fix(ble): reliably expose and update BLE battery level (BAS) (#10622)

* fix(ble): reliably expose and update BLE battery level (BAS)

The Battery Service (0x180F / 0x2A19) is now wired up per the Bluetooth
BAS spec: the Battery Level characteristic always holds a valid 0-100
value and is pushed on change.

- NimBLE: seed an initial level at setup and cache the value on every
  update so a READ returns the current level even while disconnected;
  only notify when a client is connected.
- Power: mirror the battery level to the Battery Service from
  readPowerStatus() on change, so it updates independent of GPS/position
  events (previously the only push path was MeshService).

Also fixes two regressions the above would otherwise introduce:

- NimBLE use-after-free: BLEDevice::deinit(true) frees the GATT objects
  but left the global BatteryCharacteristic dangling. Several AdminModule
  paths (e.g. serial-config entry) deinit BLE while config.bluetooth.enabled
  stays true, so the periodic push would deref freed memory. Null the
  pointer in deinit().
- NRF52: guard blebas.write() on the nrf52Bluetooth instance so the new
  periodic push can't call it before the Battery Service is begun in setup().

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(ble): clamp BAS battery level to 0-100 and skip redundant updates

Address review feedback on the Battery Level characteristic (0x2A19):

- Clamp the value to the BAS-mandated 0-100 range at the platform write
  boundary (NimBLE seed + update, NRF52 update), so a misbehaving battery
  backend can't put an out-of-range value on the characteristic.
- Skip the write/notify when the level is unchanged, so repeated callers
  (e.g. MeshService refresh paths) don't emit redundant notifications.
- Simplify Power.cpp to a direct guarded call now that clamping and
  de-duplication live at the boundary, which also removes the implicit
  int->uint8_t narrowing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Ben Meadors <benmmeadors@gmail.com>
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James Rich
2026-06-09 18:58:26 -05:00
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co-authored by GitHub Claude Opus 4.8 Ben Meadors
parent e028663658
commit 6b3f975ba5
3 changed files with 38 additions and 5 deletions
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@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ constexpr uint16_t kPreferredBleTxTimeUs = (kPreferredBleTxOctets + 14) * 8;
BLECharacteristic *fromNumCharacteristic;
BLECharacteristic *BatteryCharacteristic;
static int lastBatteryLevel = -1; // last value written to 0x2A19, to skip redundant writes/notifies
BLECharacteristic *logRadioCharacteristic;
BLEServer *bleServer;
@@ -718,6 +719,8 @@ void NimbleBluetooth::deinit()
#endif
BLEDevice::deinit(true);
BatteryCharacteristic = nullptr; // freed by deinit; clear so updateBatteryLevel() won't touch it
lastBatteryLevel = -1;
#endif
}
@@ -856,16 +859,31 @@ void NimbleBluetooth::setupService()
BatteryCharacteristic = batteryService->createCharacteristic( // 0x2A19 is the Battery Level characteristic)
(uint16_t)0x2a19, BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_READ | BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_NOTIFY);
BatteryCharacteristic->addDescriptor(batteryLevelDescriptor);
// Seed an initial 0-100 level so an early read of 0x2A19 returns a valid value.
uint8_t initialLevel = (powerStatus && powerStatus->getHasBattery()) ? powerStatus->getBatteryChargePercent() : 0;
if (initialLevel > 100)
initialLevel = 100;
BatteryCharacteristic->setValue(&initialLevel, 1);
lastBatteryLevel = initialLevel;
batteryService->start();
}
/// Given a level between 0-100, update the BLE attribute
void updateBatteryLevel(uint8_t level)
{
if ((config.bluetooth.enabled == true) && nimbleBluetooth && nimbleBluetooth->isConnected()) {
BatteryCharacteristic->setValue(&level, 1);
if (!config.bluetooth.enabled || !BatteryCharacteristic)
return;
if (level > 100) // 0x2A19 must stay within the BAS 0-100 range
level = 100;
if (level == lastBatteryLevel)
return;
lastBatteryLevel = level;
// Cache the value so a READ works without a subscriber; notify only when connected.
BatteryCharacteristic->setValue(&level, 1);
if (nimbleBluetooth && nimbleBluetooth->isConnected())
BatteryCharacteristic->notify();
}
}
void NimbleBluetooth::clearBonds()