From 8aeb6d3ba2e3eda1726ec1e2acaf8d5060518ca0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 14:27:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [bluetooth_proxy] Change default for active connections to
 true (#10546)

---
 esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/__init__.py b/esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/__init__.py
index 112faa27e5..f21b5028c7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/__init__.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
         cv.Schema(
             {
                 cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(BluetoothProxy),
-                cv.Optional(CONF_ACTIVE, default=False): cv.boolean,
+                cv.Optional(CONF_ACTIVE, default=True): cv.boolean,
                 cv.SplitDefault(CONF_CACHE_SERVICES, esp32_idf=True): cv.All(
                     cv.only_with_esp_idf, cv.boolean
                 ),