Bleak

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Changed
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* Don't change ctypes' global state ``bleak.backends.winrt.util``.
* Improved performance of BlueZ backend when there are many adapters.
* Added support for Python 3.13.

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Changed
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* Retrieve the BLE address required by ``BleakClientWinRT`` from scan response if advertising is None (WinRT).
* Changed type hint for ``adv`` attribute of ``bleak.backends.winrt.scanner._RawAdvData``.
* ``BleakGATTCharacteristic.max_write_without_response_size`` is now dynamic.

Fixed
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* Fixed ``discovered_devices_and_advertisement_data`` returning devices that should
be filtered out by service UUIDs. Fixes 1576.
* Fixed a ``Descriptor None was not found!`` exception occurring in ``start_notify()`` on Android. Fixes 823.
* Fixed exception raised when starting ``BleakScanner`` while running in a Windows GUI app.

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

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Added
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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. [REVERTED in v0.22.2]
* Fixed filtering advertisement data by service UUID when multiple apps are scanning. Fixes 1534.

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Changed
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* Changed ``dbus-fast`` dependency to include v2.x. Fixes 1412.

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Added
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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.

Removed
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Dropped support for Python 3.7.