I am using AccessorySetupKit on iOS 26 to set up a BLE accessory. My discovery descriptor includes .bluetoothPairingLE the bonding mechanism is LESC (Just Works without IO capability). let descriptor = ASDiscoveryDescriptor() descriptor.bluetoothServiceUUID = NordicServiceUUID.nus.toCBUUID() descriptor.supportedOptions = [.bluetoothPairingLE] My peripheral shows up in the picker and after selecting it ASK goes through a connection and disconnection cycle before calling .accessoryAdded event within my app. Logging on the peripheral side (nRF5 SDK 17) shows that the ASK picker connected, bonded successfully, and then triggered a remote terminated connection event (0x13). Prior implementation without .bluetoothPairingLE flag used did not disconnect from the peripheral before calling .accessoryAdded. The issue I found with this implementation is that the Pairing Modal would not always be presented and thus we are trying to leverage .bluetoothPairingLE flag for consistent behaviour across various iPhones / iOS combinations. My question, is it expected behaviour for AccessorySetupKit to connect, perform bonding, then disconnect from the peripheral prior to providing said accessory to the app via .accessoryAdded callback? I could find no documentation or community discussion discussing this behaviour or flow.