Bug 512677 - Bluetooth "disabled" but devices can still connect
Summary: Bluetooth "disabled" but devices can still connect
Status: NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Bluetooth in general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.3
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-11-27 12:47 UTC by Iyán M. V.
Modified: 2025-12-26 03:46 UTC (History)
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Description Iyán M. V. 2025-11-27 12:47:35 UTC
SUMMARY
Today I noticed the following weird issue. I disabled Bluetooth in the morning using the widget in the system tray. However, when I turned on my headset, they automatically connected to the laptop. They appear in the audio widget, but bluetooth is still shown as "disabled" even though the icon changed to the same icon as when a device is connected.

Clicking on the enable button correctly fixed the wrong state. I still could not find a way to reproduce the issue, but I will update the report if I figure it out. At the moment there must be a way to keep the bluetooth enabled while showing as disabled in the system tray.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.9-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 22 × Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 155H
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.9 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® Arc
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 21KDS00600
System Version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-12-11 17:51:04 UTC
Weird. When it's in the wrong state, can you paste the output of `bluetoothctl show | grep -i power`?
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2025-12-26 03:46:37 UTC
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