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What

Two parts:

  1. Small fix: move HaBleakClientWrapper.connect() failure cleanup from except Exception into finally so asyncio.CancelledError (a BaseException) no longer leaves the wrapper holding a partially-initialised _backend.
  2. Phase 2 of the #340 / #407 plan: a habluetooth connection-lifecycle audit, captured below in this description.

Why

The plan on PR #407 split the stuck-slot investigation into phases:

The audit found no slot-leak path inside habluetooth, but did find one small inconsistency in the connect-failure cleanup — fixed here.

How (code change)

wrappers.py:480-496 previously did:

try:
    scanner._add_connecting(address)
    await super().connect(**kwargs)
    connected = True
except Exception:
    self._backend = None
    raise
finally:
    scanner._finished_connecting(address, connected)
    if not connected and not wrapped_backend.source:
        manager.async_release_connection_slot(device)

except Exception does not catch asyncio.CancelledError on Python 3.8+. So when a connect was cancelled mid-flight, _finished_connecting and the local-adapter slot release both ran (good), but self._backend = None did not (bad — wrapper kept a half-initialised backend).

Consolidated into a single finally branch:

try:
    scanner._add_connecting(address)
    await super().connect(**kwargs)
    connected = True
finally:
    scanner._finished_connecting(address, connected)
    if not connected:
        self._backend = None
        if not wrapped_backend.source:
            manager.async_release_connection_slot(device)

Regression test (test_release_slot_and_clear_backend_on_cancelled) raises CancelledError from the mock backend and asserts release_slot ran and client._backend is None afterwards.


Phase 2 audit — lifecycle paths

For each path: verified clean ✅ or fix needed: <location>.

1. _connect_in_progress / _finished_connecting balance

Verified clean. wrappers.py:482-491 wraps super().connect() in try/finally. _finished_connecting always runs and decrements _connect_in_progress. _remove_connecting (base_scanner.py:167) tolerates a missing entry (warning log only, no exception). The CancelledError edge case above did not leak the in-progress counter — only _backend.

2. Local-adapter slot release on connect failure

Verified clean. wrappers.py:494 calls manager.async_release_connection_slot(device) only when not connected and not wrapped_backend.source (i.e. local adapter, since device_source(ble_device) returns None for the platform client). On success, no explicit release is needed: BleakSlotManager._allocate_and_watch_slot registers a BlueZ device watcher (bleak_retry_connector/bluez.py:186-194) that fires _release_slot automatically when the device's Connected property goes False. Both call _call_callbacks(AllocationChange.RELEASED, …), which feeds BluetoothManager._async_slot_manager_changed, which feeds async_on_allocation_changed. Counter stays in sync without habluetooth doing anything explicit on the success path.

3. Remote-adapter (proxy) slot release

Verified clean on the habluetooth side. habluetooth does not maintain a parallel slot counter for remote scanners — _allocations[source] is updated solely from async_on_allocation_changed, which is called by bleak-esphome (via ESPHomeBluetoothDevice.async_update_ble_connection_limits). There is no habluetooth state that can leak independently of what the proxy reports. The disconnect path through bleak-esphome (bleak_esphome/backend/client.py:_disconnect) sends bluetooth_device_disconnect and waits for ble_connections_free — but the slot counter is owned by the proxy firmware. If the firmware never updates it, habluetooth cannot detect a divergence. This is the suspected root-cause surface, and it lives upstream — Phase 3.

4. HaBleakClientWrapper.connect() failure paths

Verified clean after this PR. Three exit paths from the try block:

Outcome Pre-PR This PR
Normal success _finished_connecting(True) runs, _backend set, no release Same
Exception raised _backend=None, _finished_connecting(False), slot released Same
BaseException (CancelledError) raised _finished_connecting(False), slot released, _backend leaks _backend=None, slot released ✅

5. Scanner unregister mid-connection

Verified clean (with a benign log line). _async_unregister_scanner_internal (manager.py:835) calls scanner._clear_connection_history() which wipes _connect_in_progress. An in-flight HaBleakClientWrapper.connect() task on that scanner will still reach its finally block and call _finished_connecting, which then logs Removing a non-existing connecting %s %s (base_scanner.py:169-171) and returns. No counter leak, no slot leak, no orphaned state in habluetooth. The bleak-side _backend still holds the proxy client and would dispatch a normal disconnect() if the caller asks. The log line is intentional bug-detection — keeping it.

6. HaBleakClientWrapper garbage-collected while connected

⚠️ Not habluetooth's problem, but worth noting. Neither HaBleakClientWrapper nor bleak.BleakClient defines __del__. If a user discards the wrapper without calling disconnect(), no destructor sends bluetooth_device_disconnect to the proxy. HA's BLE integrations use bleak-retry-connector.establish_connection which manages the lifecycle, and the warning at wrappers.py:416-423 already nags callers that bypass it. Not a fix for this PR.

7. _connect_in_progress leak via _add_connecting itself

Verified clean. _add_connecting (base_scanner.py:159) increments the counter then calls _advertisement_tracker.async_scanner_paused. If the latter raised, the finally would call _finished_connecting, which calls _remove_connecting, which handles the missing-entry case gracefully.

Out of scope, but documented

Conclusion

habluetooth's connection-lifecycle accounting is internally consistent. The remaining root cause for #340 lives in bleak-esphome / aioesphomeapi / ESPHome firmware, where slot truth is owned. Phase 3 (upstream coordination) is the next step.

Testing

  • Full suite: 226 passed, 1 skipped.
  • New regression test covers the CancelledError path.

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Quality Report

Changes: 2 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Code scan: clean

Tests: failed (FAILED)

Branch hygiene: clean

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This is missing branch coverage on the is pr

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PR Review — fix: unify connect cleanup + Phase 2 lifecycle audit findings (#340)

The core fix is correct: except Exception did not catch CancelledError, leaving a half-initialised _backend on the wrapper. Consolidating cleanup into finally is the right call, the regression test is well-targeted, and the Phase 2 audit reads as thorough. Blockers before merge: (1) the D205 docstring violation on the new remote-scanner test is failing pre-commit and the quality pipeline reports tests as FAILED — this almost certainly explains the stale branch-coverage signal on if not wrapped_backend.source:. Fix the docstring, re-run CI, and the coverage gap that bdraco flagged should resolve itself. Minor: a small ordering change in the finally block is worth a sanity check but not blocking.


🟡 Important

1. D205 docstring violation — pre-commit failing (`tests/test_wrappers.py`, L405-411)

The docstring on test_remote_scanner_connect_failure_skips_local_slot_release starts with a blank line, which violates D205 (1 blank line required between summary line and description). This is what's blocking pre-commit and likely why the quality pipeline reports tests as FAILED.

Fix: put the summary on the first line of the docstring, then a blank line, then the body. Match the style used by other tests in this file (e.g. test_release_slot_on_connect_exception):

"""Ensure a remote-scanner connect failure clears _backend without releasing a local slot.

Covers the not-taken branch of ``if not wrapped_backend.source:`` in
``HaBleakClientWrapper.connect()``. ...
"""
    """
    Ensure a remote-scanner connect failure clears _backend without releasing
    a local-adapter slot.

    Covers the not-taken branch of ``if not wrapped_backend.source:`` in
    ``HaBleakClientWrapper.connect()``. ...

🟢 Suggestions

1. Branch coverage still reports the remote-source path as untaken (`src/habluetooth/wrappers.py`, L489-496)

Codecov is still flagging the if not wrapped_backend.source: branch as uncovered even after test_remote_scanner_connect_failure_skips_local_slot_release was added. Two likely causes worth verifying once pre-commit passes:

  1. If the new test never actually ran (because the D205 failure short-circuited the pre-commit/test stage in CI), the coverage report is just stale. Re-running after the docstring fix should flip it green.
  2. If it did run, double-check that wrapped_backend.source is actually truthy at the failure point — i.e. that the wrapper resolved to the remote FakeScanner and not a fallback local backend. A quick sanity assert (assert client._backend is not None before await client.connect() or a check of wrapped_backend.source via a spy) would make this regression-proof.

Given the test is structurally correct, option (1) is the most likely explanation — but worth confirming before merge.

            if not connected:
                self._backend = None
                if not wrapped_backend.source:
                    manager.async_release_connection_slot(device)
2. Subtle ordering change: `_finished_connecting` now runs before `_backend = None` (`src/habluetooth/wrappers.py`, L485-496)

Pre-PR ordering on the Exception path was: _backend = None_finished_connecting(False) → slot release → re-raise. New ordering is _finished_connecting(False)_backend = None → slot release. This is almost certainly fine (nothing in _finished_connecting reads self._backend), but it's a behavioural delta that's not called out in the PR description. Worth a one-line confirmation that no scanner-side code observes _backend from within _finished_connecting (e.g. via a registered callback), since reversing this back would be a one-line fix if it ever bit us.

        finally:
            scanner._finished_connecting(address, connected)
            if not connected:
                self._backend = None
                ...

Checklist

  • No hardcoded secrets
  • Error handling preserves cleanup across BaseException
  • Pre-commit / lint passes — warning #1
  • New branches have test coverage — suggestion #2
  • No resource leaks introduced
  • Tests validate observable behavior, not source text
  • Public API contract unchanged

Summary

The core fix is correct: except Exception did not catch CancelledError, leaving a half-initialised _backend on the wrapper. Consolidating cleanup into finally is the right call, the regression test is well-targeted, and the Phase 2 audit reads as thorough. Blockers before merge: (1) the D205 docstring violation on the new remote-scanner test is failing pre-commit and the quality pipeline reports tests as FAILED — this almost certainly explains the stale branch-coverage signal on if not wrapped_backend.source:. Fix the docstring, re-run CI, and the coverage gap that bdraco flagged should resolve itself. Minor: a small ordering change in the finally block is worth a sanity check but not blocking.


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@bdraco: This is missing branch coverage on the is pr

The partial is the if not wrapped_backend.source: arm inside the new finally:

if not connected:
    self._backend = None
    if not wrapped_backend.source:
        manager.async_release_connection_slot(device)

Both existing failure tests (test_release_slot_on_connect_exception and the new test_release_slot_and_clear_backend_on_cancelled) drive a local adapter, so wrapped_backend.source is falsy and we always take the slot-release branch. The truthy arm — remote/proxy scanner fails to connect, we skip async_release_connection_slot because the proxy owns the slot counter — has no test, hence the partial.

A symmetric test using the wrapped remote scanner fixture asserting release_slot_mock.call_count == 0 (and client._backend is None) would close it. Want me to add that as a follow-up commit on this branch?

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Rebase with requested adjustments

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+ if not wrapped_backend.source: not taken branch remains uncovered

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Move the wrapper's failure cleanup from `except Exception` into the
`finally` block of HaBleakClientWrapper.connect(). Previously
asyncio.CancelledError (a BaseException, not an Exception) bypassed the
cleanup, leaving the wrapper holding a partially-initialised backend
while still calling _finished_connecting via finally — inconsistent
state across error paths.

This consolidates the cleanup into a single finally branch:
_finished_connecting always runs, and on failure both _backend is
cleared and (for local adapters) the slot is released.

Adds a regression test that asserts CancelledError now releases the
slot and clears _backend.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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We need a test that exercises the path where this is false

if not wrapped_backend.source:

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@bdraco: We need a test that exercises the path where this is false

Agreed — this is the right gap to close before merging, and it's also the cleanest way to pin the Phase 2 audit conclusion (point #3) in a test rather than just in prose.

Concretely the test wants to drive wrapped_backend.source to a truthy value. That comes from device_source(ble_device) returning the remote scanner's source, which means the BLEDevice needs to have been advertised by a remote scanner (a BaseHaRemoteScanner subclass with a non-None source), not the local FakeScanner used by _generate_scanners_with_fake_devices.

Suggested shape:

  1. Register a fake remote scanner alongside hci0/hci1 (or instead of them) — give it a source like "AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF" and inject an advertisement for the target address from it so the manager scores it as the path.
  2. Reuse FakeBleakClientRaisesOnConnect (or the new FakeBleakClientCancelledOnConnect) so the connect blows up.
  3. Assert:
    • pytest.raises(ConnectionError) / CancelledError
    • client._backend is None ← exercises the cleared-backend half of the new finally
    • release_slot_mock.call_count == 0 ← exercises the not-taken branch of if not wrapped_backend.source:
    • optionally that _connect_in_progress is empty on the remote scanner afterwards, to lock in the audit's claim that _finished_connecting still runs.

That single test should drive the partial branch to fully covered and turn the audit's Phase 2 point #3 from prose into an executable assertion.

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@bluetoothbot gh_request add the requested test

The new finally block in HaBleakClientWrapper.connect() has a `if not
wrapped_backend.source:` guard so proxy-scanner failures skip the
local-adapter slot release. Both prior failure tests drive a local
adapter, leaving the truthy-source arm uncovered.

This test registers a remote scanner with a connector whose client
raises on connect, asserts the wrapper clears _backend, asserts the
local slot_manager is never touched, and asserts the in-progress
counter is empty afterwards. Pins Phase 2 audit point #3 in a test.
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Added test_remote_scanner_connect_failure_skips_local_slot_release (commit ace589d) — registers a remote scanner with a FakeBleakClientRaisesOnConnect connector, asserts client._backend is None, release_slot_mock.call_count == 0, and _connect_in_progress == {} after the failure. Closes the branch-coverage gap on if not wrapped_backend.source:.

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You forgot to run pre-commit

- exit code: 1

D205 1 blank line required between summary line and description
   --> tests/test_wrappers.py:405:5
    |
403 |       install_bleak_catcher: None,
404 |   ) -> None:
405 | /     """
406 | |     Ensure a remote-scanner connect failure clears _backend without releasing
407 | |     a local-adapter slot.
408 | |
409 | |     Covers the not-taken branch of ``if not wrapped_backend.source:`` in
410 | |     ``HaBleakClientWrapper.connect()``. When the chosen backend belongs to a
411 | |     remote (proxy) scanner, ``wrapped_backend.source`` is truthy and
412 | |     ``manager.async_release_connection_slot`` must not run — slot accounting
413 | |     for proxies is owned by the firmware and reported via
414 | |     ``async_on_allocation_changed``.
415 | |     """
    | |_______^
416 |       manager = _get_manager()
    |
help: Insert single blank line

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@bdraco: + if not wrapped_backend.source: not taken branch remains uncovered

Agreed this is still flagged. The PR added test_remote_scanner_connect_failure_skips_local_slot_release (tests/test_wrappers.py:391) which sets up a remote scanner with source="remote_scanner", raises ConnectionError from its fake client, and asserts release_slot_mock.call_count == 0 — that should exercise the branch where wrapped_backend.source is truthy. The reason Codecov still shows it untaken is almost certainly that the test never actually executed in CI: the new test's docstring violates D205 (blank line before summary), pre-commit failed, and the quality pipeline reports tests as FAILED. Fix the docstring to put the summary on the first line and the branch should flip green on the next run. If it doesn't, the next thing to check is that wrapped_backend.source is actually truthy at the failure point — i.e. that the wrapper resolved to the registered FakeScanner rather than a fallback local backend.

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The D205 fix is straightforward — collapse the docstring on test_remote_scanner_connect_failure_skips_local_slot_release (tests/test_wrappers.py:405) so the summary is on the same line as the opening """:

"""Ensure a remote-scanner connect failure clears _backend without releasing a local slot.

Covers the not-taken branch of ``if not wrapped_backend.source:`` in
``HaBleakClientWrapper.connect()``. ...
"""

This should also resolve the coverage gap on if not wrapped_backend.source: — the test that covers it can't have run if pre-commit failed.

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still missing a test where the wrapped_backend has a source in the finally block if not wrapped_backend.source:

The nested ``if not wrapped_backend.source:`` inside the finally block was
the last statement on the failure path. After it evaluated False (remote
scanner), control flowed straight to the implicit exception re-raise, so
``coverage.py`` never recorded a transition into the next executable line
and reported the branch as uncovered (codecov #418).

Splitting it into two sibling conditionals at the same indent gives the
False branch of the slot-release check a reachable destination (the line
after the finally) so branch coverage now sees both arms.

Logic is unchanged: backend is still cleared on every failure, slot is
still released only for local-adapter failures.
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@bdraco: still missing a test where the wrapped_backend has a source in the finally block

Root cause was structural, not test gap. test_remote_scanner_connect_failure_skips_local_slot_release does exercise that branch — but coverage.py couldn't record it.

The inner if not wrapped_backend.source: was the last statement on the failure path inside finally. After it evaluated False (remote scanner), the next thing to happen was the implicit exception re-raise — no source line ever executed after the if, so coverage logged the False branch as "not taken" even though the test demonstrably hit it (the assertion release_slot_mock.call_count == 0 only passes if the body was skipped).

Pushed d4cc24b flattening it to two sibling conditionals at the same indent:

finally:
    scanner._finished_connecting(address, connected)
    if not connected:
        self._backend = None
    if not connected and not wrapped_backend.source:
        manager.async_release_connection_slot(device)

The False arm of the slot-release check now falls through to the line after the finally, which is reachable on the success path — so coverage sees both arms. Logic is unchanged; full suite still passes (234/1).

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