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  • Fixes a reconnect issue when peer address type is incorrect with HBP

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Advertising reports now display a device’s identity address when its resolvable private address is successfully resolved.
    • Address resolution now rejects non-resolvable private addresses while preserving the resolving list’s existing address type after a match.
    • Legacy connection setup now consistently resolves eligible private peer addresses and treats resolved peers as random addresses, improving Bluetooth device identification consistency.

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Arr, host-based privacy now resolves matching RPAs in legacy and directed advertising reports. The resolver rejects non-RPA inputs. Legacy connection setup preserves the stored RPA and uses BLE_ADDR_RANDOM.

Changes: Legacy Advertising Address Resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve advertising addresses
src/nimble/nimble/host/src/ble_hs_resolv.c, src/nimble/nimble/host/src/ble_hs_hci_evt.c
The resolver rejects non-RPA inputs and no longer changes the resolving-list address type. Host-based privacy resolves matching RPAs in legacy and directed advertising reports before GAP delivery, arr.
Preserve resolved connection RPA type
src/nimble/nimble/host/src/ble_gap.c
Legacy connection setup looks up the peer in the resolving list and assigns BLE_ADDR_RANDOM when it finds an RPA entry, arr.

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Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 11756

Host-based privacy now reports the peer identity address in scans and reconnects using the saved RPA with the random address type. The earlier lock and address-type concerns no longer apply at the current head, and no actionable merge risk remains.

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Review comments at @src/nimble/nimble/host/src/ble_hs_hci_evt.c:
- Line 569: Update the connection-target handling in ble_gap.c so that when it
substitutes rl_peer_rpa, it sets the target address type to BLE_ADDR_RANDOM
instead of copying rl_addr_type. Keep the scan report’s identity address type
unchanged.

Review comments at @src/nimble/nimble/host/src/ble_hs_resolv.c:
- Line 727: In the resolver path containing BLE_HS_DBG_ASSERT, acquire the host
lock before invoking the resolver and release it immediately after the resolver
returns, before delivering the scan callback. Ensure the resolver call is
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🟡 Minor · Arrr, clear rl_isrpa for a non-RPA identity report. · ble_hs_hci_evt.c:566

src/nimble/nimble/host/src/ble_hs_hci_evt.c:566
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Arrr, clear rl_isrpa for a non-RPA identity report.

A peer can first advertise an RPA and later advertise its identity address. The current report path sets rl_isrpa but never clears it. A later legacy ble_gap_connect() then replaces the identity address with the cached RPA and BLE_ADDR_RANDOM. The controller targets an address the peer is no longer advertising, so the connection can fail.

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         if (rl != NULL) {
             if(desc.addr.type == 1) {
             rl->rl_isrpa = 1;
             }
             memcpy(desc.addr.val, rl->rl_identity_addr, BLE_DEV_ADDR_LEN);
             desc.addr.type = rl->rl_addr_type;
+        } else {
+            rl = ble_hs_resolv_list_find(desc.addr.val);
+            if (rl != NULL &&
+                rl->rl_addr_type == desc.addr.type &&
+                memcmp(rl->rl_identity_addr, desc.addr.val,
+                       BLE_DEV_ADDR_LEN) == 0) {
+                rl->rl_isrpa = 0;
+            }
         }
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Review comment at @src/nimble/nimble/host/src/ble_hs_hci_evt.c at line 566:
Update the BLE HCI event report handling around rl_isrpa so an identity-address
report clears stale RPA state. When ble_hs_resolv_list_find identifies a
matching resolving-list entry whose identity address and address type match the
report, set rl_isrpa to zero; preserve setting it for RPA reports and existing
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- Line 566: Update the BLE HCI event report handling around rl_isrpa so an
identity-address report clears stale RPA state. When ble_hs_resolv_list_find
identifies a matching resolving-list entry whose identity address and address
type match the report, set rl_isrpa to zero; preserve setting it for RPA reports
and existing address translation behavior.

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- Around line 192-195: Update the address-resolution handling around
ble_hs_resolv_rpa_addr so identity-address reports also match their
resolving-list entry and clear rl_isrpa before delivery, while preserving the
existing RPA handling for BLE_ADDR_RANDOM.
- Around line 191-192: Update the address-resolution flow around
ble_hs_resolv_rpa_addr and only resolve or rewrite the reported address when
ble_host_rpa_enabled() is true; when runtime resolution is disabled, preserve
the advertised RPA so scan-then-connect targets it consistently.

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- Line 5912: Remove the nested ble_hs_lock() and matching ble_hs_unlock()
surrounding the ble_hs_resolv_list_find() lookup in ble_gap_connect(); keep the
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* Fixes a reconnect issue when peer address type is incorrect with HBP
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