Playstation controllers fail to connect via Bluetooth

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Problem

Playstation controllers (DualSense, DualShock 4, and possibly others) fail to connect via Bluetooth. They immediately disconnect after pairing.

You can discuss this issue here.

Cause

A bug in bluez version 5.69 introduced this issue. Version 5.70 is still affected. A fix should be present in version 5.71.
(You can see your current version by running rpm -q bluez in a terminal).

Related Issues

Bugzilla report: #2247548

Upstream issue: PS5 controller will no longer pair with bluetoothd · Issue #614 · bluez/bluez · GitHub

Solution

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An update has been released to fix this issue in Fedora Linux 39.

After you update your system in your usual way (and possibly reboot), you should no longer be affected by this problem. If the problem persists, please start a new discussion topic and we’ll help figure out what’s still wrong.

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An update has been released to fix this issue in Fedora Linux 38.

After you update your system in your usual way (and possibly reboot), you should no longer be affected by this problem. If the problem persists, please start a new discussion topic and we’ll help figure out what’s still wrong.

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An update has been released to fix this issue in Fedora Linux 38.

After you update your system in your usual way (and possibly reboot), you should no longer be affected by this problem. If the problem persists, please start a new discussion topic and we’ll help figure out what’s still wrong.

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This issue has been resolved by an update, just update your system as usual and reboot. For details, see the update links above.

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