),
 //   - the controller BLE address,
-//   - the raw controller scan primitives (bk_ble_scan_start/stop),
+//   - the scan reconciler (request, pacing, bring-up budget) over the
+//     bdk_scan surface,
 //   - the scan-report ring: the BDK notice callback (BLE task) takes a report
 //     from a fixed pool and pushes it on a lock-free SPSC queue; loop() drains,
 //     dispatches on the main task and returns reports to the pool — the same
@@ -20,32 +21,39 @@

 #include "bk72xx_ble.h"  // pulls esphome/core/defines.h for USE_BK72XX_BLE

+#include "bdk_scan.h"  // the raw BDK scan surface (state reads, starts, release)
+
 #ifdef USE_BK72XX_BLE

 #include <cstring>

+#include "esphome/core/application.h"
 #include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"  // get_mac_address_raw()
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // SDK-capability gate (not a chip allowlist).
-// This component drives the Beken BLE *5.x* controller via its public API,
-// `ble_api.h`, which the LibreTiny beken-72xx builder ships only for the
-// BLE-5.x SoCs (it selects the `ble_pub` 5.x stack from CFG_BLE_VERSION; the
-// 4.2 SoCs build a different, older API with no ble_api.h). Gate on the header
-// itself so any BLE-5.x Beken chip — present or future — is supported without a
-// hard-coded list, and a non-5.x build fails here with a clear message instead
-// of a cryptic "ble_api.h: No such file or directory".
+// This component drives the Beken BLE *5.x* controller. `ble_api.h` cannot be
+// the probe: it ships for every SoC (driver/include) and merely switches on
+// CFG_BLE_VERSION internally. `app_ble.h` is on the include path only when the
+// LibreTiny beken-72xx builder selects a 5.x stack, so gating on it supports
+// any BLE-5.x chip — present or future — without a hard-coded list, and a
+// non-5.x build fails here with a clear message instead of a cryptic
+// "app_ble.h: No such file or directory".
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #if defined(CLANG_TIDY)
 // The clang-tidy environment does not carry the full Beken BDK BLE 5.x API
 // (its ble_api.h variant lacks parts of the 5.x surface), so there is nothing
 // accurate to analyze the SDK calls against — skip the file under analysis.
 #define BK72XX_BLE_NO_SDK
-#elif !__has_include("ble_api.h")
+#elif !__has_include("ble_api.h") || !__has_include("app_ble.h")
+// Also skip the SDK body: #error does not stop the preprocessor, and on a 4.2
+// SoC ble_api.h exists, so without the guard the 5.x symbols would fail one by
+// one and bury this message.
+#define BK72XX_BLE_NO_SDK
 #error \
-    "bk72xx_ble requires a BLE 5.x Beken SDK (ble_api.h). Supported SoCs: BK7231N/BK7236 (BLE 5.1) and BK7238/BK7252N/BK7253 (BLE 5.2). BK7231T/BK7251/BK7271 (BLE 4.2) and BK7231Q (no BLE) are not supported."
+    "bk72xx_ble requires a BLE 5.x Beken SDK (app_ble.h). Supported SoCs: BK7231N/BK7236 (BLE 5.1) and BK7238/BK7252N/BK7253 (BLE 5.2). BK7231T/BK7251/BK7271 (BLE 4.2) and BK7231Q (no BLE) are not supported."
 #endif

 #ifndef BK72XX_BLE_NO_SDK
@@ -57,9 +65,8 @@
 // are C headers consumed from C++ (a standard C-header-from-C++ pattern).
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 extern "C" {
-#include "ble_api.h"  // bk_ble_scan_start/stop, ble_entry, ble_set_notice_cb,
-                      // app_ble_get_idle_actv_idx_handle, struct scan_param,
-                      // recv_adv_t, ble_notice_t, BLE_5_REPORT_ADV, SCAN_ACTV
+#include "ble_api.h"  // ble_set_notice_cb, recv_adv_t, ble_notice_t,
+                      // BLE_5_REPORT_ADV (scan primitives live in bdk_scan.cpp)
 #ifdef BK72XX_BLE_HAS_COMMON_BDADDR
 #include "common_bt_defines.h"  // struct bd_addr
 // The controller's public BLE address, populated by the BDK during ble_entry().
@@ -76,6 +83,12 @@ namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble {

 static const char *const TAG = "bk72xx_ble";

+static constexpr uint32_t RECONCILE_RETRY_MS = 10;              // pump floor for fast loops
+static constexpr uint32_t RECONCILE_REJECTED_RETRY_MS = 500;    // retry gate after a rejected release
+static constexpr uint32_t RECONCILE_PENDING_TIMEOUT_MS = 2000;  // bring-up budget before FAILED
+static constexpr uint32_t SCAN_LIVENESS_CHECK_MS = 1000;        // settled-scan re-check cadence
+static constexpr uint32_t TEARDOWN_STUCK_ERROR_MS = 30000;      // stuck-teardown ERROR (stop also goes FAILED)
+
 // The BDK notice callback is a plain C function pointer with no user argument,
 // so it reaches the (single) component instance through a file-static pointer.
 static BK72xxBLE *s_ble = nullptr;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
@@ -95,21 +108,22 @@ static void ble_notice_callback(ble_notice_t notice, void *param) {
  const recv_adv_t *info = reinterpret_cast<const recv_adv_t *>(param);
  // rssi is a signed dBm carried in a uint8_t; cast through int8_t (standard for
  // a signed dBm value packed in a uint8_t).
-  s_ble->enqueue_scan_report(info->adv_addr, static_cast<int8_t>(info->rssi), info->adv_addr_type, info->data,
-                             info->data_len);
+  s_ble->enqueue_scan_report(info->adv_addr, static_cast<int8_t>(info->rssi), info->adv_addr_type,
+                             static_cast<uint8_t>(info->evt_type), info->data, info->data_len);
 }

-void BK72xxBLE::enqueue_scan_report(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, const uint8_t *data,
-                                    uint16_t data_len) {
+void BK72xxBLE::enqueue_scan_report(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, uint8_t evt_type,
+                                    const uint8_t *data, uint16_t data_len) {
  BLEScanReport *report = this->report_pool_.allocate();
  if (report == nullptr) {
    // Pool exhausted — the queue is full; count and drop.
    this->report_queue_.increment_dropped_count();
    return;
  }
-  memcpy(report->mac, mac, 6);
+  memcpy(report->mac, mac, MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE);
  report->rssi = rssi;
  report->addr_type = addr_type;
+  report->evt_type = evt_type;
  report->data_len =
      (data_len <= sizeof(report->data)) ? static_cast<uint8_t>(data_len) : static_cast<uint8_t>(sizeof(report->data));
  memcpy(report->data, data, report->data_len);
@@ -123,6 +137,9 @@ void BK72xxBLE::enqueue_scan_report(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t add

 void BK72xxBLE::setup() {
  s_ble = this;
+  // The report pool grows lazily on purpose: the BDK notice callback runs in
+  // task context (malloc-safe, unlike rp2040's IRQ path), and typical traffic
+  // stays far below the pool cap, so not warming contains RAM.
  // Resolve the MAC early so get_mac_lsb_first() is valid for consumers before
  // the stack is up (it is re-read once ble_entry() has run).
  this->resolve_mac_();
@@ -173,6 +190,30 @@ void BK72xxBLE::enable() {
 }

 void BK72xxBLE::loop() {
+  // Keep reconciling toward the requested scan state (e.g. complete a stop
+  // that arrived while a controller operation was in flight), and re-check a
+  // settled scan at low frequency: a controller-side drop re-enters the
+  // bring-up, and the budget's FAILED feeds the tracker's recovery.
+  // Keep driving until settled: any PENDING, plus a terminal stop whose slot
+  // must still be freed. A FAILED scan request is the one combination not
+  // re-driven here — that belongs to the tracker's backoff.
+  const uint32_t pump_now = App.get_loop_component_start_time();
+  if (this->last_result_ == ScanOpResult::PENDING ||
+      (!this->scan_wanted_ && this->last_result_ == ScanOpResult::FAILED)) {
+    const uint32_t gate = (this->release_warned_ || this->last_result_ == ScanOpResult::FAILED)
+                              ? RECONCILE_REJECTED_RETRY_MS
+                              : RECONCILE_RETRY_MS;
+    if (pump_now - this->last_advance_ms_ >= gate)
+      this->advance_();
+  } else if (this->scan_wanted_ && this->last_result_ == ScanOpResult::SETTLED &&
+             pump_now - this->last_advance_ms_ >= SCAN_LIVENESS_CHECK_MS) {
+    // Re-check a settled scan; scan_start() refills the bring-up budget.
+    // WARN: the only report of a drop that recovers inside its budget.
+    if (this->scan_start(this->requested_.interval, this->requested_.window, this->requested_.active) !=
+        ScanOpResult::SETTLED)
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Controller dropped the scan; restarting");
+  }
+
  // Drain the lock-free ring filled by the BLE task; all per-report work runs
  // here on the main task, then the report returns to the pool.
  BLEScanReport *report = this->report_queue_.pop();
@@ -193,7 +234,7 @@ void BK72xxBLE::loop() {
    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Dropped %u scan reports due to queue overflow", dropped);
 }

-void BK72xxBLE::get_mac_lsb_first(uint8_t out[6]) const {
+void BK72xxBLE::get_mac_lsb_first(uint8_t out[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE]) const {
  for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
    out[i] = this->ble_mac_[i];
 }
@@ -226,7 +267,7 @@ void BK72xxBLE::resolve_mac_() {
    }
  }
  if (nonzero) {
-    memcpy(this->ble_mac_, common_default_bdaddr.addr, 6);
+    memcpy(this->ble_mac_, common_default_bdaddr.addr, MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE);
    return;
  }
 #endif
@@ -238,54 +279,238 @@ void BK72xxBLE::resolve_mac_() {
  // (verified against the BK7231N BLE-5.1 and BK7252N/BK7238 BLE-5.2 SDK sources), so it
  // matches on every device, including the last-byte == 0xFF edge that a 24-bit increment
  // would carry differently.
-  uint8_t wifi_mac[6];
+  uint8_t wifi_mac[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE];
  get_mac_address_raw(wifi_mac);  // MSB-first
-  const uint8_t ble[6] = {wifi_mac[0], wifi_mac[1], wifi_mac[2],
-                          wifi_mac[3], wifi_mac[4], static_cast<uint8_t>(wifi_mac[5] + 1)};
+  const uint8_t ble[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE] = {wifi_mac[0], wifi_mac[1], wifi_mac[2],
+                                         wifi_mac[3], wifi_mac[4], static_cast<uint8_t>(wifi_mac[5] + 1)};
  // Store LSB-first to match recv_adv_t adv_addr ordering.
  for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
    this->ble_mac_[i] = ble[5 - i];
 }

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Controller scan primitives
+// Scan reconciler
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-bool BK72xxBLE::scan_start(uint16_t interval, uint16_t window) {
+// Episode boundary: fresh teardown deadline and error bookkeeping.
+void BK72xxBLE::reset_teardown_episode_() {
+  this->teardown_since_ms_ = 0;
+  this->restarting_ = false;
+  this->last_release_err_ = 0;
+}
+
+ScanOpResult BK72xxBLE::scan_start(uint16_t interval, uint16_t window, bool active) {
  if (!this->is_active())
    this->enable();

-  if (this->scan_actv_idx_ != 0xFF) {
-    // Already scanning — stop first so this call cleanly restarts with the new
-    // parameters (the BDK cannot start a second scan on a busy activity).
-    this->scan_stop();
+  const ScanParams params{active, interval, window};
+  // A new episode refills the budget and gets a fresh teardown deadline; a
+  // re-call observing an in-flight bring-up (last result PENDING) must not.
+  if (this->last_result_ != ScanOpResult::PENDING || !this->scan_wanted_ || params != this->requested_) {
+    this->pending_since_ms_ = App.get_loop_component_start_time();
+    this->reset_teardown_episode_();
  }
+  this->scan_wanted_ = true;
+  this->requested_ = params;
+  return this->advance_();
+}

-  struct scan_param sp;
-  memset(&sp, 0, sizeof(sp));
-  sp.channel_map = 7;  // advertising channels 37/38/39
-  sp.interval = interval;
-  sp.window = window;
+void BK72xxBLE::scan_stop() {
+  if (this->scan_wanted_) {
+    // A stamp inherited from a stuck restart would fail the stop on its
+    // first advance.
+    this->reset_teardown_episode_();
+  }
+  this->scan_wanted_ = false;
+  this->advance_();
+}

-  this->scan_actv_idx_ = app_ble_get_idle_actv_idx_handle(SCAN_ACTV);
-  if (this->scan_actv_idx_ == 0xFF) {
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Scan start failed: no idle activity handle");
+bool BK72xxBLE::flush_pending_stop(uint32_t timeout_ms) {
+  // millis() on both sides: the loop clock is frozen while this blocks.
+  const uint32_t start = millis();
+  while (!this->scan_wanted_ && this->last_result_ == ScanOpResult::PENDING) {
+    if (millis() - start >= timeout_ms)
+      return false;
+    delay(RECONCILE_RETRY_MS);
+    this->advance_();
+  }
+  return this->last_result_ == ScanOpResult::SETTLED;
+}
+
+// Teardown is asynchronous: the handle is kept until an IDLE observation
+// confirms the radio is idle. A rejection WARNs once per failure streak and
+// widens the pump gate; the epilogue owns the stuck-teardown deadline.
+void BK72xxBLE::release_activity_(BdkActivityState state) {
+  const BdkOpResult result =
+      bdk_scan_release(this->scan_activity_idx_, state == BdkActivityState::CREATED, &this->last_release_err_);
+  if (result == BdkOpResult::OK) {
+    this->release_warned_ = false;
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!this->release_warned_) {
+    // A hard error carries its code immediately; the 30 s stuck ERROR follows
+    // if it persists.
+    if (result == BdkOpResult::FAILED) {
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Scan activity release failed (err %d); retrying", this->last_release_err_);
+    } else {
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Scan activity release rejected; retrying");
+    }
+    this->release_warned_ = true;
+  }
+}
+
+// Stamp/track the teardown episode; once past the deadline, ERROR (re-logged
+// each interval) and report stuck.
+bool BK72xxBLE::teardown_stuck_(uint32_t now) {
+  if (this->teardown_since_ms_ == 0) {
+    this->teardown_since_ms_ = now;
+    this->teardown_stuck_log_ms_ = now;  // first ERROR fires at the deadline
    return false;
  }
-  ble_err_t ret = bk_ble_scan_start(this->scan_actv_idx_, &sp, nullptr);
-  if (ret != ERR_SUCCESS) {
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Scan start failed (err %d)", static_cast<int>(ret));
-    this->scan_actv_idx_ = 0xFF;
+  if (now - this->teardown_since_ms_ < TEARDOWN_STUCK_ERROR_MS)
    return false;
+  if (now - this->teardown_stuck_log_ms_ >= TEARDOWN_STUCK_ERROR_MS) {
+    if (this->last_release_err_ != 0) {
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Scan teardown cannot proceed; scanner is stuck (release err %d)", this->last_release_err_);
+    } else {
+      // No rejected release this episode: stuck waiting on the controller.
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Scan teardown cannot proceed; scanner is stuck (controller busy)");
+    }
+    this->teardown_stuck_log_ms_ = now;
  }
  return true;
 }

-void BK72xxBLE::scan_stop() {
-  if (this->scan_actv_idx_ != 0xFF) {
-    bk_ble_scan_stop(this->scan_actv_idx_, nullptr);
-    this->scan_actv_idx_ = 0xFF;
+// One SDK operation per call toward the latched request; controller state is
+// read live each time (it changes on the BLE task, so nothing is mirrored).
+// The epilogue owns all deadlines and episode bookkeeping.
+ScanOpResult BK72xxBLE::advance_() {
+  if (!this->scan_wanted_ && this->scan_activity_idx_ == INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX) {
+    // Nothing to do; also keeps SDK reads off the pre-enable() path.
+    this->last_result_ = ScanOpResult::SETTLED;
+    return ScanOpResult::SETTLED;
  }
+  const BdkActivityState state = bdk_scan_state(this->scan_activity_idx_);
+  const bool ready = bdk_scan_ready();
+  ScanOpResult result = this->scan_wanted_ ? this->advance_start_(state, ready) : this->advance_stop_(state, ready);
+
+  const uint32_t now = App.get_loop_component_start_time();
+  this->last_advance_ms_ = now;
+  if (result == ScanOpResult::SETTLED || (state == BdkActivityState::IDLE && ready)) {
+    // Any teardown episode is over (IDLE observed with the controller
+    // settled, or e.g. a mode flip that settled back without ever reaching
+    // IDLE). An IDLE read while an operation is in flight proves nothing —
+    // a stop deferred there must keep its episode running.
+    this->reset_teardown_episode_();
+    this->release_warned_ = false;
+  }
+  if (this->restarting_ && (state == BdkActivityState::IDLE || state == BdkActivityState::CREATED)) {
+    // The mode-change release is observed complete; the rest is a normal
+    // bring-up on a fresh budget.
+    this->restarting_ = false;
+    this->pending_since_ms_ = now;
+  }
+  // Not chained to the clear above: a bring-up waiting at IDLE (create still
+  // in flight) must keep spending its budget.
+  if (result == ScanOpResult::PENDING) {
+    if (this->scan_wanted_ && state != BdkActivityState::STARTED && !this->restarting_) {
+      // A downed radio spends the bring-up budget; exhausting it hands
+      // recovery to the tracker's backoff.
+      if (now - this->pending_since_ms_ >= RECONCILE_PENDING_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Scan bring-up did not settle; giving up until the next start");
+        result = ScanOpResult::FAILED;
+      }
+    } else {
+      // A teardown is pending: a stop, or a mode-change release still in
+      // flight (restarting_); either way the bring-up budget waits.
+      if (this->scan_wanted_)
+        this->pending_since_ms_ = now;
+      if (this->teardown_stuck_(now)) {
+        // Terminal for stop AND restart: the tracker's backoff owns recovery
+        // (a stop's release keeps re-driving from loop(); a restart is
+        // re-requested through scan_start() with a fresh deadline).
+        result = ScanOpResult::FAILED;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  this->last_result_ = result;
+  return result;
+}
+
+ScanOpResult BK72xxBLE::advance_stop_(BdkActivityState state, bool ready) {
+  if (state == BdkActivityState::IDLE && ready) {
+    // Fully torn down (or never created): the radio is idle. IDLE is trusted
+    // only when the controller is settled — mid-create the slot still reads
+    // IDLE, and dropping the handle then would leak the activity once the
+    // create lands.
+    this->scan_activity_idx_ = INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX;
+    return ScanOpResult::SETTLED;
+  }
+  if (!ready) {
+    // Acting mid-operation could delete an activity whose start lands
+    // afterwards, leaking the slot with the radio on; wait.
+    if (this->last_result_ == ScanOpResult::SETTLED)
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Scan stop deferred (controller busy)");
+    return ScanOpResult::PENDING;
+  }
+  // Settled, so CREATED unambiguously means "never started".
+  this->release_activity_(state);
+  return ScanOpResult::PENDING;  // confirmed once IDLE is observed
+}
+
+ScanOpResult BK72xxBLE::advance_start_(BdkActivityState state, bool ready) {
+  if (state == BdkActivityState::STARTED) {
+    if (this->applied_ == this->requested_)
+      return ScanOpResult::SETTLED;
+    // Running with different mode or parameters: tear down (the SDK stop
+    // chain also deletes the activity) and recreate on a later advance.
+    if (ready) {
+      this->release_activity_(state);
+      // Invalidate so a flip back to the old params cannot SETTLE against the
+      // activity being deleted (interval 0 never matches a real request).
+      this->applied_.interval = 0;
+      this->restarting_ = true;
+    }
+    return ScanOpResult::PENDING;
+  }
+  if (!ready) {
+    if (this->last_result_ == ScanOpResult::SETTLED)
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Scan start deferred (controller busy)");
+    return ScanOpResult::PENDING;
+  }
+  if (state == BdkActivityState::CREATED) {
+    // Fire-and-forget: SETTLED only once a later advance observes the scan
+    // running, so a rejected start is retried rather than silently dead. On
+    // failure the created activity is intact; keep the handle.
+    if (bdk_scan_start(this->scan_activity_idx_, this->requested_.interval, this->requested_.window,
+                       this->requested_.active) != BdkOpResult::OK)
+      return ScanOpResult::FAILED;
+    this->applied_ = this->requested_;
+    return ScanOpResult::PENDING;
+  }
+  if (state == BdkActivityState::OTHER)
+    return ScanOpResult::PENDING;  // transitional; settles on a later read
+
+  // IDLE and ready: acquire a slot and create. A kept index is deliberately
+  // reused: SDK delete returns the slot to idle and create requires an idle
+  // slot, so it equals a fresh acquire — while clearing here would orphan a
+  // create still in flight (the BUSY race below).
+  if (this->scan_activity_idx_ == INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX) {
+    this->scan_activity_idx_ = bdk_scan_acquire_activity();
+    if (this->scan_activity_idx_ == INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX)
+      return ScanOpResult::FAILED;
+  }
+  switch (bdk_scan_create(this->scan_activity_idx_)) {
+    case BdkOpResult::BUSY:  // raced the BLE task; keep the index, the retry resumes this slot
+    case BdkOpResult::OK:
+      return ScanOpResult::PENDING;
+    case BdkOpResult::FAILED:
+      break;
+  }
+  // Safe to clear (unlike BUSY): acquire is a pure search, so a rejected
+  // create leaves the slot IDLE for re-acquire.
+  this->scan_activity_idx_ = INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX;
+  return ScanOpResult::FAILED;
 }

 }  // namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@

 #include <cstdint>

+#include "bdk_scan.h"
+
 namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble {

 enum class BLEComponentState : uint8_t {
@@ -19,11 +21,32 @@ enum class BLEComponentState : uint8_t {
  ACTIVE,
 };

+/// Outcome of one reconciliation step.
+enum class ScanOpResult : uint8_t {
+  SETTLED,  ///< The request is reached: scan observed running, or stopped
+            ///< with the activity fully released.
+  PENDING,  ///< A step is in flight; loop() keeps advancing — call
+            ///< scan_start() again to learn the outcome.
+  FAILED,   ///< The controller rejected a step; retry later.
+};
+
+/// One scan request: mode plus timing, in BLE units (0.625 ms).
+struct ScanParams {
+  bool active;
+  uint16_t interval;
+  uint16_t window;
+  bool operator==(const ScanParams &) const = default;
+};
+
 /// One advertisement report from the controller.
 struct BLEScanReport {
-  uint8_t mac[6];  // LSB-first, as the controller delivers it
-  int8_t rssi;     // signed dBm
+  uint8_t mac[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE];  // LSB-first, as the controller delivers it
+  int8_t rssi;                    // signed dBm
  uint8_t addr_type;
+  // GAPM report info byte (recv_adv_t.evt_type): bits 0-2 report type
+  // (1 = legacy adv, 3 = legacy scan response), bit 5 scannable — lets the
+  // tracker's merger tell the two frames apart.
+  uint8_t evt_type;
  uint8_t data_len;  // bytes valid in data[]
  uint8_t data[62];  // legacy advertisement (31) + scan response (31)

@@ -60,7 +83,7 @@ class BK72xxBLE final : public Component {
  void set_enable_on_boot(bool enable_on_boot) { this->enable_on_boot_ = enable_on_boot; }

  /// Controller BLE address, least-significant octet first (BLE convention).
-  void get_mac_lsb_first(uint8_t out[6]) const;
+  void get_mac_lsb_first(uint8_t out[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE]) const;

 #ifdef BK72XX_BLE_SCAN_LISTENER_COUNT
  /// Register a consumer for scan reports (delivered on the main task via loop()).
@@ -69,18 +92,33 @@ class BK72xxBLE final : public Component {
  void register_scan_listener(BLEScanListener *listener) { this->scan_listeners_.push_back(listener); }
 #endif

-  /// Start the controller scan. Interval/window are in BLE units (0.625 ms).
-  /// Enables the stack first if needed. Returns false on controller failure.
-  bool scan_start(uint16_t interval, uint16_t window);
-  /// Stop the controller scan (no-op when not scanning).
+  /// Request a scan (interval/window in 0.625 ms BLE units); enables the
+  /// stack first if needed. PENDING until the scan is observed running —
+  /// loop() keeps advancing, call again to learn the outcome.
+  ScanOpResult scan_start(uint16_t interval, uint16_t window, bool active);
+  /// Request the scanner stopped and the activity released; steps that
+  /// cannot run yet are completed from loop().
  void scan_stop();
+  /// Drive a requested stop until the radio is observed idle, bounded by
+  /// timeout_ms (for OTA). Returns false if it still has not settled.
+  bool flush_pending_stop(uint32_t timeout_ms);
+  /// Last reconciliation outcome; on FAILED the consumer's retry policy owns
+  /// recovery.
+  ScanOpResult last_scan_result() const { return this->last_result_; }

  /// Internal: buffer one controller report (BDK notice callback, BLE task
  /// context — bounded copy under the scheduler lock, nothing else).
-  void enqueue_scan_report(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t data_len);
+  void enqueue_scan_report(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, uint8_t evt_type, const uint8_t *data,
+                           uint16_t data_len);

 protected:
  void resolve_mac_();
+  ScanOpResult advance_();
+  ScanOpResult advance_stop_(BdkActivityState state, bool ready);
+  ScanOpResult advance_start_(BdkActivityState state, bool ready);
+  bool teardown_stuck_(uint32_t now);
+  void reset_teardown_episode_();
+  void release_activity_(BdkActivityState state);

 #ifdef BK72XX_BLE_SCAN_LISTENER_COUNT
  // Codegen-sized: no heap allocation, no std::vector template instantiation —
@@ -95,10 +133,24 @@ class BK72xxBLE final : public Component {
  // allocate() returns nullptr before push() can fail. This prevents leaking a
  // pool slot on a failed push and keeps release() off the producer path.
  esphome::EventPool<BLEScanReport, MAX_SCAN_REPORT_QUEUE_SIZE - 1> report_pool_;
-  uint8_t ble_mac_[6]{0};  // LSB-first (BLE convention)
-  uint8_t scan_actv_idx_{0xFF};
-  BLEComponentState state_{BLEComponentState::STATE_OFF};
+  // Largest-to-smallest: padding only at the tail, absorbed by future byte fields.
+  uint32_t last_advance_ms_{0};
+  uint32_t pending_since_ms_{0};          // bring-up budget anchor; refilled on request change
+  uint32_t teardown_since_ms_{0};         // unfinished teardown episode start; 0 = none
+  uint32_t teardown_stuck_log_ms_{0};     // last stuck-teardown ERROR; re-logged each TEARDOWN_STUCK_ERROR_MS
+  int last_release_err_{0};               // SDK code of the episode's last failed release; 0 = none
+  ScanParams requested_{};                // latched by scan_start()
+  ScanParams applied_{};                  // last params we commanded; mismatch with requested_ restarts
+  uint8_t ble_mac_[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE]{0};  // LSB-first (BLE convention)
+  uint8_t scan_activity_idx_{INVALID_ACTIVITY_IDX};
+  bool scan_wanted_{false};     // the latched request is to scan (vs stopped)
+  bool release_warned_{false};  // gates the release WARN; widens the pump gate
+  bool restarting_{false};      // mode-change release in flight; teardown deadline governs until released
  bool enable_on_boot_{false};
+  // PENDING means advance_() has more to do; loop() drives it, paced and
+  // (for a bring-up) bounded.
+  ScanOpResult last_result_{ScanOpResult::SETTLED};
+  BLEComponentState state_{BLEComponentState::STATE_OFF};
 };

 }  // namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from esphome.components.ble_device_base import automation as ble_automation
 from esphome.components.const import CONF_ON_SCAN_END, CONF_SCAN_PARAMETERS, CONF_WINDOW
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
+    CONF_ACTIVE,
    CONF_CONTINUOUS,
    CONF_DURATION,
    CONF_ID,
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES = ["bk72xx"]
 AUTO_LOAD = ["ble_device_base", "bk72xx_ble"]
 CODEOWNERS = ["@Bl00d-B0b"]

+ble_device_base.register_hub_provider("bk72xx_ble_tracker")
+
 bk72xx_ble_tracker_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("bk72xx_ble_tracker")
 BK72xxBLETracker = bk72xx_ble_tracker_ns.class_(
    "BK72xxBLETracker", ble_device_base.BLEHub, cg.Component
@@ -142,6 +145,12 @@ async def stop_scan_action_to_code(


 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
+    # Selects the BLEHub alias arm in ble_device_base/ble_hub_impl.h.
+    cg.add_define("USE_BK72XX_BLE_TRACKER")
+    # Compiles the shared adv + scan-response merge (the BDK delivers the pair
+    # as separate reports).
+    cg.add_define("USE_BLE_SCAN_RESPONSE_MERGER")
+
    var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
    await cg.register_component(var, config)

@@ -159,6 +168,7 @@ async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
    cg.add(var.set_scan_window(ble_device_base.to_ble_units(scan[CONF_WINDOW])))
    cg.add(var.set_scan_duration(scan[CONF_DURATION].total_milliseconds))
    cg.add(var.set_configured_continuous(scan[CONF_CONTINUOUS]))
+    cg.add(var.set_scan_active(scan[CONF_ACTIVE]))

    for conf in config.get(CONF_ON_BLE_ADVERTISE, []):
        await ble_automation.advertise_trigger_to_code(conf, var)
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@

 #include "bk72xx_ble_tracker.h"

-#include <algorithm>
 #include <cinttypes>

-#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
+#include "esphome/core/application.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"

 namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble_tracker {
@@ -27,6 +26,15 @@ static const char *const TAG = "bk72xx_ble_tracker";
 // a single WARN is emitted when the retry interval first saturates.
 static constexpr uint32_t SCAN_START_RETRY_MS = 1000;
 static constexpr uint8_t SCAN_START_RETRY_MAX_DOUBLINGS = 6;  // 1 s << 6 = 64 s
+// Stable-run time before the failure streak clears; reset-on-start would keep
+// a flapping controller at the 1 s gate.
+static constexpr uint32_t SCAN_STABLE_RESET_MS = 30000;
+
+// Radio-idle deadline for the bounded stop drain at OTA start.
+static constexpr uint32_t OTA_STOP_FLUSH_MS = 100;
+
+// 0.625 ms BLE units; integer math avoids soft-float on this FPU-less part.
+constexpr uint32_t ble_units_to_ms(uint32_t units) { return units * 5 / 8; }

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Component lifecycle
@@ -36,11 +44,20 @@ void BK72xxBLETracker::setup() {
  // Receive the controller's scan reports; the controller queues them from the
  // BLE task and delivers here on the main task.
  this->parent_->register_scan_listener(this);
+  // Merged (and unmerged) frames go to the shared dispatcher; unclaimed
+  // devices are logged only on one-shot scans (continuous would spam).
+  this->merger_.bind(&this->dispatcher_, &this->scan_continuous_, TAG);
 #ifdef USE_OTA_STATE_LISTENER
  // Pause scanning while an OTA update is in flight — on the single-core BK72xx the
  // BLE scan competes with the OTA flash writes. Mirrors esp32_ble_tracker.
  ota::get_global_ota_callback()->add_global_state_listener(this);
 #endif
+  // scan_requested_ check: an on_boot start_scan latched before this setup()
+  // must keep the retry loop running (rp2/ln882h parity).
+  if (!this->scan_continuous_ && !this->scan_requested_) {
+    // Nothing to time until an explicit start_scan(); it re-enables the loop.
+    this->disable_loop();
+  }
 }

 #ifdef USE_OTA_STATE_LISTENER
@@ -50,30 +67,54 @@ void BK72xxBLETracker::on_ota_global_state(ota::OTAState state, float progress,
    this->scan_continuous_before_ota_ = this->scan_continuous_;
    this->scan_requested_before_ota_ = this->scan_requested_;
    this->stop_scan();
+    // The transfer starves the loop; a deferred stop would leave the radio
+    // scanning for the whole update, so drain it here, bounded.
+    if (!this->parent_->flush_pending_stop(OTA_STOP_FLUSH_MS))
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Scan still stopping at OTA start; the radio may contend with the update");
  } else if (state == ota::OTA_ERROR || state == ota::OTA_ABORT) {
    // On success the device reboots, so restore only on a failed/aborted update;
    // loop() restarts the scan on its next iteration (continuous idle branch).
    if (this->scan_continuous_before_ota_) {
      this->scan_continuous_before_ota_ = false;
      this->scan_continuous_ = true;
+      this->enable_loop();  // stop_scan() parked it
    }
    // A one-shot request that was still pending (latched, retrying) when the
    // OTA paused scanning is re-latched, not dropped — loop() resumes the retry.
    if (this->scan_requested_before_ota_) {
      this->scan_requested_before_ota_ = false;
      this->scan_requested_ = true;
+      this->enable_loop();
    }
  }
 }
 #endif  // USE_OTA_STATE_LISTENER

 void BK72xxBLETracker::loop() {
-  const uint32_t now = millis();
+  const uint32_t now = App.get_loop_component_start_time();
+
+  // Deliver held scannable advertisements whose scan response never arrived —
+  // unmerged after the merger's timeout.
+  if (!this->merger_.empty())
+    this->merger_.sweep(now);
+
+  // Before the drop branch: a drop after a stable run starts a fresh streak.
+  if (this->scan_running_ && this->failed_start_count_ != 0 && now - this->scan_start_time_ >= SCAN_STABLE_RESET_MS)
+    this->failed_start_count_ = 0;
+
+  // A terminal failure while we report running recovers via the normal retry
+  // path; the drop charges the backoff so a flapping controller escalates.
+  if (this->scan_running_ && this->parent_->last_scan_result() == bk72xx_ble::ScanOpResult::FAILED) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Controller scan lost; retrying");
+    this->scan_requested_ = true;
+    this->count_failed_start_();
+    this->mark_scan_ended_(now);
+  }
+
  if (this->scan_continuous_) {
    if (!this->scan_running_) {
-      // A start that succeeded re-anchored the period timer from a later millis(),
-      // so the stale `now` below would underflow the comparison and fire
-      // on_scan_end() for a scan that just began. Resume next iteration.
+      // One-iteration deferral; all stamps share this iteration's cached
+      // timestamp, so the period check below cannot underflow.
      if (this->try_start_with_backoff_(now))
        return;
    }
@@ -81,11 +122,7 @@ void BK72xxBLETracker::loop() {
    // esp32_ble_tracker::cleanup_scan_state_(). Gated on scan_started_once_ so a scan
    // that never came up (start kept failing) does not fire spurious on_scan_end events.
    if (this->scan_started_once_ && now - this->scan_period_start_ >= this->scan_duration_) {
-#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
-      for (auto *listener : this->listeners_)
-        listener->on_scan_end();
-      this->discovered_log_.clear();  // reset per-scan "Found device" dedup (esp32_ble_tracker parity)
-#endif
+      this->fire_scan_end_();
      this->scan_period_start_ = now;
    }
    return;
@@ -99,13 +136,14 @@ void BK72xxBLETracker::loop() {
  // would be silent: the scan never runs, stop_scan_() is never reached and
  // on_scan_end() never fires, leaving period-keyed consumers waiting forever.
  if (this->scan_requested_ && !this->scan_running_) {
-    // Same stale-`now` hazard as the continuous branch: start_scan_() stamps
-    // scan_start_time_ from a later millis(), so the duration check below would
-    // underflow and stop the scan in the iteration that started it.
+    // Same one-iteration deferral as the continuous branch.
    if (this->try_start_with_backoff_(now))
      return;
  }
  if (this->scan_running_ && now - this->scan_start_time_ >= this->scan_duration_) {
+    // A full-duration run proves the controller healthy even when duration is
+    // shorter than SCAN_STABLE_RESET_MS.
+    this->failed_start_count_ = 0;
    this->stop_scan_();
  }
 }
@@ -122,32 +160,54 @@ bool BK72xxBLETracker::try_start_with_backoff_(uint32_t now, bool force) {
  // even user-initiated attempts respect the backoff, so a start_scan() action
  // on a short cadence cannot hammer a failing controller; the attempt stays
  // inside the failure accounting below either way.
-  const uint8_t doublings = std::min<uint8_t>(this->failed_start_count_, SCAN_START_RETRY_MAX_DOUBLINGS);
-  if ((!force || this->failed_start_count_ != 0) &&
-      now - this->last_scan_start_attempt_ < (SCAN_START_RETRY_MS << doublings))
+  // Mid bring-up, observe instead of re-issuing (the hub self-advances). A
+  // SETTLED outcome completes immediately; only fresh attempts after FAILED
+  // are rate-limited.
+  const auto hub = this->parent_->last_scan_result();
+  if (hub == bk72xx_ble::ScanOpResult::PENDING)
    return false;
-  this->last_scan_start_attempt_ = now;
+  if (hub == bk72xx_ble::ScanOpResult::FAILED) {
+    if (this->start_attempt_open_) {
+      // Our bring-up gave up asynchronously; charge it to the backoff.
+      this->start_attempt_open_ = false;
+      this->count_failed_start_();
+    }
+    if ((!force || this->failed_start_count_ != 0) &&
+        now - this->last_scan_start_attempt_ < (SCAN_START_RETRY_MS << this->failed_start_count_))
+      return false;
+  }
  this->start_scan_();
-  if (!this->scan_running_ && this->failed_start_count_ < SCAN_START_RETRY_MAX_DOUBLINGS) {
+  if (!this->scan_running_) {
+    if (this->parent_->last_scan_result() == bk72xx_ble::ScanOpResult::PENDING) {
+      this->start_attempt_open_ = true;
+      return false;  // the controller is still bringing the scan up; not a failure
+    }
+    this->count_failed_start_();
+  }
+  return this->scan_running_;
+}
+
+void BK72xxBLETracker::count_failed_start_() {
+  if (this->failed_start_count_ < SCAN_START_RETRY_MAX_DOUBLINGS) {
    ++this->failed_start_count_;
    if (this->failed_start_count_ == SCAN_START_RETRY_MAX_DOUBLINGS) {
      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Scan start keeps failing; retrying every %" PRIu32 " s",
               (SCAN_START_RETRY_MS << SCAN_START_RETRY_MAX_DOUBLINGS) / 1000);
    }
  }
-  return this->scan_running_;
 }

 void BK72xxBLETracker::dump_config() {
  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG,
                "BK72xx BLE Tracker:\n"
                "  Scan Duration: %" PRIu32 " s\n"
-                "  Scan Interval: %.0f ms (%" PRIu32 " BLE units)\n"
-                "  Scan Window: %.0f ms (%" PRIu32 " BLE units)\n"
-                "  Scan Type: PASSIVE\n"
+                "  Scan Interval: %" PRIu32 " ms (%" PRIu32 " BLE units)\n"
+                "  Scan Window: %" PRIu32 " ms (%" PRIu32 " BLE units)\n"
+                "  Scan Type: %s (configured %s)\n"
                "  Continuous Scanning: %s",
-                this->scan_duration_ / 1000, this->scan_interval_ * 0.625f, this->scan_interval_,
-                this->scan_window_ * 0.625f, this->scan_window_, YESNO(this->scan_continuous_));
+                this->scan_duration_ / 1000, ble_units_to_ms(this->scan_interval_), this->scan_interval_,
+                ble_units_to_ms(this->scan_window_), this->scan_window_, this->scan_active_ ? "ACTIVE" : "PASSIVE",
+                this->scan_active_configured_ ? "ACTIVE" : "PASSIVE", YESNO(this->scan_continuous_));
 }

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -156,31 +216,33 @@ void BK72xxBLETracker::dump_config() {
 // listener dispatch run in main-loop context with no cross-task handling here.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-void BK72xxBLETracker::on_scan_report(const bk72xx_ble::BLEScanReport &report) {
-  // Raw callback (the raw-advertisement path).
-  if (this->raw_advertisement_callback_.is_set()) {
-    const ble_device_base::RawAdvertisement adv{.mac = report.mac,
-                                                .data = report.data,
-                                                .data_len = report.data_len,
-                                                .rssi = report.rssi,
-                                                .addr_type = report.addr_type};
-    this->raw_advertisement_callback_.invoke(adv);
-  }
+// GAPM report info byte (BLEScanReport::evt_type): bits 0-2 report type,
+// bit 5 scannable advertisement. Verified against both BDK stacks (5.1 and
+// 5.2 fill it from gapm_ext_adv_report_ind.info).
+static constexpr uint8_t GAPM_REPORT_TYPE_MASK = 0x07;
+static constexpr uint8_t GAPM_REPORT_TYPE_SCAN_RSP_EXT = 2;
+static constexpr uint8_t GAPM_REPORT_TYPE_SCAN_RSP_LEG = 3;
+static constexpr uint8_t GAPM_REPORT_INFO_SCAN_ADV_BIT = 1 << 5;

-#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
-  ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice device;
-  device.from_scan_result(report.mac, report.rssi, report.addr_type, report.data, report.data_len);
-  bool found = false;
-  for (auto *listener : this->listeners_) {
-    if (listener->parse_device(device)) {
-      found = true;
-    }
+// Demux advertisements vs scan responses into the shared merger: the BDK
+// delivers the pair as separate reports; a scannable advertisement is held
+// until its scan response arrives and delivered as one merged frame.
+void BK72xxBLETracker::on_scan_report(const bk72xx_ble::BLEScanReport &report) {
+  const uint8_t rtype = report.evt_type & GAPM_REPORT_TYPE_MASK;
+  if (rtype == GAPM_REPORT_TYPE_SCAN_RSP_LEG || rtype == GAPM_REPORT_TYPE_SCAN_RSP_EXT) {
+    this->merger_.submit_scan_rsp(report.mac, report.rssi, report.addr_type, report.data, report.data_len);
+    return;
  }
-  // Mirror esp32_ble_tracker: log a newly-seen device only when nothing claimed
-  // it and the scan is one-shot (continuous scans would spam).
-  if (!found && !this->scan_continuous_)
-    this->discovered_log_.log_device(TAG, device);
-#endif  // ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
+  // Stash only while an active scan runs: a passive scan never gets a
+  // response, and after a stop nothing would sweep the merger, so a late
+  // report would surface minutes later as a fresh advertisement.
+  if (this->scan_running_ && this->scan_active_ && (report.evt_type & GAPM_REPORT_INFO_SCAN_ADV_BIT)) {
+    this->merger_.stash_adv(report.mac, report.rssi, report.addr_type, report.data, report.data_len,
+                            App.get_loop_component_start_time());
+    return;
+  }
+  this->dispatcher_.dispatch(report.mac, report.rssi, report.addr_type, report.data, report.data_len,
+                             /*raw_only=*/false, this->scan_continuous_ ? nullptr : TAG);
 }

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -207,7 +269,8 @@ void BK72xxBLETracker::start_scan() {
  // against a failing controller, repeated start_scan() calls are rate-limited
  // like any other attempt.
  this->scan_requested_ = true;
-  this->try_start_with_backoff_(millis(), /* force= */ true);
+  this->enable_loop();  // an idle one-shot tracker parked it in stop_scan_()
+  this->try_start_with_backoff_(App.get_loop_component_start_time(), /* force= */ true);
 }

 void BK72xxBLETracker::restart_scan_duration() {
@@ -218,7 +281,7 @@ void BK72xxBLETracker::restart_scan_duration() {
  // start_scan action fired more often than scan_duration_ would otherwise
  // suppress on_scan_end indefinitely — and absence detection (ble_rssi's NAN
  // publish) rides on that period.
-  this->scan_start_time_ = millis();
+  this->scan_start_time_ = App.get_loop_component_start_time();
 }

 void BK72xxBLETracker::stop_scan() {
@@ -231,24 +294,31 @@ void BK72xxBLETracker::stop_scan() {
 // Internal scan start / stop
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

+bk72xx_ble::ScanOpResult BK72xxBLETracker::controller_scan_start_() {
+  this->last_scan_start_attempt_ = App.get_loop_component_start_time();
+  return this->parent_->scan_start(static_cast<uint16_t>(this->scan_interval_),
+                                   static_cast<uint16_t>(this->scan_window_), this->scan_active_);
+}
+
 void BK72xxBLETracker::start_scan_() {
  if (this->scan_running_)
    return;

-  if (!this->parent_->scan_start(static_cast<uint16_t>(this->scan_interval_),
-                                 static_cast<uint16_t>(this->scan_window_)))
+  if (this->controller_scan_start_() != bk72xx_ble::ScanOpResult::SETTLED)
    return;

-  const uint32_t now = millis();
+  const uint32_t now = App.get_loop_component_start_time();
  this->scan_running_ = true;
  this->scan_requested_ = false;  // the latched one-shot request is satisfied
-  this->failed_start_count_ = 0;  // reset here so direct starts clear the backoff too
+  this->start_attempt_open_ = false;
+  // failed_start_count_ deliberately not reset here; only a stable run clears it (loop()).
  this->scan_start_time_ = now;
  // Log every explicit start at DEBUG — stop_scan_() logs every stop at DEBUG, and
  // in non-continuous mode each period is an explicit start, so asymmetric logging
  // would read as the scanner failing to come back up.
-  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Scan started (passive, window=%.0fms, interval=%.0fms)", this->scan_window_ * 0.625f,
-           this->scan_interval_ * 0.625f);
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Scan started (%s, window=%" PRIu32 "ms, interval=%" PRIu32 "ms)",
+           this->scan_active_ ? "active" : "passive", ble_units_to_ms(this->scan_window_),
+           ble_units_to_ms(this->scan_interval_));
  // Re-anchor the on_scan_end period to every successful start — first start (so the
  // period counts from the scan, not from boot) and every restart after a stop (so
  // resuming after longer than scan_duration, e.g. a failed OTA restoring continuous
@@ -258,18 +328,49 @@ void BK72xxBLETracker::start_scan_() {
  this->scan_started_once_ = true;
 }

+// Deliberate logical/physical split: on_scan_end() reports the tracker's
+// intent while the hub winds the radio down asynchronously; OTA is the one
+// path that must wait, and it flushes explicitly.
 void BK72xxBLETracker::stop_scan_() {
-  if (!this->scan_running_)
-    return;
-  this->parent_->scan_stop();
+  this->start_attempt_open_ = false;  // an abandoned bring-up is not charged
+  this->parent_->scan_stop();         // idempotent: releases whatever the hub holds
+  if (this->scan_running_) {
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Scan stopped");
+    this->mark_scan_ended_(App.get_loop_component_start_time());
+  }
+  // Park when idle (the hub drives its own teardown); re-check because an
+  // on_scan_end automation may have restarted the scan.
+  if (!this->scan_continuous_ && !this->scan_running_ && !this->scan_requested_)
+    this->disable_loop();
+}
+
+// The period re-anchor keeps on_scan_end from double-firing in one iteration.
+void BK72xxBLETracker::mark_scan_ended_(uint32_t now) {
  this->scan_running_ = false;
-  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Scan stopped");
-#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
-  for (auto *listener : this->listeners_)
-    listener->on_scan_end();
-  this->discovered_log_.clear();  // reset per-scan "Found device" dedup (esp32_ble_tracker parity)
-#endif
-  this->scan_period_start_ = millis();  // reset period clock so on_scan_end does not double-fire
+  this->fire_scan_end_();
+  this->scan_period_start_ = now;
+}
+
+void BK72xxBLETracker::fire_scan_end_() {
+  // Deliver held advertisements whose scan response never came (unmerged)
+  // BEFORE on_scan_end fires.
+  this->merger_.flush();
+  this->dispatcher_.on_scan_end();
+}
+
+// true = request latched, not applied: the reconciler applies it
+// asynchronously and loop() recovers a failed re-arm (ln882h parity).
+bool BK72xxBLETracker::request_scan_mode(bool active) {
+  if (this->scan_active_ == active)
+    return true;
+  this->scan_active_ = active;
+  // V: the proxy's "Setting scanner mode" line already narrates this at D.
+  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Scan mode %s", active ? "active" : "passive");
+  // The controller reconciler restarts a running scan itself; the scan stays
+  // logically running. An idle scanner picks the mode up on its next start.
+  if (this->scan_running_)
+    this->controller_scan_start_();
+  return true;
 }

 }  // namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble_tracker
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 //       window:      30ms
 //       duration:    5min
 //       continuous:  true
+//       active:      true

 #pragma once

@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "esphome/components/bk72xx_ble/bk72xx_ble.h"
 #include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_device.h"
 #include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_hub.h"
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/scan_response_merger.h"
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"

@@ -45,7 +47,6 @@ namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble_tracker {
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 class BK72xxBLETracker : public Component,
-                         public ble_device_base::BLEHub,
                         public bk72xx_ble::BLEScanListener,
                         public Parented<bk72xx_ble::BK72xxBLE>
 #ifdef USE_OTA_STATE_LISTENER
@@ -70,6 +71,12 @@ class BK72xxBLETracker : public Component,
  void set_scan_interval(uint32_t scan_interval) { this->scan_interval_ = scan_interval; }
  void set_scan_window(uint32_t scan_window) { this->scan_window_ = scan_window; }
  void set_scan_duration(uint32_t scan_duration) { this->scan_duration_ = scan_duration; }
+  /// Set from YAML (scan_parameters.active); runtime mode requests change
+  /// only the resolved mode.
+  void set_scan_active(bool scan_active) {
+    this->scan_active_ = scan_active;
+    this->scan_active_configured_ = scan_active;
+  }
  /// Set from YAML (scan_parameters.continuous); also the value
  /// configured_continuous() reports and a bare start_scan action restores.
  void set_configured_continuous(bool scan_continuous) {
@@ -93,38 +100,30 @@ class BK72xxBLETracker : public Component,
  void stop_scan();

  // ---- ble_device_base::BLEHub contract ----
-  void register_listener(ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener *listener) override {
-#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
-    this->listeners_.push_back(listener);
-#endif
+  void register_listener(ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener *listener) {
+    this->dispatcher_.register_listener(listener);
  }
-  void set_raw_advertisement_callback(ble_device_base::RawAdvertisementCallback callback) override {
-    this->raw_advertisement_callback_ = callback;
+  void set_raw_advertisement_callback(ble_device_base::RawAdvertisementCallback callback) {
+    this->dispatcher_.set_raw_advertisement_callback(callback);
  }
-  ble_device_base::HubCapabilities get_capabilities() const override {
-    // The Beken BDK exposes no active-scan path (passive scanning only), so the
-    // controller never solicits scan responses and never merges them; consumers
-    // relying on scan-response fields (device names) get them only where the
-    // receiver merges per address (Home Assistant does). No GATT client either.
-    // scan_mode_switch stays false for the same reason: with no active-scan
-    // path there is no mode to switch to.
-    return {.active_scan = false, .merges_scan_response = false, .gatt = false, .scan_mode_switch = false};
-  }
-  bool request_scan_mode(bool active) override {
-    // Passive-only controller: a passive request is already honored, an active
-    // one cannot be.
-    return !active;
+  static constexpr ble_device_base::HubCapabilities get_capabilities() {
+    // Active scanning is driven through bk72xx_ble's reconciler because the BDK
+    // API itself is passive-only. The controller delivers scan responses as
+    // separate reports; this tracker merges the pair before delivery (shared
+    // ScanResponseMerger, Bluedroid semantics). No GATT client.
+    return {.active_scan = true, .merges_scan_response = true, .gatt = false, .scan_mode_switch = true};
  }
+  bool request_scan_mode(bool active);
  // The controller stores the address LSB-first (BLE convention); the contract
  // wants printable (MSB-first) order.
-  void get_adapter_mac(uint8_t out[6]) override {
-    uint8_t mac[6];
+  void get_adapter_mac(uint8_t out[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE]) {
+    uint8_t mac[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE];
    this->parent_->get_mac_lsb_first(mac);
    for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
      out[i] = mac[5 - i];
  }
-  bool scan_running() override { return this->scan_running_; }
-  bool scan_active() override { return false; }  // BK72xx scan is passive-only
+  bool scan_running() { return this->scan_running_; }
+  bool scan_active() { return this->scan_active_; }

  // ---- bk72xx_ble::BLEScanListener ----
  // Delivered by the controller's loop() on the ESPHome main task — the
@@ -134,15 +133,20 @@ class BK72xxBLETracker : public Component,
 protected:
  void start_scan_();
  void stop_scan_();
-  /// Attempt a rate-limited (re)start; returns true when the scan is running,
-  /// which means the caller must not compare its cached millis() against the
-  /// timestamps start_scan_() just refreshed. force bypasses the rate gate for
-  /// an explicit user start only while the failure streak is clean; a failing
-  /// controller rate-limits forced attempts too. Failure accounting always runs.
+  void fire_scan_end_();
+  void mark_scan_ended_(uint32_t now);
+  /// Stamp-and-start for every controller scan attempt, so the retry rate
+  /// limit covers all callers.
+  bk72xx_ble::ScanOpResult controller_scan_start_();
+  /// Rate-limited (re)start; true when the scan is running (the caller must
+  /// not reuse a `now` older than the stamps this refreshed). Force and
+  /// backoff rules are documented at the definition.
  bool try_start_with_backoff_(uint32_t now, bool force = false);
+  void count_failed_start_();

  bool scan_running_{false};
-  bool scan_requested_{false};  // latched start_scan() request not yet running; loop() retries with backoff
+  bool scan_requested_{false};      // latched start_scan() request not yet running; loop() retries with backoff
+  bool start_attempt_open_{false};  // charge a later FAILED observation to the backoff exactly once
  // Defaults: the BK reference — 30 % duty cycle
  // (interval 100 ms / window 30 ms), in 0.625 ms BLE units.
  uint32_t scan_interval_{160};  // 160 × 0.625 ms = 100 ms
@@ -150,30 +154,27 @@ class BK72xxBLETracker : public Component,
  uint32_t scan_duration_{300000};
  bool scan_continuous_{true};
  bool scan_continuous_configured_{true};  // YAML value; stop_scan() must not lose it
+  bool scan_active_{true};                 // resolved mode; see scan_parameters.active
+  bool scan_active_configured_{true};      // YAML value; runtime requests must not lose it
 #ifdef USE_OTA_STATE_LISTENER
  bool scan_continuous_before_ota_{false};  // continuous mode saved at OTA start, restored on OTA failure
  bool scan_requested_before_ota_{false};   // pending one-shot latch saved at OTA start, re-latched on OTA failure
 #endif
  uint32_t scan_start_time_{0};

-  uint32_t last_scan_start_attempt_{0};  // millis() of last start_scan_() attempt; rate-limits retries
-  uint8_t failed_start_count_{0};        // consecutive failed starts; drives the retry backoff (reset on success)
-  uint32_t scan_period_start_{0};        // millis() at start of current scan period; used to rate-limit on_scan_end()
+  uint32_t last_scan_start_attempt_{0};  // last controller start attempt, any caller; rate-limits retries
+  uint8_t failed_start_count_{0};        // failed starts AND drops; backoff shift, cleared after a stable run (loop())
+  uint32_t scan_period_start_{0};        // loop-clock start of the scan period; rate-limits on_scan_end()
  bool scan_started_once_{false};        // true after first successful scan start; gates the period timer

-  ble_device_base::RawAdvertisementCallback raw_advertisement_callback_{};
-#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
-  // Parsed-advertisement consumers registered through ble_device_base.
-  // Codegen-sized: no heap allocation, no std::vector template instantiations.
-  StaticVector<ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener *, ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT> listeners_;
-#endif
-
-#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
-  // Per-period "Found device" DEBUG log with MAC dedup — shared implementation
-  // in ble_device_base, identical output on every tracker backend. Guarded like
-  // its only writer so a no-listener build does not carry an unused vector.
-  ble_device_base::DiscoveredDeviceLog discovered_log_{};
-#endif
+  // Shared adv + scan-response merge and frame dispatch (ble_device_base).
+  // All calls run on the main task (the controller queue already crossed
+  // tasks). Merger clock: stash_adv() reads the PARENT's cached loop time
+  // (on_scan_report runs inside bk72xx_ble's queue drain), sweep() this
+  // component's — same App.loop() pass, so the delta stays non-negative and
+  // the 300 ms timeout holds.
+  ble_device_base::ScanResponseMerger merger_;
+  ble_device_base::AdvDispatcher dispatcher_;
 };

 }  // namespace esphome::bk72xx_ble_tracker
@@ -3,26 +3,41 @@ ble_device_base — the platform-neutral BLE layer.

 Owns the shared advertisement types (ESPBTUUID / ESPBTDevice / ServiceData /
 ESPBLEiBeacon / ESPBTDeviceListener, in ble_device.h) and the tracker contract
-(BLEHub, in ble_hub.h) on every platform.
+(BLEHub, in ble_hub.h; C++-side a per-platform alias bound in ble_hub_impl.h)
+on every platform.

 BLE consumers (sensor components, bluetooth_proxy) bind to whichever tracker the
 configuration declares via `cv.use_id(BLEHub)` — ESPHome resolves any declared
-subclass, so there is no platform table here and no dependency in either
-direction. A sensor appends inject_ble_hub to its CONFIG_SCHEMA (via cv.All) and
-calls register_ble_device() in to_code; a tracker component subclasses BLEHub
-(C++ and codegen class). Adding a new BLE chip requires only a new tracker
-component.
+subclass, so there is no Python platform table here and no dependency in
+either direction (C++-side, the compile-time alias header ble_hub_impl.h and the
+defines.h mirror are the deliberate exceptions). A sensor extends
+BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA in its CONFIG_SCHEMA (so an explicit ble_hub_id: is a
+declared key even on strict schemas) and calls register_ble_device() in
+to_code; a tracker component declares BLEHub as its codegen-class parent and
+MUST call register_hub_provider() at import time — without it _require_hub
+rejects configs that bind through the generated id (an explicit ble_hub_id:
+bypasses the registry). Adding a new BLE chip requires a new in-tree tracker
+component plus its alias arm and define (see above); out-of-tree BLE hubs
+are not supported.

 AES-CCM decryption for encrypted advertisements is provided portably in
 ble_aes_ccm.h.
 """

+from collections.abc import Callable
 import re

 import esphome.codegen as cg
 from esphome.components.const import CONF_WINDOW
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
-from esphome.const import CONF_ACTIVE, CONF_CONTINUOUS, CONF_DURATION, CONF_INTERVAL
+from esphome.const import (
+    CONF_ACTIVE,
+    CONF_CONTINUOUS,
+    CONF_DURATION,
+    CONF_INTERVAL,
+    KEY_TARGET_PLATFORM,
+)
+from esphome.core import CORE, ID, KEY_CORE, TimePeriod
 from esphome.types import ConfigType

 CODEOWNERS = ["@Bl00d-B0b"]
@@ -36,25 +51,101 @@ LISTENER_COUNT_DEFINE = "ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT"

 ble_device_base_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("ble_device_base")

-# The neutral tracker contract. Every tracker's codegen class declares this as a
-# parent, which is what lets cv.use_id(BLEHub) resolve any of them.
+# The neutral tracker contract. Every tracker's codegen class declares this as
+# a parent, which is what lets cv.use_id(BLEHub) resolve any of them. Python
+# only: C++-side the name is a per-platform alias (ble_hub_impl.h).
 BLEHub = ble_device_base_ns.class_("BLEHub")

 # The neutral listener base (C++: ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener).
 ESPBTDeviceListener = ble_device_base_ns.class_("ESPBTDeviceListener")


-def inject_ble_hub(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
-    """Validator: auto-resolve the configured BLE tracker into the config.
+# Config keys that provide a BLEHub, registered by each tracker component at
+# import time (a tracker's module is imported iff it can end up in the build).
+# Used only to phrase an actionable error when a BLE consumer is configured
+# without any tracker — the binding itself resolves any BLEHub subclass and
+# needs no platform table. Out-of-tree BLE hubs are not supported; the
+# registry and the messages below deal in in-tree trackers only.
+_HUB_PROVIDERS: set[str] = set()

-    Append via cv.All to a BLE consumer's CONFIG_SCHEMA. Uses cv.GenerateID +
-    cv.use_id(BLEHub): an omitted id resolves to the single declared tracker on
-    any platform; multiple trackers can be disambiguated with an explicit
-    ble_hub_id.
-    """
-    return cv.Schema(
-        {cv.GenerateID(CONF_BLE_HUB_ID): cv.use_id(BLEHub)}, extra=cv.ALLOW_EXTRA
-    )(config)
+# The in-tree trackers per target platform, so the missing-tracker error names
+# them even in a fresh process where no tracker module has been imported yet (a
+# consumer imports only ble_device_base, so the registry is empty exactly in
+# the most common failure: the tracker was simply forgotten). Filtered by the
+# current platform so an esp32 config is not told to add a Beken tracker; an
+# unknown/absent platform falls back to every in-tree name.
+_IN_TREE_HUB_PROVIDERS: dict[str, str] = {
+    "esp32": "esp32_ble_tracker",
+    "bk72xx": "bk72xx_ble_tracker",
+    "rp2": "rp2_ble_tracker",
+    "ln882x": "ln882h_ble_tracker",
+}
+
+
+def register_hub_provider(component: str) -> None:
+    """Called at import time by every component whose config key declares a BLEHub."""
+    _HUB_PROVIDERS.add(component)
+
+
+def _require_hub(value: ID) -> ID:
+    # Without this check a missing tracker surfaces at ID resolution as
+    # "Couldn't find any component that can be used for 'ble_device_base::BLEHub'"
+    # — a C++ class name the user never types. Component final validation cannot
+    # phrase it better: the ID pass runs first and its error skips all later
+    # steps. All explicitly configured components are loaded before any schema
+    # validates, so a registered provider in loaded_integrations is exact here.
+    if value.id is not None:
+        # Explicit ble_hub_id: — the user is pointing at a specific hub (the
+        # multi-hub disambiguation case). Let the ID pass judge it; its error
+        # names the missing id, which is accurate.
+        return value
+    if not _HUB_PROVIDERS & CORE.loaded_integrations:
+        # Defensive lookup rather than CORE.target_platform: the property
+        # raises when no platform is registered, and this message must never
+        # be the thing that crashes. In a real run the platform is always set
+        # (LoadTargetPlatformValidationStep runs before any other domain), so
+        # the unfiltered all-platforms fallback is reachable only from tests.
+        platform = CORE.data.get(KEY_CORE, {}).get(KEY_TARGET_PLATFORM)
+        if platform is not None and platform not in _IN_TREE_HUB_PROVIDERS:
+            # Known platform with no in-tree hub (esp8266, host, rtl87xx, …):
+            # listing the other platforms' trackers would misdirect, and
+            # out-of-tree BLE hubs are not supported.
+            raise cv.Invalid(
+                f"No BLE tracker exists for {platform}; BLE components are "
+                "not supported on this platform"
+            )
+        in_tree = (
+            {tracker}
+            if (tracker := _IN_TREE_HUB_PROVIDERS.get(platform))
+            else set(_IN_TREE_HUB_PROVIDERS.values())
+        )
+        # in_tree only: _HUB_PROVIDERS is import-time state that outlives
+        # CORE.reset() in a long-lived process (dashboard), so a tracker from
+        # an earlier build of another platform must not leak into the message.
+        # The gate above is immune — loaded_integrations resets per run.
+        names = ", ".join(sorted(in_tree))
+        raise cv.Invalid(f"No BLE tracker configured — add one of: {names}")
+    return value
+
+
+# Schema fragment binding a consumer to the configured BLE tracker: extend a
+# consumer's CONFIG_SCHEMA with this so ble_hub_id: is a declared key — a
+# trailing validator after a PREVENT_EXTRA schema would reject the explicit
+# form before ever running. An omitted id resolves to the single declared
+# tracker on any platform; multiple trackers are disambiguated with an
+# explicit ble_hub_id.
+BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
+    {cv.GenerateID(CONF_BLE_HUB_ID): cv.All(cv.use_id(BLEHub), _require_hub)}
+)
+
+
+def rename_legacy_hub_id(component: str) -> Callable[[ConfigType], ConfigType]:
+    """Transitional alias for the pre-migration binding key: esp32_ble_id ->
+    ble_hub_id. Warns and auto-migrates until removal; every migrated platform
+    prepends this to its CONFIG_SCHEMA so existing configs keep validating."""
+    return cv.rename_key(
+        "esp32_ble_id", CONF_BLE_HUB_ID, removed_in="2027.2.0", component=component
+    )


 def request_irk_support() -> None:
@@ -63,6 +154,22 @@ def request_irk_support() -> None:
    cg.add_define("USE_BLE_DEVICE_IRK")


+# Number of GATT client connection slots in this build; sizes the platform
+# backend's connection storage.
+GATT_CLIENT_COUNT_DEFINE = "ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CLIENT_COUNT"
+
+_request_gatt_connection_slot = cg.slot_counter(GATT_CLIENT_COUNT_DEFINE)
+
+
+def request_gatt_client() -> None:
+    """Compile in the neutral GATT client contract (ble_gatt_client.h) and
+    claim one compiled-in client slot (sizes ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CLIENT_COUNT;
+    distinct from the proxy's validated connection budget). Called by
+    bluetooth_connection.new_gatt_backend() once per backend instance."""
+    cg.add_define("USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT")
+    _request_gatt_connection_slot()
+
+
 _request_listener_slot = cg.slot_counter(LISTENER_COUNT_DEFINE)


@@ -136,28 +243,35 @@ def validate_scan_parameters(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
    return config


+# The historical scan window default shared by the trackers that do not pin
+# their own; also the fallback for esp32's conditional default.
+DEFAULT_SCAN_WINDOW = "30ms"
+
+
 def scan_parameters_schema(
    interval_default: str,
    *,
-    window_default: str = "30ms",
-    supports_active: bool = False,
+    window_default: str | Callable[[], TimePeriod] = DEFAULT_SCAN_WINDOW,
 ) -> cv.All:
    """Build the scan_parameters value schema shared by all BLE trackers.

    interval_default and window_default are per chip (e.g. esp32 320/30 ms,
    bk72xx/rp2 100/30 ms — the reference scan rates of the respective stacks;
-    LN882H's SDK recommends 100/50 ms). Pass supports_active=True only when
-    the tracker supports active scanning; it exposes the `active` option
-    (whose own default is on, esp32_ble_tracker behavior).
+    LN882H's SDK recommends 100/50 ms). window_default may also be a zero-arg
+    callable evaluated per validation when the user omits the key (esp32 uses
+    this to record that the window was defaulted, so a later validation step
+    can adjust it once sibling keys are resolved). The `active` option
+    (default on) is unconditional: active scanning is part of the tracker
+    contract — every current proxy client assumes it, so a passive-only
+    tracker must not share this schema.
    """
    schema = {
        cv.Optional(CONF_DURATION, default="5min"): cv.positive_time_period_seconds,
        cv.Optional(CONF_INTERVAL, default=interval_default): cv.positive_time_period,
        cv.Optional(CONF_WINDOW, default=window_default): cv.positive_time_period,
        cv.Optional(CONF_CONTINUOUS, default=True): cv.boolean,
+        cv.Optional(CONF_ACTIVE, default=True): cv.boolean,
    }
-    if supports_active:
-        schema[cv.Optional(CONF_ACTIVE, default=True)] = cv.boolean
    return cv.All(cv.Schema(schema), validate_scan_parameters)


@@ -217,3 +331,25 @@ def as_hex_array(value: str) -> cg.RawExpression:

 def as_reversed_hex_array(value: str) -> cg.RawExpression:
    return _hex_array_expression(value, reverse=True)
+
+
+def add_service_uuid(var: cg.MockObj, service_uuid: str) -> None:
+    """Emit the width-matched service-UUID setter for a consumer.
+
+    16-/32-bit UUIDs go out as plain hex literals, 128-bit as a reversed byte
+    array (BLE wire order). Shared here so every sensor platform dispatches the
+    same way instead of carrying its own if/elif copy.
+    """
+    if len(service_uuid) == len(BT_UUID16_FORMAT):
+        cg.add(var.set_service_uuid16(as_hex(service_uuid)))
+    elif len(service_uuid) == len(BT_UUID32_FORMAT):
+        cg.add(var.set_service_uuid32(as_hex(service_uuid)))
+    elif len(service_uuid) == len(BT_UUID128_FORMAT):
+        cg.add(var.set_service_uuid128(as_reversed_hex_array(service_uuid)))
+    else:
+        # bt_uuid restricts lengths to exactly these three formats; if that
+        # ever loosens, fail the build instead of emitting no setter (a
+        # sensor whose match_by_ is unset silently never matches). ValueError,
+        # not cv.Invalid: this runs from to_code, after validation, where
+        # voluptuous errors surface as raw tracebacks.
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported UUID format: {service_uuid}")
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 // Platform-neutral BLE advertisement triggers: ESPBTDeviceListener subclasses
 // registered on a BLEHub, exposed by each tracker under its own automation
 // names. parse_device()'s return feeds the "Found device" suppression.
+// Constructors are templated on the hub type so this header also builds with
+// no tracker present (host unit tests).

 #pragma once

 #include "ble_device.h"
-#include "ble_hub.h"

 #include "esphome/core/automation.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
 // on_ble_advertise: fires on every BLE advertisement, optionally filtered to one or more MACs.
 class ESPBTAdvertiseTrigger final : public Trigger<const ESPBTDevice &>, public ESPBTDeviceListener {
 public:
-  explicit ESPBTAdvertiseTrigger(BLEHub *parent) { parent->register_listener(this); }
+  template<typename Hub> explicit ESPBTAdvertiseTrigger(Hub *parent) { parent->register_listener(this); }

  void set_addresses(std::initializer_list<uint64_t> addresses) { this->addresses_ = addresses; }

@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class ESPBTAdvertiseTrigger final : public Trigger<const ESPBTDevice &>, public
 // data for the given UUID. Optional single-MAC filter.
 class BLEServiceDataAdvertiseTrigger final : public Trigger<const adv_data_t &>, public ESPBTDeviceListener {
 public:
-  explicit BLEServiceDataAdvertiseTrigger(BLEHub *parent) { parent->register_listener(this); }
+  template<typename Hub> explicit BLEServiceDataAdvertiseTrigger(Hub *parent) { parent->register_listener(this); }

  void set_service_uuid16(uint64_t uuid) { this->uuid_ = ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(static_cast<uint16_t>(uuid)); }
  void set_service_uuid32(uint64_t uuid) { this->uuid_ = ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(static_cast<uint32_t>(uuid)); }
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class BLEServiceDataAdvertiseTrigger final : public Trigger<const adv_data_t &>,
 // manufacturer data for the given ID. Optional single-MAC filter.
 class BLEManufacturerDataAdvertiseTrigger final : public Trigger<const adv_data_t &>, public ESPBTDeviceListener {
 public:
-  explicit BLEManufacturerDataAdvertiseTrigger(BLEHub *parent) { parent->register_listener(this); }
+  template<typename Hub> explicit BLEManufacturerDataAdvertiseTrigger(Hub *parent) { parent->register_listener(this); }

  void set_manufacturer_uuid16(uint64_t uuid) { this->uuid_ = ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(static_cast<uint16_t>(uuid)); }
  void set_manufacturer_uuid32(uint64_t uuid) { this->uuid_ = ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(static_cast<uint32_t>(uuid)); }
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ class BLEManufacturerDataAdvertiseTrigger final : public Trigger<const adv_data_
 // claims devices (parse_device always returns false).
 class BLEEndOfScanTrigger final : public Trigger<>, public ESPBTDeviceListener {
 public:
-  explicit BLEEndOfScanTrigger(BLEHub *parent) { parent->register_listener(this); }
+  template<typename Hub> explicit BLEEndOfScanTrigger(Hub *parent) { parent->register_listener(this); }

  bool parse_device(const ESPBTDevice &device) override { return false; }
  void on_scan_end() override { this->trigger(); }
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "ble_client_state.h"
+
+namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
+
+const char *client_state_to_string(ClientState state) {
+  switch (state) {
+    case ClientState::INIT:
+      return "INIT";
+    case ClientState::DISCONNECTING:
+      return "DISCONNECTING";
+    case ClientState::IDLE:
+      return "IDLE";
+    case ClientState::DISCOVERED:
+      return "DISCOVERED";
+    case ClientState::CONNECTING:
+      return "CONNECTING";
+    case ClientState::CONNECTED:
+      return "CONNECTED";
+    case ClientState::ESTABLISHED:
+      return "ESTABLISHED";
+    default:
+      return "UNKNOWN";
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// ble_client_state.h
+//
+// Platform-neutral GATT client connection state types, shared by every
+// platform's GATT client implementation (esp32_ble_client, bluetooth_connection
+// backends). Moved here from esp32_ble_tracker, which re-exports them under its
+// own namespace for backward compatibility.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
+
+/// ESPHome-private errors for the API's plain-int error fields, outside the
+/// ATT code range so they cannot be mistaken for spec errors. -1 is
+/// understood by API clients as "not connected". Shared by every GATT
+/// client backend.
+static constexpr int GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED = -1;
+static constexpr int GATT_ERR_NO_MEMORY = -2;
+/// ATT "Unlikely Error" (spec 0x0E): a client-side internal inconsistency,
+/// e.g. a service table failing its own bounds checks.
+static constexpr int GATT_ERR_UNLIKELY = 0x0E;
+
+/// Safety net shared by every GATT backend: force IDLE when the stack never
+/// delivers its disconnect completion.
+static constexpr uint32_t GATT_DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS = 10000;
+
+/// ATT MTU before negotiation completes (Bluetooth spec default).
+static constexpr uint16_t DEFAULT_ATT_MTU = 23;
+
+// Preferred connection parameters shared by every platform's GATT client so
+// the backends cannot drift (units: interval 1.25 ms, timeout 10 ms; latency
+// 0). FAST covers connection setup and service discovery; MEDIUM is the
+// steady state once established. Stack defaults (12.5-15 ms) are too slow for
+// stable connections through WiFi-based BLE proxies, causing disconnections;
+// MEDIUM balances responsiveness with bandwidth usage.
+static constexpr uint16_t MEDIUM_MIN_CONN_INTERVAL = 0x07;  // 7 * 1.25ms = 8.75ms
+static constexpr uint16_t MEDIUM_MAX_CONN_INTERVAL = 0x09;  // 9 * 1.25ms = 11.25ms
+// The timeout value was increased from 6s to 8s to address stability issues observed
+// in certain BLE devices when operating through WiFi-based BLE proxies. The longer
+// timeout reduces the likelihood of disconnections during periods of high latency.
+static constexpr uint16_t MEDIUM_CONN_TIMEOUT = 800;  // 800 * 10ms = 8s
+
+// Fastest connection parameters for devices with short discovery timeouts
+static constexpr uint16_t FAST_MIN_CONN_INTERVAL = 0x06;  // 6 * 1.25ms = 7.5ms (BLE minimum)
+static constexpr uint16_t FAST_MAX_CONN_INTERVAL = 0x06;  // 6 * 1.25ms = 7.5ms
+static constexpr uint16_t FAST_CONN_TIMEOUT = 1000;       // 1000 * 10ms = 10s
+
+enum class ClientState : uint8_t {
+  // Connection is allocated
+  INIT,
+  // Client is disconnecting
+  DISCONNECTING,
+  // Connection is idle, no device detected.
+  IDLE,
+  // Device advertisement found.
+  DISCOVERED,
+  // Connection in progress.
+  CONNECTING,
+  // Initial connection established.
+  CONNECTED,
+  // The client and sub-clients have completed setup.
+  ESTABLISHED,
+};
+
+// Helper function to convert ClientState to string
+const char *client_state_to_string(ClientState state);
+
+enum class ConnectionType : uint8_t {
+  // The default connection type, we hold all the services in ram
+  // for the duration of the connection.
+  V1,
+  // The client has a cache of the services and mtu so we should not
+  // fetch them again
+  V3_WITH_CACHE,
+  // The client does not need the services and mtu once we send them
+  // so we should wipe them from memory as soon as we send them
+  V3_WITHOUT_CACHE
+};
+
+}  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "ble_aes_ccm.h"

 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"

@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ void ESPBTDevice::parse_scan_rst(const esp32_ble::BLEScanResult &scan_result) {
  // BLEScanResult's bda is most-significant octet first; the neutral ingest
  // takes the BLE controller (LSB-first) order, so reverse — address_uint64()/
  // address_str_to() then produce exactly the historical esp32 values.
-  uint8_t mac_lsb_first[6];
+  uint8_t mac_lsb_first[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE];
  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 6; i++)
    mac_lsb_first[i] = scan_result.bda[5 - i];
  this->from_scan_result(mac_lsb_first, scan_result.rssi, scan_result.ble_addr_type, scan_result.ble_adv,
@@ -265,16 +266,21 @@ bool ESPBTUUID::operator==(const ESPBTUUID &other) const {

 ESPBLEiBeacon::ESPBLEiBeacon(const uint8_t *data) { memcpy(&this->beacon_data_, data, sizeof(this->beacon_data_)); }

-optional<ESPBLEiBeacon> ESPBLEiBeacon::from_manufacturer_data(const ServiceData &data) {
+optional<ESPBLEiBeacon> ESPBLEiBeacon::from_manufacturer_data(const ServiceData &data, bool *prefix_rejected) {
  // iBeacon manufacturer specific data (after company-ID bytes have been stripped):
  //   [0x02][0x15][16-byte UUID][2-byte major][2-byte minor][1-byte power] = exactly 23 bytes
-  // Parity with esp32_ble_tracker: gate on the Apple company ID and length only.
-  // (Checking the 0x02/0x15 sub-type prefix would be stricter, but is a behavior
-  // change; it belongs to a follow-up, not this refactor.)
  if (!data.uuid.contains(0x4C, 0x00))  // Apple company ID 0x004C
    return {};
  if (data.data.size() != 23)
    return {};
+  // Require the iBeacon sub-type/length prefix — stricter than the legacy
+  // esp32 parser, which accepted any 23-byte Apple payload and surfaced
+  // non-iBeacon frames as garbage beacons.
+  if (data.data[0] != 0x02 || data.data[1] != 0x15) {
+    if (prefix_rejected != nullptr)
+      *prefix_rejected = true;
+    return {};
+  }
  return ESPBLEiBeacon(data.data.data());
 }

@@ -282,6 +288,44 @@ optional<ESPBLEiBeacon> ESPBLEiBeacon::from_manufacturer_data(const ServiceData
 // ESPBTDevice
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

+optional<ESPBLEiBeacon> ESPBTDevice::get_ibeacon() const {
+  bool prefix_rejected = false;
+  uint8_t rejected_sub_type = 0;
+  uint8_t rejected_len = 0;
+  for (const auto &it : this->manufacturer_datas_) {
+    bool rejected = false;
+    auto res = ESPBLEiBeacon::from_manufacturer_data(it, &rejected);
+    if (res.has_value())
+      return res;
+    if (rejected && !prefix_rejected) {
+      prefix_rejected = true;
+      rejected_sub_type = it.data[0];
+      rejected_len = it.data[1];
+    }
+  }
+  if (prefix_rejected) {
+    // Only when no beacon was found at all: these frames were accepted before
+    // the prefix check, so their disappearance must be observable at the
+    // default log level. Throttled so a chatty non-iBeacon Apple advertiser
+    // cannot flood the log; a different address may bypass the shared window
+    // so that advertiser cannot mask the device that actually regressed — but
+    // with a 1 s floor, or two alternating advertisers log every frame.
+    static uint32_t last_log = 0;
+    static uint64_t last_addr = 0;
+    const uint32_t now = millis();
+    const uint64_t addr = this->address_uint64();
+    const uint32_t since = now - last_log;
+    if (last_log == 0 || since > 60000 || (addr != last_addr && since > 1000)) {
+      last_log = now;
+      last_addr = addr;
+      char addr_buf[MAC_ADDRESS_PRETTY_BUFFER_SIZE];
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s: 23-byte Apple frame without iBeacon prefix ignored (sub-type 0x%02X len 0x%02X)",
+               this->address_str_to(addr_buf), rejected_sub_type, rejected_len);
+    }
+  }
+  return {};
+}
+
 const char *ESPBTDevice::address_type_str() const {
  switch (this->address_type_) {
    case BLE_ADDR_TYPE_PUBLIC:
@@ -305,7 +349,8 @@ void ESPBTDevice::from_scan_result(const uint8_t *mac, int rssi, uint8_t addr_ty
    this->address_[i] = mac[5 - i];
  this->address_type_ = addr_type;
  this->rssi_ = rssi;
-  this->name_.clear();
+  this->name_len_ = 0;
+  this->name_[0] = '\0';
  this->service_uuids_.clear();
  this->manufacturer_datas_.clear();
  this->service_datas_.clear();
@@ -321,7 +366,7 @@ void ESPBTDevice::from_scan_result(const uint8_t *mac, int rssi, uint8_t addr_ty
            "  Address: %s (%s)\n"
            "  RSSI: %d\n"
            "  Name: '%s'",
-            this->address_str_to(addr_buf), this->address_type_str(), this->rssi_, this->name_.c_str());
+            this->address_str_to(addr_buf), this->address_type_str(), this->rssi_, this->name_);
  for (auto &it : this->tx_powers_) {
    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "  TX Power: %d", it);
  }
@@ -433,8 +478,12 @@ void ESPBTDevice::parse_adv_(const uint8_t *payload, uint16_t len) {
        // Keep the longest name seen — a merged adv + scan-response frame may carry both the
        // shortened and the complete name, and the shortened form must never replace the
        // complete one (same rule as esp32_ble_tracker's parse_adv_).
-        if (ad_data_len > this->name_.length())
-          this->name_.assign(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(ad_data), ad_data_len);
+        if (ad_data_len > this->name_len_) {
+          uint8_t name_len = ad_data_len > MAX_ADV_NAME_LEN ? MAX_ADV_NAME_LEN : static_cast<uint8_t>(ad_data_len);
+          memcpy(this->name_, ad_data, name_len);
+          this->name_[name_len] = '\0';
+          this->name_len_ = name_len;
+        }
        break;

      case 0x0A:  // TX Power Level
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@

 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+#include "esphome/core/string_ref.h"

 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -129,7 +130,12 @@ class ESPBLEiBeacon {
 public:
  ESPBLEiBeacon() { memset(&this->beacon_data_, 0, sizeof(this->beacon_data_)); }
  explicit ESPBLEiBeacon(const uint8_t *data);
-  static optional<ESPBLEiBeacon> from_manufacturer_data(const ServiceData &data);
+  /// prefix_rejected: caller must initialise to false; set to true ONLY when a
+  /// 23-byte Apple frame was refused for lacking the 0x02/0x15 iBeacon prefix —
+  /// the case the legacy esp32 parser accepted. Never written on accept or on
+  /// the non-Apple/wrong-size rejects. The caller with the device address does
+  /// the logging (see ESPBTDevice::get_ibeacon()).
+  static optional<ESPBLEiBeacon> from_manufacturer_data(const ServiceData &data, bool *prefix_rejected = nullptr);

  uint16_t get_major() const { return byteswap(this->beacon_data_.major); }
  uint16_t get_minor() const { return byteswap(this->beacon_data_.minor); }
@@ -148,12 +154,9 @@ class ESPBLEiBeacon {
 };

 /// Pack a controller-order (LSB-first) MAC into the uint64 the API speaks.
-///
-/// The result is the printable-order value esp32 has always sent
-/// (esp32_ble::ble_addr_to_uint64), so both proxy paths agree on the wire.
-/// This takes the raw controller order delivered by BLEHub's raw-advertisement
-/// callback; ESPBTDevice::address_uint64() is the equivalent for an already
-/// parsed device, whose address is stored MSB-first.
+/// Trackers with LSB-native SDKs call this at the emit site before filling
+/// RawAdvertisement::address; ESPBTDevice::address_uint64() is the equivalent
+/// for an already parsed device, whose address is stored MSB-first.
 inline uint64_t mac_lsb_first_to_uint64(const uint8_t *mac) {
  uint64_t addr = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
@@ -161,6 +164,13 @@ inline uint64_t mac_lsb_first_to_uint64(const uint8_t *mac) {
  return addr;
 }

+/// Unpack a uint64 BLE address into printable (MSB-first) byte order —
+/// the order bd_addr_t / esp_bd_addr_t style APIs expect.
+inline void uint64_to_mac_msb_first(uint64_t address, uint8_t out[6]) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+    out[i] = (address >> ((5 - i) * 8)) & 0xFF;
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // ESPBTDevice — parsed BLE advertisement
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -193,6 +203,8 @@ class ESPBTDevice {
  // Historical esp32 signature: consumers assign the result to esp_ble_addr_type_t.
  esp_ble_addr_type_t get_address_type() const { return static_cast<esp_ble_addr_type_t>(this->address_type_); }
  /// Historical esp32 ingest (esp32 builds only): parse an ESP-IDF scan result.
+  /// Prefer ESPBTDevice::from_scan_result(); deprecation is a follow-up pending
+  /// consumer feedback on the raw scan-result fields.
  void parse_scan_rst(const esp32_ble::BLEScanResult &scan_result);
  // Exposed through a function for use in lambdas
  const esp32_ble::BLEScanResult &get_scan_result() const { return *scan_result_; }
@@ -204,7 +216,9 @@ class ESPBTDevice {
  const char *address_type_str() const;

  int get_rssi() const { return rssi_; }
-  const std::string &get_name() const { return name_; }
+  /// Advertised name as a view into the fixed buffer (always NUL-terminated,
+  /// so c_str() is safe); converts implicitly to std::string where needed.
+  StringRef get_name() const { return StringRef(this->name_, this->name_len_); }

  const std::vector<ESPBTUUID> &get_service_uuids() const { return service_uuids_; }
  const std::vector<ServiceData> &get_manufacturer_datas() const { return manufacturer_datas_; }
@@ -218,22 +232,22 @@ class ESPBTDevice {
  /// decryptor; compiled only when a sensor configures irk: (request_irk_support).
  bool resolve_irk(const uint8_t *irk) const;

-  optional<ESPBLEiBeacon> get_ibeacon() const {
-    for (const auto &it : this->manufacturer_datas_) {
-      auto res = ESPBLEiBeacon::from_manufacturer_data(it);
-      if (res.has_value())
-        return res;
-    }
-    return {};
-  }
+  optional<ESPBLEiBeacon> get_ibeacon() const;

 protected:
  void parse_adv_(const uint8_t *payload, uint16_t len);

-  uint8_t address_[6]{0};
+  // Max name bytes in a legacy advertisement AD element (31-byte PDU minus
+  // the 2-byte element header); every in-tree tracker scans legacy PDUs only.
+  static constexpr uint8_t MAX_ADV_NAME_LEN = 29;
+
+  uint8_t address_[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE]{0};
  uint8_t address_type_{0};
  int rssi_{0};
-  std::string name_{};
+  // Fixed buffer instead of std::string: no per-advertisement heap churn on
+  // the scan path, and no libstdc++ string/exception machinery in the image.
+  char name_[MAX_ADV_NAME_LEN + 1]{};
+  uint8_t name_len_{0};
  std::vector<ESPBTUUID> service_uuids_{};
  std::vector<ServiceData> manufacturer_datas_{};
  std::vector<ServiceData> service_datas_{};
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// ble_gatt_client.h
+//
+// Platform-neutral GATT client connection contract.
+//
+// Exactly one GATT backend exists per build, so BLEGattConnection is a
+// compile-time alias (bluetooth_connection_gatt_backend.h), not an abstract
+// interface.
+// A consumer - the hub wrapper streaming the raw database, or a direct
+// consumer owning a dedicated backend and resolving handles by UUID -
+// drives it and receives completions through the GattClientListener
+// interface. All listener calls are delivered on the ESPHome main loop;
+// borrowed data pointers are valid only for the duration of the call.
+//
+// Error domain (plain int, forwarded to the API without translation):
+//   0            success
+//   1..0x11      ATT error codes (Bluetooth spec; BTstack and Bluedroid agree)
+//   GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED (-1)  no connection to the peer (on esp32 a raw
+//                ESP_FAIL from the stack shares this value; both read as a
+//                failed, unusable connection on the client side)
+//   GATT_ERR_NO_MEMORY (-2)      backend storage exhausted
+//   anything else: platform stack error/status code, surfaced opaquely.
+// Connection events carry HCI status/disconnect reason codes (same code
+// space on every controller).
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+
+#ifdef USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
+
+#include "ble_client_state.h"
+#include "ble_device.h"
+
+#include <concepts>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
+
+// Materialized GATT database of a connected peer, discovered by the backend
+// and streamed to the API by the consumer. Flat arrays with index ranges
+// (not pointers): a service owns characteristics
+// [first_characteristic, first_characteristic + characteristic_count) and a
+// characteristic owns descriptors [first_descriptor, ...) — discovery is
+// depth-first, so the ranges are naturally contiguous.
+struct GattDescriptor {
+  ESPBTUUID uuid;
+  uint16_t handle;
+};
+
+struct GattCharacteristic {
+  ESPBTUUID uuid;
+  uint16_t value_handle;
+  // Needed to rebuild the stack's characteristic object for CCCD operations.
+  uint16_t end_handle;
+  uint8_t properties;  // Bluetooth spec property bitfield
+  uint16_t first_descriptor;
+  uint16_t descriptor_count;
+};
+
+struct GattService {
+  ESPBTUUID uuid;
+  uint16_t start_handle;
+  uint16_t end_handle;
+  uint16_t first_characteristic;
+  uint16_t characteristic_count;
+};
+
+/// Borrowed view of the backend-owned service table. Valid from a successful
+/// on_service_discovery_done() until release_services(). Characteristics and
+/// descriptors are reached through the per-service/per-characteristic index
+/// ranges; the array totals let a consumer bounds-check those ranges instead
+/// of trusting the backend's discovery bookkeeping blindly.
+struct GattServiceTable {
+  const GattService *services{nullptr};
+  const GattCharacteristic *characteristics{nullptr};
+  const GattDescriptor *descriptors{nullptr};
+  uint16_t service_count{0};
+  uint16_t characteristic_count{0};
+  uint16_t descriptor_count{0};
+};
+
+/// The event surface a backend delivers completions through - the one place
+/// with genuine runtime polymorphism (several consumer types, one non-virtual
+/// backend). Methods default to no-ops; consumers override what they consume.
+/// No destructor: components are never destroyed.
+/// on_connection_state carries the negotiated MTU and an HCI status/reason.
+/// Codegen wires the listener before setup(), so backends skip null checks.
+class GattClientListener {
+ public:
+  virtual void on_connection_state(bool connected, uint16_t mtu, int error) {}
+  virtual void on_service_discovery_done(int error) {}
+  virtual void on_read_result(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, int error) {}
+  virtual void on_write_result(uint16_t handle, int error) {}
+  virtual void on_notify_state(uint16_t handle, bool enabled, int error) {}
+  virtual void on_notify_data(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) {}
+  virtual void on_pairing_result(int status) {}
+};
+
+// The BLEGattConnection op surface, asserted where the alias binds
+// (bluetooth_connection_gatt_backend.h). Operations return 0 when accepted (completion arrives
+// through the listener) or a synchronous error (busy, not connected, stack
+// rejection); one operation may be outstanding at a time. Semantics beyond
+// the signatures:
+// - connect: addr_type is a BLE_ADDR_TYPE_* constant (ble_device.h).
+// - gatt_disconnect: also cancels a connect in progress (named to coexist
+//   with a platform stack's own void disconnect() on one backend class).
+//   Nonzero means nothing to tear down and no completion will follow; an
+//   accepted teardown (0) always reaches a terminal on_connection_state.
+// - cancel_gatt_disconnect: true cancels a scheduled teardown that has not
+//   started closing - the in-flight connect resumes and completes normally.
+//   False once the teardown owns the link (or nothing was scheduled).
+// - notify_characteristic: local registration only; the CCCD write is the
+//   API client's responsibility (a plain write_descriptor).
+// - get_service_table/release_services: backend-owned transient storage,
+//   released after streaming (release is idempotent). A backend may
+//   additionally provide its own service streamer (stream_service_batch on
+//   the concrete type, detected by the consumer at compile time) for
+//   arbitrary-size databases; the table then materializes only for consumers
+//   that ask for it.
+// - completions: connect and gatt_disconnect land in on_connection_state,
+//   discover_services in on_service_discovery_done, pair in
+//   on_pairing_result, reads in on_read_result, notify_characteristic in
+//   on_notify_state, characteristic writes (with and without response) and
+//   descriptor writes in on_write_result.
+template<typename T>
+concept BLEGattConnectionContract = requires(T conn, GattClientListener *listener, const uint8_t *data) {
+  conn.set_listener(listener);
+  { conn.connect(uint64_t{}, uint8_t{}) } -> std::same_as<int>;
+  { conn.gatt_disconnect() } -> std::same_as<int>;
+  { conn.cancel_gatt_disconnect() } -> std::same_as<bool>;
+  { conn.discover_services() } -> std::same_as<int>;
+  { conn.read_characteristic(uint16_t{}) } -> std::same_as<int>;
+  { conn.write_characteristic(uint16_t{}, data, uint16_t{}, true) } -> std::same_as<int>;
+  { conn.read_descriptor(uint16_t{}) } -> std::same_as<int>;
+  { conn.write_descriptor(uint16_t{}, data, uint16_t{}) } -> std::same_as<int>;
+  { conn.notify_characteristic(uint16_t{}, true) } -> std::same_as<int>;
+  { conn.pair() } -> std::same_as<int>;
+  { conn.update_connection_params(uint16_t{}, uint16_t{}, uint16_t{}, uint16_t{}) } -> std::same_as<int>;
+  { conn.get_service_table() } -> std::same_as<GattServiceTable>;
+  { conn.release_services() } -> std::same_as<void>;
+  // Connection-type hint for backends that tune parameters by it; others
+  // carry an inline no-op.
+  { conn.set_connection_type(ConnectionType{}) } -> std::same_as<void>;
+};
+
+}  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base
+
+#endif  // USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 // ble_hub.h
 //
-// BLEHub — the platform-neutral BLE tracker contract.
-//
-// Every BLE tracker component (esp32_ble_tracker, bk72xx_ble_tracker,
-// ln882h_ble_tracker, future chips) implements this interface; every BLE
-// consumer (sensor components, bluetooth_proxy) binds to it — in YAML via
-// `cv.use_id(BLEHub)`, which resolves whichever tracker the config declares.
-// Adding a new BLE chip therefore requires only a new tracker component that
-// implements BLEHub: no consumer, registry, or base changes.
+// The platform-neutral BLE tracker contract: shared types plus the method
+// surface every tracker provides (documented below). Exactly one tracker
+// exists per build, so BLEHub is a compile-time alias (ble_hub_impl.h), not
+// an abstract interface — no vtable, every hub call inlinable. Consumers
+// include ble_hub_impl.h and bind in YAML via cv.use_id(BLEHub).
 //
 // Chip differences are expressed as data (HubCapabilities), never as
 // platform conditionals in consumers.
@@ -15,7 +12,9 @@
 #pragma once

 #include "ble_device.h"
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"

+#include <concepts>
 #include <cstdint>

 namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
@@ -23,8 +22,9 @@ namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
 /// One raw advertisement as delivered by the controller — a borrowed view,
 /// valid only for the duration of the invoke() callback.
 struct RawAdvertisement {
-  /// Least-significant octet first (BLE controller convention).
-  const uint8_t *mac;
+  /// Producers convert their native byte order at the emit site, so no
+  /// byte-order convention crosses this contract.
+  uint64_t address;
  const uint8_t *data;
  uint16_t data_len;
  int8_t rssi;  // signed dBm
@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@ struct RawAdvertisementCallback {
  void invoke(const RawAdvertisement &adv) const { this->fn(this->instance, adv); }
 };

+/// Scanner lifecycle, wire-value aligned with the api enum so consumers cast
+/// directly (pinned by static_asserts at the cast sites).
+enum class ScannerState : uint8_t {
+  IDLE = 0,
+  STARTING = 1,
+  RUNNING = 2,
+  FAILED = 3,
+  STOPPING = 4,
+  STOPPED = 5,
+};
+
+/// Subscriber slot for scanner-state transitions; same shape as
+/// RawAdvertisementCallback, delivered on the ESPHome main loop. Only hubs
+/// that push provide the setter; consumers of the rest poll scan_running().
+struct ScannerStateCallback {
+  void *instance{nullptr};
+  void (*fn)(void *instance, ScannerState state){nullptr};
+  bool is_set() const { return this->fn != nullptr; }
+  void invoke(ScannerState state) const { this->fn(this->instance, state); }
+};
+
 /// What a tracker's controller/SDK can do — consumers branch on data, not #ifdefs.
 struct HubCapabilities {
  /// Controller can send scan requests (active scanning).
@@ -56,45 +77,46 @@ struct HubCapabilities {
  /// frame. When false, consumers relying on scan-response fields (e.g. names)
  /// may only see them where the receiver merges per address (Home Assistant does).
  bool merges_scan_response;
-  /// GATT client connections are available (today: esp32 only, but a chip SDK
-  /// gaining GATT support only has to flip this bit).
+  /// GATT client connections are available: the platform has a
+  /// bluetooth_connection backend (rp2 binds the BLEGattConnection alias in
+  /// bluetooth_connection_gatt_backend.h; esp32 uses its Bluedroid client).
+  /// Today: esp32 and rp2.
  bool gatt;
  /// request_scan_mode() is honored at runtime. Distinct from active_scan:
-  /// a passive-only controller (bk72xx) can never switch, and a hub may
-  /// support active scanning yet still refuse the runtime switch
-  /// (esp32_ble_tracker drives its mode through its own tracker API).
+  /// a passive-only controller can never switch, and a hub may support
+  /// active scanning yet still refuse the runtime switch (esp32_ble_tracker
+  /// drives its mode through its own tracker API).
  bool scan_mode_switch;
 };

-class BLEHub {
- public:
-  virtual ~BLEHub() = default;
-
-  /// Register a parsed-advertisement consumer (BLE sensors, automation triggers).
-  virtual void register_listener(ESPBTDeviceListener *listener) = 0;
-
-  /// Wire the raw-advertisement stream (bluetooth_proxy). One consumer at a time.
-  virtual void set_raw_advertisement_callback(RawAdvertisementCallback callback) = 0;
-
-  virtual HubCapabilities get_capabilities() const = 0;
-
-  /// Adapter MAC in printable (MSB-first) order, out[0] = MSB.
-  virtual void get_adapter_mac(uint8_t out[6]) = 0;
-
-  virtual bool scan_running() = 0;
-  /// True when the current/configured scan mode is active (scan requests sent).
-  virtual bool scan_active() = 0;
-  /// Request a scan-mode change (active = send scan requests). Returns false
-  /// when the hub cannot honor the request; the caller reports the real state
-  /// back to its subscriber. A hub that returns true applies the mode
-  /// immediately: a running scan is restarted with the new mode, an idle one
-  /// picks it up on its next start. The default cannot-change keeps hubs
-  /// without a mode switch (and out-of-tree trackers) building unchanged.
-  /// Independent of HubCapabilities::active_scan: that bit describes what the
-  /// CONTROLLER can do; whether this method honors requests is advertised by
-  /// HubCapabilities::scan_mode_switch, so consumers can gate features on the
-  /// switch without probing.
-  virtual bool request_scan_mode(bool active) { return false; }
+// The BLEHub method surface, asserted where ble_hub_impl.h binds the alias.
+// Semantics beyond the signatures:
+// - register_listener: parsed-advertisement consumers (sensors, triggers).
+// - set_raw_advertisement_callback: raw stream, one consumer at a time.
+// - get_adapter_mac: printable order, out[0] = MSB.
+// - scan_active: the current/configured mode sends scan requests.
+// - request_scan_mode: false = cannot honor, state untouched (the caller
+//   reports the real state back); true = applied immediately, restarting a
+//   running scan. Honoring is advertised by HubCapabilities::scan_mode_switch.
+// Push hubs additionally provide set_scanner_state_callback(ScannerStateCallback)
+// and get_scanner_state() under USE_BLE_SCANNER_STATE_CALLBACK; the concept
+// requires both exactly when that define is set. A push hub must emit a
+// transition for every accepted or refused mode request - consumers skip
+// their own mode report on push builds.
+template<typename T>
+concept BLEHubContract = requires(T hub, ESPBTDeviceListener *listener, RawAdvertisementCallback raw_callback,
+                                  uint8_t *mac) {
+  hub.register_listener(listener);
+  hub.set_raw_advertisement_callback(raw_callback);
+  { T::get_capabilities() } -> std::same_as<HubCapabilities>;
+  hub.get_adapter_mac(mac);
+  { hub.scan_running() } -> std::same_as<bool>;
+  { hub.scan_active() } -> std::same_as<bool>;
+  { hub.request_scan_mode(true) } -> std::same_as<bool>;
+#ifdef USE_BLE_SCANNER_STATE_CALLBACK
+  hub.set_scanner_state_callback(ScannerStateCallback{});
+  { hub.get_scanner_state() } -> std::same_as<ScannerState>;
+#endif
 };

 }  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// ble_hub_impl.h
+//
+// Binds ble_device_base::BLEHub to the build's one tracker; each tracker's
+// codegen emits its USE_*_BLE_TRACKER define. Consumers include this header,
+// trackers include ble_hub.h (the contract).
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ble_hub.h"
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+
+#if defined(USE_ESP32_BLE_TRACKER)
+#include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
+#define ESPHOME_BLE_HUB_TYPE esp32_ble_tracker::ESP32BLETracker
+#elif defined(USE_RP2_BLE_TRACKER)
+#include "esphome/components/rp2_ble_tracker/rp2_ble_tracker.h"
+#define ESPHOME_BLE_HUB_TYPE rp2_ble_tracker::RP2BLETracker
+#elif defined(USE_BK72XX_BLE_TRACKER)
+#include "esphome/components/bk72xx_ble_tracker/bk72xx_ble_tracker.h"
+#define ESPHOME_BLE_HUB_TYPE bk72xx_ble_tracker::BK72xxBLETracker
+#elif defined(USE_LN882H_BLE_TRACKER)
+#include "esphome/components/ln882h_ble_tracker/ln882h_ble_tracker.h"
+#define ESPHOME_BLE_HUB_TYPE ln882h_ble_tracker::LN882HBLETracker
+#endif
+// No #else on purpose: builds without a tracker (host unit tests) get no BLEHub.
+
+namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
+
+#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_HUB_TYPE
+using BLEHub = ESPHOME_BLE_HUB_TYPE;
+static_assert(BLEHubContract<BLEHub>, "The build's BLE tracker is missing part of the BLEHub surface (ble_hub.h)");
+#undef ESPHOME_BLE_HUB_TYPE
+#endif
+
+}  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#include "scan_response_merger.h"
+
+#ifdef USE_BLE_SCAN_RESPONSE_MERGER
+
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
+
+void ScanResponseMerger::deliver_(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, const uint8_t *data,
+                                  uint8_t data_len, bool raw_only) {
+  // A partial bind is treated as unbound; never dereference half a binding.
+  if (this->dispatcher_ == nullptr || this->scan_continuous_ == nullptr)
+    return;
+  this->dispatcher_->dispatch(mac, rssi, addr_type, data, data_len, raw_only,
+                              *this->scan_continuous_ ? nullptr : this->log_tag_);
+}
+
+void ScanResponseMerger::stash_adv(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, const uint8_t *data,
+                                   uint8_t data_len, uint32_t now) {
+  // One pass: find a same-device entry (deliver + reuse) while remembering the
+  // first free slot as the fallback.
+  PendingAdv *slot = nullptr;
+  PendingAdv *free_slot = nullptr;
+  for (auto &p : this->pending_adv_) {
+    if (!p.used) {
+      if (free_slot == nullptr)
+        free_slot = &p;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (p.addr_type == addr_type && memcmp(p.mac, mac, MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE) == 0) {
+      // Same device advertised again before its scan response arrived — deliver
+      // the previous advertisement (its scan response is not coming) and reuse
+      // the slot, so no frame is ever lost.
+      p.used = false;
+      this->pending_count_--;
+      this->deliver_(p.mac, p.rssi, p.addr_type, p.data, p.data_len, /*raw_only=*/false);
+      slot = &p;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  if (slot == nullptr)
+    slot = free_slot;
+  if (slot == nullptr) {
+    // Table full — degrade gracefully: deliver the advertisement unmerged.
+    this->deliver_(mac, rssi, addr_type, data, data_len, /*raw_only=*/false);
+    return;
+  }
+  slot->used = true;
+  this->pending_count_++;
+  memcpy(slot->mac, mac, MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE);
+  slot->addr_type = addr_type;
+  slot->rssi = rssi;
+  slot->data_len = (data_len <= sizeof(slot->data)) ? data_len : sizeof(slot->data);
+  memcpy(slot->data, data, slot->data_len);
+  slot->stored_ms = now;
+}
+
+void ScanResponseMerger::submit_scan_rsp(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, const uint8_t *data,
+                                         uint8_t data_len) {
+  // Fast-out on the empty table (sweep/flush use the same guard); this is the
+  // hottest caller.
+  if (this->pending_count_ != 0) {
+    for (auto &p : this->pending_adv_) {
+      if (p.used && p.addr_type == addr_type && memcmp(p.mac, mac, MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE) == 0) {
+        // Append in place: the slot is released on delivery, so its 62-byte
+        // buffer (legacy adv + scan response) holds the merged frame directly.
+        const uint8_t room = sizeof(p.data) - p.data_len;
+        const uint8_t add = (data_len <= room) ? data_len : room;
+        memcpy(p.data + p.data_len, data, add);
+        p.used = false;
+        this->pending_count_--;
+        // The advertisement's RSSI, not the scan response's (header contract).
+        this->deliver_(mac, p.rssi, addr_type, p.data, p.data_len + add, /*raw_only=*/false);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  // Unmatched scan-response: goes out on the raw callback only (HA merges per
+  // address); local listeners/triggers receive each advertisement exactly once
+  // via the merged/plain path above.
+  this->deliver_(mac, rssi, addr_type, data, data_len, /*raw_only=*/true);
+}
+
+void ScanResponseMerger::sweep(uint32_t now) {
+  if (this->pending_count_ == 0)
+    return;
+  for (auto &p : this->pending_adv_) {
+    if (p.used && now - p.stored_ms > PENDING_ADV_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+      p.used = false;
+      this->pending_count_--;
+      this->deliver_(p.mac, p.rssi, p.addr_type, p.data, p.data_len, /*raw_only=*/false);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void ScanResponseMerger::flush() {
+  if (this->pending_count_ == 0)
+    return;
+  for (auto &p : this->pending_adv_) {
+    if (p.used) {
+      p.used = false;
+      this->pending_count_--;
+      this->deliver_(p.mac, p.rssi, p.addr_type, p.data, p.data_len, /*raw_only=*/false);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void AdvDispatcher::dispatch(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, const uint8_t *data, uint8_t data_len,
+                             bool raw_only, const char *log_unclaimed_tag) {
+  // Raw callback (the raw-advertisement path). Both full advertisements and
+  // unmatched scan responses (raw_only) are forwarded.
+  if (this->raw_callback_.is_set()) {
+    const RawAdvertisement adv{.address = mac_lsb_first_to_uint64(mac),
+                               .data = data,
+                               .data_len = data_len,
+                               .rssi = rssi,
+                               .addr_type = addr_type};
+    this->raw_callback_.invoke(adv);
+  }
+
+#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
+  // Scan-response-only frames are never parsed for local sensors/triggers.
+  if (raw_only)
+    return;
+  ESPBTDevice device;
+  device.from_scan_result(mac, rssi, addr_type, data, data_len);
+  // The listener list holds sensors AND the tracker's automation triggers
+  // (the triggers are listeners, exactly like esp32_ble_tracker), so one
+  // loop feeds both and ORs into `found`.
+  bool found = false;
+  for (auto *listener : this->listeners_) {
+    if (listener->parse_device(device)) {
+      found = true;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!found && log_unclaimed_tag != nullptr)
+    this->discovered_log_.log_device(log_unclaimed_tag, device);
+#endif  // ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
+}
+
+void AdvDispatcher::on_scan_end() {
+#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
+  for (auto *listener : this->listeners_)
+    listener->on_scan_end();
+  this->discovered_log_.clear();  // reset per-scan "Found device" dedup (esp32_ble_tracker parity)
+#endif
+}
+
+}  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base
+
+#endif  // USE_BLE_SCAN_RESPONSE_MERGER
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+// Shared support for trackers whose controller delivers advertisement and
+// scan response as SEPARATE reports (ln882h, rp2, bk72xx; ESP-IDF concatenates
+// both into one result before ESPHome sees it):
+//
+//   ScanResponseMerger — Bluedroid-style merge: a scannable advertisement is
+//   held briefly, its scan response is appended on arrival and the pair is
+//   delivered as ONE merged frame. Merged delivery is what the receiving side
+//   is built around: Home Assistant keeps the latest raw frame per device and
+//   skips re-parsing when it is unchanged — split delivery alternates two raw
+//   frames per device and defeats both.
+//
+//   AdvDispatcher — the delivery half every such tracker repeats: raw
+//   callback, listener parsing, discovered-device log. Trackers delegate
+//   their BLEHub register_listener / set_raw_advertisement_callback here.
+//
+// The merger delivers straight into the tracker's AdvDispatcher — bind() wires
+// the pair once in setup(). Single-task use only (every tracker calls this on
+// the ESPHome main task). The clock is caller-provided: pass the same clock to
+// stash_adv() and sweep() (millis() or App.get_loop_component_start_time(),
+// never mixed).
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+
+// Emitted (cg.add_define) by each tracker that adopts the merger, so builds
+// whose tracker merges in-stack (esp32) never compile this code.
+#ifdef USE_BLE_SCAN_RESPONSE_MERGER
+
+#include "ble_device.h"
+#include "ble_hub.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
+
+/// The delivery half of a split-report tracker, shared so the dispatch
+/// contract (raw-callback ordering, raw_only gate, discovered-log policy)
+/// lives in one place. Owns the members every tracker otherwise duplicates;
+/// the tracker's BLEHub methods delegate here.
+class AdvDispatcher {
+ public:
+  void register_listener(ESPBTDeviceListener *listener) {
+#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
+    this->listeners_.push_back(listener);
+#endif
+  }
+  void set_raw_advertisement_callback(RawAdvertisementCallback callback) { this->raw_callback_ = callback; }
+  /// Dispatch one (possibly merged) advertisement: the raw callback, and —
+  /// unless raw_only — parsing for listeners/triggers. raw_only marks
+  /// unmatched scan-response frames: forwarded on the raw callback only, never
+  /// parsed for local sensors/triggers (Home Assistant merges per address).
+  /// log_unclaimed_tag: when non-null, a device no listener claimed is logged
+  /// under this tag (esp32_ble_tracker parity: pass the tracker TAG on
+  /// one-shot scans, nullptr on continuous scans, which would spam).
+  void dispatch(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, const uint8_t *data, uint8_t data_len,
+                bool raw_only, const char *log_unclaimed_tag);
+  /// Fire listeners' on_scan_end and reset the per-scan discovered-log dedup.
+  void on_scan_end();
+
+ protected:
+  RawAdvertisementCallback raw_callback_{};
+#ifdef ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT
+  // Parsed-advertisement consumers registered through ble_device_base.
+  // Codegen-sized: no heap allocation, no std::vector template instantiations.
+  StaticVector<ESPBTDeviceListener *, ESPHOME_BLE_DEVICE_BASE_LISTENER_COUNT> listeners_;
+  // Per-period "Found device" DEBUG log with MAC dedup. Guarded like its only
+  // writer so a no-listener build does not carry an unused vector.
+  DiscoveredDeviceLog discovered_log_{};
+#endif
+};
+
+class ScanResponseMerger {
+ public:
+  /// Wire the merger's output; call once in the tracker's setup(). Every
+  /// delivered frame goes to dispatcher->dispatch(); scan_continuous is read
+  /// at each delivery (runtime continuous flips are honored) to decide the
+  /// unclaimed-device log tag, so both pointers must outlive the merger —
+  /// tracker members always do.
+  void bind(AdvDispatcher *dispatcher, const bool *scan_continuous, const char *log_tag) {
+    this->dispatcher_ = dispatcher;
+    this->scan_continuous_ = scan_continuous;
+    this->log_tag_ = log_tag;
+  }
+  /// Hold a scannable advertisement, waiting for its scan response. The
+  /// tracker calls this only when it wants the merge (scannable advertisement
+  /// while an active scan runs) and delivers everything else directly. A
+  /// same-device re-advertisement delivers the held frame (its scan response
+  /// is not coming) and reuses the slot; a full table degrades gracefully to
+  /// unmerged delivery.
+  void stash_adv(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, const uint8_t *data, uint8_t data_len,
+                 uint32_t now);
+  /// A scan response arrived: append it to the held advertisement from the
+  /// same device and deliver the pair as one frame. The merged frame reports
+  /// the ADVERTISEMENT's RSSI — every unmerged path reports the
+  /// advertisement's measurement, so a device's RSSI must not jump between two
+  /// measurements depending on merge timing. Unmatched responses are delivered
+  /// raw_only.
+  void submit_scan_rsp(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, const uint8_t *data, uint8_t data_len);
+  /// Timeout flush (call from loop() with the stash_adv() clock): deliver
+  /// held advertisements whose scan response never arrived (device didn't
+  /// answer / frame lost) — unmerged, past PENDING_ADV_TIMEOUT_MS.
+  void sweep(uint32_t now);
+  /// Deliver every held advertisement now (scan period/scan is ending, before
+  /// on_scan_end fires): unmerged delivery, same as the timeout path.
+  void flush();
+  /// Lets loop() skip the cross-TU sweep() call in the common case (empty:
+  /// passive scan, or every pair already matched).
+  bool empty() const { return this->pending_count_ == 0; }
+
+ private:
+  /// All delivery funnels through here: an unbound merger (bind() not called)
+  /// drops the frame instead of jumping through a null pointer, mirroring the
+  /// guard-before-invoke convention of the ble_hub.h callback slots.
+  void deliver_(const uint8_t *mac, int8_t rssi, uint8_t addr_type, const uint8_t *data, uint8_t data_len,
+                bool raw_only);
+
+  // 62 bytes = legacy adv (31) + scan response (31), the same merged maximum
+  // as ESP-IDF delivers on ESP32.
+  struct PendingAdv {
+    bool used{false};
+    uint8_t mac[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE];
+    uint8_t addr_type;
+    int8_t rssi;
+    uint8_t data_len;  // <= sizeof(data)
+    uint8_t data[62];
+    uint32_t stored_ms;
+  };
+  // Sized for the unanswered case: a pair that IS answered normally matches
+  // within one report-queue drain, so a slot is held for the full timeout only
+  // by scannable devices that never reply. 8 concurrent such advertisers
+  // before the merge degrades (frames still delivered, just unmerged) at
+  // ~80 B each.
+  static constexpr size_t MAX_PENDING_ADV = 8;
+  // On air a scan response follows its advertisement by T_IFS (150 µs) — the
+  // timeout only covers HOST-side report queuing under WiFi/BLE coexistence,
+  // measured on-device (ln882h) at up to ~136 ms. 300 ms = >2x that margin,
+  // while staying below any device's re-advertising period.
+  static constexpr uint32_t PENDING_ADV_TIMEOUT_MS = 300;
+  AdvDispatcher *dispatcher_{nullptr};
+  const bool *scan_continuous_{nullptr};  // read at delivery; see bind()
+  const char *log_tag_{nullptr};
+  // pending_count_ mirrors the number of set `used` flags; both are updated
+  // together on every transition.
+  PendingAdv pending_adv_[MAX_PENDING_ADV];
+  uint8_t pending_count_{0};
+};
+
+}  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base
+
+#endif  // USE_BLE_SCAN_RESPONSE_MERGER
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import binary_sensor, esp32_ble_tracker
+from esphome.components import binary_sensor, ble_device_base
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
    CONF_IBEACON_MAJOR,
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ from esphome.const import (

 CONF_IRK = "irk"

-DEPENDENCIES = ["esp32_ble_tracker"]
+AUTO_LOAD = ["ble_device_base"]

 ble_presence_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("ble_presence")
 BLEPresenceDevice = ble_presence_ns.class_(
    "BLEPresenceDevice",
    binary_sensor.BinarySensor,
    cg.Component,
-    esp32_ble_tracker.ESPBTDeviceListener,
+    ble_device_base.ESPBTDeviceListener,
 )


@@ -33,23 +33,24 @@ def _validate(config):


 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
+    ble_device_base.rename_legacy_hub_id("ble_presence"),
    binary_sensor.binary_sensor_schema(BLEPresenceDevice)
    .extend(
        {
            cv.Optional(CONF_MAC_ADDRESS): cv.mac_address,
            cv.Optional(CONF_IRK): cv.uuid,
-            cv.Optional(CONF_SERVICE_UUID): esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_SERVICE_UUID): ble_device_base.bt_uuid,
            cv.Optional(CONF_IBEACON_MAJOR): cv.uint16_t,
            cv.Optional(CONF_IBEACON_MINOR): cv.uint16_t,
-            cv.Optional(CONF_IBEACON_UUID): esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_IBEACON_UUID): ble_device_base.bt_uuid,
            cv.Optional(CONF_TIMEOUT, default="5min"): cv.positive_time_period,
            cv.Optional(CONF_MIN_RSSI): cv.All(
                cv.decibel, cv.int_range(min=-100, max=-30)
            ),
        }
    )
-    .extend(esp32_ble_tracker.ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
-    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA),
+    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+    .extend(ble_device_base.BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA),
    cv.has_exactly_one_key(
        CONF_MAC_ADDRESS, CONF_IRK, CONF_SERVICE_UUID, CONF_IBEACON_UUID
    ),
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
 async def to_code(config):
    var = await binary_sensor.new_binary_sensor(config)
    await cg.register_component(var, config)
-    await esp32_ble_tracker.register_ble_device(var, config)
+    await ble_device_base.register_ble_device(var, config)

    cg.add(var.set_timeout(config[CONF_TIMEOUT].total_milliseconds))
    if min_rssi := config.get(CONF_MIN_RSSI):
@@ -70,20 +71,15 @@ async def to_code(config):
        cg.add(var.set_address(mac_address.as_hex))

    if irk := config.get(CONF_IRK):
-        irk = esp32_ble_tracker.as_hex_array(str(irk))
+        ble_device_base.request_irk_support()
+        irk = ble_device_base.as_hex_array(str(irk))
        cg.add(var.set_irk(irk))

    if service_uuid := config.get(CONF_SERVICE_UUID):
-        if len(service_uuid) == len(esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid16_format):
-            cg.add(var.set_service_uuid16(esp32_ble_tracker.as_hex(service_uuid)))
-        elif len(service_uuid) == len(esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid32_format):
-            cg.add(var.set_service_uuid32(esp32_ble_tracker.as_hex(service_uuid)))
-        elif len(service_uuid) == len(esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid128_format):
-            uuid128 = esp32_ble_tracker.as_reversed_hex_array(service_uuid)
-            cg.add(var.set_service_uuid128(uuid128))
+        ble_device_base.add_service_uuid(var, service_uuid)

    if ibeacon_uuid := config.get(CONF_IBEACON_UUID):
-        ibeacon_uuid = esp32_ble_tracker.as_reversed_hex_array(ibeacon_uuid)
+        ibeacon_uuid = ble_device_base.as_reversed_hex_array(ibeacon_uuid)
        cg.add(var.set_ibeacon_uuid(ibeacon_uuid))

        if (ibeacon_major := config.get(CONF_IBEACON_MAJOR)) is not None:
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #include "ble_presence_device.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
 namespace esphome::ble_presence {

 static const char *const TAG = "ble_presence";
@@ -10,5 +8,3 @@ static const char *const TAG = "ble_presence";
 void BLEPresenceDevice::dump_config() { LOG_BINARY_SENSOR("", "BLE Presence", this); }

 }  // namespace esphome::ble_presence
-
-#endif
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 #pragma once

 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
-#include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_device.h"
 #include "esphome/components/binary_sensor/binary_sensor.h"

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
+// No platform #ifdef: ble_device_base provides the BLE types on every platform,
+// and this component is only compiled when configured — which requires a BLE
+// hub — so it builds on any platform with a BLEHub tracker without a per-chip
+// guard.
 namespace esphome::ble_presence {

 class BLEPresenceDevice final : public binary_sensor::BinarySensorInitiallyOff,
-                                public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDeviceListener,
+                                public ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener,
                                public Component {
 public:
  void set_address(uint64_t address) {
@@ -22,19 +24,19 @@ class BLEPresenceDevice final : public binary_sensor::BinarySensorInitiallyOff,
  }
  void set_service_uuid16(uint16_t uuid) {
    this->match_by_ = MATCH_BY_SERVICE_UUID;
-    this->uuid_ = esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(uuid);
+    this->uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(uuid);
  }
  void set_service_uuid32(uint32_t uuid) {
    this->match_by_ = MATCH_BY_SERVICE_UUID;
-    this->uuid_ = esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(uuid);
+    this->uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(uuid);
  }
  void set_service_uuid128(uint8_t *uuid) {
    this->match_by_ = MATCH_BY_SERVICE_UUID;
-    this->uuid_ = esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid);
+    this->uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid);
  }
  void set_ibeacon_uuid(uint8_t *uuid) {
    this->match_by_ = MATCH_BY_IBEACON_UUID;
-    this->ibeacon_uuid_ = esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid);
+    this->ibeacon_uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid);
  }
  void set_ibeacon_major(uint16_t major) {
    this->check_ibeacon_major_ = true;
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ class BLEPresenceDevice final : public binary_sensor::BinarySensorInitiallyOff,
    this->minimum_rssi_ = rssi;
  }
  void set_timeout(uint32_t timeout) { this->timeout_ = timeout; }
-  bool parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device) override {
+  bool parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) override {
    if (this->check_minimum_rssi_ && this->minimum_rssi_ > device.get_rssi()) {
      return false;
    }
@@ -119,9 +121,9 @@ class BLEPresenceDevice final : public binary_sensor::BinarySensorInitiallyOff,
  uint64_t address_;
  uint8_t *irk_;

-  esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID uuid_;
+  ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID uuid_;

-  esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID ibeacon_uuid_;
+  ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID ibeacon_uuid_;
  uint16_t ibeacon_major_{0};
  uint16_t ibeacon_minor_{0};

@@ -137,5 +139,3 @@ class BLEPresenceDevice final : public binary_sensor::BinarySensorInitiallyOff,
 };

 }  // namespace esphome::ble_presence
-
-#endif
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #include "ble_rssi_sensor.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
 namespace esphome::ble_rssi {

 static const char *const TAG = "ble_rssi";
@@ -10,5 +8,3 @@ static const char *const TAG = "ble_rssi";
 void BLERSSISensor::dump_config() { LOG_SENSOR("", "BLE RSSI Sensor", this); }

 }  // namespace esphome::ble_rssi
-
-#endif
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #pragma once

 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
-#include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_device.h"
 #include "esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h"

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
+// No platform #ifdef: ble_device_base provides the BLE types on every platform,
+// and this component is only compiled when configured — which requires a BLE
+// hub — so it builds on any platform with a BLEHub tracker without a per-chip
+// guard.
 namespace esphome::ble_rssi {

-class BLERSSISensor final : public sensor::Sensor, public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDeviceListener, public Component {
+class BLERSSISensor final : public sensor::Sensor, public ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener, public Component {
 public:
  void set_address(uint64_t address) {
    this->match_by_ = MATCH_BY_MAC_ADDRESS;
@@ -20,19 +22,19 @@ class BLERSSISensor final : public sensor::Sensor, public esp32_ble_tracker::ESP
  }
  void set_service_uuid16(uint16_t uuid) {
    this->match_by_ = MATCH_BY_SERVICE_UUID;
-    this->uuid_ = esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(uuid);
+    this->uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uint16(uuid);
  }
  void set_service_uuid32(uint32_t uuid) {
    this->match_by_ = MATCH_BY_SERVICE_UUID;
-    this->uuid_ = esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(uuid);
+    this->uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uint32(uuid);
  }
  void set_service_uuid128(uint8_t *uuid) {
    this->match_by_ = MATCH_BY_SERVICE_UUID;
-    this->uuid_ = esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid);
+    this->uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid);
  }
  void set_ibeacon_uuid(uint8_t *uuid) {
    this->match_by_ = MATCH_BY_IBEACON_UUID;
-    this->ibeacon_uuid_ = esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid);
+    this->ibeacon_uuid_ = ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_raw(uuid);
  }
  void set_ibeacon_major(uint16_t major) {
    this->check_ibeacon_major_ = true;
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ class BLERSSISensor final : public sensor::Sensor, public esp32_ble_tracker::ESP
      this->publish_state(NAN);
    this->found_ = false;
  }
-  bool parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device) override {
+  bool parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) override {
    switch (this->match_by_) {
      case MATCH_BY_MAC_ADDRESS:
        if (device.address_uint64() == this->address_) {
@@ -109,9 +111,9 @@ class BLERSSISensor final : public sensor::Sensor, public esp32_ble_tracker::ESP
  uint64_t address_;
  uint8_t *irk_;

-  esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID uuid_;
+  ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID uuid_;

-  esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTUUID ibeacon_uuid_;
+  ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID ibeacon_uuid_;
  uint16_t ibeacon_major_;
  uint16_t ibeacon_minor_;

@@ -120,5 +122,3 @@ class BLERSSISensor final : public sensor::Sensor, public esp32_ble_tracker::ESP
 };

 }  // namespace esphome::ble_rssi
-
-#endif
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import esp32_ble_tracker, sensor
+from esphome.components import ble_device_base, sensor
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
    CONF_IBEACON_MAJOR,
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ from esphome.const import (

 CONF_IRK = "irk"

-DEPENDENCIES = ["esp32_ble_tracker"]
+AUTO_LOAD = ["ble_device_base"]

 ble_rssi_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("ble_rssi")
 BLERSSISensor = ble_rssi_ns.class_(
-    "BLERSSISensor", sensor.Sensor, cg.Component, esp32_ble_tracker.ESPBTDeviceListener
+    "BLERSSISensor", sensor.Sensor, cg.Component, ble_device_base.ESPBTDeviceListener
 )


@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def _validate(config):


 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
+    ble_device_base.rename_legacy_hub_id("ble_rssi"),
    sensor.sensor_schema(
        BLERSSISensor,
        unit_of_measurement=UNIT_DECIBEL_MILLIWATT,
@@ -42,14 +43,14 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
        {
            cv.Optional(CONF_MAC_ADDRESS): cv.mac_address,
            cv.Optional(CONF_IRK): cv.uuid,
-            cv.Optional(CONF_SERVICE_UUID): esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_SERVICE_UUID): ble_device_base.bt_uuid,
            cv.Optional(CONF_IBEACON_MAJOR): cv.uint16_t,
            cv.Optional(CONF_IBEACON_MINOR): cv.uint16_t,
-            cv.Optional(CONF_IBEACON_UUID): esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid,
+            cv.Optional(CONF_IBEACON_UUID): ble_device_base.bt_uuid,
        }
    )
-    .extend(esp32_ble_tracker.ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
-    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA),
+    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+    .extend(ble_device_base.BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA),
    cv.has_exactly_one_key(
        CONF_MAC_ADDRESS, CONF_IRK, CONF_SERVICE_UUID, CONF_IBEACON_UUID
    ),
@@ -60,26 +61,21 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
 async def to_code(config):
    var = await sensor.new_sensor(config)
    await cg.register_component(var, config)
-    await esp32_ble_tracker.register_ble_device(var, config)
+    await ble_device_base.register_ble_device(var, config)

    if mac_address := config.get(CONF_MAC_ADDRESS):
        cg.add(var.set_address(mac_address.as_hex))

    if irk := config.get(CONF_IRK):
-        irk = esp32_ble_tracker.as_hex_array(str(irk))
+        ble_device_base.request_irk_support()
+        irk = ble_device_base.as_hex_array(str(irk))
        cg.add(var.set_irk(irk))

    if service_uuid := config.get(CONF_SERVICE_UUID):
-        if len(service_uuid) == len(esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid16_format):
-            cg.add(var.set_service_uuid16(esp32_ble_tracker.as_hex(service_uuid)))
-        elif len(service_uuid) == len(esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid32_format):
-            cg.add(var.set_service_uuid32(esp32_ble_tracker.as_hex(service_uuid)))
-        elif len(service_uuid) == len(esp32_ble_tracker.bt_uuid128_format):
-            uuid128 = esp32_ble_tracker.as_reversed_hex_array(service_uuid)
-            cg.add(var.set_service_uuid128(uuid128))
+        ble_device_base.add_service_uuid(var, service_uuid)

    if ibeacon_uuid := config.get(CONF_IBEACON_UUID):
-        ibeacon_uuid = esp32_ble_tracker.as_reversed_hex_array(ibeacon_uuid)
+        ibeacon_uuid = ble_device_base.as_reversed_hex_array(ibeacon_uuid)
        cg.add(var.set_ibeacon_uuid(ibeacon_uuid))

        if (ibeacon_major := config.get(CONF_IBEACON_MAJOR)) is not None:
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #include "ble_scanner.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
 namespace esphome::ble_scanner {

 static const char *const TAG = "ble_scanner";
@@ -10,5 +8,3 @@ static const char *const TAG = "ble_scanner";
 void BLEScanner::dump_config() { LOG_TEXT_SENSOR("", "BLE Scanner", this); }

 }  // namespace esphome::ble_scanner
-
-#endif
@@ -7,23 +7,23 @@
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 #include "esphome/core/string_ref.h"
-#include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_device.h"
 #include "esphome/components/text_sensor/text_sensor.h"

-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
+// No platform #ifdef: ble_device_base provides the BLE types on every platform,
+// and this component is only compiled when configured — which requires a BLE
+// hub — so it builds on any platform with a BLEHub tracker without a per-chip
+// guard.
 namespace esphome::ble_scanner {

-class BLEScanner final : public text_sensor::TextSensor,
-                         public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDeviceListener,
-                         public Component {
+class BLEScanner final : public text_sensor::TextSensor, public ble_device_base::ESPBTDeviceListener, public Component {
 public:
-  bool parse_device(const esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDevice &device) override {
+  bool parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) override {
    char addr_buf[MAC_ADDRESS_PRETTY_BUFFER_SIZE];
    // Escape special characters in the device name for valid JSON. Control characters stay in the \u00XX form this
    // sensor has always published.
    char escaped_name[128];
-    json_escape_into_buffer(escaped_name, StringRef(device.get_name()), /*short_control_escapes=*/false);
+    json_escape_into_buffer(escaped_name, device.get_name(), /*short_control_escapes=*/false);

    char buf[256];
    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "{\"timestamp\":%" PRId64 ",\"address\":\"%s\",\"rssi\":%d,\"name\":\"%s\"}",
@@ -35,5 +35,3 @@ class BLEScanner final : public text_sensor::TextSensor,
 };

 }  // namespace esphome::ble_scanner
-
-#endif
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import esp32_ble_tracker, text_sensor
+from esphome.components import ble_device_base, text_sensor
 import esphome.config_validation as cv

-DEPENDENCIES = ["esp32_ble_tracker"]
+AUTO_LOAD = ["ble_device_base"]

 ble_scanner_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("ble_scanner")
 BLEScanner = ble_scanner_ns.class_(
    "BLEScanner",
    text_sensor.TextSensor,
    cg.Component,
-    esp32_ble_tracker.ESPBTDeviceListener,
+    ble_device_base.ESPBTDeviceListener,
 )

 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
+    ble_device_base.rename_legacy_hub_id("ble_scanner"),
    text_sensor.text_sensor_schema(BLEScanner)
-    .extend(esp32_ble_tracker.ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+    .extend(ble_device_base.BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA),
 )


 async def to_code(config):
    var = await text_sensor.new_text_sensor(config)
    await cg.register_component(var, config)
-    await esp32_ble_tracker.register_ble_device(var, config)
+    await ble_device_base.register_ble_device(var, config)
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+"""Per-platform GATT connection backends and the helpers to embed one.
+
+Backends: esp32 Bluedroid, rp2 BTstack. No user-facing configuration; the
+Bluetooth proxy's codegen declares and registers the backend instances
+through gatt_client_schema()/hub_connection_schema() + new_gatt_backend().
+"""
+
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+import esphome.codegen as cg
+from esphome.components import rp2040_ble
+from esphome.config_helpers import (
+    filter_source_files_from_platform,
+    frameworks_for_platforms,
+)
+import esphome.config_validation as cv
+from esphome.const import PLATFORM_ESP32, PLATFORM_RP2, PlatformFramework
+from esphome.core import CORE
+from esphome.types import ConfigType
+
+
+def AUTO_LOAD() -> list[str]:
+    """ble_device_base plus the platform BLE stack the build's backend
+    registers with (the Bluedroid header includes the tracker's), so
+    consumers need not know. The platform-less arm serves manifest tooling."""
+    if CORE.is_esp32:
+        return ["ble_device_base", "esp32_ble_tracker"]
+    if CORE.is_rp2:
+        return ["ble_device_base", "rp2040_ble"]
+    if CORE.target_platform is None:
+        return ["ble_device_base", "esp32_ble_tracker", "rp2040_ble"]
+    return ["ble_device_base"]
+
+
+CODEOWNERS = ["@bdraco", "@jesserockz"]
+
+bluetooth_connection_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("bluetooth_connection")
+
+# arduino-pico's prebuilt BTstack is compiled with MAX_NR_GATT_CLIENTS 1 and
+# MAX_NR_HCI_CONNECTIONS 2; for more than one backend, rp2040_ble's
+# btstack_memory.cpp replaces those pools via linker --wrap (requested by
+# _rp2_register), sized from ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CLIENT_COUNT. The cap itself
+# belongs to the platform stack that owns the pools.
+RP2_MAX_CONNECTIONS = rp2040_ble.MAX_CONNECTIONS
+
+# Slot limits for the hub platforms running the connection-capable proxy;
+# the backend registry itself is _PLATFORM_BACKENDS below.
+HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS: dict[str, int] = {PLATFORM_RP2: RP2_MAX_CONNECTIONS}
+
+# The hub-platform wrapper and the backend codegen classes.
+HubBluetoothConnection = bluetooth_connection_ns.class_("BluetoothConnection")
+RP2GattClient = bluetooth_connection_ns.class_("RP2GattClient", cg.Component)
+BluedroidGattClient = bluetooth_connection_ns.class_(
+    "BluedroidGattClient", cg.Component
+)
+
+CONF_BACKEND_ID = "backend_id"
+
+DOMAIN = "bluetooth_connection"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class _ConnectionData:
+    rp2_backend_count: int = 0
+
+
+def _get_data() -> _ConnectionData:
+    if DOMAIN not in CORE.data:
+        CORE.data[DOMAIN] = _ConnectionData()
+    return CORE.data[DOMAIN]
+
+
+def _esp32_schema_fragment() -> cv.Schema:
+    from esphome.components import esp32_ble_tracker
+
+    return esp32_ble_tracker.ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA
+
+
+def _rp2_schema_fragment() -> cv.Schema:
+    return cv.Schema(
+        {cv.GenerateID(rp2040_ble.CONF_RP2040_BLE_ID): cv.use_id(rp2040_ble.RP2040BLE)}
+    )
+
+
+async def _esp32_register(backend: cg.MockObj, config: ConfigType) -> None:
+    from esphome.components import esp32_ble_tracker
+
+    # The tracker's promote loop owns connect timing; the backend registers
+    # as a raw client (it is the tracker's ESPBTClient).
+    await esp32_ble_tracker.register_raw_client(backend, config)
+
+
+async def _rp2_register(backend: cg.MockObj, config: ConfigType) -> None:
+    from esphome.components import ota
+
+    # The backend drops its link when an OTA starts (esp32 tracker parity).
+    ota.request_ota_state_listeners()
+    # More than one backend outgrows the prebuilt BTstack pools: swap them for
+    # the ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CLIENT_COUNT-sized ones in rp2040_ble's
+    # btstack_memory.cpp. Keyed to backend registrations (the same event that
+    # grows the count that sizes the pools), so single-backend builds emit no
+    # flags and stay byte-identical to previous releases.
+    data = _get_data()
+    data.rp2_backend_count += 1
+    if data.rp2_backend_count == 2:
+        rp2040_ble.add_btstack_pool_overrides()
+    await cg.register_parented(backend, config[rp2040_ble.CONF_RP2040_BLE_ID])
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class _PlatformBackend:
+    """One platform's backend: codegen class, extra schema keys, and stack
+    registration. The esp32 fragments import their stack lazily because those
+    imports register esp32-only automations as a side effect; rp2040_ble is
+    side-effect-free, so it is imported at module scope (the cap constant
+    needs it there anyway)."""
+
+    backend_class: cg.MockObjClass
+    schema_fragment: Callable[[], cv.Schema]
+    register: Callable[[cg.MockObj, ConfigType], Awaitable[None]]
+
+
+# The single registry of platforms with a GATT client backend; a platform
+# missing here fails loudly everywhere instead of falling into another
+# platform's arm.
+_PLATFORM_BACKENDS: dict[str, _PlatformBackend] = {
+    PLATFORM_ESP32: _PlatformBackend(
+        BluedroidGattClient, _esp32_schema_fragment, _esp32_register
+    ),
+    PLATFORM_RP2: _PlatformBackend(RP2GattClient, _rp2_schema_fragment, _rp2_register),
+}
+
+
+def _backend_entry(platform: str | None = None) -> _PlatformBackend:
+    key = platform if platform is not None else CORE.target_platform
+    if (entry := _PLATFORM_BACKENDS.get(key)) is None:
+        raise cv.Invalid(f"no GATT client backend is registered for {key}")
+    return entry
+
+
+def gatt_client_schema(platform: str | None = None) -> cv.Schema:
+    """Schema fragment for one GATT backend instance: its generated id plus
+    the platform-stack reference new_gatt_backend() resolves.
+
+    Defaults to the platform being validated; pass `platform` explicitly when
+    building a schema outside validation (the language-schema dumper calls
+    per-platform builders under arbitrary CORE platforms).
+    """
+    entry = _backend_entry(platform)
+    return entry.schema_fragment().extend(
+        {cv.GenerateID(CONF_BACKEND_ID): cv.declare_id(entry.backend_class)}
+    )
+
+
+def hub_connection_schema(platform: str | None = None) -> cv.Schema:
+    """Per-slot schema for the proxy's connection wrappers: the wrapper id on
+    top of the backend fragment, plus the component keys (setup_priority and
+    friends now apply to the backend, the slot's real Component). Same
+    platform rules as gatt_client_schema()."""
+    return (
+        gatt_client_schema(platform)
+        .extend({cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(HubBluetoothConnection)})
+        .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+    )
+
+
+async def new_gatt_backend(config: ConfigType) -> cg.MockObj:
+    """Instantiate the backend declared by gatt_client_schema() and register
+    it with its platform stack. The connection slot is claimed at validation
+    (the proxy's slot validators), not here.
+    """
+    from esphome.components import ble_device_base
+
+    ble_device_base.request_gatt_client()
+    backend = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_BACKEND_ID])
+    # The backend is the slot's real Component: component keys from the
+    # connection entry (setup_priority, ...) apply to it. Consumers whose own
+    # schema carries keys that register_component would misapply to the
+    # backend (e.g. a polling interval) must not put them in this config.
+    await cg.register_component(backend, config)
+    await _backend_entry().register(backend, config)
+    return backend
+
+
+# Named so tests can pin the hub entry against bluetooth_proxy's platform
+# list (this module cannot import bluetooth_proxy to derive it).
+SOURCE_FILE_FRAMEWORKS: dict[str, set[PlatformFramework]] = {
+    "bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.cpp": frameworks_for_platforms([PLATFORM_ESP32]),
+    # Every hub platform the proxy admits (the file compiles empty where
+    # USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT is not defined), so a platform gaining a backend
+    # cannot hit a missing-symbol trap here.
+    "bluetooth_connection_hub.cpp": {
+        PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO,
+        PlatformFramework.LN882X_ARDUINO,
+        PlatformFramework.BK72XX_ARDUINO,
+        PlatformFramework.ESP32_ARDUINO,
+        PlatformFramework.ESP32_IDF,
+    },
+    "bluetooth_connection_rp2.cpp": {PlatformFramework.RP2_ARDUINO},
+}
+
+FILTER_SOURCE_FILES = filter_source_files_from_platform(SOURCE_FILE_FRAMEWORKS)
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include "bluetooth_connection.h"
+
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
+#include <esp_gap_ble_api.h>
+#include <esp_gattc_api.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+
+#include "esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
+
+static const char *const TAG = "bluetooth_connection";
+
+BatchClose close_service_batch(api::BluetoothGATTGetServicesResponse &resp, size_t &current_size, int16_t &send_service,
+                               uint8_t connection_index, const char *address_str) {
+  // Calculate the actual size of just this service (+1 for the field tag)
+  size_t service_size = resp.services.back().calculate_size() + 1;
+
+  if (current_size + service_size > MAX_PACKET_SIZE) {
+    if (resp.services.size() > 1) {
+      // We would go over -- pop the last service and retry it in the next batch
+      resp.services.pop_back();
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Service %d would exceed limit (current: %u + service: %u > %u), sending current batch",
+               connection_index, address_str, send_service, (unsigned) current_size, (unsigned) service_size,
+               (unsigned) MAX_PACKET_SIZE);
+      // Don't advance send_service -- the popped service goes into the next batch
+    } else {
+      // This single service is too large, but we have to send it anyway;
+      // advance so we don't get stuck
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Service %d is too large (%u bytes) but sending anyway", connection_index, address_str,
+               send_service, (unsigned) service_size);
+      send_service++;
+    }
+    return BatchClose::SEND;
+  }
+
+  current_size += service_size;
+  send_service++;
+  return BatchClose::CONTINUE;
+}
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
+
+#endif  // USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+
+#if defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
+namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
+
+// Address-scoped Bluedroid maintenance. Gated with the connection surface:
+// the advertisement-only arm no longer dispatches these requests at all.
+
+conn_err_t unpair_device(uint64_t address) {
+  esp_bd_addr_t bda;
+  ble_device_base::uint64_to_mac_msb_first(address, bda);
+  return esp_ble_remove_bond_device(bda);
+}
+
+conn_err_t clear_gatt_cache(uint64_t address) {
+  esp_bd_addr_t bda;
+  ble_device_base::uint64_to_mac_msb_first(address, bda);
+  return esp_ble_gattc_cache_clean(bda);
+}
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
+#endif  // USE_ESP32 && USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+// Shared types and helpers for the per-platform GATT connection backends and
+// the Bluetooth proxy that drives them.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_client_state.h"
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_device.h"
+
+#include <array>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
+#include <esp_err.h>
+#endif
+
+// USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS is the single spelling of "this build has
+// proxy connection slots": codegen emits it per configured slot, and each
+// slot brings a GATT backend, so it also implies USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT (not
+// the converse: a backend can exist without proxy slots). The hub
+// wrapper, the proxy's connection surface and the API's connection messages
+// all gate on it. The address-scoped maintenance functions below are only
+// reached from that gated surface; the #else stubs just keep this header
+// parsing on arms without a backend.
+
+namespace esphome::api {
+class BluetoothGATTGetServicesResponse;
+}  // namespace esphome::api
+
+namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
+
+// Connection-owned error type for the API error fields, which are plain
+// integers on the wire. Aliases esp_err_t on esp32 (where the values come from
+// IDF calls); a bare int elsewhere. Owning the name instead of probing for
+// esp_err_t keeps the header independent of how a platform's SDK spells its
+// error type.
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
+using conn_err_t = esp_err_t;
+static constexpr conn_err_t CONN_OK = ESP_OK;
+#else
+using conn_err_t = int;
+static constexpr conn_err_t CONN_OK = 0;
+#endif
+
+// The ESPHome-private "not connected" wire value, shared with the neutral
+// GATT contract so backend and wrapper cannot drift.
+static constexpr conn_err_t GATT_NOT_CONNECTED = ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+
+// What the platform's connection backend supports beyond GATT operations;
+// the proxy derives its feature flags and legacy version from these.
+#if defined(USE_ESP32)
+static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_PAIRING = true;
+static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_CACHE_CLEARING = true;
+#elif defined(USE_RP2040_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
+// The rp2 BTstack backend pairs (just works + bonding); it has no service
+// cache to clear. Keyed on the backend, not the generic client define, so a
+// future backend without pairing keeps the stub arm below.
+static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_PAIRING = true;
+static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_CACHE_CLEARING = false;
+#else
+static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_PAIRING = false;
+static constexpr bool SUPPORTS_CACHE_CLEARING = false;
+#endif
+
+// Address-scoped (not connection-scoped) maintenance requests.
+#if (defined(USE_ESP32) || defined(USE_RP2040_BLE)) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
+conn_err_t unpair_device(uint64_t address);
+#else
+inline conn_err_t unpair_device(uint64_t) { return GATT_NOT_CONNECTED; }
+#endif
+#if defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
+conn_err_t clear_gatt_cache(uint64_t address);
+#else
+inline conn_err_t clear_gatt_cache(uint64_t) { return GATT_NOT_CONNECTED; }
+#endif
+
+// send_service_ cursor states; >= 0 is the next service index to stream.
+static constexpr int DONE_SENDING_SERVICES = -2;
+static constexpr int INIT_SENDING_SERVICES = -3;
+static constexpr int SERVICES_DONE_PENDING = -4;  // all batches delivered, done-message still owed
+// Every sentinel must stay below the >= 0 streaming gate and clear of
+// GATT_NOT_CONNECTED (-1) so cursor and error values can never be confused.
+static_assert(DONE_SENDING_SERVICES < 0 && INIT_SENDING_SERVICES < 0 && SERVICES_DONE_PENDING < 0);
+static_assert(DONE_SENDING_SERVICES != GATT_NOT_CONNECTED && INIT_SENDING_SERVICES != GATT_NOT_CONNECTED &&
+              SERVICES_DONE_PENDING != GATT_NOT_CONNECTED);
+// Owed-done retries stop here (~3 s at the 100 ms drain cadence): a done
+// delivered near the client's 30 s timeout could land on a fresh request's
+// empty accumulator and cache as an empty database.
+static constexpr uint8_t SERVICES_DONE_RETRY_LIMIT = 30;
+// Owed-ack retries stop after ~25 s of subscribed drain time from the first
+// refusal, keeping most of the client's 30 s GATT window for congestion to
+// clear while still bounding how stale a delivered reply can be.
+static constexpr uint16_t PENDING_ACK_RETRY_LIMIT = 250;
+
+// ---- Service-streaming size budget, shared by every platform's streamer ----
+
+// Conservative MTU limit for API messages (accounts for WPA3 overhead)
+static constexpr size_t MAX_PACKET_SIZE = 1360;
+
+// Constants for size estimation
+static constexpr uint8_t SERVICE_OVERHEAD_LEGACY = 25;     // UUID(20) + handle(4) + overhead(1)
+static constexpr uint8_t SERVICE_OVERHEAD_EFFICIENT = 10;  // UUID(6) + handle(4)
+static constexpr uint8_t CHAR_SIZE_128BIT = 35;            // UUID(20) + handle(4) + props(4) + overhead(7)
+static constexpr uint8_t DESC_SIZE_128BIT = 25;            // UUID(20) + handle(4) + overhead(1)
+static constexpr uint8_t DESC_PER_CHAR = 1;                // Assume 1 descriptor per characteristic
+
+/// Estimate the wire size of a service (service overhead + its characteristics,
+/// assuming 128-bit UUIDs and one 128-bit descriptor per characteristic to be
+/// safe) before fetching/packing the full data.
+inline size_t estimate_service_size(uint16_t char_count, bool use_efficient_uuids) {
+  size_t service_overhead = use_efficient_uuids ? SERVICE_OVERHEAD_EFFICIENT : SERVICE_OVERHEAD_LEGACY;
+  return service_overhead + (CHAR_SIZE_128BIT + DESC_SIZE_128BIT * DESC_PER_CHAR) * char_count;
+}
+
+// ---- UUID wire packing, shared by every platform's streamer ----
+
+// This function is allocation-free and directly packs UUIDs into the output
+// array using precalculated constants for the Bluetooth base UUID. ESPBTUUID
+// stores its 128-bit form little-endian (same as Bluedroid).
+inline void fill_128bit_uuid_array(std::array<uint64_t, 2> &out, const ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID &uuid) {
+  using ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID;
+  if (uuid.type() == ESPBTUUID::Type::UUID128) {
+    const uint8_t *u = uuid.uuid128();
+    // out[0] = bytes 8-15 (big-endian), out[1] = bytes 0-7 (big-endian)
+    out[0] = ((uint64_t) u[15] << 56) | ((uint64_t) u[14] << 48) | ((uint64_t) u[13] << 40) | ((uint64_t) u[12] << 32) |
+             ((uint64_t) u[11] << 24) | ((uint64_t) u[10] << 16) | ((uint64_t) u[9] << 8) | ((uint64_t) u[8]);
+    out[1] = ((uint64_t) u[7] << 56) | ((uint64_t) u[6] << 48) | ((uint64_t) u[5] << 40) | ((uint64_t) u[4] << 32) |
+             ((uint64_t) u[3] << 24) | ((uint64_t) u[2] << 16) | ((uint64_t) u[1] << 8) | ((uint64_t) u[0]);
+    return;
+  }
+  // 16/32-bit UUID inserted into the Bluetooth base UUID:
+  // 00000000-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB
+  uint32_t value = uuid.type() == ESPBTUUID::Type::UUID16 ? uuid.uuid16() : uuid.uuid32();
+  out[0] = ((uint64_t) value << 32) | 0x00001000ULL;  // Base UUID bytes 8-11
+  out[1] = 0x800000805F9B34FBULL;                     // Base UUID bytes 0-7
+}
+
+/// Fill the UUID in the appropriate wire format based on client support and
+/// UUID type (128-bit array for old clients or 128-bit UUIDs, short form
+/// otherwise).
+inline void fill_gatt_uuid(std::array<uint64_t, 2> &uuid_128, uint32_t &short_uuid,
+                           const ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID &uuid, bool use_efficient_uuids) {
+  using ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID;
+  if (!use_efficient_uuids || uuid.type() == ESPBTUUID::Type::UUID128) {
+    fill_128bit_uuid_array(uuid_128, uuid);
+  } else if (uuid.type() == ESPBTUUID::Type::UUID16) {
+    short_uuid = uuid.uuid16();
+  } else {
+    short_uuid = uuid.uuid32();
+  }
+}
+
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+/// Result of close_service_batch: keep filling the batch or send it now.
+/// An oversized service is packed alone; a failed (backpressured) send is
+/// retried from the batch start, so no service is silently skipped.
+enum class BatchClose : uint8_t { CONTINUE, SEND };
+
+/// Close out the service just packed into resp (account its actual wire size,
+/// advance the cursor) and decide whether the batch must be sent now. Shared
+/// tail of both platform streamers so the budget logic and its log lines
+/// cannot drift.
+BatchClose close_service_batch(api::BluetoothGATTGetServicesResponse &resp, size_t &current_size, int16_t &send_service,
+                               uint8_t connection_index, const char *address_str);
+#endif  // USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
@@ -0,0 +1,772 @@
+#include "bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.h"
+
+#if defined(USE_ESP32_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
+
+// The in-place streamer serves the proxy's service-discovery API; backend-only
+// builds compile without the proxy headers or the streamer.
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+#include "bluetooth_connection.h"
+#include "bluetooth_connection_hub.h"
+
+#include "esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/bluetooth_proxy.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_client_state.h"
+#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
+
+static const char *const TAG = "bluetooth_connection";
+
+using ble_device_base::FAST_CONN_TIMEOUT;
+using ble_device_base::FAST_MAX_CONN_INTERVAL;
+using ble_device_base::FAST_MIN_CONN_INTERVAL;
+using ble_device_base::MEDIUM_CONN_TIMEOUT;
+using ble_device_base::MEDIUM_MAX_CONN_INTERVAL;
+using ble_device_base::MEDIUM_MIN_CONN_INTERVAL;
+using esp32_ble_tracker::ClientState;
+using esp32_ble_tracker::ConnectionType;
+
+// ---- tracker surface ----
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::connect() { this->tracker_connect_(); }
+void BluedroidGattClient::disconnect() { this->gatt_disconnect(); }
+
+// ---- component ----
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::setup() {
+  static uint8_t connection_index = 0;
+  this->connection_index_ = connection_index++;
+}
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::loop() {
+  if (!esp32_ble::global_ble->is_active()) {
+    // Stack down: no CLOSE_EVT will come. Settle a live link so the consumer
+    // frees its slot, then re-register the app on the next enable.
+    auto down_st = this->state();
+    if (down_st != ClientState::IDLE && down_st != ClientState::INIT) {
+      this->release_services();
+      this->set_idle_();
+      this->listener_->on_connection_state(false, 0, ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED);
+    }
+    this->set_state(ClientState::INIT);
+    return;
+  }
+  auto st = this->state();
+  if (st == ClientState::INIT) {
+    // Parity with BLEClientBase: a failed registration marks the slot
+    // failed and idles it without retry.
+    auto ret = esp_ble_gattc_app_register(this->app_id);
+    if (ret) {
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "gattc app register failed: app_id=%d code=%d", this->app_id, ret);
+      this->mark_failed();
+    }
+    // Do not wait for REG_EVT; a dropped event must not wedge the slot.
+    this->set_idle_();
+  } else if (st == ClientState::DISCONNECTING || this->disconnect_pending()) {
+    // The one teardown safety net: a lost CLOSE_EVT, or a scheduled
+    // teardown whose OPEN_EVT never arrives.
+    if (millis() - this->disconnecting_started_ > ble_device_base::GATT_DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%d] Timeout waiting for teardown, forcing IDLE", this->connection_index_);
+      // Release before idling: a lost completion must not leak the cache.
+      this->release_services();
+      this->set_idle_();  // also clears want_disconnect_
+      this->listener_->on_connection_state(false, 0, ESP_GATT_CONN_TIMEOUT);
+    }
+  } else {
+    // The loop stays on while a link exists (stack-down watch, pre-started
+    // search flush); it settles only back at IDLE.
+    this->deliver_pending_search_();
+    if (this->state() == ClientState::IDLE) {
+      this->disable_loop();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::dump_config() {
+  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "Bluedroid GATT client %d", this->connection_index_);
+  if (this->is_failed()) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "  Registration failed; if the error was ESP_GATT_NO_RESOURCES, reduce the connection slots");
+  }
+}
+
+// ---- contract ops ----
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::connect(uint64_t address, uint8_t addr_type) {
+  // Only from idle: clobbering DISCONNECTING would open a new link the
+  // stale CLOSE_EVT then tears down.
+  if (this->state() != ClientState::IDLE) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] Connect rejected, slot busy", this->connection_index_);
+    return ESP_GATT_BUSY;
+  }
+  ble_device_base::uint64_to_mac_msb_first(address, this->remote_bda_);
+  this->remote_addr_type_ = addr_type;
+  // Hand the request to the tracker's promote loop: it stops the scan, raises
+  // coex, and calls tracker_connect_() - the tracker owns connect timing here.
+  this->set_state(ClientState::DISCOVERED);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::tracker_connect_() {
+  auto st = this->state();
+  if (st == ClientState::CONNECTING || st == ClientState::CONNECTED || st == ClientState::ESTABLISHED) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] Connection already in progress", this->connection_index_);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (st == ClientState::DISCONNECTING) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] Cannot connect, still waiting for CLOSE_EVT", this->connection_index_);
+    return;
+  }
+  ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[%d] 0x%02x Connecting", this->connection_index_, this->remote_addr_type_);
+  // Per-attempt latches; the search machine is reset by set_idle_(), the
+  // one door back to IDLE.
+  this->services_released_ = false;
+  this->seen_mtu_ = false;
+  this->mtu_failed_ = false;
+  this->enable_loop();
+  this->set_state(ClientState::CONNECTING);
+  if (this->connection_type_ == ConnectionType::V3_WITHOUT_CACHE) {
+    // Fast params for the discovery phase; stepped down at SEARCH_CMPL.
+    this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gap_set_prefer_conn_params",
+                               esp_ble_gap_set_prefer_conn_params(this->remote_bda_, FAST_MIN_CONN_INTERVAL,
+                                                                  FAST_MAX_CONN_INTERVAL, 0, FAST_CONN_TIMEOUT));
+  } else {
+    this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gap_set_prefer_conn_params",
+                               esp_ble_gap_set_prefer_conn_params(this->remote_bda_, MEDIUM_MIN_CONN_INTERVAL,
+                                                                  MEDIUM_MAX_CONN_INTERVAL, 0, MEDIUM_CONN_TIMEOUT));
+  }
+  auto ret = esp_ble_gattc_open(this->gattc_if_, this->remote_bda_,
+                                static_cast<esp_ble_addr_type_t>(this->remote_addr_type_), true);
+  if (ret) {
+    this->log_gattc_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_open", ret);
+    // CONNECT_EVT never fired; nothing to close.
+    this->set_idle_();
+    this->listener_->on_connection_state(false, 0, ret);
+  }
+}
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::gatt_disconnect() {
+  auto st = this->state();
+  if (st == ClientState::DISCONNECTING) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  // Nothing was opened, so no completion event will follow: report
+  // not-connected and the hub frees the slot at once (rp2 convention).
+  if (st == ClientState::IDLE) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  if (st == ClientState::DISCOVERED) {
+    // Parked for the tracker promote loop, never opened.
+    this->set_idle_();
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  if (st == ClientState::CONNECTING || this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID) {
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] Disconnect scheduled", this->connection_index_);
+    this->want_disconnect_ = true;
+    // Arm the safety window: a lost OPEN_EVT must not leak the teardown.
+    this->disconnecting_started_ = millis();
+    this->enable_loop();
+    return 0;
+  }
+  this->unconditional_disconnect_();
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::unconditional_disconnect_() {
+  ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[%d] Disconnecting (conn_id: %d)", this->connection_index_, this->conn_id_);
+  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID) {
+    // Terminal state now rather than leaning on the scheduled-teardown timer.
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%d] conn id unset, cannot disconnect", this->connection_index_);
+    this->release_services();
+    this->set_idle_();
+    this->listener_->on_connection_state(false, 0, ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED);
+    return;
+  }
+  auto err = esp_ble_gattc_close(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_);
+  if (err != ESP_OK) {
+    // The stack is now in an indeterminate state for this link.
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%d] esp_ble_gattc_close error: %d", this->connection_index_, err);
+  }
+  this->set_disconnecting_();
+}
+
+bool BluedroidGattClient::cancel_gatt_disconnect() {
+  // Only a scheduled teardown (want_disconnect_ latched while the open is
+  // still in flight) is cancellable; once closing started the terminal
+  // report settles the race.
+  if (this->state() != ClientState::CONNECTING || !this->disconnect_pending()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  this->want_disconnect_ = false;
+  return true;
+}
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::discover_services() {
+  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  switch (this->search_state_) {
+    case SearchState::PRESTARTED:
+      // The pending SEARCH_CMPL reports once it lands.
+      this->search_state_ = SearchState::CLAIMED;
+      return 0;
+    case SearchState::PRESTART_DONE:
+      // Already landed: the flush after the connected report delivers
+      // (loop() covers a claim made outside that event drain).
+      this->search_state_ = SearchState::REPORT_PENDING;
+      this->enable_loop();
+      return 0;
+    case SearchState::CLAIMED:
+    case SearchState::REPORT_PENDING:
+      return 0;  // One completion is already owed to this claimant.
+    case SearchState::NONE:
+      break;
+  }
+  int err = this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_search_service",
+                                       esp_ble_gattc_search_service(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, nullptr));
+  if (err == 0) {
+    this->search_state_ = SearchState::CLAIMED;
+  }
+  return err;
+}
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::read_characteristic(uint16_t handle) {
+  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_read_char", esp_ble_gattc_read_char(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_,
+                                                                                       handle, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE));
+}
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, bool response) {
+  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  // The BTC layer copies the payload immediately, so the const_cast is safe.
+  return this->check_and_log_error_(
+      "esp_ble_gattc_write_char",
+      esp_ble_gattc_write_char(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, handle, len, const_cast<uint8_t *>(data),
+                               response ? ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_RSP : ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_NO_RSP,
+                               ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE));
+}
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::read_descriptor(uint16_t handle) {
+  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  return this->check_and_log_error_(
+      "esp_ble_gattc_read_char_descr",
+      esp_ble_gattc_read_char_descr(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, handle, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE));
+}
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) {
+  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  return this->check_and_log_error_(
+      "esp_ble_gattc_write_char_descr",
+      esp_ble_gattc_write_char_descr(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, handle, len, const_cast<uint8_t *>(data),
+                                     ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_RSP, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE));
+}
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable) {
+  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  // Local registration only; the CCCD write is the API client's responsibility.
+  if (enable) {
+    return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_register_for_notify",
+                                      esp_ble_gattc_register_for_notify(this->gattc_if_, this->remote_bda_, handle));
+  }
+  return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_unregister_for_notify",
+                                    esp_ble_gattc_unregister_for_notify(this->gattc_if_, this->remote_bda_, handle));
+}
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::pair() {
+  if (this->conn_id_ == UNSET_CONN_ID) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  return esp_ble_set_encryption(this->remote_bda_, ESP_BLE_SEC_ENCRYPT);
+}
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::update_connection_params(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_t max_interval, uint16_t latency,
+                                                  uint16_t timeout) {
+  return this->update_conn_params_(min_interval, max_interval, latency, timeout, "custom");
+}
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::release_services() {
+  this->service_total_ = 0;
+  // Always set: terminates any in-flight stream on every cache config.
+  this->services_released_ = true;
+#ifndef CONFIG_BT_GATTC_CACHE_NVS_FLASH
+  // A failed clean leaves a stale database the next connection could serve
+  // as authoritative. A disabled stack invalidates its own cache; skip the
+  // meaningless call instead of warning on every OTA/ble.disable teardown.
+  if (esp32_ble::global_ble->is_active()) {
+    this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_cache_clean", esp_ble_gattc_cache_clean(this->remote_bda_));
+  }
+#endif
+}
+
+// ---- internals ----
+
+bool BluedroidGattClient::check_addr_(const esp_bd_addr_t &addr) const {
+  return memcmp(addr, this->remote_bda_, sizeof(esp_bd_addr_t)) == 0;
+}
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::set_idle_() {
+  this->set_state(ClientState::IDLE);
+  this->conn_id_ = UNSET_CONN_ID;
+  this->search_state_ = SearchState::NONE;
+  this->search_status_ = 0;
+}
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::set_disconnecting_() {
+  this->disconnecting_started_ = millis();
+  this->set_state(ClientState::DISCONNECTING);
+  // The loop may be disabled while idle; the safety timeout needs it.
+  this->enable_loop();
+}
+
+esp_err_t BluedroidGattClient::update_conn_params_(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_t max_interval, uint16_t latency,
+                                                   uint16_t timeout, const char *param_type) {
+  esp_ble_conn_update_params_t conn_params = {{0}};
+  memcpy(conn_params.bda, this->remote_bda_, sizeof(esp_bd_addr_t));
+  conn_params.min_int = min_interval;
+  conn_params.max_int = max_interval;
+  conn_params.latency = latency;
+  conn_params.timeout = timeout;
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] %s conn params", this->connection_index_, param_type);
+  return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gap_update_conn_params", esp_ble_gap_update_conn_params(&conn_params));
+}
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::check_and_log_error_(const char *operation, esp_err_t err) {
+  if (err != ESP_OK) {
+    this->log_gattc_warning_(operation, err);
+  }
+  return err;
+}
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::log_gattc_warning_(const char *operation, int code) {
+  ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] %s failed, status=%d", this->connection_index_, operation, code);
+}
+
+// ---- service streaming ----
+
+int BluedroidGattClient::handle_search_cmpl_(esp_gatt_status_t status) {
+  // Step down from the fast discovery params.
+  this->update_conn_params_(MEDIUM_MIN_CONN_INTERVAL, MEDIUM_MAX_CONN_INTERVAL, 0, MEDIUM_CONN_TIMEOUT, "medium");
+  if (status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
+    // A failed discovery reads as a clean zero from the count calls below;
+    // honoring the event status stops it becoming an authoritative empty
+    // list.
+    return status;
+  }
+  uint16_t primary = 0;
+  uint16_t secondary = 0;
+  auto primary_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, ESP_GATT_DB_PRIMARY_SERVICE,
+                                                     0x0001, 0xFFFF, 0, &primary);
+  auto secondary_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, ESP_GATT_DB_SECONDARY_SERVICE,
+                                                       0x0001, 0xFFFF, 0, &secondary);
+  if (primary_status != ESP_GATT_OK || secondary_status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
+    // A failed count must not become an authoritative empty database.
+    auto count_status = primary_status != ESP_GATT_OK ? primary_status : secondary_status;
+    this->log_gattc_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count", count_status);
+    return count_status;
+  }
+  this->service_total_ = primary + secondary;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+// Reports a completed search once claimed; delivery consumes the state so
+// a re-discovery issues a real search.
+void BluedroidGattClient::deliver_pending_search_() {
+  if (this->search_state_ != SearchState::REPORT_PENDING)
+    return;
+  this->search_state_ = SearchState::NONE;
+  this->listener_->on_service_discovery_done(this->search_status_);
+}
+
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+// The wrapper's compile-time streamer detection must keep finding this
+// method; a signature drift would silently fall back to the table streamer,
+// which proxy builds compile without a materializer.
+static_assert(requires(BluedroidGattClient c, BluetoothConnection &conn) { c.stream_service_batch(conn); });
+
+// Bound by the SERVICE STREAMING HAZARD note at the top of
+// bluetooth_connection_hub.cpp: never skip a batch, never send done early.
+void BluedroidGattClient::stream_service_batch(BluetoothConnection &conn) {
+  if (this->services_released_) {
+    // Released under the stream: park without services-done so a partial
+    // list is never cached as authoritative (the client retries after its
+    // GetServices timeout).
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Services released mid-stream, parking", conn.connection_index_, conn.address_str_);
+    conn.send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
+    return;
+  }
+  if (conn.send_service_ >= this->service_total_) {
+    this->release_services();
+    conn.send_services_done_();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // The subscriber vanished mid-stream.
+  auto *api_conn = conn.proxy_->get_api_connection();
+  if (api_conn == nullptr) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] API connection lost while streaming services", conn.connection_index_, conn.address_str_);
+    conn.park_service_stream_();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  bool use_efficient_uuids = conn.proxy_->client_supports_efficient_uuids();
+  api::BluetoothGATTGetServicesResponse resp;
+  resp.address = conn.address_;
+  size_t current_size = resp.calculate_size();
+  int16_t batch_start = conn.send_service_;
+
+  while (conn.send_service_ < this->service_total_) {
+    esp_gattc_service_elem_t service_result;
+    uint16_t svc_count = 1;
+    esp_gatt_status_t svc_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_service(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, nullptr, &service_result,
+                                                             &svc_count, conn.send_service_);
+    if (svc_status != ESP_GATT_OK || svc_count == 0) {
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Service walk failed (service %d), aborting stream", conn.connection_index_,
+               conn.address_str_, conn.send_service_);
+      conn.abort_service_stream(svc_status != ESP_GATT_OK ? svc_status : ESP_GATT_NOT_FOUND);
+      return;
+    }
+    uint16_t total_char_count = 0;
+    auto char_count_status =
+        esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, ESP_GATT_DB_CHARACTERISTIC,
+                                     service_result.start_handle, service_result.end_handle, 0, &total_char_count);
+    if (char_count_status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
+      this->log_gattc_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count", char_count_status);
+      conn.abort_service_stream(char_count_status);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // If this service likely won't fit, send the current batch first.
+    size_t estimated_size = estimate_service_size(total_char_count, use_efficient_uuids);
+    if (!resp.services.empty() && current_size + estimated_size > MAX_PACKET_SIZE) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    resp.services.emplace_back();
+    auto &service_resp = resp.services.back();
+    fill_gatt_uuid(service_resp.uuid, service_resp.short_uuid,
+                   ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uuid(service_result.uuid), use_efficient_uuids);
+    service_resp.handle = service_result.start_handle;
+
+    if (total_char_count > 0) {
+      service_resp.characteristics.init(total_char_count);
+      uint16_t char_offset = 0;
+      esp_gattc_char_elem_t char_result;
+      // Bounded by the count query: a misbehaving peripheral can make the
+      // enumeration return more entries than it reported.
+      while (char_offset < total_char_count) {
+        uint16_t cc = 1;
+        auto char_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_all_char(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, service_result.start_handle,
+                                                      service_result.end_handle, &char_result, &cc, char_offset);
+        if (char_status != ESP_GATT_OK || cc == 0) {
+          // An early terminator contradicts the count from the same cache;
+          // never stream a silently truncated list.
+          this->log_gattc_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_get_all_char", char_status);
+          conn.abort_service_stream(char_status != ESP_GATT_OK ? char_status : ESP_GATT_NOT_FOUND);
+          return;
+        }
+        service_resp.characteristics.emplace_back();
+        auto &characteristic_resp = service_resp.characteristics.back();
+        fill_gatt_uuid(characteristic_resp.uuid, characteristic_resp.short_uuid,
+                       ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uuid(char_result.uuid), use_efficient_uuids);
+        characteristic_resp.handle = char_result.char_handle;
+        characteristic_resp.properties = char_result.properties;
+
+        uint16_t total_desc_count = 0;
+        auto desc_count_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, ESP_GATT_DB_DESCRIPTOR,
+                                                              0, 0, char_result.char_handle, &total_desc_count);
+        if (desc_count_status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
+          // Abort rather than stream the characteristic descriptor-less: a
+          // missing CCCD in a cached database breaks notifications for good.
+          this->log_gattc_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count", desc_count_status);
+          conn.abort_service_stream(desc_count_status);
+          return;
+        }
+        if (total_desc_count > 0) {
+          characteristic_resp.descriptors.init(total_desc_count);
+          uint16_t desc_offset = 0;
+          esp_gattc_descr_elem_t desc_result;
+          while (desc_offset < total_desc_count) {
+            uint16_t dc = 1;
+            auto desc_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_all_descr(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, char_result.char_handle,
+                                                           &desc_result, &dc, desc_offset);
+            if (desc_status != ESP_GATT_OK || dc == 0) {
+              this->log_gattc_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_get_all_descr", desc_status);
+              conn.abort_service_stream(desc_status != ESP_GATT_OK ? desc_status : ESP_GATT_NOT_FOUND);
+              return;
+            }
+            characteristic_resp.descriptors.emplace_back();
+            auto &descriptor_resp = characteristic_resp.descriptors.back();
+            fill_gatt_uuid(descriptor_resp.uuid, descriptor_resp.short_uuid,
+                           ble_device_base::ESPBTUUID::from_uuid(desc_result.uuid), use_efficient_uuids);
+            descriptor_resp.handle = desc_result.handle;
+            desc_offset++;
+          }
+        }
+        char_offset++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (close_service_batch(resp, current_size, conn.send_service_, conn.connection_index_, conn.address_str_) !=
+        BatchClose::CONTINUE) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // On a failed send, rewind the cursor so the batch is retried instead of
+  // silently skipped.
+  if (!api_conn->send_message(resp)) {
+    conn.note_batch_stalled_();
+    conn.send_service_ = batch_start;
+    return;
+  }
+  conn.batch_stalled_ = false;
+}
+#endif  // USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+
+// ---- events ----
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::handle_open_evt_(esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param) {
+  auto st = this->state();
+  if (st == ClientState::IDLE) {
+    // Late OPEN_EVT after the slot went IDLE (open-error race, or the
+    // teardown net gave up): close a won link, never resurrect the slot.
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] OPEN_EVT in IDLE state (status=%d)", this->connection_index_, param->open.status);
+    if (param->open.status == ESP_GATT_OK || param->open.status == ESP_GATT_ALREADY_OPEN) {
+      // A failed close here leaks a live link nothing tracks; make it heard.
+      this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_close", esp_ble_gattc_close(this->gattc_if_, param->open.conn_id));
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  if (st != ClientState::CONNECTING) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%d] OPEN_EVT in unexpected state", this->connection_index_);
+  }
+  if (param->open.status != ESP_GATT_OK && param->open.status != ESP_GATT_ALREADY_OPEN) {
+    this->log_gattc_warning_("Connection open", param->open.status);
+    // Never established, CLOSE_EVT may not follow.
+    this->set_idle_();
+    this->listener_->on_connection_state(false, 0, param->open.status);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (this->disconnect_pending()) {
+    // Open resolved with a teardown scheduled: close now (conn_id_ stays set
+    // so CLOSE_EVT still matches).
+    this->unconditional_disconnect_();
+    return;
+  }
+  this->set_state(ClientState::CONNECTED);
+  ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[%d] Connection open", this->connection_index_);
+  if (this->connection_type_ == ConnectionType::V3_WITH_CACHE) {
+    this->set_state(ClientState::ESTABLISHED);
+    // No discovery phase: report immediately with the default MTU. The
+    // cached path never waits for (or reports) the exchange - seen_mtu_
+    // suppresses the CFG_MTU report, matching the previous esp32 behavior.
+    this->seen_mtu_ = true;
+    this->listener_->on_connection_state(true, ble_device_base::DEFAULT_ATT_MTU, 0);
+  } else {
+    // Discovery-bound connection: start the search now so it overlaps the
+    // MTU exchange. On a refusal fall back to the serialized path - the
+    // consumer's own discover_services() call retries the real search.
+    if (this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_search_service",
+                                   esp_ble_gattc_search_service(this->gattc_if_, param->open.conn_id, nullptr)) == 0) {
+      this->search_state_ = SearchState::PRESTARTED;
+    }
+    if (this->mtu_failed_ && !this->seen_mtu_) {
+      // Refused MTU request: report with the default so the consumer
+      // proceeds.
+      this->seen_mtu_ = true;
+      this->listener_->on_connection_state(true, ble_device_base::DEFAULT_ATT_MTU, 0);
+      this->deliver_pending_search_();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::handle_disconnect_evt_(esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param) {
+  if (param->disconnect.reason == ESP_GATT_CONN_TERMINATE_PEER_USER && this->state() == ClientState::CONNECTED) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] Remote closed during discovery", this->connection_index_);
+  } else {
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] DISCONNECT_EVT reason=0x%02x", this->connection_index_, param->disconnect.reason);
+  }
+  if (this->state() == ClientState::IDLE) {
+    // Active close delivers CLOSE_EVT first; never walk back to DISCONNECTING.
+    return;
+  }
+  // Passive disconnect: wait for CLOSE_EVT before going IDLE (reconnecting
+  // earlier makes the controller reject with 133 or assert) and before
+  // reporting - the wrapper frees the slot on the report, and a freed slot
+  // invites a reconnect into the still-closing link.
+  this->release_services();
+  this->set_disconnecting_();
+}
+
+bool BluedroidGattClient::gattc_event_handler(esp_gattc_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt_if_t esp_gattc_if,
+                                              esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param) {
+  if (event == ESP_GATTC_REG_EVT && this->app_id != param->reg.app_id)
+    return false;
+  if (event != ESP_GATTC_REG_EVT && esp_gattc_if != ESP_GATT_IF_NONE && esp_gattc_if != this->gattc_if_)
+    return false;
+
+  switch (event) {
+    case ESP_GATTC_REG_EVT: {
+      if (param->reg.status == ESP_GATT_OK) {
+        this->gattc_if_ = esp_gattc_if;
+      } else {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%d] gattc app registration failed, status=%d", this->connection_index_, param->reg.status);
+        this->mark_failed();
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_CONNECT_EVT: {
+      if (!this->check_addr_(param->connect.remote_bda))
+        return false;
+      this->conn_id_ = param->connect.conn_id;
+      // MTU request here rather than OPEN_EVT, matching the IDF examples.
+      auto ret = esp_ble_gattc_send_mtu_req(this->gattc_if_, param->connect.conn_id);
+      if (ret) {
+        this->log_gattc_warning_("esp_ble_gattc_send_mtu_req", ret);
+        // No CFG_MTU_EVT will follow; OPEN_EVT reports with the default.
+        this->mtu_failed_ = true;
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_OPEN_EVT: {
+      if (!this->check_addr_(param->open.remote_bda))
+        return false;
+      this->handle_open_evt_(param);
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_CFG_MTU_EVT: {
+      if (this->conn_id_ != param->cfg_mtu.conn_id)
+        return false;
+      if (param->cfg_mtu.status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
+        // Warn only; a disconnect will follow if the link is dead.
+        this->log_gattc_warning_("MTU exchange", param->cfg_mtu.status);
+      }
+      if (!this->seen_mtu_ && !this->disconnect_pending() && this->state() != ClientState::DISCONNECTING) {
+        // Teardown owns the link: suppress the connected report here like
+        // OPEN_EVT and SEARCH_CMPL do; the terminal report settles it.
+        this->seen_mtu_ = true;
+        // The connected report waited for the MTU; forwarded, not stored.
+        this->listener_->on_connection_state(
+            true, param->cfg_mtu.status == ESP_GATT_OK ? param->cfg_mtu.mtu : ble_device_base::DEFAULT_ATT_MTU, 0);
+        // The consumer requests discovery from inside that report; when the
+        // pre-started search already finished, complete it in the same drain.
+        this->deliver_pending_search_();
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_DISCONNECT_EVT: {
+      if (!this->check_addr_(param->disconnect.remote_bda))
+        return false;
+      this->handle_disconnect_evt_(param);
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_CLOSE_EVT: {
+      if (this->conn_id_ != param->close.conn_id)
+        return false;
+      this->release_services();
+      this->set_idle_();
+      // The one connected=false report: the wrapper frees the slot on it,
+      // so it must not fire before the controller finished closing.
+      this->listener_->on_connection_state(false, 0, param->close.reason);
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_SEARCH_CMPL_EVT: {
+      if (this->conn_id_ != param->search_cmpl.conn_id)
+        return false;
+      ESP_LOGI(TAG, "[%d] Service discovery complete", this->connection_index_);
+      if (this->state() == ClientState::DISCONNECTING) {
+        // Teardown owns the link; the result is never delivered, skip the
+        // work.
+        break;
+      }
+      this->search_status_ = this->handle_search_cmpl_(static_cast<esp_gatt_status_t>(param->search_cmpl.status));
+      this->search_state_ =
+          this->search_state_ == SearchState::CLAIMED ? SearchState::REPORT_PENDING : SearchState::PRESTART_DONE;
+      this->set_state(ClientState::ESTABLISHED);
+      this->deliver_pending_search_();
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_READ_CHAR_EVT:
+    case ESP_GATTC_READ_DESCR_EVT: {
+      if (this->conn_id_ != param->read.conn_id)
+        return false;
+      bool ok = param->read.status == ESP_GATT_OK;
+      this->listener_->on_read_result(param->read.handle, ok ? param->read.value : nullptr,
+                                      ok ? param->read.value_len : 0, ok ? 0 : param->read.status);
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_WRITE_CHAR_EVT:
+    case ESP_GATTC_WRITE_DESCR_EVT: {
+      if (this->conn_id_ != param->write.conn_id)
+        return false;
+      this->listener_->on_write_result(param->write.handle,
+                                       param->write.status == ESP_GATT_OK ? 0 : param->write.status);
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_REG_FOR_NOTIFY_EVT: {
+      this->listener_->on_notify_state(param->reg_for_notify.handle, true,
+                                       param->reg_for_notify.status == ESP_GATT_OK ? 0 : param->reg_for_notify.status);
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_UNREG_FOR_NOTIFY_EVT: {
+      this->listener_->on_notify_state(
+          param->unreg_for_notify.handle, false,
+          param->unreg_for_notify.status == ESP_GATT_OK ? 0 : param->unreg_for_notify.status);
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GATTC_NOTIFY_EVT: {
+      if (this->conn_id_ != param->notify.conn_id)
+        return false;
+      ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] NOTIFY_EVT handle=0x%2X", this->connection_index_, param->notify.handle);
+      this->listener_->on_notify_data(param->notify.handle, param->notify.value, param->notify.value_len);
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+void BluedroidGattClient::gap_event_handler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t *param) {
+  switch (event) {
+    case ESP_GAP_BLE_SEC_REQ_EVT: {
+      if (!this->check_addr_(param->ble_security.auth_cmpl.bd_addr))
+        break;
+      // Always accept; a refused response means no AUTH_CMPL, so answer the
+      // pairing request with the failure.
+      int sec_err = this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gap_security_rsp",
+                                               esp_ble_gap_security_rsp(param->ble_security.ble_req.bd_addr, true));
+      if (sec_err != 0) {
+        this->listener_->on_pairing_result(sec_err);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case ESP_GAP_BLE_AUTH_CMPL_EVT: {
+      if (!this->check_addr_(param->ble_security.auth_cmpl.bd_addr))
+        break;
+      this->listener_->on_pairing_result(
+          param->ble_security.auth_cmpl.success ? 0 : param->ble_security.auth_cmpl.fail_reason);
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
+
+#endif  // USE_ESP32_BLE && USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+// Bluedroid (esp32) GATT client backend: the esp32 arm of the
+// ble_device_base::BLEGattConnection alias for the hub BluetoothConnection
+// wrapper. Not a BLEClientBase: the tracker's promote loop owns
+// scan-stop/coex/one-connect-at-a-time, so the contract's connect() only
+// parks the address in DISCOVERED; the real esp_ble_gattc_open happens in
+// the tracker-invoked connect() override.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+
+#if defined(USE_ESP32_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
+
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_gatt_client.h"
+#include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h"
+#include "esphome/core/component.h"
+
+#include <esp_gap_ble_api.h>
+#include <esp_gattc_api.h>
+
+namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
+
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+class BluetoothConnection;
+#endif
+
+// One class carries both halves: the tracker's ESPBTClient surface (its
+// promote loop owns scan-stop/coex/one-connect-at-a-time and calls the
+// virtual connect()/disconnect()) and the neutral contract ops. The
+// contract's teardown op is named gatt_disconnect() because the tracker's
+// void disconnect() cannot overload with an int-returning twin.
+class BluedroidGattClient final : public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTClient, public Component {
+ public:
+  static constexpr uint16_t UNSET_CONN_ID = 0xFFFF;
+
+  // Lifecycle of one connection attempt's service search.
+  enum class SearchState : uint8_t {
+    NONE,           // no search this attempt
+    PRESTARTED,     // issued at OPEN_EVT, no claimant yet
+    PRESTART_DONE,  // completed with search_status_ latched, no claimant yet
+    CLAIMED,        // in flight with a claimant (pre-started or direct)
+    REPORT_PENDING  // completed and claimed: deliver on the next flush
+  };
+
+  void setup() override;
+  void loop() override;
+  void dump_config() override;
+  float get_setup_priority() const override { return setup_priority::AFTER_BLUETOOTH; }
+
+  // Wired by codegen before setup and invariant for the device lifetime.
+  void set_listener(ble_device_base::GattClientListener *listener) { this->listener_ = listener; }
+
+  // ---- esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTClient ----
+  bool gattc_event_handler(esp_gattc_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if,
+                           esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param) override;
+  void gap_event_handler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t *param) override;
+  void connect() override;
+  void disconnect() override;
+  bool wants_parsed_advertisements() override { return false; }
+  void on_scan_end() override {}
+  bool parse_device(const ble_device_base::ESPBTDevice &device) override { return false; }
+
+  // ---- ble_device_base::BLEGattConnection contract ----
+  int connect(uint64_t address, uint8_t addr_type);
+  int gatt_disconnect();
+  bool cancel_gatt_disconnect();
+  int discover_services();
+  int read_characteristic(uint16_t handle);
+  int write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, bool response);
+  int read_descriptor(uint16_t handle);
+  int write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len);
+  int notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable);
+  int pair();
+  int update_connection_params(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_t max_interval, uint16_t latency, uint16_t timeout);
+  // Contract stub: the proxy streams in place; the on-demand materializer
+  // for direct consumers lands with #18205. NOTE: a direct consumer reaching
+  // this stub gets an empty table indistinguishable from a service-less
+  // peer - do not ship one against this backend before the materializer.
+  ble_device_base::GattServiceTable get_service_table() { return {}; }
+  void release_services();
+
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+  /// In-place service streamer (the proxy wrapper detects and prefers it):
+  /// builds one api response batch directly from Bluedroid's cached database,
+  /// so the streaming peak is the response itself - the old esp32 model.
+  void stream_service_batch(BluetoothConnection &conn);
+#endif
+
+  void set_connection_type(ble_device_base::ConnectionType ct) { this->connection_type_ = ct; }
+
+ protected:
+  bool check_addr_(const esp_bd_addr_t &addr) const;
+  void tracker_connect_();
+  void handle_open_evt_(esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param);
+  void handle_disconnect_evt_(esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param);
+  int handle_search_cmpl_(esp_gatt_status_t status);
+  void deliver_pending_search_();
+  void unconditional_disconnect_();
+  void set_idle_();
+  void set_disconnecting_();
+  esp_err_t update_conn_params_(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_t max_interval, uint16_t latency, uint16_t timeout,
+                                const char *param_type);
+  int check_and_log_error_(const char *operation, esp_err_t err);
+  void log_gattc_warning_(const char *operation, int code);
+
+  // Group 1: pointers / composed objects
+  ble_device_base::GattClientListener *listener_{nullptr};
+  // Group 2: 4-byte types
+  uint32_t disconnecting_started_{0};
+
+  // Group 3: arrays
+  esp_bd_addr_t remote_bda_{};
+
+  // Group 4: 2-byte types
+  uint16_t conn_id_{UNSET_CONN_ID};
+  uint16_t service_total_{0};
+
+  // Group 5: 1-byte types
+  esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if_{ESP_GATT_IF_NONE};  // uint8_t width keeps the object at 48 bytes
+  // Stored narrow (the enum is 4 bytes); widened at the esp_ble_gattc_open call.
+  uint8_t remote_addr_type_{0};
+  esp32_ble_tracker::ConnectionType connection_type_{esp32_ble_tracker::ConnectionType::V3_WITHOUT_CACHE};
+  uint8_t connection_index_{0};
+  // Terminates an in-flight stream (never send a partial list as authoritative)
+  // and marks a cleaned cache unsafe to walk (Bluedroid asserts).
+  bool services_released_ : 1 {false};
+  // The connected report waits for the MTU exchange; OPEN_EVT alone would
+  // hand HA the default 23.
+  bool seen_mtu_ : 1 {false};
+  // The MTU request was refused at CONNECT_EVT; OPEN_EVT reports instead.
+  bool mtu_failed_ : 1 {false};
+  // Search issued at OPEN_EVT overlaps the MTU exchange; discover_services()
+  // completes from it. Reset by set_idle_().
+  static_assert(static_cast<uint8_t>(SearchState::REPORT_PENDING) < (1 << 4), "search_state_ bitfield too narrow");
+  SearchState search_state_ : 4 {SearchState::NONE};
+  // esp_gatt_status_t of the completed search, held until claimed.
+  uint8_t search_status_{0};
+};
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
+
+#endif  // USE_ESP32_BLE && USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// bluetooth_connection_gatt_backend.h
+//
+// Binds ble_device_base::BLEGattConnection to the build's one GATT backend.
+// Backend and consumer both live in this component, so the ladder does too;
+// backends implement ble_gatt_client.h (the neutral contract).
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+
+#ifdef USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
+
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_gatt_client.h"
+
+#if defined(USE_RP2040_BLE)
+#include "bluetooth_connection_rp2.h"
+#define ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CONNECTION_TYPE bluetooth_connection::RP2GattClient
+#elif defined(USE_ESP32_BLE)
+#include "bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.h"
+#define ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CONNECTION_TYPE bluetooth_connection::BluedroidGattClient
+#elif defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT_STUB_BACKEND)
+// Emitted only by the host unit-test manifest: the tests compile the hub
+// wrapper standalone, so bind a do-nothing backend. Every other backend-less
+// build hits the #error below.
+namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
+
+class StubGattBackend {
+ public:
+  void set_listener(ble_device_base::GattClientListener *listener) {}
+  int connect(uint64_t address, uint8_t addr_type) { return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED; }
+  int gatt_disconnect() { return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED; }
+  bool cancel_gatt_disconnect() { return false; }
+  int discover_services() { return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED; }
+  int read_characteristic(uint16_t handle) { return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED; }
+  int write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, bool response) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  int read_descriptor(uint16_t handle) { return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED; }
+  int write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  int notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable) { return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED; }
+  int pair() { return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED; }
+  int update_connection_params(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_t max_interval, uint16_t latency, uint16_t timeout) {
+    return ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_NOT_CONNECTED;
+  }
+  ble_device_base::GattServiceTable get_service_table() { return {}; }
+  void set_connection_type(ble_device_base::ConnectionType ct) {}
+  void release_services() {}
+};
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
+#define ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CONNECTION_TYPE bluetooth_connection::StubGattBackend
+#else
+#error "USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT is set but this build has no GATT backend; add an alias arm here"
+#endif
+
+namespace esphome::ble_device_base {
+
+using BLEGattConnection = ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CONNECTION_TYPE;
+static_assert(BLEGattConnectionContract<BLEGattConnection>,
+              "The build's GATT backend is missing part of the BLEGattConnection surface (ble_gatt_client.h)");
+#undef ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CONNECTION_TYPE
+
+}  // namespace esphome::ble_device_base
+
+#endif  // USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
@@ -0,0 +1,567 @@
+// The proxy's per-slot connection wrapper, shared by every platform.
+//
+// SERVICE STREAMING HAZARD - read before touching the streaming code here or
+// in the platform streamers (bluetooth_connection_bluedroid.cpp).
+//
+// A V3 client caches the service list it receives as the device's complete,
+// permanent database. Nothing on the wire marks a list as partial, so a
+// stream that is truncated, has a skipped batch, or is terminated early
+// would be cached whole and poison every later session with the device.
+//
+// The rule: it is always better to send nothing and let the client time out
+// than to let services-done follow an incomplete stream. Concretely:
+//   - a refused batch rewinds the cursor and is retried, never skipped;
+//   - services-done is sent only after every batch was accepted;
+//   - every interruption (subscriber lost or swapped, backend abort,
+//     bounds-check failure) parks or aborts WITHOUT services-done and drops
+//     any owed done;
+//   - a new GetServices supersedes an owed done, so a stale done can never
+//     land on a fresh request's empty accumulator and cache it as empty.
+// The client only caches a list terminated by services-done within the same
+// request; timeouts, disconnects and errors raise instead of caching.
+#include "bluetooth_connection_hub.h"
+
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+
+#include "esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h"
+#include "esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/bluetooth_proxy.h"
+#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
+
+static const char *const TAG = "bluetooth_connection";
+
+void BluetoothConnection::set_address(uint64_t address) {
+  // Keep the proxy's pre-allocated connections-free message in step
+  this->proxy_->update_address_slot_(this->address_, address);
+  // Slot changing hands: anything owed belonged to the old address. The
+  // choke point for every reassignment, not just reset_connection_()'s path.
+  this->clear_owed_flags_();
+  this->address_ = address;
+  if (address == 0) {
+    this->address_str_[0] = '\0';
+    return;
+  }
+  uint8_t mac[MAC_ADDRESS_SIZE];
+  ble_device_base::uint64_to_mac_msb_first(address, mac);
+  format_mac_addr_upper(mac, this->address_str_);
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::initiate_connection(uint8_t address_type) {
+  // No connect timeout here: the API client's own timeout or the api-gone
+  // sweep drives disconnect().
+  this->state_ = ClientState::CONNECTING;
+  int err = this->backend_->connect(this->address_, address_type);
+  if (err != 0) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] connect failed, err=%d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, err);
+    this->reset_connection_(err);
+  }
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::disconnect() {
+  // Idempotent: the proxy's teardown loop calls this every 100 ms while the
+  // API subscriber is gone, and a repeat call reaching the backend would
+  // re-arm its teardown timer so the safety timeout never fires.
+  if (this->state_ == ClientState::IDLE || this->state_ == ClientState::DISCONNECTING) {
+    return;
+  }
+  int err = this->backend_->gatt_disconnect();
+  if (err != 0) {
+    // Nonzero means nothing to tear down (both backends): free the slot.
+    // Accepted teardowns always reach a terminal report.
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] disconnect while backend idle, err=%d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, err);
+    this->reset_connection_(err);
+    return;
+  }
+  this->state_ = ClientState::DISCONNECTING;
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::on_pairing_result(int status) {
+  if (this->address_ == 0) {
+    // A drop before completion already answered: reset_connection_slot_ sends
+    // the connection response, which the client's pair watcher raises on.
+    return;
+  }
+  this->paired_ = status == 0;
+  this->proxy_->send_device_pairing(this->address_, status == 0, status);
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::reset_connection_(conn_err_t reason) {
+  if (this->pending_error_ != 0) {
+    reason = this->pending_error_;
+    this->pending_error_ = 0;
+  }
+  this->state_ = ClientState::IDLE;
+  this->services_discovered_ = false;
+  this->paired_ = false;
+  // Link gone: the slot may hold a different device before the drain runs.
+  this->clear_owed_flags_();
+  this->backend_->release_services();
+  this->proxy_->reset_connection_slot_(this, reason);
+}
+
+// ---- backend event listener ----
+
+void BluetoothConnection::on_connection_state(bool connected, uint16_t mtu, int error) {
+  if (connected && this->address_ == 0) {
+    // Late completion for a slot that was already freed: nothing to report,
+    // and the api-gone sweep or a new reservation owns the slot now.
+    // Return ignored: nonzero just means the backend was already idle, and
+    // re-arming a freed slot could clobber a new reservation.
+    this->backend_->gatt_disconnect();
+    return;
+  }
+  if (connected && this->state_ == ClientState::DISCONNECTING) {
+    // The link came up after a disconnect request won the race; finish the
+    // teardown instead of reporting a connection the client no longer wants.
+    int err = this->backend_->gatt_disconnect();
+    if (err != 0) {
+      // Nothing left to tear down after all.
+      this->reset_connection_(err);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  if (connected) {
+    this->mtu_ = mtu;
+    if (this->connection_type_ == ConnectionType::V3_WITH_CACHE) {
+      // The API client has the services cached; never discover them. No
+      // discovery phase needs the fast interval, so settle straight into the
+      // shared steady-state parameters. Both backends already open cached
+      // connections with these values (esp32 prefer-params, rp2 initiating
+      // params), so this request is normally redundant - kept as a backstop
+      // in case the initial parameters were negotiated away.
+      this->state_ = ClientState::ESTABLISHED;
+      // The one D-level line for a cached connect; the uncached path narrates
+      // through "Discovery finished" instead.
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Connected with cached services, sending connected (mtu=%u)", this->connection_index_,
+               this->address_str_, mtu);
+      int param_err = this->backend_->update_connection_params(ble_device_base::MEDIUM_MIN_CONN_INTERVAL,
+                                                               ble_device_base::MEDIUM_MAX_CONN_INTERVAL, 0,
+                                                               ble_device_base::MEDIUM_CONN_TIMEOUT);
+      if (param_err != 0) {
+        // Survivable: the link just stays on the fast interval.
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] conn param update failed, err=%d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_,
+                 param_err);
+      }
+      this->send_connected_reply_();
+      this->proxy_->send_connections_free();
+      return;
+    }
+    // V3_WITHOUT_CACHE: discover services first — the connected response is
+    // sent when discovery completes (MTU + services before the response).
+    this->state_ = ClientState::CONNECTED;
+    int err = this->backend_->discover_services();
+    if (err != 0) {
+      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] discover_services failed, err=%d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, err);
+      // Latch the real cause for the disconnect report.
+      this->latch_pending_error_(err);
+      this->disconnect();
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  // Disconnected, connect failed, or teardown complete
+  if (this->address_ == 0) {
+    return;  // Slot already freed
+  }
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Disconnected, reason=0x%02x, freeing slot", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_,
+           error);
+  this->reset_connection_(error);
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::on_service_discovery_done(int error) {
+  if (error != 0) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Service discovery failed, err=%d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, error);
+    // Carry the GATT error into the disconnection report so the client sees
+    // the real cause instead of a generic HCI reason.
+    this->latch_pending_error_(error);
+    this->disconnect();
+    return;
+  }
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Discovery finished, sending connected (mtu=%u)", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_,
+           this->mtu_);
+  this->state_ = ClientState::ESTABLISHED;
+  this->services_discovered_ = true;
+  this->send_connected_reply_();
+  this->proxy_->send_connections_free();
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::flush_owed_replies_() {
+  // Connected first: the client should never see services-done or an ack for
+  // a link it has not been told is up. Structural, not size-dependent: a
+  // still-owed connected reply defers the smaller sends to the next tick.
+  if (this->connected_reply_owed_) {
+    this->send_connected_reply_();
+    if (this->connected_reply_owed_) {
+      // The retry limits are wall-clock windows: age the deferred budgets so
+      // a reply cannot outlive the window it was sized for.
+      if (this->send_service_ == SERVICES_DONE_PENDING) {
+        this->age_services_done_();
+      }
+      if (this->has_pending_ack_()) {
+        this->age_pending_ack_();
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  if (this->send_service_ == SERVICES_DONE_PENDING) {
+    this->send_services_done_();
+  }
+  if (this->has_pending_ack_()) {
+    this->flush_pending_ack_();
+  }
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::send_connected_reply_() {
+  if (this->proxy_->send_device_connection(this->address_, true, this->mtu_)) {
+    this->connected_reply_owed_ = false;
+    return;
+  }
+  // Warn on the leading edge only, as elsewhere: the drop must be visible but
+  // must not add traffic to the connection that just refused a frame.
+  if (!this->connected_reply_owed_) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Connected reply deferred, TCP buffer full", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_);
+    this->connected_reply_owed_ = true;
+  }
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::log_gatt_operation_error_(const char *operation, uint16_t handle, int status) {
+  ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Error %s for handle 0x%2X, status=%d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_,
+           operation, handle, status);
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::note_batch_stalled_() {
+  if (this->batch_stalled_)
+    return;
+  this->batch_stalled_ = true;
+  ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Service batch deferred, TCP buffer full; retrying", this->connection_index_,
+           this->address_str_);
+}
+
+/// Both payload-free acks are just (address, handle); only the type differs.
+template<typename Response>
+static bool send_handle_reply(api::APIConnection *api_connection, uint64_t address, uint16_t handle) {
+  Response resp;
+  resp.address = address;
+  resp.handle = handle;
+  return api_connection->send_message(resp);
+}
+
+/// Sole construction site, so a re-offer cannot drift from the original.
+bool BluetoothConnection::try_send_ack_(PendingAck kind, uint16_t handle, conn_err_t error) {
+  if (kind == PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_ERROR) {
+    // Proxy owns the error reply and reports a refusal the same way.
+    return this->proxy_->send_gatt_error(this->address_, handle, error);
+  }
+  auto *api_connection = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
+  if (api_connection == nullptr)
+    return true;  // Nobody subscribed: nothing is owed
+  switch (kind) {
+    case PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_WRITE:
+      return send_handle_reply<api::BluetoothGATTWriteResponse>(api_connection, this->address_, handle);
+    case PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_NOTIFY:
+      return send_handle_reply<api::BluetoothGATTNotifyResponse>(api_connection, this->address_, handle);
+    case PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_NONE:
+    case PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_ERROR:  // returned above
+      return true;
+  }
+  // No default label above, so a new enumerator is a -Wswitch warning rather
+  // than a silent notify reply. This return only satisfies -Wreturn-type.
+  return true;
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::send_ack_(PendingAck kind, uint16_t handle, conn_err_t error) {
+  if (this->try_send_ack_(kind, handle, error))
+    return;
+  // Report a newly owed reply and a displaced one; displacing is the case
+  // that loses a reply. Re-refusing the same one stays quiet.
+  if (!this->has_pending_ack_()) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] GATT reply for handle 0x%04X deferred, TCP buffer full", this->connection_index_,
+             this->address_str_, handle);
+  } else if (this->pending_ack_handle_ != handle || this->pending_ack_ != kind) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] GATT reply for handle 0x%04X dropped for handle 0x%04X", this->connection_index_,
+             this->address_str_, this->pending_ack_handle_, handle);
+  }
+  this->latch_pending_ack_(kind, handle, error);
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::flush_pending_ack_() {
+  if (!this->has_pending_ack_())
+    return;
+  if (this->try_send_ack_(this->pending_ack_, this->pending_ack_handle_, this->pending_ack_error_)) {
+    this->clear_pending_ack_();
+    return;
+  }
+  this->age_pending_ack_();
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::age_pending_ack_() {
+  if (++this->pending_ack_retries_ >= PENDING_ACK_RETRY_LIMIT) {
+    // Undeliverable: past here the client has given up and may have re-asked,
+    // and a late reply would answer the new request instead of this one.
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] GATT reply for handle 0x%04X undeliverable, abandoning", this->connection_index_,
+             this->address_str_, this->pending_ack_handle_);
+    this->clear_pending_ack_();
+  }
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::on_read_result(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, int error) {
+  // Late completion for a freed slot; nothing to report.
+  if (this->address_ == 0)
+    return;
+  if (error != 0) {
+    this->log_gatt_operation_error_("reading char/descriptor", handle, error);
+    this->send_gatt_error_(handle, error);
+    return;
+  }
+  auto *api_connection = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
+  if (api_connection == nullptr)
+    return;
+  api::BluetoothGATTReadResponse resp;
+  resp.address = this->address_;
+  resp.handle = handle;
+  resp.set_data(data, len);
+  if (!api_connection->send_message(resp)) {
+    // Not latched: would mean holding the payload through the congestion
+    // that refused it. The client's read timeout arbitrates.
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Failed to send read response", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_);
+  }
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::on_write_result(uint16_t handle, int error) {
+  if (this->address_ == 0)
+    return;
+  if (error != 0) {
+    this->log_gatt_operation_error_("writing char/descriptor", handle, error);
+    this->send_gatt_error_(handle, error);
+    return;
+  }
+  this->send_ack_(PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_WRITE, handle);
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::on_notify_state(uint16_t handle, bool enabled, int error) {
+  if (this->address_ == 0)
+    return;
+  if (error != 0) {
+    this->log_gatt_operation_error_(enabled ? "registering notifications" : "unregistering notifications", handle,
+                                    error);
+    this->send_gatt_error_(handle, error);
+    return;
+  }
+  this->send_ack_(PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_NOTIFY, handle);
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::on_notify_data(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) {
+  if (this->address_ == 0)
+    return;
+  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Notify: handle=0x%2X", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, handle);
+  auto *api_connection = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
+  if (api_connection == nullptr)
+    return;
+  api::BluetoothGATTNotifyDataResponse resp;
+  resp.address = this->address_;
+  resp.handle = handle;
+  resp.set_data(data, len);
+  if (!api_connection->send_message(resp)) {
+    // Not latched, same reason as the read reply. Notify data is lossy: the
+    // peripheral will not resend it.
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Failed to send notify data response", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_);
+  }
+}
+
+// ---- GATT operations ----
+
+conn_err_t BluetoothConnection::check_connected_op_(const char *action, const char *type) const {
+  if (this->connected()) {
+    return CONN_OK;
+  }
+  ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Cannot %s GATT %s, not connected.", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, action,
+           type);
+  return GATT_NOT_CONNECTED;
+}
+
+conn_err_t BluetoothConnection::read_characteristic(uint16_t handle) {
+  this->supersede_pending_ack_(handle, PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_NONE);
+  if (conn_err_t err = this->check_connected_op_("read", "characteristic"); err != CONN_OK)
+    return err;
+  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Reading GATT characteristic handle %d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, handle);
+  return this->backend_->read_characteristic(handle);
+}
+
+conn_err_t BluetoothConnection::write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, size_t length,
+                                                     bool response) {
+  this->supersede_pending_ack_(handle, PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_WRITE);
+  if (conn_err_t err = this->check_connected_op_("write", "characteristic"); err != CONN_OK)
+    return err;
+  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Writing GATT characteristic handle %d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, handle);
+  return this->backend_->write_characteristic(handle, data, static_cast<uint16_t>(length), response);
+}
+
+conn_err_t BluetoothConnection::read_descriptor(uint16_t handle) {
+  this->supersede_pending_ack_(handle, PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_NONE);
+  if (conn_err_t err = this->check_connected_op_("read", "descriptor"); err != CONN_OK)
+    return err;
+  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Reading GATT descriptor handle %d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, handle);
+  return this->backend_->read_descriptor(handle);
+}
+
+// The neutral backend contract performs descriptor writes acknowledged, so
+// the response flag is intentionally ignored (esp32 maps it to RSP/NO_RSP).
+conn_err_t BluetoothConnection::write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, size_t length,
+                                                 bool /*response*/) {
+  this->supersede_pending_ack_(handle, PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_WRITE);
+  if (conn_err_t err = this->check_connected_op_("write", "descriptor"); err != CONN_OK)
+    return err;
+  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Writing GATT descriptor handle %d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, handle);
+  return this->backend_->write_descriptor(handle, data, static_cast<uint16_t>(length));
+}
+
+conn_err_t BluetoothConnection::notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable) {
+  this->supersede_pending_ack_(handle, PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_NOTIFY);
+  if (conn_err_t err = this->check_connected_op_("notify", "characteristic"); err != CONN_OK)
+    return err;
+  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] %s GATT characteristic notifications handle %d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_,
+           enable ? "Registering for" : "Unregistering for", handle);
+  return this->backend_->notify_characteristic(handle, enable);
+}
+
+conn_err_t BluetoothConnection::update_connection_params(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_t max_interval, uint16_t latency,
+                                                         uint16_t timeout) {
+  if (conn_err_t err = this->check_connected_op_("update params of", "connection"); err != CONN_OK)
+    return err;
+  return this->backend_->update_connection_params(min_interval, max_interval, latency, timeout);
+}
+
+// ---- Service streaming ----
+
+void BluetoothConnection::send_services_done_() {
+  if (this->proxy_->send_gatt_services_done(this->address_)) {
+    // Sent, or subscriber gone (park silently; its timeout arbitrates).
+    this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
+    return;
+  }
+  if (this->send_service_ != SERVICES_DONE_PENDING) {
+    // Warn on the transition only; retries stay silent.
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Failed to send services done, retrying", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_);
+    this->services_done_retries_ = 0;
+    this->send_service_ = SERVICES_DONE_PENDING;
+  } else {
+    this->age_services_done_();
+  }
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::age_services_done_() {
+  if (++this->services_done_retries_ >= SERVICES_DONE_RETRY_LIMIT) {
+    // Undeliverable (see SERVICES_DONE_RETRY_LIMIT); silence arbitrates.
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Services done undeliverable, abandoning", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_);
+    this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
+  }
+}
+
+void BluetoothConnection::send_service_for_discovery_() {
+  auto table = this->backend_->get_service_table();
+  if (this->send_service_ >= table.service_count) {
+    this->backend_->release_services();
+    this->send_services_done_();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // The subscriber vanished mid-stream; the api-gone sweep tears the
+  // connection down anyway.
+  auto *api_conn = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
+  if (api_conn == nullptr) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] API connection lost while streaming services", this->connection_index_,
+             this->address_str_);
+    this->park_service_stream_();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Check if client supports efficient UUIDs
+  bool use_efficient_uuids = this->proxy_->client_supports_efficient_uuids();
+
+  // Prepare response
+  api::BluetoothGATTGetServicesResponse resp;
+  resp.address = this->address_;
+
+  // Dynamic batching based on actual size, same contract as the esp32 streamer
+  size_t current_size = resp.calculate_size();
+  int16_t batch_start = this->send_service_;
+
+  while (this->send_service_ < table.service_count) {
+    const auto &service = table.services[this->send_service_];
+
+    // If this service likely won't fit, send current batch (unless it's the first)
+    size_t estimated_size = estimate_service_size(service.characteristic_count, use_efficient_uuids);
+    if (!resp.services.empty() && (current_size + estimated_size > MAX_PACKET_SIZE)) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    resp.services.emplace_back();
+    auto &service_resp = resp.services.back();
+    fill_gatt_uuid(service_resp.uuid, service_resp.short_uuid, service.uuid, use_efficient_uuids);
+    service_resp.handle = service.start_handle;
+
+    // Bounds-check the backend's index ranges against the table totals rather
+    // than trusting its discovery bookkeeping blindly. A miscounted non-empty
+    // range must not stream a truncated database as authoritative (V3 clients
+    // cache it permanently): abort and tear the connection down; the client
+    // times out and retries. Empty ranges are tolerated regardless of index.
+    uint16_t char_count = service.characteristic_count;
+    if (char_count != 0 && service.first_characteristic + char_count > table.characteristic_count) {
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Characteristic range out of bounds (service %d), aborting stream",
+               this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, this->send_service_);
+      this->abort_service_stream(ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_UNLIKELY);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (char_count > 0) {
+      service_resp.characteristics.init(char_count);
+      for (uint16_t ci = 0; ci < char_count; ci++) {
+        const auto &chr = table.characteristics[service.first_characteristic + ci];
+        service_resp.characteristics.emplace_back();
+        auto &characteristic_resp = service_resp.characteristics.back();
+        fill_gatt_uuid(characteristic_resp.uuid, characteristic_resp.short_uuid, chr.uuid, use_efficient_uuids);
+        characteristic_resp.handle = chr.value_handle;
+        characteristic_resp.properties = chr.properties;
+        uint16_t desc_count = chr.descriptor_count;
+        if (desc_count != 0 && chr.first_descriptor + desc_count > table.descriptor_count) {
+          ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Descriptor range out of bounds (service %d), aborting stream",
+                   this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, this->send_service_);
+          this->abort_service_stream(ble_device_base::GATT_ERR_UNLIKELY);
+          return;
+        }
+        if (desc_count == 0) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        characteristic_resp.descriptors.init(desc_count);
+        for (uint16_t di = 0; di < desc_count; di++) {
+          const auto &desc = table.descriptors[chr.first_descriptor + di];
+          characteristic_resp.descriptors.emplace_back();
+          auto &descriptor_resp = characteristic_resp.descriptors.back();
+          fill_gatt_uuid(descriptor_resp.uuid, descriptor_resp.short_uuid, desc.uuid, use_efficient_uuids);
+          descriptor_resp.handle = desc.handle;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (close_service_batch(resp, current_size, this->send_service_, this->connection_index_, this->address_str_) !=
+        BatchClose::CONTINUE) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Send the message with dynamically batched services; on a failed send,
+  // rewind the cursor so the batch is retried instead of silently skipped
+  // (bounded: a subscriber that stays gone ends streaming via the api-lost
+  // rewind above).
+  if (!api_conn->send_message(resp)) {
+    this->note_batch_stalled_();
+    this->send_service_ = batch_start;
+    return;
+  }
+  this->batch_stalled_ = false;
+}
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
+
+#endif  // USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+// BluetoothConnection: drives the build's GATT backend (the
+// ble_device_base::BLEGattConnection alias) and translates its events into
+// the proxy's API messages. One wrapper for every platform; per-backend
+// differences live behind the alias and the streamer cut-through.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "bluetooth_connection.h"
+
+// The wrapper exists to serve the proxy's API surface; direct consumers
+// drive the backend themselves, so backend-only builds compile this header
+// empty.
+#ifdef USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
+
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_client_state.h"
+#include "bluetooth_connection_gatt_backend.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+
+namespace esphome::bluetooth_proxy {
+class BluetoothProxy;
+}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_proxy
+
+namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
+
+using ClientState = ble_device_base::ClientState;
+using ConnectionType = ble_device_base::ConnectionType;
+
+/// A refused GATT reply owed to the current subscriber. Payload-free only:
+/// these rebuild from address + handle + error, so a retry costs no buffered
+/// data. Read and notify-data carry payloads and are deliberately absent.
+enum class PendingAck : uint8_t {
+  PENDING_ACK_NONE = 0,
+  PENDING_ACK_WRITE,
+  PENDING_ACK_NOTIFY,
+  PENDING_ACK_ERROR,
+};
+
+class BluetoothConnection final : public ble_device_base::GattClientListener {
+ public:
+  /// Wire the platform backend. Called from codegen before setup.
+  void set_backend(ble_device_base::BLEGattConnection *backend) {
+    this->backend_ = backend;
+    backend->set_listener(this);
+  }
+
+  // ---- proxy dispatch surface ----
+  conn_err_t read_characteristic(uint16_t handle);
+  conn_err_t write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, size_t length, bool response);
+  conn_err_t read_descriptor(uint16_t handle);
+  conn_err_t write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, size_t length, bool response);
+  conn_err_t notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable);
+  conn_err_t update_connection_params(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_t max_interval, uint16_t latency, uint16_t timeout);
+
+  /// Streamer abort: latch the GATT cause, park the cursor, tear down.
+  void abort_service_stream(conn_err_t err) {
+    this->latch_pending_error_(err);
+    this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
+    this->disconnect();
+  }
+
+  /// Start connecting with the API address type (BLE_ADDR_TYPE_* code
+  /// space). Failures report through the same reset path a failed open
+  /// takes.
+  void initiate_connection(uint8_t address_type);
+  void disconnect();
+  /// A connect request racing a scheduled teardown: true when the backend
+  /// had not started closing - the in-flight open resumes and reports
+  /// connected. False once the teardown owns the link.
+  bool cancel_teardown() {
+    if (this->state_ == ClientState::DISCONNECTING && this->backend_->cancel_gatt_disconnect()) {
+      this->state_ = ClientState::CONNECTING;
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+  bool is_paired() const { return this->paired_; }
+  void set_unpaired() { this->paired_ = false; }
+  conn_err_t pair() { return this->backend_->pair(); }
+
+  void set_address(uint64_t address);
+  uint64_t get_address() const { return this->address_; }
+  const char *address_str() const { return this->address_str_; }
+  uint8_t get_connection_index() const { return this->connection_index_; }
+
+  ClientState state() const { return this->state_; }
+  void set_state(ClientState st) { this->state_ = st; }
+  bool connected() const { return this->state_ == ClientState::ESTABLISHED; }
+  void set_connection_type(ConnectionType ct) {
+    this->connection_type_ = ct;
+    // Both backends branch on the type before connecting (bluedroid picks
+    // prefer-params and the with-cache report at OPEN_EVT; rp2 picks the
+    // initiating parameters), so this must be set before the connect starts.
+    this->backend_->set_connection_type(ct);
+  }
+  // Latched at discovery completion rather than read from the backend table:
+  // streaming frees the table, and this must stay true for the connection's
+  // lifetime (a repeat GetServices is silently ignored, never answered with
+  // an authoritative empty database).
+  bool has_gatt_services() const { return this->services_discovered_; }
+
+  /// Stream any pending service-discovery batch (proxy loop; the backend
+  /// owns the disconnect safety timer).
+  void process_pending_services() {
+    if (this->send_service_ >= 0) {
+      this->stream_pending_(this->backend_);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ---- backend event listener (called directly by the backend, main loop) ----
+  void on_connection_state(bool connected, uint16_t mtu, int error) override;
+  void on_service_discovery_done(int error) override;
+  void on_read_result(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, int error) override;
+  void on_write_result(uint16_t handle, int error) override;
+  void on_notify_state(uint16_t handle, bool enabled, int error) override;
+  void on_notify_data(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len) override;
+  void on_pairing_result(int status) override;
+
+ protected:
+  friend class bluetooth_proxy::BluetoothProxy;
+  // The Bluedroid backend streams services in place from its stack cache.
+  friend class BluedroidGattClient;
+
+  /// First cause wins: a later, less specific error must not overwrite it.
+  void latch_pending_error_(conn_err_t err) {
+    if (this->pending_error_ == 0) {
+      this->pending_error_ = err;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Latch a refused reply for the proxy drain. One slot per connection,
+  /// newest wins: a GATT client works one request at a time, and a discarded
+  /// reply falls back to the timeout it would have hit anyway.
+  void latch_pending_ack_(PendingAck kind, uint16_t handle, conn_err_t error = 0) {
+    this->pending_ack_retries_ = 0;
+    this->pending_ack_ = kind;
+    this->pending_ack_handle_ = handle;
+    this->pending_ack_error_ = error;
+  }
+  void clear_pending_ack_() { this->pending_ack_ = PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_NONE; }
+  /// Drop an owed reply this re-ask makes stale. Clients match futures on
+  /// response type as well as handle, so an owed error (which resolves any op
+  /// on the handle) is cleared by any re-ask, other kinds only by their own.
+  void supersede_pending_ack_(uint16_t handle, PendingAck kind) {
+    if (this->has_pending_ack_() && this->pending_ack_handle_ == handle &&
+        (this->pending_ack_ == PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_ERROR || this->pending_ack_ == kind)) {
+      this->clear_pending_ack_();
+    }
+  }
+  bool has_pending_ack_() const { return this->pending_ack_ != PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_NONE; }
+  /// Warn on the stall's leading edge only. The batch is never lost (the
+  /// caller rewinds the cursor), and a warning per attempt would add traffic
+  /// to the connection already refusing frames. Both streamers route here.
+  void note_batch_stalled_();
+  /// Send the connected=true reply, latching it if the API refuses. Rebuilt
+  /// from address_ and mtu_, so the latch is one bit; a dropped confirmation
+  /// leaves the client timing out while this slot holds a live link. No retry
+  /// bound: the slot's lifetime is the bound (teardown clears the flag).
+  void send_connected_reply_();
+  /// Re-offer everything this slot owes. One entry point so the proxy drain
+  /// does not have to know which latches exist.
+  void flush_owed_replies_();
+  /// Drop everything this slot owes, in one write to the shared tail byte.
+  void clear_owed_flags_() {
+    this->pending_ack_ = PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_NONE;
+    this->batch_stalled_ = false;
+    this->connected_reply_owed_ = false;
+  }
+  /// Sole construction site for these replies, shared by send and retry.
+  bool try_send_ack_(PendingAck kind, uint16_t handle, conn_err_t error);
+  /// First attempt: send, and latch it for the drain if the API refuses.
+  void send_ack_(PendingAck kind, uint16_t handle, conn_err_t error = 0);
+  /// Report a rejected request. Latched like a completion reply, so a
+  /// refused frame does not strand the client for its whole timeout.
+  void send_gatt_error_(uint16_t handle, conn_err_t error) {
+    this->send_ack_(PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_ERROR, handle, error);
+  }
+  /// Re-offer the owed reply; clears on success, stays owed on a refusal.
+  void flush_pending_ack_();
+  /// Advance the retry budget and abandon at the limit, without sending.
+  void age_pending_ack_();
+  // A backend providing its own streamer (see the contract doc) builds the
+  // response in place from its stack cache; the rest use the table streamer.
+  // Template so the discarded branch is not odr-checked against backends
+  // that lack the method.
+  template<typename Backend> void stream_pending_(Backend *backend) {
+    if constexpr (requires { backend->stream_service_batch(*this); }) {
+      backend->stream_service_batch(*this);
+    } else {
+      this->send_service_for_discovery_();
+    }
+  }
+  /// Park the stream without services-done and free any held table: an
+  /// interrupted stream must never be declared complete (the client's
+  /// timeout arbitrates), and an owed done is dropped with it.
+  void park_service_stream_() {
+    this->batch_stalled_ = false;
+    if (this->send_service_ >= 0) {
+      this->backend_->release_services();
+      this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
+    } else if (this->send_service_ == SERVICES_DONE_PENDING) {
+      this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
+    }
+  }
+  void send_service_for_discovery_();
+  /// Send services-done and settle the cursor: DONE when it lands (or no
+  /// subscriber), SERVICES_DONE_PENDING on a refused frame (proxy drain
+  /// retries). Callers release the table first; the message needs only the
+  /// address.
+  void send_services_done_();
+  /// Advance the retry budget and abandon at the limit, without sending.
+  void age_services_done_();
+  void reset_connection_(conn_err_t reason);
+  conn_err_t check_connected_op_(const char *action, const char *type) const;
+  void log_gatt_operation_error_(const char *operation, uint16_t handle, int status);
+
+  // Memory optimized layout for 32-bit systems
+  // Group 1: Pointers (4 bytes each, naturally aligned)
+  bluetooth_proxy::BluetoothProxy *proxy_{nullptr};
+  ble_device_base::BLEGattConnection *backend_{nullptr};
+
+  // Group 2: 2-byte types. Exactly 4 bytes, so address_ below stays
+  // 8-aligned with no padding (the vptr makes Group 1 12 bytes, not 8).
+  int16_t send_service_{INIT_SENDING_SERVICES};
+  uint16_t mtu_{ble_device_base::DEFAULT_ATT_MTU};
+
+  // Group 3: 8-byte and 4-byte types
+  uint64_t address_{0};
+  conn_err_t pending_error_{0};
+  // Full width: the GATT error domain is open-ended (ble_gatt_client.h) and
+  // forwarded untranslated, so narrowing would corrupt platform codes.
+  conn_err_t pending_ack_error_{0};
+
+  // Group 4: Arrays
+  char address_str_[MAC_ADDRESS_PRETTY_BUFFER_SIZE]{};
+  // Parked here rather than in Group 2: address_str_ ends 2-aligned, so this
+  // uses tail slack instead of pushing address_ out by 6 bytes of padding.
+  uint16_t pending_ack_handle_{0};
+
+  // Group 5: bit-packed tail. The first two bytes were already full, so the
+  // first added bit forced a third and took the 8-aligned object 48 -> 56;
+  // the handle, error and retry counter ride in that padding. Four bitfield
+  // bits left; another byte-sized member costs 8 per slot.
+  static_assert(static_cast<uint8_t>(ClientState::ESTABLISHED) < (1 << 3), "state_ bitfield too narrow");
+  static_assert(static_cast<uint8_t>(ConnectionType::V3_WITHOUT_CACHE) < (1 << 2),
+                "connection_type_ bitfield too narrow");
+  // Ordered so neither byte's fields straddle a storage unit: 3+5 and
+  // 4+2+1+1 fill the first two tail bytes exactly.
+  ClientState state_ : 3 {ClientState::IDLE};
+  static_assert(SERVICES_DONE_RETRY_LIMIT < (1 << 5), "counter bitfield too narrow");
+  uint8_t services_done_retries_ : 5 {0};
+  uint8_t connection_index_ : 4 {0};
+  ConnectionType connection_type_ : 2 {ConnectionType::V1};
+  bool paired_ : 1 {false};
+  bool services_discovered_ : 1 {false};
+  static_assert(static_cast<uint8_t>(PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_ERROR) < (1 << 2), "pending_ack_ bitfield too narrow");
+  PendingAck pending_ack_ : 2 {PendingAck::PENDING_ACK_NONE};
+  /// Set while a refused batch is retrying, so only the first one warns.
+  bool batch_stalled_ : 1 {false};
+  /// An owed connected=true reply; the proxy's paced drain re-offers it.
+  bool connected_reply_owed_ : 1 {false};
+  // Plain byte after the bitfields: takes the padding byte instead of
+  // straddling pending_ack_'s storage unit and growing the object.
+  static_assert(PENDING_ACK_RETRY_LIMIT <= 0xFF, "retry counter too narrow");
+  uint8_t pending_ack_retries_{0};
+};
+
+// Pins the grouping above: pending_ack_handle_ in Group 2 instead would pad
+// address_ out and reach 64. 32-bit only; the host unit tests build 64-bit.
+static_assert(sizeof(void *) != 4 || sizeof(BluetoothConnection) <= 56,
+              "BluetoothConnection layout regressed on a 32-bit target");
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
+
+#endif  // USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+// RP2 (Pico W / Pico 2 W) GATT client backend over BTstack.
+//
+// The build's ble_device_base::BLEGattConnection backend (bound by alias in
+// bluetooth_connection_gatt_backend.h) for the hub BluetoothConnection wrapper. BTstack packet handlers run in the
+// CYW43 async-context low-priority IRQ (or on the main-loop stack during BluetoothLock release), so handlers only copy
+// into per-instance lock-free queues/storage; loop() drains them and drives the state machine. Every BTstack call
+// issued from the main loop is wrapped in BluetoothLock.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+
+#if defined(USE_RP2040_BLE) && defined(USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT)
+
+#include "esphome/components/ble_device_base/ble_gatt_client.h"
+#include "esphome/components/rp2040_ble/rp2040_ble.h"
+#include "esphome/core/component.h"
+#include "esphome/core/event_pool.h"
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+#include "esphome/core/lock_free_queue.h"
+
+#ifdef USE_OTA_STATE_LISTENER
+#include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <btstack.h>
+
+#include <array>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection {
+
+// Caps for the transient service table. Sized generously for real devices
+// (typical peripherals expose < 8 services / < 30 characteristics); a peer
+// exceeding a cap fails discovery with INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES rather than
+// streaming an incomplete database a V3 client would cache permanently.
+static constexpr uint16_t RP2_GATT_MAX_SERVICES = 16;
+static constexpr uint16_t RP2_GATT_MAX_CHARACTERISTICS = 96;
+static constexpr uint16_t RP2_GATT_MAX_DESCRIPTORS = 96;
+
+// Concurrent notify subscriptions per connection (enable fails with
+// GATT_ERR_NO_MEMORY when exceeded; real clients subscribe to a handful).
+static constexpr uint8_t RP2_GATT_MAX_NOTIFY_SUBSCRIPTIONS = 16;
+
+// ATT spec maximum attribute value length; bounds the op buffer and
+// notification payloads.
+static constexpr uint16_t RP2_GATT_MAX_ATTR_LEN = 512;
+
+// Control events from the BTstack handlers to loop().
+struct RP2GattEvent {
+  enum Type : uint8_t {
+    CONNECTED,          // status + con_handle (value)
+    DISCONNECTED,       // status = HCI reason
+    MTU_EXCHANGED,      // value = negotiated MTU
+    QUERY_COMPLETE,     // status = ATT status of the finished query
+    WRITE_NO_RSP_DONE,  // status = result of the deferred write
+    PAIRING_RESULT,     // status = SM pairing status (0 = bonded)
+  };
+  Type type;
+  uint8_t status;
+  uint16_t value;
+  void release() {}
+};
+
+// One notification/indication from the peer.
+struct RP2GattNotifyEvent {
+  uint16_t handle;
+  uint16_t len;
+  uint8_t data[RP2_GATT_MAX_ATTR_LEN];
+  void release() {}
+};
+
+static constexpr uint8_t RP2_GATT_EVENT_QUEUE_SIZE = 8;
+// Depth 4: the queue is drained every main-loop iteration and each slot is a
+// full 512 B ATT payload, so depth buys burst tolerance at ~516 B per slot.
+static constexpr uint8_t RP2_GATT_NOTIFY_QUEUE_SIZE = 4;
+
+class RP2GattClient final : public Component,
+                            public Parented<rp2040_ble::RP2040BLE>
+#ifdef USE_OTA_STATE_LISTENER
+    ,
+                            public ota::OTAGlobalStateListener
+#endif
+{
+ public:
+  void setup() override;
+  void loop() override;
+  void dump_config() override;
+  float get_setup_priority() const override;
+
+  void set_listener(ble_device_base::GattClientListener *listener) { this->listener_ = listener; }
+
+  // ---- ble_device_base::BLEGattConnection contract ----
+  int connect(uint64_t address, uint8_t addr_type);
+  int gatt_disconnect();
+  // Teardown starts inside gatt_disconnect() on this backend; nothing is
+  // ever scheduled, so there is nothing to cancel.
+  bool cancel_gatt_disconnect() { return false; }
+  int discover_services();
+  int read_characteristic(uint16_t handle);
+  int write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len, bool response);
+  int read_descriptor(uint16_t handle);
+  int write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len);
+  int notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable);
+  int pair();
+  int update_connection_params(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_t max_interval, uint16_t latency, uint16_t timeout);
+  ble_device_base::GattServiceTable get_service_table();
+  // Cached connections initiate at MEDIUM parameters (esp32 parity); FAST is
+  // reserved for the discovery phase of uncached connects.
+  void set_connection_type(ble_device_base::ConnectionType ct) { this->connection_type_ = ct; }
+  void release_services();
+
+#ifdef USE_OTA_STATE_LISTENER
+  // Drop the connection while an OTA runs (esp32 parity): an active link
+  // competes with the transfer for the shared radio.
+  void on_ota_global_state(ota::OTAState state, float progress, uint8_t error, ota::OTAComponent *comp) override;
+#endif
+
+ protected:
+  // Link/engine state. Discovery and GATT ops have their own cursors below —
+  // the link stays READY while they run.
+  enum class EngineState : uint8_t {
+    IDLE,
+    CONNECT_PENDING,  // queued: another engine owns the stack-wide create-connection
+    CONNECTING,       // gap_connect issued, waiting for connection complete
+    MTU_EXCHANGE,     // link up, waiting for GATT_EVENT_MTU
+    READY,            // on_connection_state(true) delivered
+    DISCONNECTING,
+  };
+
+  enum class DiscoveryPhase : uint8_t { NONE, SERVICES, CHARACTERISTICS, DESCRIPTORS };
+
+  enum class OpType : uint8_t { NONE, READ_CHAR, WRITE_CHAR, WRITE_CHAR_NO_RSP, READ_DESC, WRITE_DESC };
+
+  // The whole table in one transient allocation (RAMAllocator, checked),
+  // freed after streaming.
+  struct ServiceArena {
+    ble_device_base::GattService services[RP2_GATT_MAX_SERVICES];
+    ble_device_base::GattCharacteristic characteristics[RP2_GATT_MAX_CHARACTERISTICS];
+    ble_device_base::GattDescriptor descriptors[RP2_GATT_MAX_DESCRIPTORS];
+  };
+
+  // BTstack packet handlers (IRQ context: copy-and-enqueue only).
+  static void hci_packet_handler(uint8_t type, uint16_t channel, uint8_t *packet, uint16_t size);
+  static void gatt_packet_handler(uint8_t type, uint16_t channel, uint8_t *packet, uint16_t size);
+  static void sm_packet_handler(uint8_t type, uint16_t channel, uint8_t *packet, uint16_t size);
+  static RP2GattClient *instance_for_con_handle(hci_con_handle_t con_handle);
+
+  void handle_gatt_event_irq_(uint8_t event_type, const uint8_t *packet);
+  void enqueue_event_irq_(RP2GattEvent::Type type, uint8_t status, uint16_t value);
+  void enqueue_notify_irq_(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len);
+  void assemble_blob_irq_(uint16_t offset, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len);
+
+  // Main-loop state machine.
+  void handle_event_(const RP2GattEvent &event);
+  void handle_connected_(uint8_t status, uint16_t con_handle);
+  void handle_disconnected_(uint8_t reason);
+  void handle_query_complete_(uint8_t att_status);
+  void advance_discovery_(uint8_t att_status);
+  int issue_characteristic_query_(uint16_t service_index);
+  int issue_descriptor_query_(uint16_t char_index);
+  void finish_discovery_(int error);
+  void fail_connection_(uint8_t reason);
+  int try_gap_connect_();
+  void cleanup_link_state_();
+  bool notify_subscribed_(uint16_t handle) const;
+  static void can_write_no_rsp_trampoline(void *context);
+  void finish_write_no_rsp_(uint8_t status);
+  void release_scan_inhibit_();
+  bool op_in_flight_() const {
+    return this->op_type_ != OpType::NONE || this->discovery_phase_ != DiscoveryPhase::NONE;
+  }
+
+  // Group 1: containers / large storage
+  ble_device_base::GattClientListener *listener_{nullptr};
+  ServiceArena *arena_{nullptr};
+  esphome::LockFreeQueue<RP2GattEvent, RP2_GATT_EVENT_QUEUE_SIZE> event_queue_;
+  esphome::EventPool<RP2GattEvent, RP2_GATT_EVENT_QUEUE_SIZE - 1> event_pool_;
+  esphome::LockFreeQueue<RP2GattNotifyEvent, RP2_GATT_NOTIFY_QUEUE_SIZE> notify_queue_;
+  esphome::EventPool<RP2GattNotifyEvent, RP2_GATT_NOTIFY_QUEUE_SIZE - 1> notify_pool_;
+
+  // Shared buffer for the single outstanding GATT op: write payloads (BTstack
+  // keeps the caller's pointer until the request is sent) and read results
+  // (written from the handler, read after QUERY_COMPLETE is drained).
+  uint8_t op_buffer_[RP2_GATT_MAX_ATTR_LEN];
+
+  // BTstack registrations
+  gatt_client_notification_t notification_registration_{};
+  btstack_context_callback_registration_t can_write_registration_{};
+
+  // Group 3: 4-byte types
+  uint32_t connect_started_{0};
+  uint32_t connect_retry_ms_{0};  // last CONNECT_PENDING gap_connect attempt
+  uint32_t disconnecting_started_{0};
+  uint32_t write_no_rsp_started_{0};
+  // Unscoped C enum, so int-sized: lives with the 4-byte members to keep the
+  // padding at the tail.
+  bd_addr_type_t peer_addr_type_{BD_ADDR_TYPE_LE_PUBLIC};
+
+  // Group 4: 2-byte types (table counters written from the handler during
+  // discovery, read from the main loop after the phase's QUERY_COMPLETE)
+  hci_con_handle_t con_handle_{HCI_CON_HANDLE_INVALID};
+  uint16_t mtu_{ble_device_base::DEFAULT_ATT_MTU};
+  uint16_t op_handle_{0};
+  uint16_t op_len_{0};
+  uint16_t service_count_{0};
+  uint16_t char_count_{0};
+  uint16_t desc_count_{0};
+  uint16_t disc_service_cursor_{0};
+  uint16_t disc_char_cursor_{0};
+
+  // Group 5: arrays / 1-byte types
+  // Subscribed notify handles; the loop() drain filters the wildcard
+  // listener's deliveries on this list (esp32 parity for enable=false).
+  std::array<uint16_t, RP2_GATT_MAX_NOTIFY_SUBSCRIPTIONS> notify_subscriptions_{};
+  uint8_t notify_subscription_count_{0};
+  uint8_t engine_index_{0};  // position in instances[]; tags log lines per slot
+  bd_addr_t peer_addr_{};    // MSB-first, as gap_connect expects
+  ble_device_base::ConnectionType connection_type_{ble_device_base::ConnectionType::V3_WITHOUT_CACHE};
+  EngineState state_{EngineState::IDLE};
+  DiscoveryPhase discovery_phase_{DiscoveryPhase::NONE};
+  OpType op_type_{OpType::NONE};
+  bool truncated_{false};
+  // One cancel attempt per connect: the second timeout escalates to failure.
+  bool connect_cancel_attempted_{false};
+  // A disconnect request raced an in-flight connect; finish teardown on link-up.
+  bool cancel_requested_{false};
+  // This engine's own hold on the shared scan inhibit, so the pairing stays
+  // one-to-one per connection even with multiple slots.
+  bool holds_scan_inhibit_{false};
+
+  // Instance registry for routing BTstack events (IRQ context) to engines.
+  // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+  static RP2GattClient *instances[ESPHOME_BLE_GATT_CLIENT_COUNT];
+  // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+  static uint8_t instance_count;
+  // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+  static btstack_packet_callback_registration_t hci_event_registration;
+  // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+  static btstack_packet_callback_registration_t sm_event_registration;
+  // The engine whose gap_connect is in flight: BTstack allows one outgoing LE
+  // create-connection stack-wide, and gap_connect_cancel is global, so only
+  // the owner may cancel. Written under BluetoothLock from the main loop,
+  // cleared in the BTstack context when the procedure resolves.
+  // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+  static RP2GattClient *connect_owner;
+};
+
+}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_connection
+
+#endif  // USE_RP2040_BLE && USE_BLE_GATT_CLIENT
@@ -2,19 +2,26 @@ import functools
 import logging

 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import ble_device_base
+from esphome.components import ble_device_base, bluetooth_connection
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
-from esphome.const import CONF_ACTIVE, CONF_ID, PLATFORM_LN882X, PLATFORM_RP2
+from esphome.const import (
+    CONF_ACTIVE,
+    CONF_ID,
+    PLATFORM_BK72XX,
+    PLATFORM_ESP32,
+    PLATFORM_LN882X,
+    PLATFORM_RP2,
+)
 from esphome.core import CORE
 from esphome.schema_extractors import SCHEMA_EXTRACT, schema_extractor
 from esphome.types import ConfigType

-# The esp32 BLE stack (esp32_ble, esp32_ble_client, esp32_ble_tracker) is
-# imported lazily inside _esp32_config_schema()/_to_code_esp32(): importing
-# those modules registers esp32-only automations (ble.enable, ble.disable, ...)
-# as a side effect, and a module-scope import would leak them into every
-# platform's registry the moment a config declares `bluetooth_proxy:` —
-# degrading "Unable to find action" config errors into C++ compile failures.
+# The esp32 BLE stack (esp32_ble, esp32_ble_tracker) is imported lazily
+# inside _esp32_config_schema()/_to_code_esp32(): importing those modules
+# registers esp32-only automations (ble.enable, ble.disable, ...) as a side
+# effect, and a module-scope import would leak them into every platform's
+# registry the moment a config declares `bluetooth_proxy:` — degrading
+# "Unable to find action" config errors into C++ compile failures.


 def AUTO_LOAD(config: ConfigType | None = None) -> list[str]:
@@ -27,22 +34,27 @@ def AUTO_LOAD(config: ConfigType | None = None) -> list[str]:
    target platform set, so it takes one of the concrete branches.
    """
    if CORE.is_esp32:
-        return ["esp32_ble_client", "esp32_ble_tracker"]
+        return ["bluetooth_connection", "esp32_ble_tracker"]
    if CORE.target_platform in _HUB_PLATFORMS:
-        return ["ble_device_base"]
+        return ["ble_device_base", "bluetooth_connection"]
    # No target platform, or one this component does not support: tooling
    # resolving the manifest (including the host-pinned dependency resolver) —
    # expose every arm so the closure keeps the esp32 BLE stack.
-    return ["ble_device_base", "esp32_ble_client", "esp32_ble_tracker"]
+    return [
+        "ble_device_base",
+        "bluetooth_connection",
+        "esp32_ble_tracker",
+    ]


 # Platforms with an in-tree ble_device_base BLE tracker hub whose controller
-# supports active scanning. Passive-only hubs (bk72xx) are deliberately NOT
-# admitted yet: every current client (aioesphomeapi, bleak-esphome, Home
-# Assistant) assumes an ESPHome proxy can scan actively, so a passive-only
-# proxy would be misdriven — bk72xx follows once the API carries a feature
-# flag clients can trust (FEATURE_ACTIVE_SCAN + a version flag, separate PRs).
-_HUB_PLATFORMS = (PLATFORM_LN882X, PLATFORM_RP2)
+# supports active scanning — every current client (aioesphomeapi, bleak-esphome,
+# Home Assistant) assumes an ESPHome proxy can scan actively, so a passive-only
+# hub must not be admitted (it would be misdriven).
+# Coupled to bluetooth_connection: platforms with a GATT backend are also
+# listed in its _PLATFORM_BACKENDS registry, HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS, and
+# FILTER_SOURCE_FILES hub entry.
+_HUB_PLATFORMS = (PLATFORM_BK72XX, PLATFORM_LN882X, PLATFORM_RP2)

 DEPENDENCIES = ["api"]
 CODEOWNERS = ["@jesserockz", "@bdraco"]
@@ -58,16 +70,17 @@ bluetooth_proxy_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("bluetooth_proxy")

 BluetoothProxy = bluetooth_proxy_ns.class_("BluetoothProxy", cg.Component)

-# Mirrors esp32_ble.IDF_MAX_CONNECTIONS as a literal so the statically walkable
-# CONFIG_SCHEMA below can state the connection_slots range without importing the
-# esp32 BLE stack. tests/component_tests/bluetooth_proxy/ pins the two together.
+# Mirrors esp32_ble.IDF_MAX_CONNECTIONS (the loosest platform cap): the esp32
+# schema builder asserts the two agree, tests/component_tests/bluetooth_proxy/
+# pins them together, and the outer walkable schema uses it as the
+# connection_slots bound (per-platform schemas tighten it).
 _IDF_MAX_CONNECTIONS = 9


@functools.cache
 def _esp32_config_schema() -> cv.All:
    """Build the esp32 schema, importing the esp32 BLE stack only when used."""
-    from esphome.components import esp32_ble, esp32_ble_client, esp32_ble_tracker
+    from esphome.components import esp32_ble, esp32_ble_tracker

    if esp32_ble.IDF_MAX_CONNECTIONS != _IDF_MAX_CONNECTIONS:
        raise cv.Invalid(
@@ -77,14 +90,7 @@ def _esp32_config_schema() -> cv.All:
            f"update _IDF_MAX_CONNECTIONS in bluetooth_proxy/__init__.py"
        )

-    BluetoothConnection = bluetooth_proxy_ns.class_(
-        "BluetoothConnection", esp32_ble_client.BLEClientBase
-    )
-    CONNECTION_SCHEMA = esp32_ble_tracker.ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA.extend(
-        {
-            cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(BluetoothConnection),
-        }
-    ).extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+    CONNECTION_SCHEMA = bluetooth_connection.hub_connection_schema(PLATFORM_ESP32)

    def validate_connections(config):
        if CONF_CONNECTIONS in config:
@@ -142,31 +148,105 @@ def _validate_no_active(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
    return config


-# Advertisement-only proxy on a neutral BLE hub: the hub's raw-advertisement
-# callback feeds the same API batching. GATT/active connections are excluded at
-# compile time — only the esp32 build compiles the connection stack; nothing
-# reads HubCapabilities::gatt at runtime for this today.
-# Keys both platform schemas must declare identically; each arm spreads this
-# dict so the shared surface cannot drift. CONF_ACTIVE deliberately stays
-# per-arm: its default differs (esp32 True, hub arms False — no GATT).
+@functools.cache
+def _rp2_config_schema() -> cv.All:
+    """Full proxy on the rp2 BLE hub: active connections through the BTstack
+    GATT client backend in bluetooth_connection. Multi-slot builds replace the
+    prebuilt library's one-client BTstack pools via linker --wrap, owned by
+    rp2040_ble and requested when a second backend registers."""
+    connection_schema = bluetooth_connection.hub_connection_schema(PLATFORM_RP2)
+
+    def populate_connections(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
+        from esphome.components import rp2040_ble
+
+        # One wrapper + backend pair per slot, declared during validation so
+        # their ids exist for codegen (the esp32 arm's `connections` pattern).
+        if not config[CONF_ACTIVE]:
+            return config
+        connection_slots: int = config[CONF_CONNECTION_SLOTS]
+        rp2040_ble.consume_connection_slots(connection_slots, "bluetooth_proxy")(config)
+        return {
+            **config,
+            CONF_CONNECTIONS: [connection_schema({}) for _ in range(connection_slots)],
+        }
+
+    max_conn = bluetooth_connection.HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS[PLATFORM_RP2]
+    schema = (
+        cv.Schema(
+            {
+                **_COMMON_SCHEMA_KEYS,
+                cv.Optional(CONF_ACTIVE, default=True): cv.boolean,
+                cv.Optional(
+                    CONF_CONNECTION_SLOTS,
+                    default=min(DEFAULT_CONNECTION_SLOTS, max_conn),
+                ): cv.All(
+                    cv.positive_int,
+                    cv.Range(
+                        min=1,
+                        max=max_conn,
+                        msg=f"rp2 supports at most {max_conn} connection slot(s); "
+                        "the BTstack pool overrides in rp2040_ble are sized "
+                        f"for {max_conn}",
+                    ),
+                ),
+            }
+        )
+        .extend(
+            # ble_hub_id with the friendly no-tracker-configured guard.
+            ble_device_base.BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA
+        )
+        .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
+    )
+    return cv.All(schema, populate_connections)
+
+
+async def _connections_to_code(var: cg.MockObj, config: ConfigType) -> None:
+    """One wrapper + backend pair per slot; the platform-specific backend
+    registration lives in bluetooth_connection.new_gatt_backend()."""
+    connections = config.get(CONF_CONNECTIONS, [])
+    # The api component sizes BluetoothConnectionsFreeResponse.allocated with
+    # this define whenever a proxy is present (zero on advertisement-only
+    # hubs); sized here so it can never diverge from the loop below.
+    cg.add_define("BLUETOOTH_PROXY_MAX_CONNECTIONS", len(connections))
+    if connections:
+        # Gates the connection and GATT half of the API surface. A proxy
+        # without slots omits FEATURE_ACTIVE_CONNECTIONS, so a client never
+        # sends those requests and their handlers and encoders are dead.
+        cg.add_define("USE_BLUETOOTH_PROXY_CONNECTIONS")
+    for connection_conf in connections:
+        backend = await bluetooth_connection.new_gatt_backend(connection_conf)
+        connection = cg.new_Pvariable(connection_conf[CONF_ID])
+        cg.add(connection.set_backend(backend))
+        cg.add(var.register_connection(connection))
+
+
+# Per-platform schema builders; every key of
+# bluetooth_connection.HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS needs an entry here (pinned by
+# tests/component_tests/bluetooth_proxy/). Connection codegen is shared.
+_GATT_HUB_SCHEMAS = {PLATFORM_RP2: _rp2_config_schema}
+
+
+# Keys every platform arm declares identically; each arm spreads this dict so
+# the shared surface cannot drift. CONF_ACTIVE stays per-arm: its default
+# differs (esp32 True, rp2 True, advertisement-only False).
 _COMMON_SCHEMA_KEYS = {
    cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(BluetoothProxy),
 }

+# Advertisement-only proxy on a neutral BLE hub: the hub's raw-advertisement
+# callback feeds the same API batching, no connection stack compiled.
 _BLE_HUB_CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
    cv.Schema(
        {
            **_COMMON_SCHEMA_KEYS,
-            # Declared directly (BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA-style): appending a validator
-            # after a strict schema rejects an explicit `ble_hub_id` before it
-            # runs, and that key is the documented way to disambiguate once a
-            # platform has two trackers.
-            cv.GenerateID(ble_device_base.CONF_BLE_HUB_ID): cv.use_id(
-                ble_device_base.BLEHub
-            ),
            cv.Optional(CONF_ACTIVE, default=False): cv.boolean,
        }
-    ).extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA),
+    )
+    .extend(
+        # ble_hub_id with the friendly no-tracker-configured guard.
+        ble_device_base.BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA
+    )
+    .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA),
    _validate_no_active,
 )

@@ -175,9 +255,10 @@ _BLE_HUB_CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
 def _validate_platform(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
    """Apply the schema for the platform actually being compiled.

-    esp32 keeps the full GATT proxy; every other platform gets the
-    advertisement-only shape, which rejects the connection-oriented options
-    above because its schema does not define them.
+    Three-way dispatch: esp32 gets the full GATT proxy, HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS
+    platforms get their _GATT_HUB_SCHEMAS arm, the remaining hub platforms get
+    the advertisement-only shape; unsupported keys were already rejected by
+    name in _reject_unsupported_connection_keys.
    """
    if config is SCHEMA_EXTRACT:
        # The language-schema dumper runs without a platform. Expose the esp32
@@ -190,21 +271,28 @@ def _validate_platform(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
        # Fail here with the actual reason. Without this gate the error surfaces
        # later as an unresolvable hub ID ("Are you missing a hub declaration?")
        # on platforms where no hub component can be declared.
+        full = ", ".join(["esp32", *sorted(bluetooth_connection.HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS)])
+        adv_only = ", ".join(
+            sorted(set(_HUB_PLATFORMS) - set(bluetooth_connection.HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS))
+        )
        raise cv.Invalid(
            f"bluetooth_proxy is not supported on {CORE.target_platform}: no "
            "active-scan-capable BLE tracker hub is available for this "
-            "platform. It runs on esp32 (full proxy), and the ln882x and rp2 "
-            "families (advertisement-only)."
+            f"platform. It runs on {full} (full proxy) and {adv_only} "
+            "(advertisement-only)."
        )
+    if CORE.target_platform in bluetooth_connection.HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS:
+        return _GATT_HUB_SCHEMAS[CORE.target_platform]()(config)
    return _BLE_HUB_CONFIG_SCHEMA(config)


-def _reject_connection_keys_off_esp32(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
-    """Reject connection-oriented options by name on hub-only platforms.
+def _reject_unsupported_connection_keys(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
+    """Reject connection options a platform does not support, by name.

-    Runs before the walkable schema below so the user gets "this option does
-    not exist here" instead of the option's esp32 value range (which would
-    imply a smaller number is accepted).
+    GATT hub platforms keep connection_slots but reject the esp32-only keys;
+    advertisement-only hubs reject all three. Runs before the walkable schema
+    below so the user gets "this option does not exist here" instead of a
+    value-range error implying the option works.
    """
    if not isinstance(config, dict) or CORE.is_esp32 or CORE.target_platform is None:
        return config
@@ -213,14 +301,28 @@ def _reject_connection_keys_off_esp32(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
        # reports "not supported on {platform}" instead of a key-level message
        # implying an advertisement-only proxy is available.
        return config
-    for key in (CONF_CONNECTION_SLOTS, CONF_CACHE_SERVICES, CONF_CONNECTIONS):
+    if CORE.target_platform in bluetooth_connection.HUB_MAX_CONNECTIONS:
+        # Full proxy: connection_slots is real here; the per-connection list
+        # exists internally but carries no user options, and the Bluedroid
+        # NVS service cache is esp32-only.
+        rejected = {
+            CONF_CONNECTIONS: (
+                "has no per-connection options on this platform; use "
+                "'connection_slots' to set the count"
+            ),
+            CONF_CACHE_SERVICES: "is esp32-only (Bluedroid NVS service cache)",
+        }
+    else:
+        reason = (
+            "requires active connection support; this platform runs the "
+            "advertisement-only proxy and has no such option"
+        )
+        rejected = dict.fromkeys(
+            (CONF_CONNECTION_SLOTS, CONF_CACHE_SERVICES, CONF_CONNECTIONS), reason
+        )
+    for key, reason in rejected.items():
        if key in config:
-            raise cv.Invalid(
-                f"'{key}' requires active connection support, which needs the "
-                "esp32 GATT stack; this platform runs the advertisement-only "
-                "proxy and has no such option",
-                path=[key],
-            )
+            raise cv.Invalid(f"'{key}' {reason}", path=[key])
    return config


@@ -238,11 +340,14 @@ def _reject_connection_keys_off_esp32(config: ConfigType) -> ConfigType:
 # rejects it as empty. extra=ALLOW_EXTRA passes `connections` through untouched
 # for _ESP32_CONFIG_SCHEMA to validate exactly once.
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
-    _reject_connection_keys_off_esp32,
+    _reject_unsupported_connection_keys,
    cv.Schema(
        {
            cv.Optional(CONF_ACTIVE): cv.boolean,
            cv.Optional(CONF_CACHE_SERVICES): cv.boolean,
+            # Bounded by the loosest platform cap so range walkers (the
+            # device-builder field-range sync) see a real Range; the
+            # per-platform schemas tighten it (1 on rp2) with their own error.
            cv.Optional(CONF_CONNECTION_SLOTS): cv.All(
                cv.positive_int,
                cv.Range(min=1, max=_IDF_MAX_CONNECTIONS),
@@ -266,18 +371,14 @@ async def _to_code_esp32(config: ConfigType) -> None:
    await cg.register_component(var, config)

    cg.add(var.set_active(config[CONF_ACTIVE]))
-    await esp32_ble_tracker.register_raw_ble_device(var, config)
-    await esp32_ble_tracker.register_scanner_state_listener(var, config)
+    tracker = await cg.get_variable(config[esp32_ble_tracker.CONF_ESP32_BLE_ID])
+    cg.add(var.set_ble_hub(tracker))

-    # Define max connections for protobuf fixed array
-    connection_count = len(config.get(CONF_CONNECTIONS, []))
-    cg.add_define("BLUETOOTH_PROXY_MAX_CONNECTIONS", connection_count)
+    # Compiles the scanner-state push slot into the tracker and the matching
+    # registration into the proxy; the other hubs are polled instead.
+    cg.add_define("USE_BLE_SCANNER_STATE_CALLBACK")

-    for connection_conf in config.get(CONF_CONNECTIONS, []):
-        connection_var = cg.new_Pvariable(connection_conf[CONF_ID])
-        await cg.register_component(connection_var, connection_conf)
-        cg.add(var.register_connection(connection_var))
-        await esp32_ble_tracker.register_raw_client(connection_var, connection_conf)
+    await _connections_to_code(var, config)

    if config.get(CONF_CACHE_SERVICES):
        add_idf_sdkconfig_option("CONFIG_BT_GATTC_CACHE_NVS_FLASH", True)
@@ -291,9 +392,7 @@ async def _to_code_ble_hub(config: ConfigType) -> None:
    hub = await cg.get_variable(config[ble_device_base.CONF_BLE_HUB_ID])
    cg.add(var.set_ble_hub(hub))

-    # The api component sizes BluetoothConnectionsFreeResponse.allocated with
-    # this define whenever a proxy is present; no connections off-esp32.
-    cg.add_define("BLUETOOTH_PROXY_MAX_CONNECTIONS", 0)
+    await _connections_to_code(var, config)


 async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
@@ -1,597 +0,0 @@
-#include "bluetooth_connection.h"
-
-#include "esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h"
-#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
-#include "esphome/core/log.h"
-
-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
-#include "bluetooth_proxy.h"
-
-namespace esphome::bluetooth_proxy {
-
-static const char *const TAG = "bluetooth_proxy.connection";
-
-// This function is allocation-free and directly packs UUIDs into the output array
-// using precalculated constants for the Bluetooth base UUID
-static void fill_128bit_uuid_array(std::array<uint64_t, 2> &out, esp_bt_uuid_t uuid_source) {
-  // Bluetooth base UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB
-  // out[0] = bytes 8-15 (big-endian)
-  // - For 128-bit UUIDs: use bytes 8-15 as-is
-  // - For 16/32-bit UUIDs: insert into bytes 12-15, use 0x00001000 for bytes 8-11
-  out[0] = uuid_source.len == ESP_UUID_LEN_128
-               ? (((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[15] << 56) | ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[14] << 48) |
-                  ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[13] << 40) | ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[12] << 32) |
-                  ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[11] << 24) | ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[10] << 16) |
-                  ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[9] << 8) | ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[8]))
-               : (((uint64_t) (uuid_source.len == ESP_UUID_LEN_16 ? uuid_source.uuid.uuid16 : uuid_source.uuid.uuid32)
-                   << 32) |
-                  0x00001000ULL);  // Base UUID bytes 8-11
-  // out[1] = bytes 0-7 (big-endian)
-  // - For 128-bit UUIDs: use bytes 0-7 as-is
-  // - For 16/32-bit UUIDs: use precalculated base UUID constant
-  out[1] = uuid_source.len == ESP_UUID_LEN_128
-               ? ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[7] << 56) | ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[6] << 48) |
-                     ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[5] << 40) | ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[4] << 32) |
-                     ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[3] << 24) | ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[2] << 16) |
-                     ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[1] << 8) | ((uint64_t) uuid_source.uuid.uuid128[0])
-               : 0x800000805F9B34FBULL;  // Base UUID bytes 0-7: 80-00-00-80-5F-9B-34-FB
-}
-
-// Helper to fill UUID in the appropriate format based on client support and UUID type
-static void fill_gatt_uuid(std::array<uint64_t, 2> &uuid_128, uint32_t &short_uuid, const esp_bt_uuid_t &uuid,
-                           bool use_efficient_uuids) {
-  if (!use_efficient_uuids || uuid.len == ESP_UUID_LEN_128) {
-    // Use 128-bit format for old clients or when UUID is already 128-bit
-    fill_128bit_uuid_array(uuid_128, uuid);
-  } else if (uuid.len == ESP_UUID_LEN_16) {
-    short_uuid = uuid.uuid.uuid16;
-  } else if (uuid.len == ESP_UUID_LEN_32) {
-    short_uuid = uuid.uuid.uuid32;
-  }
-}
-
-// Constants for size estimation
-static constexpr uint8_t SERVICE_OVERHEAD_LEGACY = 25;     // UUID(20) + handle(4) + overhead(1)
-static constexpr uint8_t SERVICE_OVERHEAD_EFFICIENT = 10;  // UUID(6) + handle(4)
-static constexpr uint8_t CHAR_SIZE_128BIT = 35;            // UUID(20) + handle(4) + props(4) + overhead(7)
-static constexpr uint8_t DESC_SIZE_128BIT = 25;            // UUID(20) + handle(4) + overhead(1)
-static constexpr uint8_t DESC_SIZE_16BIT = 10;             // UUID(6) + handle(4)
-static constexpr uint8_t DESC_PER_CHAR = 1;                // Assume 1 descriptor per characteristic
-
-// Helper to estimate service size before fetching all data
-/**
- * Estimate the size of a Bluetooth service based on the number of characteristics and UUID format.
- *
- * @param char_count The number of characteristics in the service.
- * @param use_efficient_uuids Whether to use efficient UUIDs (16-bit or 32-bit) for newer APIVersions.
- * @return The estimated size of the service in bytes.
- *
- * This function calculates the size of a Bluetooth service by considering:
- * - A service overhead, which depends on whether efficient UUIDs are used.
- * - The size of each characteristic, assuming 128-bit UUIDs for safety.
- * - The size of descriptors, assuming one 128-bit descriptor per characteristic.
- */
-static size_t estimate_service_size(uint16_t char_count, bool use_efficient_uuids) {
-  size_t service_overhead = use_efficient_uuids ? SERVICE_OVERHEAD_EFFICIENT : SERVICE_OVERHEAD_LEGACY;
-  // Always assume 128-bit UUIDs for characteristics to be safe
-  size_t char_size = CHAR_SIZE_128BIT;
-  // Assume one 128-bit descriptor per characteristic
-  size_t desc_size = DESC_SIZE_128BIT * DESC_PER_CHAR;
-
-  return service_overhead + (char_size + desc_size) * char_count;
-}
-
-bool BluetoothConnection::supports_efficient_uuids_() const {
-  auto *api_conn = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
-  return api_conn && api_conn->client_supports_api_version(1, 12);
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::dump_config() {
-  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "BLE Connection:");
-  BLEClientBase::dump_config();
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::update_allocated_slot_(uint64_t find_value, uint64_t set_value) {
-  auto &allocated = this->proxy_->connections_free_response_.allocated;
-  for (auto &slot : allocated) {
-    if (slot == find_value) {
-      slot = set_value;
-      return;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::set_address(uint64_t address) {
-  // If we're clearing an address (disconnecting), update the pre-allocated message
-  if (address == 0 && this->address_ != 0) {
-    this->proxy_->connections_free_response_.free++;
-    this->update_allocated_slot_(this->address_, 0);
-  }
-  // If we're setting a new address (connecting), update the pre-allocated message
-  else if (address != 0 && this->address_ == 0) {
-    this->proxy_->connections_free_response_.free--;
-    this->update_allocated_slot_(0, address);
-  }
-
-  // Call parent implementation to actually set the address
-  BLEClientBase::set_address(address);
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::loop() {
-  BLEClientBase::loop();
-
-  // Early return if no active connection
-  if (this->address_ == 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Handle service discovery if in valid range
-  if (this->send_service_ >= 0 && this->send_service_ <= this->service_count_) {
-    this->send_service_for_discovery_();
-  }
-
-  // Check if we should disable the loop
-  // - For V3_WITH_CACHE: Services are never sent, disable after INIT state
-  // - For V3_WITHOUT_CACHE: Disable only after service discovery is complete
-  //   (send_service_ == DONE_SENDING_SERVICES, which is only set after services are sent)
-  // Never disable while DISCONNECTING — BLEClientBase::loop() needs to keep running so the
-  // 10s safety timeout can force IDLE if CLOSE_EVT is never delivered.
-  if (this->state() != espbt::ClientState::INIT && this->state() != espbt::ClientState::DISCONNECTING &&
-      (this->connection_type_ == espbt::ConnectionType::V3_WITH_CACHE ||
-       this->send_service_ == DONE_SENDING_SERVICES)) {
-    this->disable_loop();
-  }
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::on_disconnect_complete(esp_err_t reason) {
-  // Called from both the CLOSE_EVT handler and the DISCONNECTING safety timeout in the
-  // base class. Free the proxy slot, notify the API client, and reset send_service_.
-  // address_ may already be 0 if reset_connection_ ran earlier on this teardown.
-  if (this->address_ == 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Close, reason=0x%02x, freeing slot", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, reason);
-  this->reset_connection_(reason);
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::reset_connection_(esp_err_t reason) {
-  // Send disconnection notification
-  this->proxy_->send_device_connection(this->address_, false, 0, reason);
-
-  // Important: If we were in the middle of sending services, we do NOT send
-  // send_gatt_services_done() here. This ensures the client knows that
-  // the service discovery was interrupted and can retry. The client
-  // (aioesphomeapi) implements a 30-second timeout (DEFAULT_BLE_TIMEOUT)
-  // to detect incomplete service discovery rather than relying on us to
-  // tell them about a partial list.
-  this->set_address(0);
-  this->send_service_ = INIT_SENDING_SERVICES;
-  this->proxy_->send_connections_free();
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::send_service_for_discovery_() {
-  if (this->send_service_ >= this->service_count_) {
-    this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
-    this->proxy_->send_gatt_services_done(this->address_);
-    this->release_services();
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Early return if no API connection
-  auto *api_conn = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
-  if (api_conn == nullptr) {
-    this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Check if client supports efficient UUIDs
-  bool use_efficient_uuids = this->supports_efficient_uuids_();
-
-  // Prepare response
-  api::BluetoothGATTGetServicesResponse resp;
-  resp.address = this->address_;
-
-  // Dynamic batching based on actual size
-  // Conservative MTU limit for API messages (accounts for WPA3 overhead)
-  static constexpr size_t MAX_PACKET_SIZE = 1360;
-
-  // Keep running total of actual message size
-  size_t current_size = resp.calculate_size();
-
-  while (this->send_service_ < this->service_count_) {
-    esp_gattc_service_elem_t service_result;
-    uint16_t service_count = 1;
-    esp_gatt_status_t service_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_service(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, nullptr,
-                                                                 &service_result, &service_count, this->send_service_);
-
-    if (service_status != ESP_GATT_OK || service_count == 0) {
-      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%d] [%s] esp_ble_gattc_get_service %s, status=%d, service_count=%d, offset=%d",
-               this->connection_index_, this->address_str(), service_status != ESP_GATT_OK ? "error" : "missing",
-               service_status, service_count, this->send_service_);
-      this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Get the number of characteristics BEFORE adding to response
-    uint16_t total_char_count = 0;
-    esp_gatt_status_t char_count_status =
-        esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, ESP_GATT_DB_CHARACTERISTIC,
-                                     service_result.start_handle, service_result.end_handle, 0, &total_char_count);
-
-    if (char_count_status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
-      this->log_connection_error_("esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count", char_count_status);
-      this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // If this service likely won't fit, send current batch (unless it's the first)
-    size_t estimated_size = estimate_service_size(total_char_count, use_efficient_uuids);
-    if (!resp.services.empty() && (current_size + estimated_size > MAX_PACKET_SIZE)) {
-      // This service likely won't fit, send current batch
-      break;
-    }
-
-    // Now add the service since we know it will likely fit
-    resp.services.emplace_back();
-    auto &service_resp = resp.services.back();
-
-    fill_gatt_uuid(service_resp.uuid, service_resp.short_uuid, service_result.uuid, use_efficient_uuids);
-
-    service_resp.handle = service_result.start_handle;
-
-    if (total_char_count > 0) {
-      // Initialize FixedVector with exact count and process characteristics
-      service_resp.characteristics.init(total_char_count);
-      uint16_t char_offset = 0;
-      esp_gattc_char_elem_t char_result;
-      // Bound by total_char_count: the vector is sized for it, and a malicious peripheral
-      // can make enumeration return more entries than the count query reported
-      while (char_offset < total_char_count) {  // characteristics
-        uint16_t char_count = 1;
-        esp_gatt_status_t char_status =
-            esp_ble_gattc_get_all_char(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, service_result.start_handle,
-                                       service_result.end_handle, &char_result, &char_count, char_offset);
-        if (char_status == ESP_GATT_INVALID_OFFSET || char_status == ESP_GATT_NOT_FOUND) {
-          break;
-        }
-        if (char_status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
-          this->log_connection_error_("esp_ble_gattc_get_all_char", char_status);
-          this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
-          return;
-        }
-        if (char_count == 0) {
-          break;
-        }
-
-        service_resp.characteristics.emplace_back();
-        auto &characteristic_resp = service_resp.characteristics.back();
-        fill_gatt_uuid(characteristic_resp.uuid, characteristic_resp.short_uuid, char_result.uuid, use_efficient_uuids);
-        characteristic_resp.handle = char_result.char_handle;
-        characteristic_resp.properties = char_result.properties;
-        char_offset++;
-
-        // Get the number of descriptors directly with one call
-        uint16_t total_desc_count = 0;
-        esp_gatt_status_t desc_count_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count(
-            this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, ESP_GATT_DB_DESCRIPTOR, 0, 0, char_result.char_handle, &total_desc_count);
-
-        if (desc_count_status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
-          this->log_connection_error_("esp_ble_gattc_get_attr_count", desc_count_status);
-          this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
-          return;
-        }
-        if (total_desc_count == 0) {
-          continue;
-        }
-
-        // Initialize FixedVector with exact count and process descriptors
-        characteristic_resp.descriptors.init(total_desc_count);
-        uint16_t desc_offset = 0;
-        esp_gattc_descr_elem_t desc_result;
-        while (desc_offset < total_desc_count) {  // descriptors
-          uint16_t desc_count = 1;
-          esp_gatt_status_t desc_status = esp_ble_gattc_get_all_descr(
-              this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, char_result.char_handle, &desc_result, &desc_count, desc_offset);
-          if (desc_status == ESP_GATT_INVALID_OFFSET || desc_status == ESP_GATT_NOT_FOUND) {
-            break;
-          }
-          if (desc_status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
-            this->log_connection_error_("esp_ble_gattc_get_all_descr", desc_status);
-            this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
-            return;
-          }
-          if (desc_count == 0) {
-            break;  // No more descriptors
-          }
-
-          characteristic_resp.descriptors.emplace_back();
-          auto &descriptor_resp = characteristic_resp.descriptors.back();
-          fill_gatt_uuid(descriptor_resp.uuid, descriptor_resp.short_uuid, desc_result.uuid, use_efficient_uuids);
-          descriptor_resp.handle = desc_result.handle;
-          desc_offset++;
-        }
-      }
-    }  // end if (total_char_count > 0)
-
-    // Calculate the actual size of just this service
-    size_t service_size = service_resp.calculate_size() + 1;  // +1 for field tag
-
-    // Check if adding this service would exceed the limit
-    if (current_size + service_size > MAX_PACKET_SIZE) {
-      // We would go over - pop the last service if we have more than one
-      if (resp.services.size() > 1) {
-        resp.services.pop_back();
-        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Service %d would exceed limit (current: %d + service: %d > %d), sending current batch",
-                 this->connection_index_, this->address_str(), this->send_service_, current_size, service_size,
-                 MAX_PACKET_SIZE);
-        // Don't increment send_service_ - we'll retry this service in next batch
-      } else {
-        // This single service is too large, but we have to send it anyway
-        ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Service %d is too large (%d bytes) but sending anyway", this->connection_index_,
-                 this->address_str(), this->send_service_, service_size);
-        // Increment so we don't get stuck
-        this->send_service_++;
-      }
-      // Send what we have
-      break;
-    }
-
-    // Now we know we're keeping this service, add its size
-    current_size += service_size;
-    // Successfully added this service, increment counter
-    this->send_service_++;
-  }
-
-  // Send the message with dynamically batched services
-  api_conn->send_message(resp);
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::log_connection_error_(const char *operation, esp_gatt_status_t status) {
-  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "[%d] [%s] %s error, status=%d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str(), operation, status);
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::log_connection_warning_(const char *operation, esp_err_t err) {
-  ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] %s failed, err=%d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str(), operation, err);
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::log_gatt_not_connected_(const char *action, const char *type) {
-  ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Cannot %s GATT %s, not connected.", this->connection_index_, this->address_str(), action,
-           type);
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::log_gatt_operation_error_(const char *operation, uint16_t handle, esp_gatt_status_t status) {
-  ESP_LOGW(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Error %s for handle 0x%2X, status=%d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str(),
-           operation, handle, status);
-}
-
-esp_err_t BluetoothConnection::check_and_log_error_(const char *operation, esp_err_t err) {
-  if (err != ESP_OK) {
-    this->log_connection_warning_(operation, err);
-    return err;
-  }
-  return ESP_OK;
-}
-
-bool BluetoothConnection::gattc_event_handler(esp_gattc_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if,
-                                              esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param) {
-  if (!BLEClientBase::gattc_event_handler(event, gattc_if, param))
-    return false;
-
-  switch (event) {
-    case ESP_GATTC_DISCONNECT_EVT: {
-      // Don't reset connection yet - wait for CLOSE_EVT to ensure controller has freed resources
-      // This prevents race condition where we mark slot as free before controller cleanup is complete
-      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Disconnect, reason=0x%02x", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_,
-               param->disconnect.reason);
-      // Send disconnection notification but don't free the slot yet
-      this->proxy_->send_device_connection(this->address_, false, 0, param->disconnect.reason);
-      break;
-    }
-    case ESP_GATTC_OPEN_EVT: {
-      if (param->open.status != ESP_GATT_OK && param->open.status != ESP_GATT_ALREADY_OPEN) {
-        this->reset_connection_(param->open.status);
-      } else if (this->connection_type_ == espbt::ConnectionType::V3_WITH_CACHE) {
-        this->proxy_->send_device_connection(this->address_, true, this->mtu_);
-        this->proxy_->send_connections_free();
-      }
-      this->seen_mtu_or_services_ = false;
-      break;
-    }
-    case ESP_GATTC_CFG_MTU_EVT:
-    case ESP_GATTC_SEARCH_CMPL_EVT: {
-      if (!this->seen_mtu_or_services_) {
-        // We don't know if we will get the MTU or the services first, so
-        // only send the device connection true if we have already received
-        // the services.
-        this->seen_mtu_or_services_ = true;
-        break;
-      }
-      this->proxy_->send_device_connection(this->address_, true, this->mtu_);
-      this->proxy_->send_connections_free();
-      break;
-    }
-    case ESP_GATTC_READ_DESCR_EVT:
-    case ESP_GATTC_READ_CHAR_EVT: {
-      if (param->read.status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
-        this->log_gatt_operation_error_("reading char/descriptor", param->read.handle, param->read.status);
-        this->proxy_->send_gatt_error(this->address_, param->read.handle, param->read.status);
-        break;
-      }
-      auto *api_connection = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
-      if (api_connection == nullptr)
-        break;
-      api::BluetoothGATTReadResponse resp;
-      resp.address = this->address_;
-      resp.handle = param->read.handle;
-      resp.set_data(param->read.value, param->read.value_len);
-      api_connection->send_message(resp);
-      break;
-    }
-    case ESP_GATTC_WRITE_CHAR_EVT:
-    case ESP_GATTC_WRITE_DESCR_EVT: {
-      if (param->write.status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
-        this->log_gatt_operation_error_("writing char/descriptor", param->write.handle, param->write.status);
-        this->proxy_->send_gatt_error(this->address_, param->write.handle, param->write.status);
-        break;
-      }
-      auto *api_connection = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
-      if (api_connection == nullptr)
-        break;
-      api::BluetoothGATTWriteResponse resp;
-      resp.address = this->address_;
-      resp.handle = param->write.handle;
-      api_connection->send_message(resp);
-      break;
-    }
-    case ESP_GATTC_UNREG_FOR_NOTIFY_EVT: {
-      if (param->unreg_for_notify.status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
-        this->log_gatt_operation_error_("unregistering notifications", param->unreg_for_notify.handle,
-                                        param->unreg_for_notify.status);
-        this->proxy_->send_gatt_error(this->address_, param->unreg_for_notify.handle, param->unreg_for_notify.status);
-        break;
-      }
-      auto *api_connection = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
-      if (api_connection == nullptr)
-        break;
-      api::BluetoothGATTNotifyResponse resp;
-      resp.address = this->address_;
-      resp.handle = param->unreg_for_notify.handle;
-      api_connection->send_message(resp);
-      break;
-    }
-    case ESP_GATTC_REG_FOR_NOTIFY_EVT: {
-      if (param->reg_for_notify.status != ESP_GATT_OK) {
-        this->log_gatt_operation_error_("registering notifications", param->reg_for_notify.handle,
-                                        param->reg_for_notify.status);
-        this->proxy_->send_gatt_error(this->address_, param->reg_for_notify.handle, param->reg_for_notify.status);
-        break;
-      }
-      auto *api_connection = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
-      if (api_connection == nullptr)
-        break;
-      api::BluetoothGATTNotifyResponse resp;
-      resp.address = this->address_;
-      resp.handle = param->reg_for_notify.handle;
-      api_connection->send_message(resp);
-      break;
-    }
-    case ESP_GATTC_NOTIFY_EVT: {
-      ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] ESP_GATTC_NOTIFY_EVT: handle=0x%2X", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_,
-               param->notify.handle);
-      auto *api_connection = this->proxy_->get_api_connection();
-      if (api_connection == nullptr)
-        break;
-      api::BluetoothGATTNotifyDataResponse resp;
-      resp.address = this->address_;
-      resp.handle = param->notify.handle;
-      resp.set_data(param->notify.value, param->notify.value_len);
-      api_connection->send_message(resp);
-      break;
-    }
-    default:
-      break;
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-void BluetoothConnection::gap_event_handler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t *param) {
-  BLEClientBase::gap_event_handler(event, param);
-
-  switch (event) {
-    case ESP_GAP_BLE_AUTH_CMPL_EVT:
-      if (memcmp(param->ble_security.auth_cmpl.bd_addr, this->remote_bda_, 6) != 0)
-        break;
-      if (param->ble_security.auth_cmpl.success) {
-        this->proxy_->send_device_pairing(this->address_, true);
-      } else {
-        this->proxy_->send_device_pairing(this->address_, false, param->ble_security.auth_cmpl.fail_reason);
-      }
-      break;
-    default:
-      break;
-  }
-}
-
-esp_err_t BluetoothConnection::read_characteristic(uint16_t handle) {
-  if (!this->connected()) {
-    this->log_gatt_not_connected_("read", "characteristic");
-    return ESP_GATT_NOT_CONNECTED;
-  }
-
-  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Reading GATT characteristic handle %d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, handle);
-
-  esp_err_t err = esp_ble_gattc_read_char(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, handle, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE);
-  return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_read_char", err);
-}
-
-esp_err_t BluetoothConnection::write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, size_t length,
-                                                    bool response) {
-  if (!this->connected()) {
-    this->log_gatt_not_connected_("write", "characteristic");
-    return ESP_GATT_NOT_CONNECTED;
-  }
-  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Writing GATT characteristic handle %d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, handle);
-
-  // ESP-IDF's API requires a non-const uint8_t* but it doesn't modify the data
-  // The BTC layer immediately copies the data to its own buffer (see btc_gattc.c)
-  // const_cast is safe here and was previously hidden by a C-style cast
-  esp_err_t err =
-      esp_ble_gattc_write_char(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, handle, length, const_cast<uint8_t *>(data),
-                               response ? ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_RSP : ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_NO_RSP, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE);
-  return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_write_char", err);
-}
-
-esp_err_t BluetoothConnection::read_descriptor(uint16_t handle) {
-  if (!this->connected()) {
-    this->log_gatt_not_connected_("read", "descriptor");
-    return ESP_GATT_NOT_CONNECTED;
-  }
-  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Reading GATT descriptor handle %d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, handle);
-
-  esp_err_t err = esp_ble_gattc_read_char_descr(this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, handle, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE);
-  return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_read_char_descr", err);
-}
-
-esp_err_t BluetoothConnection::write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, size_t length, bool response) {
-  if (!this->connected()) {
-    this->log_gatt_not_connected_("write", "descriptor");
-    return ESP_GATT_NOT_CONNECTED;
-  }
-  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Writing GATT descriptor handle %d", this->connection_index_, this->address_str_, handle);
-
-  // ESP-IDF's API requires a non-const uint8_t* but it doesn't modify the data
-  // The BTC layer immediately copies the data to its own buffer (see btc_gattc.c)
-  // const_cast is safe here and was previously hidden by a C-style cast
-  esp_err_t err = esp_ble_gattc_write_char_descr(
-      this->gattc_if_, this->conn_id_, handle, length, const_cast<uint8_t *>(data),
-      response ? ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_RSP : ESP_GATT_WRITE_TYPE_NO_RSP, ESP_GATT_AUTH_REQ_NONE);
-  return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_write_char_descr", err);
-}
-
-esp_err_t BluetoothConnection::notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable) {
-  if (!this->connected()) {
-    this->log_gatt_not_connected_("notify", "characteristic");
-    return ESP_GATT_NOT_CONNECTED;
-  }
-
-  if (enable) {
-    ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Registering for GATT characteristic notifications handle %d", this->connection_index_,
-             this->address_str_, handle);
-    esp_err_t err = esp_ble_gattc_register_for_notify(this->gattc_if_, this->remote_bda_, handle);
-    return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_register_for_notify", err);
-  }
-
-  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "[%d] [%s] Unregistering for GATT characteristic notifications handle %d", this->connection_index_,
-           this->address_str_, handle);
-  esp_err_t err = esp_ble_gattc_unregister_for_notify(this->gattc_if_, this->remote_bda_, handle);
-  return this->check_and_log_error_("esp_ble_gattc_unregister_for_notify", err);
-}
-
-esp32_ble_tracker::AdvertisementParserType BluetoothConnection::get_advertisement_parser_type() {
-  return this->proxy_->get_advertisement_parser_type();
-}
-
-}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_proxy
-
-#endif  // USE_ESP32
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#ifdef USE_ESP32
-
-#include "esphome/components/esp32_ble_client/ble_client_base.h"
-
-namespace esphome::bluetooth_proxy {
-
-class BluetoothProxy;
-
-class BluetoothConnection final : public esp32_ble_client::BLEClientBase {
- public:
-  void dump_config() override;
-  void loop() override;
-  bool gattc_event_handler(esp_gattc_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt_if_t gattc_if,
-                           esp_ble_gattc_cb_param_t *param) override;
-  void gap_event_handler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t *param) override;
-  esp32_ble_tracker::AdvertisementParserType get_advertisement_parser_type() override;
-
-  esp_err_t read_characteristic(uint16_t handle);
-  esp_err_t write_characteristic(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, size_t length, bool response);
-  esp_err_t read_descriptor(uint16_t handle);
-  esp_err_t write_descriptor(uint16_t handle, const uint8_t *data, size_t length, bool response);
-
-  esp_err_t notify_characteristic(uint16_t handle, bool enable);
-
-  esp_err_t update_connection_params(uint16_t min_interval, uint16_t max_interval, uint16_t latency, uint16_t timeout) {
-    return this->update_conn_params_(min_interval, max_interval, latency, timeout, "custom");
-  }
-
-  void set_address(uint64_t address) override;
-
- protected:
-  friend class BluetoothProxy;
-
-  void on_disconnect_complete(esp_err_t reason) override;
-
-  bool supports_efficient_uuids_() const;
-  void send_service_for_discovery_();
-  void reset_connection_(esp_err_t reason);
-  void update_allocated_slot_(uint64_t find_value, uint64_t set_value);
-  void log_connection_error_(const char *operation, esp_gatt_status_t status);
-  void log_connection_warning_(const char *operation, esp_err_t err);
-  void log_gatt_not_connected_(const char *action, const char *type);
-  void log_gatt_operation_error_(const char *operation, uint16_t handle, esp_gatt_status_t status);
-  esp_err_t check_and_log_error_(const char *operation, esp_err_t err);
-
-  // Memory optimized layout for 32-bit systems
-  // Group 1: Pointers (4 bytes each, naturally aligned)
-  BluetoothProxy *proxy_;
-
-  // Group 2: 2-byte types
-  int16_t send_service_{-3};  // -3 = INIT_SENDING_SERVICES, -2 = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES, >=0 = service index
-
-  // Group 3: 1-byte types
-  bool seen_mtu_or_services_{false};
-  // 1 byte used, 1 byte padding
-};
-
-}  // namespace esphome::bluetooth_proxy
-
-#endif  // USE_ESP32
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