Some devices disconnects from the chip AP when scanning for networks while BLE is enabled (IDFGH-14258)

[lucacresp]

Answers checklist.

• I have read the documentation ESP-IDF Programming Guide and the issue is not addressed there.
• I have updated my IDF branch (master or release) to the latest version and checked that the issue is present there.
• I have searched the issue tracker for a similar issue and not found a similar issue.

IDF version.

v5.0.7 and v5.3.2

Espressif SoC revision.

ESP32-S3 (QFN56) (revision v0.2)

Operating System used.

Windows

How did you build your project?

VS Code IDE

If you are using Windows, please specify command line type.

PowerShell

Development Kit.

ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1 v1.0 and also on a Custom Board

Power Supply used.

USB

What is the expected behavior?

I expected it to scan the avaiable networks without disconnecting the device connected to the chip's AP while BLE is enabled.

What is the actual behavior?

Instead it disconnects certain devices when calling "esp_wifi_scan_start()", in my case it does this to:

• tp-link AC600 Mini Wireless USB Adapter Archer T2U V3

• tp-link AC1300 High Gain Wireless MU-MIMO USB Adaprter Archer T4U v3.20

It work as intended when connecting to the chip's AP with different android mobile devices.

Steps to reproduce.

1. start the wifi in AP
2. start BLE
3. connect device to the AP
4. periodically scan for avaiable networks

Debug Logs.

I (180053) wi-fi: device connected to AP
I (180073) esp_netif_lwip: DHCP server assigned IP to a client, IP is: 192.168.4.2
I (185293) wi-fi: Found 2 networks
I (188023) wi-fi: device disconnected to AP
I (188023) wifi:starting SA query procedure with STA(5c:62:8b:4b:a2:8f)
I (188033) wifi:Send SA Query req with transaction id ec14
E (188033) wifi:CCMP replay detected: A1=48:27:e2:ca:cc:a1 A2=5c:62:8b:4b:a2:8f PN=0, RSC=7 seq=9280
I (188223) wi-fi: device disconnected to AP
I (188233) wifi:Send SA Query req with transaction id ec15
E (188233) wifi:CCMP replay detected: A1=48:27:e2:ca:cc:a1 A2=5c:62:8b:4b:a2:8f PN=0, RSC=7 seq=9328
I (188333) wi-fi: device disconnected to AP
I (188433) wifi:Send SA Query req with transaction id ec16
E (188433) wifi:CCMP replay detected: A1=48:27:e2:ca:cc:a1 A2=5c:62:8b:4b:a2:8f PN=0, RSC=7 seq=9376
I (188433) wi-fi: device disconnected to AP
I (188633) wifi:Send SA Query req with transaction id ec17
I (188833) wifi:Send SA Query req with transaction id ec18
I (189033) wifi:Send SA Query req with transaction id ec19
I (189053) wifi:STA not responded to 6 SA Query attempts, Reset connection sending disassoc
I (189053) wifi:station: 5c:62:8b:4b:a2:8f leave, AID = 1, reason = 209, bss_flags is 756835, bss:0x3fcc9b2c
I (189063) wifi:new:<1,0>, old:<1,1>, ap:<1,1>, sta:<0,0>, prof:1, snd_ch_cfg:0x0
I (189063) wi-fi: device disconnected to AP

More Information.

This occurs on both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
I use VS Code with the ESP-IDF extension, which i used to install my ESP-IDF versions.
In both the ESP-IDF versions i listed the debug logs are similar but not always identical, the general behavior also seems to vary sometimes: sometimes device fails to connected to the AP, other times one scan goes well but the second one disconnects the device, etc....
Also i remember it working fine on ESP-IDF v5.0.4 but i can really confirm this.