fix: preserve batch result compatibility

device.go

@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ func (device *Device) GetMany(ctx context.Context, names []string) ([]DeviceProp
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		byIdentity := make(map[propertyIdentity]PropertyResult, len(chunkResults))
+		duplicateIdentities := make(map[propertyIdentity]struct{})
 		requested := make(map[propertyIdentity]struct{}, end-start)
 		for _, request := range requests[start:end] {
 			requested[propertyIdentity{did: request.DID, siid: request.SIID, piid: request.PIID}] = struct{}{}
@@ -757,17 +758,24 @@ func (device *Device) GetMany(ctx context.Context, names []string) ([]DeviceProp
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("get properties protocol error: unexpected identity (%s,%d,%d)", result.DID, result.SIID, result.PIID)
 			}
 			if _, duplicate := byIdentity[identity]; duplicate {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("get properties protocol error: duplicate identity (%s,%d,%d)", result.DID, result.SIID, result.PIID)
+				duplicateIdentities[identity] = struct{}{}
+				continue
 			}
 			byIdentity[identity] = result
 		}
 		for index, request := range requests[start:end] {
 			identity := propertyIdentity{did: request.DID, siid: request.SIID, piid: request.PIID}
+			name := names[start+index]
+			if _, duplicate := duplicateIdentities[identity]; duplicate {
+				results[start+index] = DevicePropertyResult{Name: name, Code: PropertyResultCodeDuplicate}
+				continue
+			}
 			result, ok := byIdentity[identity]
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("get properties protocol error: missing identity (%s,%d,%d)", request.DID, request.SIID, request.PIID)
+				results[start+index] = DevicePropertyResult{Name: name, Code: PropertyResultCodeMissing}
+				continue
 			}
-			results[start+index] = DevicePropertyResult{Name: names[start+index], Value: result.Value, Code: result.Code}
+			results[start+index] = DevicePropertyResult{Name: name, Value: result.Value, Code: result.Code}
 		}
 	}
 	if err := device.wait(ctx); err != nil {

device_test.go

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+var _ = DevicePropertyResult{"x", nil, 0}
+
 type deviceTestServer struct {
 	t          *testing.T
 	fixture    []byte
@@ -625,26 +627,55 @@ func TestDeviceGetManyMatchesIdentityAndPreservesBusinessErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestDeviceGetManyRejectsInvalidResponseIdentities(t *testing.T) {
+func TestDeviceGetManyClassifiesMissingAndDuplicateResults(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
 		response string
+		want     []DevicePropertyResult
 	}{
-		{name: "missing", response: `[{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":1,"value":true,"code":0}]`},
-		{name: "duplicate", response: `[{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":1,"value":true,"code":0},{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":1,"value":false,"code":0}]`},
-		{name: "extra", response: `[{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":1,"value":true,"code":0},{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":2,"value":5,"code":0},{"did":"other","siid":9,"piid":9,"value":1,"code":0}]`},
+		{
+			name:     "missing",
+			response: `[{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":1,"value":true,"code":0}]`,
+			want:     []DevicePropertyResult{{"power", true, 0}, {"brightness", nil, PropertyResultCodeMissing}},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "duplicate",
+			response: `[{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":1,"value":true,"code":0},{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":1,"value":false,"code":0},{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":2,"value":5,"code":0}]`,
+			want:     []DevicePropertyResult{{"power", nil, PropertyResultCodeDuplicate}, {"brightness", json.Number("5"), 0}},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			device := fixtureDeviceWithResults(t, []string{test.response}, 0)
 			results, err := device.GetMany(context.Background(), []string{"power", "brightness"})
-			if err == nil || results != nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "protocol") {
-				t.Fatalf("GetMany() = %#v, %v, want nil protocol error", results, err)
+			if err != nil || !reflect.DeepEqual(results, test.want) {
+				t.Fatalf("GetMany() = %#v, %v, want %#v, nil", results, err, test.want)
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDeviceGetManyRejectsExtraResult(t *testing.T) {
+	device := fixtureDeviceWithResults(t, []string{`[
+		{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":1,"value":true,"code":0},
+		{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":2,"value":5,"code":0},
+		{"did":"other","siid":9,"piid":9,"value":1,"code":0}
+	]`}, 0)
+	results, err := device.GetMany(context.Background(), []string{"power", "brightness"})
+	if err == nil || results != nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "protocol") {
+		t.Fatalf("GetMany() = %#v, %v, want nil protocol error", results, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeviceGetManyReturnsTransportError(t *testing.T) {
+	device, testServer := fixtureDeviceWithServer(t, nil)
+	testServer.server.Close()
+
+	results, err := device.GetMany(context.Background(), []string{"power", "brightness"})
+	if err == nil || results != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetMany() = %#v, %v, want nil transport error", results, err)
+	}
+}
 func TestDeviceGetManyValidatesBeforeNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 	device, testServer := fixtureDeviceWithServer(t, nil)
 	tests := [][]string{{"power", "power"}, {"power", "missing"}, {"power", "write-only"}}
@@ -692,6 +723,20 @@ func TestDeviceGetManyWaitsOnceAfterAllChunks(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDeviceGetManyWaitsOnceWithPartialProtocolErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	device := fixtureDeviceWithResults(t, []string{`[{"did":"a","siid":2,"piid":1,"value":true,"code":0}]`}, 40*time.Millisecond)
+
+	started := time.Now()
+	results, err := device.GetMany(context.Background(), []string{"power", "brightness"})
+	elapsed := time.Since(started)
+	if err != nil || len(results) != 2 || results[1].Code != PropertyResultCodeMissing {
+		t.Fatalf("GetMany() = %#v, %v", results, err)
+	}
+	if elapsed < 30*time.Millisecond || elapsed >= 75*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Fatalf("GetMany() delay = %v, want one approximately 40ms wait", elapsed)
+	}
+}
+
 func batchPropertyFixture(count int) (map[string]PropertySpec, []string) {
 	properties := make(map[string]PropertySpec, count)
 	names := make([]string, count)

types.go

@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"math"
 	"time"
 )
 
+const (
+	// PropertyResultCodeMissing classifies a missing GetMany result locally and is never returned by upstream.
+	PropertyResultCodeMissing int = math.MinInt32
+	// PropertyResultCodeDuplicate classifies duplicate GetMany results locally and is never returned by upstream.
+	PropertyResultCodeDuplicate int = math.MinInt32 + 1
+)
+
 type Home struct {
 	ID       string                     `json:"id"`
 	Name     string                     `json:"name"`