Bug 428474

Summary: Switch to disable Bluetooth autoconnect
Product: [Unmaintained] Bluedevil Reporter: Juho <xemanth>
Component: generalAssignee: David Rosca <nowrep>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: bernie, m.cizauskas38, matthew.adie, mleduque, nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR Keywords: usability
Version First Reported In: 5.20.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Neon   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Juho 2020-10-30 13:34:28 UTC 
SUMMARY
Switch to disable paired devices automatically connect

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start bluetooth device in range 
2. Bluetooth automatically connects to the paired device

OBSERVED RESULT
1. Bluetooth automatically connects to the paired device

EXPECTED RESULT
1. Paired device should not automatically connect to the paired device

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS 
Distribution: KDE Neon, User
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.2 
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.75.0 
Qt Version: 5.15.0
Kernel 5.40.0-52-generic

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Juho 2020-10-31 17:28:06 UTC 
Optimally this would be per device thing.
Comment 2 mariusc 2023-07-28 09:28:36 UTC 
The autoconnect is done by Bluez rather than bluedevil. There is a workaround in bluedevil though. You can select the device and uncheck the trusted mark. This way it will ask every time whether you want to connect to the device, rather than autoconnect.
Comment 3 Bernie Innocenti 2025-12-10 10:08:34 UTC 
(In reply to mariusc from comment #2)
> The autoconnect is done by Bluez rather than bluedevil. There is a
> workaround in bluedevil though. You can select the device and uncheck the
> trusted mark. This way it will ask every time whether you want to connect to
> the device, rather than autoconnect.

There really isn't a way to toggle autoconnect in bluez on a per-device basis?

It seems like an obviously useful toggle. Should we file a bluez feature request for this?