v0.22.1

Added

• Added bleak.backends.winrt.util.allow_sta() method to allow integration
  with graphical user interfaces on Windows. Fixes #1565.

v0.22.0

Added

• Added BleakCharacteristicNotFoundError which is raised if a device does not support a characteristic.
• Added utility function to work around pywin32 setting threading model to STA on Windows.

Changed

• Updated PyObjC dependency on macOS to v10.x.
• Updated missing Bluetooth SIG characteristics and service UUIDs.
• Updated BlueZManager to remove empty interfaces from _properties during InterfacesRemoved message.
• Updated PyWinRT dependency to v2. Fixes #1529.
• Raise exception when trying to scan while in a single-treaded apartment (STA) on Windows. Fixes #1132.

Fixed

• Fixed BlueZ version in passive scanning error message. Fixes #1433.
• Fixed mypy requiring Unpack[ExtraArgs] that were intended to be optional. Fixes #1487.
• Fixed KeyError in BlueZ is_connected() and get_global_bluez_manager() when device is not present. Fixes #1507.
• Fixed BlueZ _wait_removed completion on invalid object path. Fixes #1489.
• Fixed rare unhandled exception when scanning on macOS when using use_bdaddr. Fixes #1523.
• Fixed scanning silently failing on Windows when Bluetooth is off. Fixes #1535.
• Fixed using wrong value for tx_power in Android backend. Fixes #1532.
• Fixed 4-character UUIDs not working on BleakClient.*_gatt_char methods. Fixes #1498.
• Fixed race condition with getting max PDU size on Windows. Fixes #1497.
• Fixed filtering advertisement data by service UUID when multiple apps are scanning. Fixes #1534.

v0.21.1

Changed

• Changed dbus-fast dependency to include v2.x. Fixes #1412.

v0.21.0

Added

• Added bleak.uuids.normalize_uuid_16() function.
• Added bleak.uuids.normalize_uuid_32() function.
• Added advertisement_data() async iterator method to BleakScanner. Merged #1361.
• Added type hints for kwargs on BleakScanner class methods.
• Added support for Python 3.12.

Changed

• Improved error messages when failing to get services in WinRT backend.
• Improved error messages with enum values in WinRT backend. Fixes #1284.
• Scanner backends modified to allow multiple advertisement callbacks. Merged #1367.
• Changed default handling of the response argument in BleakClient.write_gatt_char.
  Fixes #909.
• Bleak recipe now automatically installs bleak from GitHub release in Kivy example.
• Changed BlueZManager methods to raise BleakError when device is not in BlueZ.
• Optimized BlueZ backend device watchers and condition callbacks to avoid linear searches.
• Changed type hint for buffer protocol to collections.abc.Buffer.

Fixed

• Fixed handling all access denied errors when enumerating characteristics on Windows. Fixes #1291.
• Added support for 32bit UUIDs. Fixes #1314.
• Fixed typing for BaseBleakScanner detection callback.
• Fixed possible crash in _stopped_handler() in WinRT backend. Fixes #1330.
• Reduced expensive logging in the BlueZ backend. Merged #1376.
• Fixed race condition with "InterfaceRemoved" when getting services in BlueZ backend.
• Fixed missing permissions and requirements in android Kivy example. Fixes #1184.
• Fixed WinRT backend sometimes hanging forever when a device goes out of range during connection. Fixes #1359.

v0.20.2

Fixed

• Fixed org.bluez.Error.InProgress in characteristic and descriptor read and
  write methods in BlueZ backend.
• Fixed OSError: [WinError -2147483629] The object has been closed when
  connecting on Windows. Fixes #1280.

v0.20.1

Fixed

• Fixed possible garbage collection of running async callback from BleakClient.start_notify().
• Fixed possible garbage collection of running async callback from BleakScanner(detection_callback=).
• Fixed possible garbage collection of disconnect monitor in BlueZ backend. Fixed #1258.

v0.20.0

Added

• Added BLEAK_DBUS_AUTH_UID environment variable for hardcoding D-Bus UID. Merged #1182.
• Added return type None to some scanner methods.
• Added optional hack to use Bluetooth address instead of UUID on macOS. Merged #1073.
• Added BleakScanner.find_device_by_name() class method.
• Added optional command line argument to use debug log level to all applicable examples.
• Added bleak.uuids.normalize_uuid_str() function.
• Added optional services argument to BleakClient() to filter services. Merged #654.
• Added automatic retry on le-connection-abort-by-local in BlueZ backend. Fixes #1220.

Changed

• Dropped async-timeout dependency on Python >= 3.11.
• Deprecated BLEDevice.rssi and BLEDevice.metadata. Fixes #1025.
• BLEDevice now uses __slots__ to reduce memory usage. Merged #1117.
• BaseBleakClient.services is now None instead of empty service collection
  until services are discovered.
• Include thread name in BLEAK_LOGGING output. Merged #1144.
• Updated PyObjC dependency on macOS to v9.x.

Fixed

• Fixed invalid UTF-8 in uuids.uuid16_dict.
• Fixed AttributeError in _ensure_success in WinRT backend.
• Fixed BleakScanner.stop() can raise BleakDBusError with org.bluez.Error.NotReady in BlueZ backend.
• Fixed BleakScanner.stop() hanging in WinRT backend when Bluetooth is disabled.
• Fixed leaking services when get_services() is cancelled in WinRT backend.
• Fixed disconnect monitor task not always cancelled on the BlueZ client. Merged #1159.
• Fixed WinRT scanner never calling detection_callback when a device does
  not send a scan response. Fixes #1211.
• Fixed BLEDevice name sometimes incorrectly None.
• Fixed unhandled exception in CentralManagerDelegate destructor on macOS. Fixes #1219.
• Fixed object passed to disconnected_callback is not BleakClient. Fixes #1200.

v0.19.5

Fixed

• Fixed more issues with getting services in WinRT backend.

v0.19.4

Fixed

• Fixed TypeError in WinRT backend introduced in v0.19.3.

v0.19.3

Fixed

• Fixed TimeoutError when connecting to certain devices with WinRT backend. Fixes #604.