diff --git a/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/bluetooth_bridge.py b/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/bluetooth_bridge.py
index 4a8dc08883..7d09cb748b 100644
--- a/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/bluetooth_bridge.py
+++ b/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/bluetooth_bridge.py
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ class LeaseAwarePhone:
   def devices(self): return self.phone.devices()
   def device(self, address): return self.phone.device(address)
   def snapshot(self, address): return self.phone.snapshot(address)
+  def adapter(self): return self.phone.adapter()  # this comma's address, for the head unit's pairing request
 
   def acquire(self, phone_class: bool = True) -> None:
     if self.lease is None:
diff --git a/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/supervisor.py b/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/supervisor.py
index e7673e2b69..8e69a8f5c4 100644
--- a/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/supervisor.py
+++ b/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/supervisor.py
@@ -1489,7 +1489,9 @@ class Supervisor:
     """This comma's Bluetooth address for the head unit's pairing request; empty when BlueZ is not up."""
     try:
       return str(self._bluez.adapter()[1].get("Address", "")).upper() if self._bluez is not None else ""
-    except Exception:  # DBus errors vary; the pairing request is optional
+    except Exception as error:  # DBus errors vary; the pairing request is optional
+      # Never silent: a missing adapter() once left every wireless session without the request (no address, no picture).
+      self.log("adapter_address_unavailable", kind=type(error).__name__, error=str(error)[:120])
       return ""
 
   def _project(self, result, lease, ident, connect=None, fragment_acks: bool = False) -> None:
diff --git a/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/tests/test_bluetooth_bridge.py b/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/tests/test_bluetooth_bridge.py
index 893f630b30..f65e913621 100644
--- a/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/tests/test_bluetooth_bridge.py
+++ b/openpilot/starpilot/system/starport/tests/test_bluetooth_bridge.py
@@ -261,8 +261,12 @@ def test_donor_phone_uses_same_lease_and_does_not_take_over_independently(tmp_pa
     def devices(self):
       return []
 
+    def adapter(self):
+      return '/org/bluez/hci0', {'Address': '39:90:21:64:07:00'}
+
   phone = FakePhone()
   wrapper = LeaseAwarePhone(shared, state['session'], lambda *a, **k: None, lambda log: phone)
+  assert wrapper.adapter()[1]['Address'] == '39:90:21:64:07:00'  # read before any lease, for the pairing request
   with pytest.raises(BluetoothAdmissionError, match='not active'):
     wrapper.register_hfp()
   wrapper.acquire_pairing()