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Hi Shelly team,
Many Home Assistant users (including myself with 20+ Gen3/Gen4 devices) use Shelly devices as Bluetooth proxies to extend BLE coverage for sensors and presence detection.
The proxy works, but every device constantly advertises its name, cluttering Bluetooth scans on phones and other devices.
Technically, the device's own advertising is not needed for proxy functionality — the device only needs to scan and forward advertisements to HA over Wi-Fi.
Currently, advertising stops only when RPC is disabled (per BLE.SetConfig docs), which also breaks the proxy.
Request: Add an option (web UI or API) to disable the device's own advertising while keeping Bluetooth enabled and RPC fully active — essentially a non-discoverable mode for proxy-only use.
This would greatly improve the experience for users with multiple proxies.
Thanks for considering!
Best,
Black