Bluetooth headphones think my computer is sending audio when it isn’t

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I’m using GNOME with the following WirePlumber and PipeWire customisations:

{
  # apple compat
  services = {
    usbmuxd.enable = true;
    avahi.enable = true;
    pipewire = {
      raopOpenFirewall = true;
      extraConfig.pipewire = {
        "10-airplay" = {
          "context.modules" = [
            {
              name = "libpipewire-module-raop-discover";
              # increase the buffer size against dropouts/glitches:
              # args."raop.latency.ms" = 500;
            }
          ];
        };
        "10-higher-quantum"."context.properties"."default.clock.min-quantum" = 4096;
      };
    };
  };
}
{
  # audio
  services = {
    pulseaudio.enable = false;
    pipewire = {
      enable = true;
      audio.enable = true;
      pulse.enable = true;
      alsa = {
        enable = true;
        support32Bit = true;
      };
      wireplumber = {
        enable = true;
        extraConfig = {
          "10-bluez"."monitor.bluez.properties" = {
            "bluez5.roles" = [
              "hsp_hs"
              "hsp_ag"
              "hfp_hf"
              "hfp_ag"
              "a2dp_sink"
              "a2dp_source"
              "bap_sink"
              "bap_source"
            ]; # enable all supported roles
          };
          "20-bluetooth-policy"."bluetooth.autoswitch-to-headset-profile" = false;
        };
      };
    };
  };
  security.rtkit.enable = true;
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ qpwgraph ];
}
{
  # rtkit fix
  # suggested by Discord user [REDACTED]
  security = {
    rtkit.args = [
      "--no-canary"
      "--rttime-usec-max=2000000"
    ];
  };
}

(these attrsets are mkMerged together)

Now, I’m having the issue that my Bluetooth headphones (Sony WH-1000XM4) very often think that my computer is playing audio when it isn’t, which blocks other devices from playing audio at the same time (the device supports two connected devices at once).

Does anyone know why this could be?

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(oops, just noticed that I put the higher quantum thing in the Apple compat section—that’s wrong)
(shouldn’t affect the result though)