Connecting both pods is the configuration in which the `−` pod stops
reporting its own paddle (§2.3.1). `Cmd::Seen` has always known that and
declined; an explicit `Cmd::Connect` walked straight past it, and
housekeeping then closed the redundant link a second or so later — which
looks like the app handling the case and is not the same thing. On the
tablet, 2026-08-27 15:55:39, the pair was joined for 1.4 s and the `−`
pod did not report another press for the rest of the session, across two
fresh links and an app reinstall.
So the rule now lives on both paths. `auto` is still armed by the refused
request, so the fallback stands: the moment the `−` pod goes away, the
`+` pod is taken on its next advertisement.
And the UI stops offering the trap. The `+` pod's "Connect anyway" sat
next to a working controller, which put the one action that breaks
shifting a single tap from a rider hunting for a way to fix shifting. It
now reads "Held in reserve", which is what that pod is.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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