From e5b8dd7f2d596ff820314b61dee8848b6fe4ea7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Hills <3060199+jesserockz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 12:42:48 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bluetooth_proxy not connecting (#3967)

---
 esphome/components/esp32_ble_client/ble_client_base.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_client/ble_client_base.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_client/ble_client_base.cpp
index 0e81c9aca8..68d9d873cd 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_client/ble_client_base.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_client/ble_client_base.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ float BLEClientBase::get_setup_priority() const { return setup_priority::AFTER_B
 bool BLEClientBase::parse_device(const espbt::ESPBTDevice &device) {
   if (device.address_uint64() != this->address_)
     return false;
-  if (this->state_ != espbt::ClientState::IDLE)
+  if (this->state_ != espbt::ClientState::IDLE && this->state_ != espbt::ClientState::SEARCHING)
     return false;
 
   ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Found device at MAC address [%s]", device.address_str().c_str());