Bluetooth adapter requires system power cycle on RPi 400

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I have a Raspberry Pi 400 I have been using for a while as my Home Assistant host. Recently, I have been experiencing more frequent “Bluetooth adapter requires system power cycle” messages, indicating that the built-in Bluetooth adapter is stuck in passive mode.

I have done several power cycles as suggested, and it usually goes a week or more without any problems.

Is there anything else I can do to try to permanently resolve the issue?

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  • Maybe get rid of the PI?
  • Add a different Bluetooth dongle
  • Use espHome BT Proxy instead?
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Do I need to do both steps if I want to keep my Pi?

  • Add a different Bluetooth dongle
  • Use espHome BT Proxy instead?

If so, do you recommend an alternative USB dongle?
How do I set up an espHome BT proxy?

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Pick one of them.

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Ok thanks if I pick espHome BT Proxy, I will continue to use the Bluetooth chip in my current Pi?

I have ESPHome already installed to control some sensors. How do I set up the ESPHome BT Proxy? Do I just run the generic install from: Ready-Made Projects - ESPHome - Smart Home Made Simple ?

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I am experiencing the same on a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8Gb) running HA OS. Seems to have stared to happen recently. Maybe caused by a recent change?

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Same here on RPi 5, pretty annoying issue. I hope will be fixed soon.