diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d74e21..6c7f477 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 .vscode/
+
+# Vim temporary files
+**/*.swp
diff --git a/audio/aidl/TEST_MAPPING b/audio/aidl/TEST_MAPPING
index 2b6207e..b5fcd86 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/TEST_MAPPING
+++ b/audio/aidl/TEST_MAPPING
@@ -55,6 +55,29 @@
   "postsubmit": [
     {
       "name": "VtsHalSpatializerTargetTest"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "audiorecord_tests"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "audioeffect_tests"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "audiorouting_tests"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "trackplayerbase_tests"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "audiosystem_tests"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "CtsVirtualDevicesTestCases",
+      "options" : [
+        {
+          "include-filter": "android.virtualdevice.cts.VirtualAudioTest"
+        }
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.effect/current/android/hardware/audio/effect/IEffect.aidl b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.effect/current/android/hardware/audio/effect/IEffect.aidl
index 8c196e7..a1b00be 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.effect/current/android/hardware/audio/effect/IEffect.aidl
+++ b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.effect/current/android/hardware/audio/effect/IEffect.aidl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   android.hardware.audio.effect.State getState();
   void setParameter(in android.hardware.audio.effect.Parameter param);
   android.hardware.audio.effect.Parameter getParameter(in android.hardware.audio.effect.Parameter.Id paramId);
+  android.hardware.audio.effect.IEffect.OpenEffectReturn reopen();
   @FixedSize @VintfStability
   parcelable Status {
     int status;
diff --git a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/effect/IEffect.aidl b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/effect/IEffect.aidl
index 6097f34..266adec 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/effect/IEffect.aidl
+++ b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/effect/IEffect.aidl
@@ -54,7 +54,16 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return data structure of IEffect.open() interface.
+     * Return data structure of the IEffect.open() and IEffect.reopen() method.
+     *
+     * Contains Fast Message Queues (FMQs) for effect processing status and input/output data.
+     * The status FMQ remains valid and unchanged after opening, while input/output data FMQs can be
+     * modified with changes in input/output AudioConfig. If reallocation of data FMQ is necessary,
+     * the effect instance must release the existing data FMQs to signal the need to the audio
+     * framework.
+     * When the audio framework encounters a valid status FMQ and invalid input/output data FMQs,
+     * it must invoke the IEffect.reopen() method to request the effect instance to reallocate
+     * the FMQ and return to the audio framework.
      */
     @VintfStability
     parcelable OpenEffectReturn {
@@ -97,7 +106,7 @@
      * client responsibility to make sure all parameter/buffer is correct if client wants to reopen
      * a closed instance.
      *
-     * Effect instance close interface should always succeed unless:
+     * Effect instance close method should always succeed unless:
      * 1. The effect instance is not in a proper state to be closed, for example it's still in
      * State::PROCESSING state.
      * 2. There is system/hardware related failure when close.
@@ -154,8 +163,8 @@
     /**
      * Get a parameter from the effect instance with parameter ID.
      *
-     * This interface must return the current parameter of the effect instance, if no parameter
-     * has been set by client yet, the default value must be returned.
+     * This method must return the current parameter of the effect instance, if no parameter has
+     * been set by client yet, the default value must be returned.
      *
      * Must be available for the effect instance after open().
      *
@@ -165,4 +174,24 @@
      * @throws EX_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT if the effect instance receive unsupported parameter tag.
      */
     Parameter getParameter(in Parameter.Id paramId);
+
+    /**
+     * Reopen the effect instance, keeping all previous parameters unchanged, and reallocate only
+     * the Fast Message Queues (FMQs) allocated during the open time as needed.
+     *
+     * When the audio framework encounters a valid status FMQ and invalid data FMQ(s), it calls
+     * this method to reopen the effect and request the latest data FMQ.
+     * Upon receiving this call, if the effect instance's data FMQ(s) is invalid, it must reallocate
+     * the necessary data FMQ(s) and return them to the audio framework. All previous parameters and
+     * states keep unchanged.
+     * Once the audio framework successfully completes the call, it must validate the returned FMQs,
+     * deprecate all old FMQs, and exclusively use the FMQs returned from this method.
+     *
+     * @return The reallocated data FMQ and the original status FMQ.
+     *
+     * @throws EX_ILLEGAL_STATE if the effect instance is not in a proper state  to reallocate FMQ.
+     * This may occur if the effect instance has already been closed or if there is no need to
+     * update any data FMQ.
+     */
+    OpenEffectReturn reopen();
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/effect/state.gv b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/effect/state.gv
index ce369ba..22c70c8 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/effect/state.gv
+++ b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/effect/state.gv
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     IDLE -> INIT[label = "IEffect.close()"];
 
     INIT -> INIT[label = "IEffect.getState\nIEffect.getDescriptor"];
-    IDLE -> IDLE[label = "IEffect.getParameter\nIEffect.setParameter\nIEffect.getDescriptor\nIEffect.command(RESET)"];
-    PROCESSING -> PROCESSING[label = "IEffect.getParameter\nIEffect.setParameter\nIEffect.getDescriptor"];
+    IDLE -> IDLE[label = "IEffect.getParameter\nIEffect.setParameter\nIEffect.getDescriptor\nIEffect.command(RESET)\nIEffect.reopen"];
+    PROCESSING
+            -> PROCESSING
+                    [label = "IEffect.getParameter\nIEffect.setParameter\nIEffect.getDescriptor\nIEffect.reopen"];
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/Android.bp
index 6d0b95e..20682d6 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@
 filegroup {
     name: "effectCommonFile",
     srcs: [
+        "EffectContext.cpp",
         "EffectThread.cpp",
         "EffectImpl.cpp",
     ],
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/EffectContext.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/EffectContext.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e12918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/EffectContext.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <memory>
+#define LOG_TAG "AHAL_EffectContext"
+#include "effect-impl/EffectContext.h"
+#include "include/effect-impl/EffectTypes.h"
+
+using aidl::android::hardware::audio::common::getChannelCount;
+using aidl::android::hardware::audio::common::getFrameSizeInBytes;
+using aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::IEffect;
+using aidl::android::media::audio::common::PcmType;
+using ::android::hardware::EventFlag;
+
+namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect {
+
+EffectContext::EffectContext(size_t statusDepth, const Parameter::Common& common) {
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(RetCode::SUCCESS != setCommon(common), "illegalCommonParameter");
+
+    // in/outBuffer size in float (FMQ data format defined for DataMQ)
+    size_t inBufferSizeInFloat = common.input.frameCount * mInputFrameSize / sizeof(float);
+    size_t outBufferSizeInFloat = common.output.frameCount * mOutputFrameSize / sizeof(float);
+
+    // only status FMQ use the EventFlag
+    mStatusMQ = std::make_shared<StatusMQ>(statusDepth, true /*configureEventFlagWord*/);
+    mInputMQ = std::make_shared<DataMQ>(inBufferSizeInFloat);
+    mOutputMQ = std::make_shared<DataMQ>(outBufferSizeInFloat);
+
+    if (!mStatusMQ->isValid() || !mInputMQ->isValid() || !mOutputMQ->isValid()) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << " created invalid FMQ";
+    }
+
+    ::android::status_t status =
+            EventFlag::createEventFlag(mStatusMQ->getEventFlagWord(), &mEfGroup);
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(status != ::android::OK || !mEfGroup, " create EventFlagGroup failed ");
+    mWorkBuffer.reserve(std::max(inBufferSizeInFloat, outBufferSizeInFloat));
+}
+
+// reset buffer status by abandon input data in FMQ
+void EffectContext::resetBuffer() {
+    auto buffer = static_cast<float*>(mWorkBuffer.data());
+    std::vector<IEffect::Status> status(mStatusMQ->availableToRead());
+    if (mInputMQ) {
+        mInputMQ->read(buffer, mInputMQ->availableToRead());
+    }
+}
+
+void EffectContext::dupeFmqWithReopen(IEffect::OpenEffectReturn* effectRet) {
+    if (!mInputMQ) {
+        mInputMQ = std::make_shared<DataMQ>(mCommon.input.frameCount * mInputFrameSize /
+                                            sizeof(float));
+    }
+    if (!mOutputMQ) {
+        mOutputMQ = std::make_shared<DataMQ>(mCommon.output.frameCount * mOutputFrameSize /
+                                             sizeof(float));
+    }
+    dupeFmq(effectRet);
+}
+
+void EffectContext::dupeFmq(IEffect::OpenEffectReturn* effectRet) {
+    if (effectRet) {
+        effectRet->statusMQ = mStatusMQ->dupeDesc();
+        effectRet->inputDataMQ = mInputMQ->dupeDesc();
+        effectRet->outputDataMQ = mOutputMQ->dupeDesc();
+    }
+}
+
+float* EffectContext::getWorkBuffer() {
+    return static_cast<float*>(mWorkBuffer.data());
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<EffectContext::StatusMQ> EffectContext::getStatusFmq() const {
+    return mStatusMQ;
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<EffectContext::DataMQ> EffectContext::getInputDataFmq() const {
+    return mInputMQ;
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<EffectContext::DataMQ> EffectContext::getOutputDataFmq() const {
+    return mOutputMQ;
+}
+
+size_t EffectContext::getInputFrameSize() const {
+    return mInputFrameSize;
+}
+
+size_t EffectContext::getOutputFrameSize() const {
+    return mOutputFrameSize;
+}
+
+int EffectContext::getSessionId() const {
+    return mCommon.session;
+}
+
+int EffectContext::getIoHandle() const {
+    return mCommon.ioHandle;
+}
+
+RetCode EffectContext::setOutputDevice(
+        const std::vector<aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceDescription>& device) {
+    mOutputDevice = device;
+    return RetCode::SUCCESS;
+}
+
+std::vector<aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceDescription>
+EffectContext::getOutputDevice() {
+    return mOutputDevice;
+}
+
+RetCode EffectContext::setAudioMode(const aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioMode& mode) {
+    mMode = mode;
+    return RetCode::SUCCESS;
+}
+aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioMode EffectContext::getAudioMode() {
+    return mMode;
+}
+
+RetCode EffectContext::setAudioSource(
+        const aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource& source) {
+    mSource = source;
+    return RetCode::SUCCESS;
+}
+
+aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource EffectContext::getAudioSource() {
+    return mSource;
+}
+
+RetCode EffectContext::setVolumeStereo(const Parameter::VolumeStereo& volumeStereo) {
+    mVolumeStereo = volumeStereo;
+    return RetCode::SUCCESS;
+}
+
+Parameter::VolumeStereo EffectContext::getVolumeStereo() {
+    return mVolumeStereo;
+}
+
+RetCode EffectContext::setCommon(const Parameter::Common& common) {
+    LOG(VERBOSE) << __func__ << common.toString();
+    auto& input = common.input;
+    auto& output = common.output;
+
+    if (input.base.format.pcm != aidl::android::media::audio::common::PcmType::FLOAT_32_BIT ||
+        output.base.format.pcm != aidl::android::media::audio::common::PcmType::FLOAT_32_BIT) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << " illegal IO, input "
+                   << ::android::internal::ToString(input.base.format) << ", output "
+                   << ::android::internal::ToString(output.base.format);
+        return RetCode::ERROR_ILLEGAL_PARAMETER;
+    }
+
+    if (auto ret = updateIOFrameSize(common); ret != RetCode::SUCCESS) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    mInputChannelCount = getChannelCount(input.base.channelMask);
+    mOutputChannelCount = getChannelCount(output.base.channelMask);
+    if (mInputChannelCount == 0 || mOutputChannelCount == 0) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << " illegal channel count input " << mInputChannelCount
+                   << ", output " << mOutputChannelCount;
+        return RetCode::ERROR_ILLEGAL_PARAMETER;
+    }
+
+    mCommon = common;
+    return RetCode::SUCCESS;
+}
+
+Parameter::Common EffectContext::getCommon() {
+    LOG(VERBOSE) << __func__ << mCommon.toString();
+    return mCommon;
+}
+
+EventFlag* EffectContext::getStatusEventFlag() {
+    return mEfGroup;
+}
+
+RetCode EffectContext::updateIOFrameSize(const Parameter::Common& common) {
+    const auto iFrameSize = ::aidl::android::hardware::audio::common::getFrameSizeInBytes(
+            common.input.base.format, common.input.base.channelMask);
+    const auto oFrameSize = ::aidl::android::hardware::audio::common::getFrameSizeInBytes(
+            common.output.base.format, common.output.base.channelMask);
+
+    bool needUpdateMq = false;
+    if (mInputMQ &&
+        (mInputFrameSize != iFrameSize || mCommon.input.frameCount != common.input.frameCount)) {
+        mInputMQ.reset();
+        needUpdateMq = true;
+    }
+    if (mOutputMQ &&
+        (mOutputFrameSize != oFrameSize || mCommon.output.frameCount != common.output.frameCount)) {
+        mOutputMQ.reset();
+        needUpdateMq = true;
+    }
+    mInputFrameSize = iFrameSize;
+    mOutputFrameSize = oFrameSize;
+    if (needUpdateMq) {
+        return notifyDataMqUpdate();
+    }
+    return RetCode::SUCCESS;
+}
+
+RetCode EffectContext::notifyDataMqUpdate() {
+    if (!mEfGroup) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << ": invalid EventFlag group";
+        return RetCode::ERROR_EVENT_FLAG_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (const auto ret = mEfGroup->wake(kEventFlagDataMqUpdate); ret != ::android::OK) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << ": wake failure with ret " << ret;
+        return RetCode::ERROR_EVENT_FLAG_ERROR;
+    }
+    LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << " : signal client for reopen";
+    return RetCode::SUCCESS;
+}
+}  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/EffectImpl.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/EffectImpl.cpp
index c81c731..b76269a 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/EffectImpl.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/EffectImpl.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <memory>
 #define LOG_TAG "AHAL_EffectImpl"
 #include "effect-impl/EffectImpl.h"
 #include "effect-impl/EffectTypes.h"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 using aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::IEffect;
 using aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::State;
 using aidl::android::media::audio::common::PcmType;
+using ::android::hardware::EventFlag;
 
 extern "C" binder_exception_t destroyEffect(const std::shared_ptr<IEffect>& instanceSp) {
     State state;
@@ -45,40 +47,62 @@
     RETURN_IF(common.input.base.format.pcm != common.output.base.format.pcm ||
                       common.input.base.format.pcm != PcmType::FLOAT_32_BIT,
               EX_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT, "dataMustBe32BitsFloat");
+    std::lock_guard lg(mImplMutex);
     RETURN_OK_IF(mState != State::INIT);
-    auto context = createContext(common);
-    RETURN_IF(!context, EX_NULL_POINTER, "createContextFailed");
+    mImplContext = createContext(common);
+    RETURN_IF(!mImplContext, EX_NULL_POINTER, "nullContext");
+    mEventFlag = mImplContext->getStatusEventFlag();
 
     if (specific.has_value()) {
         RETURN_IF_ASTATUS_NOT_OK(setParameterSpecific(specific.value()), "setSpecParamErr");
     }
 
     mState = State::IDLE;
-    context->dupeFmq(ret);
-    RETURN_IF(createThread(context, getEffectName()) != RetCode::SUCCESS, EX_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION,
+    mImplContext->dupeFmq(ret);
+    RETURN_IF(createThread(getEffectName()) != RetCode::SUCCESS, EX_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION,
               "FailedToCreateWorker");
     return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
 }
 
-ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::close() {
-    RETURN_OK_IF(mState == State::INIT);
-    RETURN_IF(mState == State::PROCESSING, EX_ILLEGAL_STATE, "closeAtProcessing");
+ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::reopen(OpenEffectReturn* ret) {
+    std::lock_guard lg(mImplMutex);
+    RETURN_IF(mState == State::INIT, EX_ILLEGAL_STATE, "alreadyClosed");
 
+    // TODO: b/302036943 add reopen implementation
+    RETURN_IF(!mImplContext, EX_NULL_POINTER, "nullContext");
+    mImplContext->dupeFmqWithReopen(ret);
+    return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
+}
+
+ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::close() {
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lg(mImplMutex);
+        RETURN_OK_IF(mState == State::INIT);
+        RETURN_IF(mState == State::PROCESSING, EX_ILLEGAL_STATE, "closeAtProcessing");
+        mState = State::INIT;
+    }
+
+    RETURN_IF(notifyEventFlag(kEventFlagNotEmpty) != RetCode::SUCCESS, EX_ILLEGAL_STATE,
+              "notifyEventFlagFailed");
     // stop the worker thread, ignore the return code
     RETURN_IF(destroyThread() != RetCode::SUCCESS, EX_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION,
               "FailedToDestroyWorker");
-    mState = State::INIT;
-    RETURN_IF(releaseContext() != RetCode::SUCCESS, EX_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION,
-              "FailedToCreateWorker");
+
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lg(mImplMutex);
+        releaseContext();
+        mImplContext.reset();
+    }
 
     LOG(DEBUG) << getEffectName() << __func__;
     return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
 }
 
 ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::setParameter(const Parameter& param) {
+    std::lock_guard lg(mImplMutex);
     LOG(VERBOSE) << getEffectName() << __func__ << " with: " << param.toString();
 
-    const auto tag = param.getTag();
+    const auto& tag = param.getTag();
     switch (tag) {
         case Parameter::common:
         case Parameter::deviceDescription:
@@ -100,8 +124,8 @@
 }
 
 ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::getParameter(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter* param) {
-    auto tag = id.getTag();
-    switch (tag) {
+    std::lock_guard lg(mImplMutex);
+    switch (id.getTag()) {
         case Parameter::Id::commonTag: {
             RETURN_IF_ASTATUS_NOT_OK(getParameterCommon(id.get<Parameter::Id::commonTag>(), param),
                                      "CommonParamNotSupported");
@@ -121,30 +145,30 @@
 }
 
 ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::setParameterCommon(const Parameter& param) {
-    auto context = getContext();
-    RETURN_IF(!context, EX_NULL_POINTER, "nullContext");
+    RETURN_IF(!mImplContext, EX_NULL_POINTER, "nullContext");
 
-    auto tag = param.getTag();
+    const auto& tag = param.getTag();
     switch (tag) {
         case Parameter::common:
-            RETURN_IF(context->setCommon(param.get<Parameter::common>()) != RetCode::SUCCESS,
+            RETURN_IF(mImplContext->setCommon(param.get<Parameter::common>()) != RetCode::SUCCESS,
                       EX_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT, "setCommFailed");
             break;
         case Parameter::deviceDescription:
-            RETURN_IF(context->setOutputDevice(param.get<Parameter::deviceDescription>()) !=
+            RETURN_IF(mImplContext->setOutputDevice(param.get<Parameter::deviceDescription>()) !=
                               RetCode::SUCCESS,
                       EX_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT, "setDeviceFailed");
             break;
         case Parameter::mode:
-            RETURN_IF(context->setAudioMode(param.get<Parameter::mode>()) != RetCode::SUCCESS,
+            RETURN_IF(mImplContext->setAudioMode(param.get<Parameter::mode>()) != RetCode::SUCCESS,
                       EX_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT, "setModeFailed");
             break;
         case Parameter::source:
-            RETURN_IF(context->setAudioSource(param.get<Parameter::source>()) != RetCode::SUCCESS,
+            RETURN_IF(mImplContext->setAudioSource(param.get<Parameter::source>()) !=
+                              RetCode::SUCCESS,
                       EX_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT, "setSourceFailed");
             break;
         case Parameter::volumeStereo:
-            RETURN_IF(context->setVolumeStereo(param.get<Parameter::volumeStereo>()) !=
+            RETURN_IF(mImplContext->setVolumeStereo(param.get<Parameter::volumeStereo>()) !=
                               RetCode::SUCCESS,
                       EX_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT, "setVolumeStereoFailed");
             break;
@@ -159,28 +183,27 @@
 }
 
 ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::getParameterCommon(const Parameter::Tag& tag, Parameter* param) {
-    auto context = getContext();
-    RETURN_IF(!context, EX_NULL_POINTER, "nullContext");
+    RETURN_IF(!mImplContext, EX_NULL_POINTER, "nullContext");
 
     switch (tag) {
         case Parameter::common: {
-            param->set<Parameter::common>(context->getCommon());
+            param->set<Parameter::common>(mImplContext->getCommon());
             break;
         }
         case Parameter::deviceDescription: {
-            param->set<Parameter::deviceDescription>(context->getOutputDevice());
+            param->set<Parameter::deviceDescription>(mImplContext->getOutputDevice());
             break;
         }
         case Parameter::mode: {
-            param->set<Parameter::mode>(context->getAudioMode());
+            param->set<Parameter::mode>(mImplContext->getAudioMode());
             break;
         }
         case Parameter::source: {
-            param->set<Parameter::source>(context->getAudioSource());
+            param->set<Parameter::source>(mImplContext->getAudioSource());
             break;
         }
         case Parameter::volumeStereo: {
-            param->set<Parameter::volumeStereo>(context->getVolumeStereo());
+            param->set<Parameter::volumeStereo>(mImplContext->getVolumeStereo());
             break;
         }
         default: {
@@ -192,30 +215,34 @@
     return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
 }
 
-ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::getState(State* state) {
+ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::getState(State* state) NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS {
     *state = mState;
     return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
 }
 
 ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::command(CommandId command) {
-    RETURN_IF(mState == State::INIT, EX_ILLEGAL_STATE, "CommandStateError");
+    std::lock_guard lg(mImplMutex);
+    RETURN_IF(mState == State::INIT, EX_ILLEGAL_STATE, "instanceNotOpen");
     LOG(DEBUG) << getEffectName() << __func__ << ": receive command: " << toString(command)
                << " at state " << toString(mState);
 
     switch (command) {
         case CommandId::START:
-            RETURN_IF(mState == State::INIT, EX_ILLEGAL_STATE, "instanceNotOpen");
             RETURN_OK_IF(mState == State::PROCESSING);
             RETURN_IF_ASTATUS_NOT_OK(commandImpl(command), "commandImplFailed");
-            startThread();
             mState = State::PROCESSING;
+            RETURN_IF(notifyEventFlag(kEventFlagNotEmpty) != RetCode::SUCCESS, EX_ILLEGAL_STATE,
+                      "notifyEventFlagFailed");
+            startThread();
             break;
         case CommandId::STOP:
         case CommandId::RESET:
             RETURN_OK_IF(mState == State::IDLE);
+            mState = State::IDLE;
+            RETURN_IF(notifyEventFlag(kEventFlagNotEmpty) != RetCode::SUCCESS, EX_ILLEGAL_STATE,
+                      "notifyEventFlagFailed");
             stopThread();
             RETURN_IF_ASTATUS_NOT_OK(commandImpl(command), "commandImplFailed");
-            mState = State::IDLE;
             break;
         default:
             LOG(ERROR) << getEffectName() << __func__ << " instance still processing";
@@ -227,19 +254,41 @@
 }
 
 ndk::ScopedAStatus EffectImpl::commandImpl(CommandId command) {
-    auto context = getContext();
-    RETURN_IF(!context, EX_NULL_POINTER, "nullContext");
+    RETURN_IF(!mImplContext, EX_NULL_POINTER, "nullContext");
     if (command == CommandId::RESET) {
-        context->resetBuffer();
+        mImplContext->resetBuffer();
     }
     return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
 }
 
+std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> EffectImpl::createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) {
+    return std::make_shared<EffectContext>(1 /* statusMqDepth */, common);
+}
+
+RetCode EffectImpl::releaseContext() {
+    if (mImplContext) {
+        mImplContext.reset();
+    }
+    return RetCode::SUCCESS;
+}
+
 void EffectImpl::cleanUp() {
     command(CommandId::STOP);
     close();
 }
 
+RetCode EffectImpl::notifyEventFlag(uint32_t flag) {
+    if (!mEventFlag) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << getEffectName() << __func__ << ": StatusEventFlag invalid";
+        return RetCode::ERROR_EVENT_FLAG_ERROR;
+    }
+    if (const auto ret = mEventFlag->wake(flag); ret != ::android::OK) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << getEffectName() << __func__ << ": wake failure with ret " << ret;
+        return RetCode::ERROR_EVENT_FLAG_ERROR;
+    }
+    return RetCode::SUCCESS;
+}
+
 IEffect::Status EffectImpl::status(binder_status_t status, size_t consumed, size_t produced) {
     IEffect::Status ret;
     ret.status = status;
@@ -248,6 +297,48 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
+void EffectImpl::process() {
+    /**
+     * wait for the EventFlag without lock, it's ok because the mEfGroup pointer will not change
+     * in the life cycle of workerThread (threadLoop).
+     */
+    uint32_t efState = 0;
+    if (!mEventFlag ||
+        ::android::OK != mEventFlag->wait(kEventFlagNotEmpty, &efState, 0 /* no timeout */,
+                                          true /* retry */) ||
+        !(efState & kEventFlagNotEmpty)) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << getEffectName() << __func__ << ": StatusEventFlag - " << mEventFlag
+                   << " efState - " << std::hex << efState;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lg(mImplMutex);
+        if (mState != State::PROCESSING) {
+            LOG(DEBUG) << getEffectName() << " skip process in state: " << toString(mState);
+            return;
+        }
+        RETURN_VALUE_IF(!mImplContext, void(), "nullContext");
+        auto statusMQ = mImplContext->getStatusFmq();
+        auto inputMQ = mImplContext->getInputDataFmq();
+        auto outputMQ = mImplContext->getOutputDataFmq();
+        auto buffer = mImplContext->getWorkBuffer();
+        if (!inputMQ || !outputMQ) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        auto processSamples = inputMQ->availableToRead();
+        if (processSamples) {
+            inputMQ->read(buffer, processSamples);
+            IEffect::Status status = effectProcessImpl(buffer, buffer, processSamples);
+            outputMQ->write(buffer, status.fmqProduced);
+            statusMQ->writeBlocking(&status, 1);
+            LOG(VERBOSE) << getEffectName() << __func__ << ": done processing, effect consumed "
+                         << status.fmqConsumed << " produced " << status.fmqProduced;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // A placeholder processing implementation to copy samples from input to output
 IEffect::Status EffectImpl::effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) {
     for (int i = 0; i < samples; i++) {
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/EffectThread.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/EffectThread.cpp
index 47ba9f4..fdd4803 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/EffectThread.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/EffectThread.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 #include "effect-impl/EffectThread.h"
 #include "effect-impl/EffectTypes.h"
 
-using ::android::hardware::EventFlag;
-
 namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect {
 
 EffectThread::EffectThread() {
@@ -38,31 +36,18 @@
     LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << " done";
 }
 
-RetCode EffectThread::createThread(std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> context, const std::string& name,
-                                   int priority) {
+RetCode EffectThread::createThread(const std::string& name, int priority) {
     if (mThread.joinable()) {
         LOG(WARNING) << mName << __func__ << " thread already created, no-op";
         return RetCode::SUCCESS;
     }
+
     mName = name;
     mPriority = priority;
     {
         std::lock_guard lg(mThreadMutex);
         mStop = true;
         mExit = false;
-        mThreadContext = std::move(context);
-        auto statusMQ = mThreadContext->getStatusFmq();
-        EventFlag* efGroup = nullptr;
-        ::android::status_t status =
-                EventFlag::createEventFlag(statusMQ->getEventFlagWord(), &efGroup);
-        if (status != ::android::OK || !efGroup) {
-            LOG(ERROR) << mName << __func__ << " create EventFlagGroup failed " << status
-                       << " efGroup " << efGroup;
-            return RetCode::ERROR_THREAD;
-        }
-        mEfGroup.reset(efGroup);
-        // kickoff and wait for commands (CommandId::START/STOP) or IEffect.close from client
-        mEfGroup->wake(kEventFlagNotEmpty);
     }
 
     mThread = std::thread(&EffectThread::threadLoop, this);
@@ -75,16 +60,12 @@
         std::lock_guard lg(mThreadMutex);
         mStop = mExit = true;
     }
-    mCv.notify_one();
 
+    mCv.notify_one();
     if (mThread.joinable()) {
         mThread.join();
     }
 
-    {
-        std::lock_guard lg(mThreadMutex);
-        mThreadContext.reset();
-    }
     LOG(DEBUG) << mName << __func__;
     return RetCode::SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -96,7 +77,6 @@
         mCv.notify_one();
     }
 
-    mEfGroup->wake(kEventFlagNotEmpty);
     LOG(DEBUG) << mName << __func__;
     return RetCode::SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -108,7 +88,6 @@
         mCv.notify_one();
     }
 
-    mEfGroup->wake(kEventFlagNotEmpty);
     LOG(DEBUG) << mName << __func__;
     return RetCode::SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -117,13 +96,6 @@
     pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), mName.substr(0, kMaxTaskNameLen - 1).c_str());
     setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, mPriority);
     while (true) {
-        /**
-         * wait for the EventFlag without lock, it's ok because the mEfGroup pointer will not change
-         * in the life cycle of workerThread (threadLoop).
-         */
-        uint32_t efState = 0;
-        mEfGroup->wait(kEventFlagNotEmpty, &efState);
-
         {
             std::unique_lock l(mThreadMutex);
             ::android::base::ScopedLockAssertion lock_assertion(mThreadMutex);
@@ -132,27 +104,8 @@
                 LOG(INFO) << __func__ << " EXIT!";
                 return;
             }
-            process_l();
         }
-    }
-}
-
-void EffectThread::process_l() {
-    RETURN_VALUE_IF(!mThreadContext, void(), "nullContext");
-
-    auto statusMQ = mThreadContext->getStatusFmq();
-    auto inputMQ = mThreadContext->getInputDataFmq();
-    auto outputMQ = mThreadContext->getOutputDataFmq();
-    auto buffer = mThreadContext->getWorkBuffer();
-
-    auto processSamples = inputMQ->availableToRead();
-    if (processSamples) {
-        inputMQ->read(buffer, processSamples);
-        IEffect::Status status = effectProcessImpl(buffer, buffer, processSamples);
-        outputMQ->write(buffer, status.fmqProduced);
-        statusMQ->writeBlocking(&status, 1);
-        LOG(VERBOSE) << mName << __func__ << ": done processing, effect consumed "
-                     << status.fmqConsumed << " produced " << status.fmqProduced;
+        process();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/Stream.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/Stream.cpp
index a805b87..cf0870e 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/Stream.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/Stream.cpp
@@ -180,17 +180,20 @@
     StreamDescriptor::Reply reply{};
     reply.status = STATUS_BAD_VALUE;
     switch (command.getTag()) {
-        case Tag::halReservedExit:
-            if (const int32_t cookie = command.get<Tag::halReservedExit>();
-                cookie == (mContext->getInternalCommandCookie() ^ getTid())) {
+        case Tag::halReservedExit: {
+            const int32_t cookie = command.get<Tag::halReservedExit>();
+            if (cookie == (mContext->getInternalCommandCookie() ^ getTid())) {
                 mDriver->shutdown();
                 setClosed();
-                // This is an internal command, no need to reply.
-                return Status::EXIT;
             } else {
                 LOG(WARNING) << __func__ << ": EXIT command has a bad cookie: " << cookie;
             }
-            break;
+            if (cookie != 0) {  // This is an internal command, no need to reply.
+                return Status::EXIT;
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
         case Tag::getStatus:
             populateReply(&reply, mIsConnected);
             break;
@@ -400,17 +403,20 @@
     reply.status = STATUS_BAD_VALUE;
     using Tag = StreamDescriptor::Command::Tag;
     switch (command.getTag()) {
-        case Tag::halReservedExit:
-            if (const int32_t cookie = command.get<Tag::halReservedExit>();
-                cookie == (mContext->getInternalCommandCookie() ^ getTid())) {
+        case Tag::halReservedExit: {
+            const int32_t cookie = command.get<Tag::halReservedExit>();
+            if (cookie == (mContext->getInternalCommandCookie() ^ getTid())) {
                 mDriver->shutdown();
                 setClosed();
-                // This is an internal command, no need to reply.
-                return Status::EXIT;
             } else {
                 LOG(WARNING) << __func__ << ": EXIT command has a bad cookie: " << cookie;
             }
-            break;
+            if (cookie != 0) {  // This is an internal command, no need to reply.
+                return Status::EXIT;
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
         case Tag::getStatus:
             populateReply(&reply, mIsConnected);
             break;
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/AcousticEchoCancelerSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/AcousticEchoCancelerSw.cpp
index 5e18f1b..be0927c 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/AcousticEchoCancelerSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/AcousticEchoCancelerSw.cpp
@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> AcousticEchoCancelerSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode AcousticEchoCancelerSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/AcousticEchoCancelerSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/AcousticEchoCancelerSw.h
index 73cf42b..95738f8 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/AcousticEchoCancelerSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/AcousticEchoCancelerSw.h
@@ -52,21 +52,23 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; };
     IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
 
   private:
     static const std::vector<Range::AcousticEchoCancelerRange> kRanges;
-    std::shared_ptr<AcousticEchoCancelerSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<AcousticEchoCancelerSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterAcousticEchoCanceler(const AcousticEchoCanceler::Tag& tag,
-                                                        Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                                        Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/AutomaticGainControlV1Sw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/AutomaticGainControlV1Sw.cpp
index ce10ae1..d865b7e 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/AutomaticGainControlV1Sw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/AutomaticGainControlV1Sw.cpp
@@ -177,10 +177,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> AutomaticGainControlV1Sw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode AutomaticGainControlV1Sw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/AutomaticGainControlV1Sw.h b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/AutomaticGainControlV1Sw.h
index 7d2a69f..76b91ae 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/AutomaticGainControlV1Sw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/AutomaticGainControlV1Sw.h
@@ -53,21 +53,24 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; };
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
   private:
     static const std::vector<Range::AutomaticGainControlV1Range> kRanges;
-    std::shared_ptr<AutomaticGainControlV1SwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<AutomaticGainControlV1SwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterAutomaticGainControlV1(const AutomaticGainControlV1::Tag& tag,
-                                                          Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                                          Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/AutomaticGainControlV2Sw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/AutomaticGainControlV2Sw.cpp
index 1e336ac..3ff6e38 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/AutomaticGainControlV2Sw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/AutomaticGainControlV2Sw.cpp
@@ -180,10 +180,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> AutomaticGainControlV2Sw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode AutomaticGainControlV2Sw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/AutomaticGainControlV2Sw.h b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/AutomaticGainControlV2Sw.h
index 9aa60ea..863d470 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/AutomaticGainControlV2Sw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/AutomaticGainControlV2Sw.h
@@ -59,21 +59,24 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; };
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
   private:
     static const std::vector<Range::AutomaticGainControlV2Range> kRanges;
-    std::shared_ptr<AutomaticGainControlV2SwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<AutomaticGainControlV2SwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterAutomaticGainControlV2(const AutomaticGainControlV2::Tag& tag,
-                                                          Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                                          Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/BassBoostSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/BassBoostSw.cpp
index 6072d89..60adc30 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/BassBoostSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/BassBoostSw.cpp
@@ -151,10 +151,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> BassBoostSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode BassBoostSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/BassBoostSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/BassBoostSw.h
index 1132472..901e455 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/BassBoostSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/BassBoostSw.h
@@ -51,21 +51,23 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; };
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
   private:
     static const std::vector<Range::BassBoostRange> kRanges;
-    std::shared_ptr<BassBoostSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<BassBoostSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterBassBoost(const BassBoost::Tag& tag,
-                                             Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                             Parameter::Specific* specific) REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/downmix/DownmixSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/downmix/DownmixSw.cpp
index ce5fe20..19ab2e8 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/downmix/DownmixSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/downmix/DownmixSw.cpp
@@ -144,10 +144,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> DownmixSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode DownmixSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/downmix/DownmixSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/downmix/DownmixSw.h
index 3f8a09b..1a9f0f0 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/downmix/DownmixSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/downmix/DownmixSw.h
@@ -55,20 +55,23 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; };
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int sample) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int sample)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
   private:
-    std::shared_ptr<DownmixSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<DownmixSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
 
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterDownmix(const Downmix::Tag& tag, Parameter::Specific* specific);
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterDownmix(const Downmix::Tag& tag, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/dynamicProcessing/DynamicsProcessingSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/dynamicProcessing/DynamicsProcessingSw.cpp
index e8f90b2..36face1 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/dynamicProcessing/DynamicsProcessingSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/dynamicProcessing/DynamicsProcessingSw.cpp
@@ -260,10 +260,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> DynamicsProcessingSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode DynamicsProcessingSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
@@ -282,6 +278,9 @@
 }
 
 RetCode DynamicsProcessingSwContext::setCommon(const Parameter::Common& common) {
+    if (auto ret = updateIOFrameSize(common); ret != RetCode::SUCCESS) {
+        return ret;
+    }
     mCommon = common;
     mChannelCount = ::aidl::android::hardware::audio::common::getChannelCount(
             common.input.base.channelMask);
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/dynamicProcessing/DynamicsProcessingSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/dynamicProcessing/DynamicsProcessingSw.h
index 641cf71..98edca0 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/dynamicProcessing/DynamicsProcessingSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/dynamicProcessing/DynamicsProcessingSw.h
@@ -113,15 +113,17 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; };
 
   private:
@@ -130,9 +132,10 @@
     static const Range::DynamicsProcessingRange kPreEqBandRange;
     static const Range::DynamicsProcessingRange kPostEqBandRange;
     static const std::vector<Range::DynamicsProcessingRange> kRanges;
-    std::shared_ptr<DynamicsProcessingSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<DynamicsProcessingSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterDynamicsProcessing(const DynamicsProcessing::Tag& tag,
-                                                      Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                                      Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 
 };  // DynamicsProcessingSw
 
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/EnvReverbSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/EnvReverbSw.cpp
index 73975c6..7937a6a 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/EnvReverbSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/EnvReverbSw.cpp
@@ -267,10 +267,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> EnvReverbSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode EnvReverbSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/EnvReverbSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/EnvReverbSw.h
index 5e31e2f..367462b 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/EnvReverbSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/EnvReverbSw.h
@@ -100,21 +100,23 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
     IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; }
 
   private:
     static const std::vector<Range::EnvironmentalReverbRange> kRanges;
-    std::shared_ptr<EnvReverbSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<EnvReverbSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterEnvironmentalReverb(const EnvironmentalReverb::Tag& tag,
-                                                       Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                                       Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/EqualizerSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/EqualizerSw.cpp
index b2add31..640b3ba 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/EqualizerSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/EqualizerSw.cpp
@@ -198,10 +198,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> EqualizerSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode EqualizerSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/EqualizerSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/EqualizerSw.h
index 56af3b5..caaa129 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/EqualizerSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/EqualizerSw.h
@@ -97,15 +97,17 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; }
 
   private:
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@
     static const std::vector<Equalizer::Preset> kPresets;
     static const std::vector<Range::EqualizerRange> kRanges;
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterEqualizer(const Equalizer::Tag& tag,
-                                             Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                             Parameter::Specific* specific) REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
     std::shared_ptr<EqualizerSwContext> mContext;
 };
 
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/extension/ExtensionEffect.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/extension/ExtensionEffect.cpp
index 4a4d71b6..11916c8 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/extension/ExtensionEffect.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/extension/ExtensionEffect.cpp
@@ -123,10 +123,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> ExtensionEffect::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode ExtensionEffect::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/extension/ExtensionEffect.h b/audio/aidl/default/extension/ExtensionEffect.h
index e7a068b..b560860 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/extension/ExtensionEffect.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/extension/ExtensionEffect.h
@@ -54,18 +54,20 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; };
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
   private:
-    std::shared_ptr<ExtensionEffectContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<ExtensionEffectContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/hapticGenerator/HapticGeneratorSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/hapticGenerator/HapticGeneratorSw.cpp
index 27cdac8..7469ab9 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/hapticGenerator/HapticGeneratorSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/hapticGenerator/HapticGeneratorSw.cpp
@@ -158,10 +158,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> HapticGeneratorSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode HapticGeneratorSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/hapticGenerator/HapticGeneratorSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/hapticGenerator/HapticGeneratorSw.h
index 3bbe41a..47f3848 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/hapticGenerator/HapticGeneratorSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/hapticGenerator/HapticGeneratorSw.h
@@ -67,21 +67,24 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; }
 
   private:
-    std::shared_ptr<HapticGeneratorSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<HapticGeneratorSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterHapticGenerator(const HapticGenerator::Tag& tag,
-                                                   Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                                   Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/ModuleRemoteSubmix.h b/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/ModuleRemoteSubmix.h
index 613ac62..9d8c027 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/ModuleRemoteSubmix.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/ModuleRemoteSubmix.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     ndk::ScopedAStatus onMasterVolumeChanged(float volume) override;
     int32_t getNominalLatencyMs(
             const ::aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioPortConfig& portConfig) override;
-    // TODO(b/307586684): Report proper minimum stream buffer size by overriding 'setAudioPatch'.
+    binder_status_t dump(int fd, const char** args, uint32_t numArgs) override;
 };
 
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::core
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/Stream.h b/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/Stream.h
index aa9fb19..21e63f9 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/Stream.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/Stream.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
                   std::weak_ptr<sounddose::StreamDataProcessorInterface> streamDataProcessor,
                   DebugParameters debugParameters)
         : mCommandMQ(std::move(commandMQ)),
-          mInternalCommandCookie(std::rand()),
+          mInternalCommandCookie(std::rand() | 1 /* make sure it's not 0 */),
           mReplyMQ(std::move(replyMQ)),
           mFormat(format),
           mChannelLayout(channelLayout),
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/StreamRemoteSubmix.h b/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/StreamRemoteSubmix.h
index 477c30e..b2cdc28 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/StreamRemoteSubmix.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/StreamRemoteSubmix.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     int64_t mStartTimeNs = 0;
     long mFramesSinceStart = 0;
     int mReadErrorCount = 0;
+    int mReadFailureCount = 0;
 };
 
 class StreamInRemoteSubmix final : public StreamIn, public StreamSwitcher {
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectContext.h b/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectContext.h
index 89d0c7c..24f3b5d 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectContext.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectContext.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <Utils.h>
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <fmq/AidlMessageQueue.h>
+#include <fmq/EventFlag.h>
 
 #include <aidl/android/hardware/audio/effect/BnEffect.h>
 #include "EffectTypes.h"
@@ -36,127 +37,73 @@
             float, ::aidl::android::hardware::common::fmq::SynchronizedReadWrite>
             DataMQ;
 
-    EffectContext(size_t statusDepth, const Parameter::Common& common) {
-        auto& input = common.input;
-        auto& output = common.output;
-
-        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(
-                input.base.format.pcm != aidl::android::media::audio::common::PcmType::FLOAT_32_BIT,
-                "inputFormatNotFloat");
-        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(output.base.format.pcm !=
-                                    aidl::android::media::audio::common::PcmType::FLOAT_32_BIT,
-                            "outputFormatNotFloat");
-
-        size_t inputChannelCount =
-                ::aidl::android::hardware::audio::common::getChannelCount(input.base.channelMask);
-        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(inputChannelCount == 0, "inputChannelCountNotValid");
-        size_t outputChannelCount =
-                ::aidl::android::hardware::audio::common::getChannelCount(output.base.channelMask);
-        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(outputChannelCount == 0, "outputChannelCountNotValid");
-
-        mInputFrameSize = ::aidl::android::hardware::audio::common::getFrameSizeInBytes(
-                input.base.format, input.base.channelMask);
-        mOutputFrameSize = ::aidl::android::hardware::audio::common::getFrameSizeInBytes(
-                output.base.format, output.base.channelMask);
-        // in/outBuffer size in float (FMQ data format defined for DataMQ)
-        size_t inBufferSizeInFloat = input.frameCount * mInputFrameSize / sizeof(float);
-        size_t outBufferSizeInFloat = output.frameCount * mOutputFrameSize / sizeof(float);
-
-        // only status FMQ use the EventFlag
-        mStatusMQ = std::make_shared<StatusMQ>(statusDepth, true /*configureEventFlagWord*/);
-        mInputMQ = std::make_shared<DataMQ>(inBufferSizeInFloat);
-        mOutputMQ = std::make_shared<DataMQ>(outBufferSizeInFloat);
-
-        if (!mStatusMQ->isValid() || !mInputMQ->isValid() || !mOutputMQ->isValid()) {
-            LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << " created invalid FMQ";
+    EffectContext(size_t statusDepth, const Parameter::Common& common);
+    virtual ~EffectContext() {
+        if (mEfGroup) {
+            ::android::hardware::EventFlag::deleteEventFlag(&mEfGroup);
         }
-        mWorkBuffer.reserve(std::max(inBufferSizeInFloat, outBufferSizeInFloat));
-        mCommon = common;
     }
-    virtual ~EffectContext() {}
 
-    std::shared_ptr<StatusMQ> getStatusFmq() { return mStatusMQ; }
-    std::shared_ptr<DataMQ> getInputDataFmq() { return mInputMQ; }
-    std::shared_ptr<DataMQ> getOutputDataFmq() { return mOutputMQ; }
+    std::shared_ptr<StatusMQ> getStatusFmq() const;
+    std::shared_ptr<DataMQ> getInputDataFmq() const;
+    std::shared_ptr<DataMQ> getOutputDataFmq() const;
 
-    float* getWorkBuffer() { return static_cast<float*>(mWorkBuffer.data()); }
+    float* getWorkBuffer();
 
     // reset buffer status by abandon input data in FMQ
-    void resetBuffer() {
-        auto buffer = static_cast<float*>(mWorkBuffer.data());
-        std::vector<IEffect::Status> status(mStatusMQ->availableToRead());
-        mInputMQ->read(buffer, mInputMQ->availableToRead());
-    }
+    void resetBuffer();
+    void dupeFmq(IEffect::OpenEffectReturn* effectRet);
+    size_t getInputFrameSize() const;
+    size_t getOutputFrameSize() const;
+    int getSessionId() const;
+    int getIoHandle() const;
 
-    void dupeFmq(IEffect::OpenEffectReturn* effectRet) {
-        if (effectRet) {
-            effectRet->statusMQ = mStatusMQ->dupeDesc();
-            effectRet->inputDataMQ = mInputMQ->dupeDesc();
-            effectRet->outputDataMQ = mOutputMQ->dupeDesc();
-        }
-    }
-    size_t getInputFrameSize() { return mInputFrameSize; }
-    size_t getOutputFrameSize() { return mOutputFrameSize; }
-    int getSessionId() { return mCommon.session; }
-    int getIoHandle() { return mCommon.ioHandle; }
+    virtual void dupeFmqWithReopen(IEffect::OpenEffectReturn* effectRet);
 
     virtual RetCode setOutputDevice(
-            const std::vector<aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceDescription>&
-                    device) {
-        mOutputDevice = device;
-        return RetCode::SUCCESS;
-    }
+            const std::vector<aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceDescription>& device);
 
     virtual std::vector<aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceDescription>
-    getOutputDevice() {
-        return mOutputDevice;
-    }
+    getOutputDevice();
 
-    virtual RetCode setAudioMode(const aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioMode& mode) {
-        mMode = mode;
-        return RetCode::SUCCESS;
-    }
-    virtual aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioMode getAudioMode() { return mMode; }
+    virtual RetCode setAudioMode(const aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioMode& mode);
+    virtual aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioMode getAudioMode();
 
-    virtual RetCode setAudioSource(const aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource& source) {
-        mSource = source;
-        return RetCode::SUCCESS;
-    }
-    virtual aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource getAudioSource() { return mSource; }
+    virtual RetCode setAudioSource(const aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource& source);
+    virtual aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource getAudioSource();
 
-    virtual RetCode setVolumeStereo(const Parameter::VolumeStereo& volumeStereo) {
-        mVolumeStereo = volumeStereo;
-        return RetCode::SUCCESS;
-    }
-    virtual Parameter::VolumeStereo getVolumeStereo() { return mVolumeStereo; }
+    virtual RetCode setVolumeStereo(const Parameter::VolumeStereo& volumeStereo);
+    virtual Parameter::VolumeStereo getVolumeStereo();
 
-    virtual RetCode setCommon(const Parameter::Common& common) {
-        mCommon = common;
-        LOG(VERBOSE) << __func__ << mCommon.toString();
-        return RetCode::SUCCESS;
-    }
-    virtual Parameter::Common getCommon() {
-        LOG(VERBOSE) << __func__ << mCommon.toString();
-        return mCommon;
-    }
+    virtual RetCode setCommon(const Parameter::Common& common);
+    virtual Parameter::Common getCommon();
+
+    virtual ::android::hardware::EventFlag* getStatusEventFlag();
 
   protected:
-    // common parameters
     size_t mInputFrameSize;
     size_t mOutputFrameSize;
-    Parameter::Common mCommon;
-    std::vector<aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceDescription> mOutputDevice;
-    aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioMode mMode;
-    aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource mSource;
-    Parameter::VolumeStereo mVolumeStereo;
+    size_t mInputChannelCount;
+    size_t mOutputChannelCount;
+    Parameter::Common mCommon = {};
+    std::vector<aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceDescription> mOutputDevice = {};
+    aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioMode mMode =
+            aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioMode::SYS_RESERVED_INVALID;
+    aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource mSource =
+            aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource::SYS_RESERVED_INVALID;
+    Parameter::VolumeStereo mVolumeStereo = {};
+    RetCode updateIOFrameSize(const Parameter::Common& common);
+    RetCode notifyDataMqUpdate();
 
   private:
     // fmq and buffers
     std::shared_ptr<StatusMQ> mStatusMQ;
     std::shared_ptr<DataMQ> mInputMQ;
     std::shared_ptr<DataMQ> mOutputMQ;
-    // TODO handle effect process input and output
+    // std::shared_ptr<IEffect::OpenEffectReturn> mRet;
     // work buffer set by effect instances, the access and update are in same thread
     std::vector<float> mWorkBuffer;
+
+    ::android::hardware::EventFlag* mEfGroup;
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectImpl.h b/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectImpl.h
index e7d081f..21f6502 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectImpl.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectImpl.h
@@ -43,38 +43,60 @@
                                     OpenEffectReturn* ret) override;
     virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus close() override;
     virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus command(CommandId id) override;
+    virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus reopen(OpenEffectReturn* ret) override;
 
     virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus getState(State* state) override;
     virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameter(const Parameter& param) override;
     virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameter(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter* param) override;
 
-    virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterCommon(const Parameter& param);
-    virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterCommon(const Parameter::Tag& tag, Parameter* param);
+    virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterCommon(const Parameter& param) REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
+    virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterCommon(const Parameter::Tag& tag, Parameter* param)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 
     /* Methods MUST be implemented by each effect instances */
     virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* desc) = 0;
-    virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) = 0;
+    virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) = 0;
     virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                                    Parameter::Specific* specific) = 0;
+                                                    Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) = 0;
 
     virtual std::string getEffectName() = 0;
-    virtual IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    virtual std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
+    virtual RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) = 0;
 
     /**
-     * Effect context methods must be implemented by each effect.
-     * Each effect can derive from EffectContext and define its own context, but must upcast to
-     * EffectContext for EffectImpl to use.
+     * @brief effectProcessImpl is running in worker thread which created in EffectThread.
+     *
+     * EffectThread will make sure effectProcessImpl only be called after startThread() successful
+     * and before stopThread() successful.
+     *
+     * effectProcessImpl implementation must not call any EffectThread interface, otherwise it will
+     * cause deadlock.
+     *
+     * @param in address of input float buffer.
+     * @param out address of output float buffer.
+     * @param samples number of samples to process.
+     * @return IEffect::Status
      */
-    virtual std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) = 0;
-    virtual std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() = 0;
-    virtual RetCode releaseContext() = 0;
+    virtual IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * process() get data from data MQs, and call effectProcessImpl() for effect data processing.
+     * Its important for the implementation to use mImplMutex for context synchronization.
+     */
+    void process() override;
 
   protected:
-    State mState = State::INIT;
+    State mState GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex) = State::INIT;
 
     IEffect::Status status(binder_status_t status, size_t consumed, size_t produced);
     void cleanUp();
 
+    std::mutex mImplMutex;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> mImplContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
+
     /**
      * Optional CommandId handling methods for effects to override.
      * For CommandId::START, EffectImpl call commandImpl before starting the EffectThread
@@ -82,6 +104,9 @@
      * For CommandId::STOP and CommandId::RESET, EffectImpl call commandImpl after stop the
      * EffectThread processing.
      */
-    virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus commandImpl(CommandId id);
+    virtual ndk::ScopedAStatus commandImpl(CommandId id) REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
+
+    RetCode notifyEventFlag(uint32_t flag);
+    ::android::hardware::EventFlag* mEventFlag;
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectThread.h b/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectThread.h
index ae51ef7..3dbb0e6 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectThread.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectThread.h
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
     virtual ~EffectThread();
 
     // called by effect implementation.
-    RetCode createThread(std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> context, const std::string& name,
-                         int priority = ANDROID_PRIORITY_URGENT_AUDIO);
+    RetCode createThread(const std::string& name, int priority = ANDROID_PRIORITY_URGENT_AUDIO);
     RetCode destroyThread();
     RetCode startThread();
     RetCode stopThread();
@@ -46,32 +45,11 @@
     void threadLoop();
 
     /**
-     * @brief effectProcessImpl is running in worker thread which created in EffectThread.
-     *
-     * Effect implementation should think about concurrency in the implementation if necessary.
-     * Parameter setting usually implemented in context (derived from EffectContext), and some
-     * parameter maybe used in the processing, then effect implementation should consider using a
-     * mutex to protect these parameter.
-     *
-     * EffectThread will make sure effectProcessImpl only be called after startThread() successful
-     * and before stopThread() successful.
-     *
-     * effectProcessImpl implementation must not call any EffectThread interface, otherwise it will
-     * cause deadlock.
-     *
-     * @param in address of input float buffer.
-     * @param out address of output float buffer.
-     * @param samples number of samples to process.
-     * @return IEffect::Status
-     */
-    virtual IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) = 0;
-
-    /**
      * process() call effectProcessImpl() for effect data processing, it is necessary for the
      * processing to be called under Effect thread mutex mThreadMutex, to avoid the effect state
      * change before/during data processing, and keep the thread and effect state consistent.
      */
-    virtual void process_l() REQUIRES(mThreadMutex);
+    virtual void process() = 0;
 
   private:
     static constexpr int kMaxTaskNameLen = 15;
@@ -80,16 +58,7 @@
     std::condition_variable mCv;
     bool mStop GUARDED_BY(mThreadMutex) = true;
     bool mExit GUARDED_BY(mThreadMutex) = false;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> mThreadContext GUARDED_BY(mThreadMutex);
 
-    struct EventFlagDeleter {
-        void operator()(::android::hardware::EventFlag* flag) const {
-            if (flag) {
-                ::android::hardware::EventFlag::deleteEventFlag(&flag);
-            }
-        }
-    };
-    std::unique_ptr<::android::hardware::EventFlag, EventFlagDeleter> mEfGroup;
     std::thread mThread;
     int mPriority;
     std::string mName;
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectTypes.h b/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectTypes.h
index 4bda7be..9740d6e 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectTypes.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/include/effect-impl/EffectTypes.h
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
     ERROR_NULL_POINTER,      /* NULL pointer */
     ERROR_ALIGNMENT_ERROR,   /* Memory alignment error */
     ERROR_BLOCK_SIZE_EXCEED, /* Maximum block size exceeded */
-    ERROR_EFFECT_LIB_ERROR
+    ERROR_EFFECT_LIB_ERROR,  /* Effect implementation library error */
+    ERROR_EVENT_FLAG_ERROR   /* Error with effect event flags */
 };
 
 static const int INVALID_AUDIO_SESSION_ID = -1;
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@
             return out << "ERROR_BLOCK_SIZE_EXCEED";
         case RetCode::ERROR_EFFECT_LIB_ERROR:
             return out << "ERROR_EFFECT_LIB_ERROR";
+        case RetCode::ERROR_EVENT_FLAG_ERROR:
+            return out << "ERROR_EVENT_FLAG_ERROR";
     }
 
     return out << "EnumError: " << code;
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/loudnessEnhancer/LoudnessEnhancerSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/loudnessEnhancer/LoudnessEnhancerSw.cpp
index 7954316..1e70716 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/loudnessEnhancer/LoudnessEnhancerSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/loudnessEnhancer/LoudnessEnhancerSw.cpp
@@ -147,10 +147,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> LoudnessEnhancerSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode LoudnessEnhancerSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/loudnessEnhancer/LoudnessEnhancerSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/loudnessEnhancer/LoudnessEnhancerSw.h
index 25824f2..cf71a5f 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/loudnessEnhancer/LoudnessEnhancerSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/loudnessEnhancer/LoudnessEnhancerSw.h
@@ -54,20 +54,23 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; }
 
   private:
-    std::shared_ptr<LoudnessEnhancerSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<LoudnessEnhancerSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterLoudnessEnhancer(const LoudnessEnhancer::Tag& tag,
-                                                    Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                                    Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/NoiseSuppressionSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/NoiseSuppressionSw.cpp
index a3208df..d304416 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/NoiseSuppressionSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/NoiseSuppressionSw.cpp
@@ -155,10 +155,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> NoiseSuppressionSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode NoiseSuppressionSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/NoiseSuppressionSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/NoiseSuppressionSw.h
index fc1e028..acef8ee 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/NoiseSuppressionSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/NoiseSuppressionSw.h
@@ -55,20 +55,23 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; };
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
   private:
-    std::shared_ptr<NoiseSuppressionSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<NoiseSuppressionSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterNoiseSuppression(const NoiseSuppression::Tag& tag,
-                                                    Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                                    Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/PresetReverbSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/PresetReverbSw.cpp
index 3f02eb7..2ac2010 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/PresetReverbSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/PresetReverbSw.cpp
@@ -161,10 +161,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> PresetReverbSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode PresetReverbSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/PresetReverbSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/PresetReverbSw.h
index 9ceee7c..61fc88c 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/PresetReverbSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/PresetReverbSw.h
@@ -56,21 +56,23 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; }
 
   private:
-    std::shared_ptr<PresetReverbSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<PresetReverbSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterPresetReverb(const PresetReverb::Tag& tag,
-                                                Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                                Parameter::Specific* specific) REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/ModuleRemoteSubmix.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/ModuleRemoteSubmix.cpp
index 7bc783c..b44f37b 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/ModuleRemoteSubmix.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/ModuleRemoteSubmix.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #define LOG_TAG "AHAL_ModuleRemoteSubmix"
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
@@ -174,4 +175,9 @@
     return kMinLatencyMs;
 }
 
+binder_status_t ModuleRemoteSubmix::dump(int fd, const char** /*args*/, uint32_t /*numArgs*/) {
+    dprintf(fd, "\nSubmixRoutes:\n%s\n", r_submix::SubmixRoute::dumpRoutes().c_str());
+    return STATUS_OK;
+}
+
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::core
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/StreamRemoteSubmix.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/StreamRemoteSubmix.cpp
index 3ee354b..fa4135d 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/StreamRemoteSubmix.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/StreamRemoteSubmix.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
         }
         return ::android::OK;
     }
+    mReadErrorCount = 0;
 
     LOG(VERBOSE) << __func__ << ": " << mDeviceAddress.toString() << ", " << frameCount
                  << " frames";
@@ -294,7 +295,12 @@
         }
     }
     if (actuallyRead < frameCount) {
-        LOG(WARNING) << __func__ << ": read " << actuallyRead << " vs. requested " << frameCount;
+        if (++mReadFailureCount < kMaxReadFailureAttempts) {
+            LOG(WARNING) << __func__ << ": read " << actuallyRead << " vs. requested " << frameCount
+                         << " (not all errors will be logged)";
+        }
+    } else {
+        mReadFailureCount = 0;
     }
     mCurrentRoute->updateReadCounterFrames(*actualFrameCount);
     return ::android::OK;
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/SubmixRoute.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/SubmixRoute.cpp
index 7d706c2..325a012 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/SubmixRoute.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/SubmixRoute.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <mutex>
+
 #define LOG_TAG "AHAL_SubmixRoute"
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <media/AidlConversionCppNdk.h>
@@ -28,10 +30,11 @@
 namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::core::r_submix {
 
 // static
-SubmixRoute::RoutesMonitor SubmixRoute::getRoutes() {
+SubmixRoute::RoutesMonitor SubmixRoute::getRoutes(bool tryLock) {
     static std::mutex submixRoutesLock;
     static RoutesMap submixRoutes;
-    return RoutesMonitor(submixRoutesLock, submixRoutes);
+    return !tryLock ? RoutesMonitor(submixRoutesLock, submixRoutes)
+                    : RoutesMonitor(submixRoutesLock, submixRoutes, tryLock);
 }
 
 // static
@@ -66,6 +69,21 @@
     getRoutes()->erase(deviceAddress);
 }
 
+// static
+std::string SubmixRoute::dumpRoutes() {
+    auto routes = getRoutes(true /*tryLock*/);
+    std::string result;
+    if (routes->empty()) result.append(" <Empty>");
+    for (const auto& r : *(routes.operator->())) {
+        result.append(" - ")
+                .append(r.first.toString())
+                .append(": ")
+                .append(r.second->dump())
+                .append("\n");
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 // Verify a submix input or output stream can be opened.
 bool SubmixRoute::isStreamConfigValid(bool isInput, const AudioConfig& streamConfig) {
     // If the stream is already open, don't open it again.
@@ -258,4 +276,23 @@
     }
 }
 
+std::string SubmixRoute::dump() NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS {
+    const bool isLocked = mLock.try_lock();
+    std::string result = std::string(isLocked ? "" : "! ")
+                                 .append("Input ")
+                                 .append(mStreamInOpen ? "open" : "closed")
+                                 .append(mStreamInStandby ? ", standby" : ", active")
+                                 .append(", refcount: ")
+                                 .append(std::to_string(mInputRefCount))
+                                 .append(", framesRead: ")
+                                 .append(mSource ? std::to_string(mSource->framesRead()) : "<null>")
+                                 .append("; Output ")
+                                 .append(mStreamOutOpen ? "open" : "closed")
+                                 .append(mStreamOutStandby ? ", standby" : ", active")
+                                 .append(", framesWritten: ")
+                                 .append(mSink ? std::to_string(mSink->framesWritten()) : "<null>");
+    if (isLocked) mLock.unlock();
+    return result;
+}
+
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::core::r_submix
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/SubmixRoute.h b/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/SubmixRoute.h
index 160df41..5425f12 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/SubmixRoute.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/r_submix/SubmixRoute.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <mutex>
+#include <string>
 
 #include <android-base/thread_annotations.h>
 #include <audio_utils/clock.h>
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
             const ::aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceAddress& deviceAddress);
     static void removeRoute(
             const ::aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceAddress& deviceAddress);
+    static std::string dumpRoutes();
 
     bool isStreamInOpen() {
         std::lock_guard guard(mLock);
@@ -115,20 +117,24 @@
     void standby(bool isInput);
     long updateReadCounterFrames(size_t frameCount);
 
+    std::string dump();
+
   private:
     using RoutesMap = std::map<::aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioDeviceAddress,
                                std::shared_ptr<r_submix::SubmixRoute>>;
     class RoutesMonitor {
       public:
         RoutesMonitor(std::mutex& mutex, RoutesMap& routes) : mLock(mutex), mRoutes(routes) {}
+        RoutesMonitor(std::mutex& mutex, RoutesMap& routes, bool /*tryLock*/)
+            : mLock(mutex, std::try_to_lock), mRoutes(routes) {}
         RoutesMap* operator->() { return &mRoutes; }
 
       private:
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> mLock;
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> mLock;
         RoutesMap& mRoutes;
     };
 
-    static RoutesMonitor getRoutes();
+    static RoutesMonitor getRoutes(bool tryLock = false);
 
     bool isStreamConfigCompatible(const AudioConfig& streamConfig);
 
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/spatializer/SpatializerSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/spatializer/SpatializerSw.cpp
index 434ed5a..6d3c4bd 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/spatializer/SpatializerSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/spatializer/SpatializerSw.cpp
@@ -141,10 +141,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> SpatializerSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode SpatializerSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/spatializer/SpatializerSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/spatializer/SpatializerSw.h
index b205704..b321e83 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/spatializer/SpatializerSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/spatializer/SpatializerSw.h
@@ -50,19 +50,21 @@
     ~SpatializerSw();
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; };
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
   private:
     static const std::vector<Range::SpatializerRange> kRanges;
-    std::shared_ptr<SpatializerSwContext> mContext = nullptr;
+    std::shared_ptr<SpatializerSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex) = nullptr;
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/VirtualizerSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/VirtualizerSw.cpp
index 0e8435e..091b0b7 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/VirtualizerSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/VirtualizerSw.cpp
@@ -203,10 +203,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> VirtualizerSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode VirtualizerSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/VirtualizerSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/VirtualizerSw.h
index 5e114d9..9287838 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/VirtualizerSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/VirtualizerSw.h
@@ -59,24 +59,25 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
     IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; }
 
   private:
     static const std::vector<Range::VirtualizerRange> kRanges;
-    std::shared_ptr<VirtualizerSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<VirtualizerSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterVirtualizer(const Virtualizer::Tag& tag,
-                                               Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                               Parameter::Specific* specific) REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getSpeakerAngles(const Virtualizer::SpeakerAnglesPayload payload,
-                                        Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                        Parameter::Specific* specific) REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/visualizer/VisualizerSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/visualizer/VisualizerSw.cpp
index 285c102..54f7f1c 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/visualizer/VisualizerSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/visualizer/VisualizerSw.cpp
@@ -190,10 +190,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> VisualizerSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode VisualizerSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/visualizer/VisualizerSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/visualizer/VisualizerSw.h
index 995774e..4b87b04 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/visualizer/VisualizerSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/visualizer/VisualizerSw.h
@@ -72,21 +72,23 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; }
 
   private:
     static const std::vector<Range::VisualizerRange> kRanges;
-    std::shared_ptr<VisualizerSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<VisualizerSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterVisualizer(const Visualizer::Tag& tag,
-                                              Parameter::Specific* specific);
+                                              Parameter::Specific* specific) REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/volume/VolumeSw.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/volume/VolumeSw.cpp
index 8902584..dd019f6 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/volume/VolumeSw.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/volume/VolumeSw.cpp
@@ -160,10 +160,6 @@
     return mContext;
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> VolumeSw::getContext() {
-    return mContext;
-}
-
 RetCode VolumeSw::releaseContext() {
     if (mContext) {
         mContext.reset();
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/volume/VolumeSw.h b/audio/aidl/default/volume/VolumeSw.h
index 1432b2b..3fc0d97 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/volume/VolumeSw.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/volume/VolumeSw.h
@@ -57,21 +57,24 @@
     }
 
     ndk::ScopedAStatus getDescriptor(Descriptor* _aidl_return) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific) override;
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id,
-                                            Parameter::Specific* specific) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus setParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Specific& specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterSpecific(const Parameter::Id& id, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common) override;
-    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> getContext() override;
-    RetCode releaseContext() override;
+    std::shared_ptr<EffectContext> createContext(const Parameter::Common& common)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
+    RetCode releaseContext() REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
 
-    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples) override;
+    IEffect::Status effectProcessImpl(float* in, float* out, int samples)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex) override;
     std::string getEffectName() override { return kEffectName; }
 
   private:
     static const std::vector<Range::VolumeRange> kRanges;
-    std::shared_ptr<VolumeSwContext> mContext;
+    std::shared_ptr<VolumeSwContext> mContext GUARDED_BY(mImplMutex);
 
-    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterVolume(const Volume::Tag& tag, Parameter::Specific* specific);
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getParameterVolume(const Volume::Tag& tag, Parameter::Specific* specific)
+            REQUIRES(mImplMutex);
 };
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect
diff --git a/audio/aidl/vts/EffectHelper.h b/audio/aidl/vts/EffectHelper.h
index 4a5c537..9fa7f9f 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/vts/EffectHelper.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/vts/EffectHelper.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 using aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::CommandId;
 using aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::Descriptor;
 using aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::IEffect;
+using aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::kEventFlagDataMqUpdate;
 using aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::kEventFlagNotEmpty;
 using aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::Parameter;
 using aidl::android::hardware::audio::effect::Range;
@@ -191,6 +192,16 @@
             ASSERT_TRUE(dataMq->read(buffer.data(), expectFloats));
         }
     }
+    static void expectDataMqUpdateEventFlag(std::unique_ptr<StatusMQ>& statusMq) {
+        EventFlag* efGroup;
+        ASSERT_EQ(::android::OK,
+                  EventFlag::createEventFlag(statusMq->getEventFlagWord(), &efGroup));
+        ASSERT_NE(nullptr, efGroup);
+        uint32_t efState = 0;
+        EXPECT_EQ(::android::OK, efGroup->wait(kEventFlagDataMqUpdate, &efState, 1'000'000 /*1ms*/,
+                                               true /* retry */));
+        EXPECT_TRUE(efState & kEventFlagDataMqUpdate);
+    }
     static Parameter::Common createParamCommon(
             int session = 0, int ioHandle = -1, int iSampleRate = 48000, int oSampleRate = 48000,
             long iFrameCount = 0x100, long oFrameCount = 0x100,
diff --git a/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalAudioCoreModuleTargetTest.cpp b/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalAudioCoreModuleTargetTest.cpp
index f91795b..7373073 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalAudioCoreModuleTargetTest.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalAudioCoreModuleTargetTest.cpp
@@ -4583,8 +4583,7 @@
 static std::vector<std::string> getRemoteSubmixModuleInstance() {
     auto instances = android::getAidlHalInstanceNames(IModule::descriptor);
     for (auto instance : instances) {
-        if (instance.find("r_submix") != std::string::npos)
-            return (std::vector<std::string>{instance});
+        if (instance.ends_with("/r_submix")) return (std::vector<std::string>{instance});
     }
     return {};
 }
@@ -4672,6 +4671,9 @@
         // Turn off "debug" which enables connections simulation. Since devices of the remote
         // submix module are virtual, there is no need for simulation.
         ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(SetUpImpl(GetParam(), false /*setUpDebug*/));
+        if (int32_t version; module->getInterfaceVersion(&version).isOk() && version < 2) {
+            GTEST_SKIP() << "V1 uses a deprecated remote submix device type encoding";
+        }
         ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(SetUpModuleConfig());
     }
 };
diff --git a/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalAudioEffectTargetTest.cpp b/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalAudioEffectTargetTest.cpp
index 418fedb..01cdd81 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalAudioEffectTargetTest.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalAudioEffectTargetTest.cpp
@@ -609,6 +609,49 @@
     ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(destroy(mFactory, mEffect));
 }
 
+// Verify Parameters kept after reset.
+TEST_P(AudioEffectTest, SetCommonParameterAndReopen) {
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(create(mFactory, mEffect, mDescriptor));
+
+    Parameter::Common common = EffectHelper::createParamCommon(
+            0 /* session */, 1 /* ioHandle */, 44100 /* iSampleRate */, 44100 /* oSampleRate */,
+            kInputFrameCount /* iFrameCount */, kOutputFrameCount /* oFrameCount */);
+    IEffect::OpenEffectReturn ret;
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(open(mEffect, common, std::nullopt /* specific */, &ret, EX_NONE));
+    auto statusMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::StatusMQ>(ret.statusMQ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(statusMQ->isValid());
+    auto inputMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::DataMQ>(ret.inputDataMQ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(inputMQ->isValid());
+    auto outputMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::DataMQ>(ret.outputDataMQ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(outputMQ->isValid());
+
+    Parameter::Id id = Parameter::Id::make<Parameter::Id::commonTag>(Parameter::common);
+    common.input.frameCount++;
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(setAndGetParameter(id, Parameter::make<Parameter::common>(common)));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(statusMQ->isValid());
+    expectDataMqUpdateEventFlag(statusMQ);
+    EXPECT_IS_OK(mEffect->reopen(&ret));
+    inputMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::DataMQ>(ret.inputDataMQ);
+    outputMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::DataMQ>(ret.outputDataMQ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(statusMQ->isValid());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(inputMQ->isValid());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(outputMQ->isValid());
+
+    common.output.frameCount++;
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(setAndGetParameter(id, Parameter::make<Parameter::common>(common)));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(statusMQ->isValid());
+    expectDataMqUpdateEventFlag(statusMQ);
+    EXPECT_IS_OK(mEffect->reopen(&ret));
+    inputMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::DataMQ>(ret.inputDataMQ);
+    outputMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::DataMQ>(ret.outputDataMQ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(statusMQ->isValid());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(inputMQ->isValid());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(outputMQ->isValid());
+
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(close(mEffect));
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(destroy(mFactory, mEffect));
+}
+
 /// Data processing test
 // Send data to effects and expect it to be consumed by checking statusMQ.
 // Effects exposing bypass flags or operating in offload mode will be skipped.
@@ -684,6 +727,59 @@
     ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(destroy(mFactory, mEffect));
 }
 
+// Send data to effects and expect it to be consumed after effect reopen (IO AudioConfig change).
+// Effects exposing bypass flags or operating in offload mode will be skipped.
+TEST_P(AudioEffectDataPathTest, ConsumeDataAfterReopen) {
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(create(mFactory, mEffect, mDescriptor));
+
+    Parameter::Common common = EffectHelper::createParamCommon(
+            0 /* session */, 1 /* ioHandle */, 44100 /* iSampleRate */, 44100 /* oSampleRate */,
+            kInputFrameCount /* iFrameCount */, kOutputFrameCount /* oFrameCount */);
+    IEffect::OpenEffectReturn ret;
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(open(mEffect, common, std::nullopt /* specific */, &ret, EX_NONE));
+    auto statusMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::StatusMQ>(ret.statusMQ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(statusMQ->isValid());
+    auto inputMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::DataMQ>(ret.inputDataMQ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(inputMQ->isValid());
+    auto outputMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::DataMQ>(ret.outputDataMQ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(outputMQ->isValid());
+
+    std::vector<float> buffer;
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(command(mEffect, CommandId::START));
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(expectState(mEffect, State::PROCESSING));
+    EXPECT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(EffectHelper::allocateInputData(common, inputMQ, buffer));
+    EXPECT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(EffectHelper::writeToFmq(statusMQ, inputMQ, buffer));
+    EXPECT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(
+            EffectHelper::readFromFmq(statusMQ, 1, outputMQ, buffer.size(), buffer));
+
+    // set a new common parameter with different IO frameCount, reopen
+    Parameter::Id id = Parameter::Id::make<Parameter::Id::commonTag>(Parameter::common);
+    common.input.frameCount += 4;
+    common.output.frameCount += 4;
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(setAndGetParameter(id, Parameter::make<Parameter::common>(common)));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(statusMQ->isValid());
+    expectDataMqUpdateEventFlag(statusMQ);
+    EXPECT_IS_OK(mEffect->reopen(&ret));
+    inputMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::DataMQ>(ret.inputDataMQ);
+    outputMQ = std::make_unique<EffectHelper::DataMQ>(ret.outputDataMQ);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(statusMQ->isValid());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(inputMQ->isValid());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(outputMQ->isValid());
+
+    // verify data consume again
+    EXPECT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(EffectHelper::allocateInputData(common, inputMQ, buffer));
+    EXPECT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(EffectHelper::writeToFmq(statusMQ, inputMQ, buffer));
+    EXPECT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(
+            EffectHelper::readFromFmq(statusMQ, 1, outputMQ, buffer.size(), buffer));
+
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(command(mEffect, CommandId::STOP));
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(expectState(mEffect, State::IDLE));
+    EXPECT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(EffectHelper::readFromFmq(statusMQ, 0, outputMQ, 0, buffer));
+
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(close(mEffect));
+    ASSERT_NO_FATAL_FAILURE(destroy(mFactory, mEffect));
+}
+
 // Send data to IDLE effects and expect it to be consumed after effect start.
 // Effects exposing bypass flags or operating in offload mode will be skipped.
 TEST_P(AudioEffectDataPathTest, SendDataAtIdleAndConsumeDataInProcessing) {
diff --git a/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalDownmixTargetTest.cpp b/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalDownmixTargetTest.cpp
index b82bde1..360bf26 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalDownmixTargetTest.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalDownmixTargetTest.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@
 
     void setDataTestParams(int32_t layoutType) {
         mInputBuffer.resize(kBufferSize);
-        mOutputBuffer.resize(kBufferSize);
 
         // Get the number of channels used
         mInputChannelCount = getChannelCount(
@@ -146,6 +145,7 @@
 
         // In case of downmix, output is always configured to stereo layout.
         mOutputBufferSize = (mInputBuffer.size() / mInputChannelCount) * kOutputChannelCount;
+        mOutputBuffer.resize(mOutputBufferSize);
     }
 
     // Generate mInputBuffer values between -kMaxDownmixSample to kMaxDownmixSample
@@ -262,13 +262,13 @@
         for (size_t i = 0, j = position; i < mOutputBufferSize;
              i += kOutputChannelCount, j += mInputChannelCount) {
             // Validate Left channel has no audio
-            ASSERT_EQ(mOutputBuffer[i], 0);
+            ASSERT_EQ(mOutputBuffer[i], 0) << " at " << i;
             // Validate Right channel has audio
             if (mInputBuffer[j] != 0) {
-                ASSERT_NE(mOutputBuffer[i + 1], 0);
+                ASSERT_NE(mOutputBuffer[i + 1], 0) << " at " << i;
             } else {
                 // No change in output when input is 0
-                ASSERT_EQ(mOutputBuffer[i + 1], mInputBuffer[j]);
+                ASSERT_EQ(mOutputBuffer[i + 1], mInputBuffer[j]) << " at " << i;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -402,9 +402,6 @@
             ASSERT_EQ(mOutputBuffer[j], mInputBuffer[i]);
             ASSERT_EQ(mOutputBuffer[j + 1], mInputBuffer[i + 1]);
         }
-        for (size_t i = mOutputBufferSize; i < kBufferSize; i++) {
-            ASSERT_EQ(mOutputBuffer[i], mInputBuffer[i]);
-        }
     }
 
     int32_t mInputChannelLayout;
diff --git a/automotive/vehicle/aidl/Android.bp b/automotive/vehicle/aidl/Android.bp
index 3b93bca..7405d4c 100644
--- a/automotive/vehicle/aidl/Android.bp
+++ b/automotive/vehicle/aidl/Android.bp
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
                 "com.android.car.framework",
             ],
         },
+        rust: {
+            enabled: true,
+        },
     },
     versions_with_info: [
         {
diff --git a/automotive/vehicle/aidl_property/Android.bp b/automotive/vehicle/aidl_property/Android.bp
index 19fa4a3..580be68 100644
--- a/automotive/vehicle/aidl_property/Android.bp
+++ b/automotive/vehicle/aidl_property/Android.bp
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
                 "com.android.car.framework",
             ],
         },
+        rust: {
+            enabled: true,
+        },
     },
     versions_with_info: [
         {
diff --git a/bluetooth/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalBluetoothAudioTargetTest.cpp b/bluetooth/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalBluetoothAudioTargetTest.cpp
index be49a74..85bc48a 100644
--- a/bluetooth/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalBluetoothAudioTargetTest.cpp
+++ b/bluetooth/audio/aidl/vts/VtsHalBluetoothAudioTargetTest.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@
     ChannelMode::UNKNOWN, ChannelMode::MONO, ChannelMode::STEREO};
 static std::vector<LatencyMode> latency_modes = {LatencyMode::FREE};
 
+enum class BluetoothAudioHalVersion : int32_t {
+  VERSION_UNAVAILABLE = 0,
+  VERSION_2_0,
+  VERSION_2_1,
+  VERSION_AIDL_V1,
+  VERSION_AIDL_V2,
+  VERSION_AIDL_V3,
+  VERSION_AIDL_V4,
+};
+
 // Some valid configs for HFP PCM configuration (software sessions)
 static constexpr int32_t hfp_sample_rates_[] = {8000, 16000, 32000};
 static constexpr int8_t hfp_bits_per_samples_[] = {16};
@@ -221,7 +231,6 @@
     temp_provider_info_ = std::nullopt;
     auto aidl_reval =
         provider_factory_->getProviderInfo(session_type, &temp_provider_info_);
-    ASSERT_TRUE(aidl_reval.isOk());
   }
 
   void GetProviderCapabilitiesHelper(const SessionType& session_type) {
@@ -623,9 +632,38 @@
       SessionType::LE_AUDIO_BROADCAST_HARDWARE_OFFLOAD_ENCODING_DATAPATH,
       SessionType::A2DP_SOFTWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH,
       SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_OFFLOAD_DECODING_DATAPATH,
+  };
+
+  static constexpr SessionType kAndroidVSessionType[] = {
       SessionType::HFP_SOFTWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH,
       SessionType::HFP_SOFTWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH,
   };
+
+  BluetoothAudioHalVersion GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() {
+    int32_t aidl_version = 0;
+    if (provider_factory_ == nullptr) {
+      return BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_UNAVAILABLE;
+    }
+
+    auto aidl_retval = provider_factory_->getInterfaceVersion(&aidl_version);
+    if (!aidl_retval.isOk()) {
+      return BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_UNAVAILABLE;
+    }
+    switch (aidl_version) {
+      case 1:
+        return BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V1;
+      case 2:
+        return BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V2;
+      case 3:
+        return BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V3;
+      case 4:
+        return BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4;
+      default:
+        return BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_UNAVAILABLE;
+    }
+
+    return BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_UNAVAILABLE;
+  }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -647,6 +685,15 @@
     EXPECT_TRUE(temp_provider_capabilities_.empty() ||
                 audio_provider_ != nullptr);
   }
+  if (GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() >=
+      BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4) {
+    for (auto session_type : kAndroidVSessionType) {
+      GetProviderCapabilitiesHelper(session_type);
+      OpenProviderHelper(session_type);
+      EXPECT_TRUE(temp_provider_capabilities_.empty() ||
+                  audio_provider_ != nullptr);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -736,8 +783,7 @@
       ASSERT_NE(codec_info.id.getTag(), CodecId::a2dp);
       // The codec info must contain the information
       // for le audio transport.
-      // ASSERT_EQ(codec_info.transport.getTag(),
-      // CodecInfo::Transport::le_audio);
+      ASSERT_EQ(codec_info.transport.getTag(), CodecInfo::Transport::leAudio);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -1465,8 +1511,8 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_SOFTWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * different PCM config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_SOFTWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with different PCM config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpEncodingSoftwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpEncodingSoftwareSessionWithPossiblePcmConfig) {
@@ -1503,6 +1549,10 @@
  public:
   virtual void SetUp() override {
     BluetoothAudioProviderFactoryAidl::SetUp();
+    if (GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() <
+        BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4) {
+      GTEST_SKIP();
+    }
     GetProviderCapabilitiesHelper(SessionType::HFP_SOFTWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH);
     OpenProviderHelper(SessionType::HFP_SOFTWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH);
     ASSERT_NE(audio_provider_, nullptr);
@@ -1570,6 +1620,10 @@
  public:
   virtual void SetUp() override {
     BluetoothAudioProviderFactoryAidl::SetUp();
+    if (GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() <
+        BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4) {
+      GTEST_SKIP();
+    }
     GetProviderCapabilitiesHelper(SessionType::HFP_SOFTWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH);
     OpenProviderHelper(SessionType::HFP_SOFTWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH);
     ASSERT_NE(audio_provider_, nullptr);
@@ -1658,13 +1712,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * SBC hardware encoding config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with SBC hardware encoding config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpEncodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpSbcEncodingHardwareSession) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   CodecConfiguration codec_config = {
@@ -1688,13 +1742,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * AAC hardware encoding config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with AAC hardware encoding config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpEncodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpAacEncodingHardwareSession) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   CodecConfiguration codec_config = {
@@ -1718,13 +1772,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * LDAC hardware encoding config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with LDAC hardware encoding config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpEncodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpLdacEncodingHardwareSession) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   CodecConfiguration codec_config = {
@@ -1748,13 +1802,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * Opus hardware encoding config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with Opus hardware encoding config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpEncodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpOpusEncodingHardwareSession) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   CodecConfiguration codec_config = {
@@ -1778,13 +1832,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * AptX hardware encoding config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with AptX hardware encoding config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpEncodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpAptxEncodingHardwareSession) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   for (auto codec_type : {CodecType::APTX, CodecType::APTX_HD}) {
@@ -1814,13 +1868,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * an invalid codec config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with an invalid codec config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpEncodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpEncodingHardwareSessionInvalidCodecConfig) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
   ASSERT_NE(audio_provider_, nullptr);
 
@@ -1886,6 +1940,10 @@
  public:
   virtual void SetUp() override {
     BluetoothAudioProviderFactoryAidl::SetUp();
+    if (GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() <
+        BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4) {
+      GTEST_SKIP();
+    }
     OpenProviderHelper(SessionType::HFP_HARDWARE_OFFLOAD_DATAPATH);
     // Can open or empty capability
     ASSERT_TRUE(temp_provider_capabilities_.empty() ||
@@ -2419,8 +2477,12 @@
 TEST_P(
     BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioOutputHardwareAidl,
     StartAndEndLeAudioOutputSessionWithPossibleUnicastConfigFromProviderInfo) {
+  if (GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() <
+      BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4) {
+    GTEST_SKIP();
+  }
   if (!IsOffloadOutputProviderInfoSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   auto lc3_codec_configs = GetUnicastLc3SupportedListFromProviderInfo();
@@ -2444,6 +2506,10 @@
 
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioOutputHardwareAidl,
        GetEmptyAseConfigurationEmptyCapability) {
+  if (GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() <
+      BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4) {
+    GTEST_SKIP();
+  }
   std::vector<std::optional<LeAudioDeviceCapabilities>> empty_capability;
   std::vector<LeAudioConfigurationRequirement> empty_requirement;
   std::vector<LeAudioAseConfigurationSetting> configurations;
@@ -2465,6 +2531,10 @@
 
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioOutputHardwareAidl,
        GetEmptyAseConfigurationMismatchedRequirement) {
+  if (GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() <
+      BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4) {
+    GTEST_SKIP();
+  }
   std::vector<std::optional<LeAudioDeviceCapabilities>> capabilities = {
       GetDefaultRemoteCapability()};
 
@@ -2489,6 +2559,10 @@
 }
 
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioOutputHardwareAidl, GetQoSConfiguration) {
+  if (GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() <
+      BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4) {
+    GTEST_SKIP();
+  }
   IBluetoothAudioProvider::LeAudioAseQosConfigurationRequirement requirement;
   std::vector<IBluetoothAudioProvider::LeAudioAseQosConfiguration>
       QoSConfigurations;
@@ -2548,7 +2622,7 @@
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioOutputHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndLeAudioOutputSessionWithPossibleUnicastConfig) {
   if (!IsOffloadOutputSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   auto lc3_codec_configs =
@@ -2581,7 +2655,7 @@
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioOutputHardwareAidl,
        DISABLED_StartAndEndLeAudioOutputSessionWithInvalidAudioConfiguration) {
   if (!IsOffloadOutputSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   auto lc3_codec_configs =
@@ -2619,7 +2693,7 @@
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioOutputHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndLeAudioOutputSessionWithAptxAdaptiveLeUnicastConfig) {
   if (!IsOffloadOutputSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
   for (auto codec_type :
        {CodecType::APTX_ADAPTIVE_LE, CodecType::APTX_ADAPTIVE_LEX}) {
@@ -2656,7 +2730,7 @@
     BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioOutputHardwareAidl,
     BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioOutputHardwareAidl_StartAndEndLeAudioOutputSessionWithInvalidAptxAdaptiveLeAudioConfiguration) {
   if (!IsOffloadOutputSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   for (auto codec_type :
@@ -2742,7 +2816,7 @@
     BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioInputHardwareAidl,
     StartAndEndLeAudioInputSessionWithPossibleUnicastConfigFromProviderInfo) {
   if (!IsOffloadOutputProviderInfoSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   auto lc3_codec_configs = GetUnicastLc3SupportedListFromProviderInfo();
@@ -2772,7 +2846,7 @@
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioInputHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndLeAudioInputSessionWithPossibleUnicastConfig) {
   if (!IsOffloadInputSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   auto lc3_codec_configs =
@@ -2805,7 +2879,7 @@
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioInputHardwareAidl,
        DISABLED_StartAndEndLeAudioInputSessionWithInvalidAudioConfiguration) {
   if (!IsOffloadInputSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   auto lc3_codec_configs =
@@ -2863,16 +2937,16 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::LE_AUDIO_BROADCAST_SOFTWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and
- * stopped
+ * SessionType::LE_AUDIO_BROADCAST_SOFTWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started
+ * and stopped
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioBroadcastSoftwareAidl,
        OpenLeAudioOutputSoftwareProvider) {}
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::LE_AUDIO_BROADCAST_SOFTWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started and
- * stopped with different PCM config
+ * SessionType::LE_AUDIO_BROADCAST_SOFTWARE_ENCODING_DATAPATH can be started
+ * and stopped with different PCM config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioBroadcastSoftwareAidl,
        StartAndEndLeAudioOutputSessionWithPossiblePcmConfig) {
@@ -3046,6 +3120,10 @@
 TEST_P(
     BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioBroadcastHardwareAidl,
     StartAndEndLeAudioBroadcastSessionWithPossibleUnicastConfigFromProviderInfo) {
+  if (GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() <
+      BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4) {
+    GTEST_SKIP();
+  }
   if (!IsBroadcastOffloadProviderInfoSupported()) {
     return;
   }
@@ -3077,6 +3155,10 @@
 
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderLeAudioBroadcastHardwareAidl,
        GetEmptyBroadcastConfigurationEmptyCapability) {
+  if (GetProviderFactoryInterfaceVersion() <
+      BluetoothAudioHalVersion::VERSION_AIDL_V4) {
+    GTEST_SKIP();
+  }
   std::vector<std::optional<LeAudioDeviceCapabilities>> empty_capability;
   IBluetoothAudioProvider::LeAudioBroadcastConfigurationRequirement
       empty_requirement;
@@ -3191,8 +3273,8 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_SOFTWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * different PCM config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_SOFTWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with different PCM config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpDecodingSoftwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpDecodingSoftwareSessionWithPossiblePcmConfig) {
@@ -3253,13 +3335,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * SBC hardware encoding config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with SBC hardware encoding config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpDecodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpSbcDecodingHardwareSession) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   CodecConfiguration codec_config = {
@@ -3283,13 +3365,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * AAC hardware encoding config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with AAC hardware encoding config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpDecodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpAacDecodingHardwareSession) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   CodecConfiguration codec_config = {
@@ -3313,13 +3395,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * LDAC hardware encoding config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with LDAC hardware encoding config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpDecodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpLdacDecodingHardwareSession) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   CodecConfiguration codec_config = {
@@ -3343,13 +3425,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * Opus hardware encoding config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with Opus hardware encoding config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpDecodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpOpusDecodingHardwareSession) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   CodecConfiguration codec_config = {
@@ -3373,13 +3455,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * AptX hardware encoding config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with AptX hardware encoding config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpDecodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpAptxDecodingHardwareSession) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
 
   for (auto codec_type : {CodecType::APTX, CodecType::APTX_HD}) {
@@ -3409,13 +3491,13 @@
 
 /**
  * Test whether each provider of type
- * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped with
- * an invalid codec config
+ * SessionType::A2DP_HARDWARE_DECODING_DATAPATH can be started and stopped
+ * with an invalid codec config
  */
 TEST_P(BluetoothAudioProviderA2dpDecodingHardwareAidl,
        StartAndEndA2dpDecodingHardwareSessionInvalidCodecConfig) {
   if (!IsOffloadSupported()) {
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP();
   }
   ASSERT_NE(audio_provider_, nullptr);
 
diff --git a/bluetooth/audio/utils/aidl_session/BluetoothAudioCodecs.cpp b/bluetooth/audio/utils/aidl_session/BluetoothAudioCodecs.cpp
index 216e169..d37825a 100644
--- a/bluetooth/audio/utils/aidl_session/BluetoothAudioCodecs.cpp
+++ b/bluetooth/audio/utils/aidl_session/BluetoothAudioCodecs.cpp
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
   if (kDefaultOffloadLeAudioCodecInfoMap.empty()) {
     auto le_audio_offload_setting =
         BluetoothLeAudioCodecsProvider::ParseFromLeAudioOffloadSettingFile();
-    auto kDefaultOffloadLeAudioCodecInfoMap =
+    kDefaultOffloadLeAudioCodecInfoMap =
         BluetoothLeAudioCodecsProvider::GetLeAudioCodecInfo(
             le_audio_offload_setting);
   }
diff --git a/bluetooth/audio/utils/aidl_session/BluetoothLeAudioCodecsProvider.cpp b/bluetooth/audio/utils/aidl_session/BluetoothLeAudioCodecsProvider.cpp
index b6df67e..473777c 100644
--- a/bluetooth/audio/utils/aidl_session/BluetoothLeAudioCodecsProvider.cpp
+++ b/bluetooth/audio/utils/aidl_session/BluetoothLeAudioCodecsProvider.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
 
 std::optional<setting::LeAudioOffloadSetting>
 BluetoothLeAudioCodecsProvider::ParseFromLeAudioOffloadSettingFile() {
-  if (!leAudioCodecCapabilities.empty() || isInvalidFileContent) {
-    return std::nullopt;
-  }
   auto le_audio_offload_setting =
       setting::readLeAudioOffloadSetting(kLeAudioCodecCapabilitiesFile);
   if (!le_audio_offload_setting.has_value()) {
@@ -77,8 +74,6 @@
   for (auto& p : configuration_map_) {
     // Initialize new CodecInfo for the config
     auto config_name = p.first;
-    if (config_codec_info_map_.count(config_name) == 0)
-      config_codec_info_map_[config_name] = CodecInfo();
 
     // Getting informations from codecConfig and strategyConfig
     const auto codec_config_name = p.second.getCodecConfiguration();
@@ -92,6 +87,9 @@
     if (strategy_configuration_map_iter == strategy_configuration_map_.end())
       continue;
 
+    if (config_codec_info_map_.count(config_name) == 0)
+      config_codec_info_map_[config_name] = CodecInfo();
+
     const auto& codec_config = codec_configuration_map_iter->second;
     const auto codec = codec_config.getCodec();
     const auto& strategy_config = strategy_configuration_map_iter->second;
@@ -137,12 +135,19 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // Goes through every scenario, deduplicate configuration
+  // Goes through every scenario, deduplicate configuration, skip the invalid
+  // config references (e.g. the "invalid" entries in the xml file).
   std::set<std::string> encoding_config, decoding_config, broadcast_config;
   for (auto& s : supported_scenarios_) {
-    if (s.hasEncode()) encoding_config.insert(s.getEncode());
-    if (s.hasDecode()) decoding_config.insert(s.getDecode());
-    if (s.hasBroadcast()) broadcast_config.insert(s.getBroadcast());
+    if (s.hasEncode() && config_codec_info_map_.count(s.getEncode())) {
+      encoding_config.insert(s.getEncode());
+    }
+    if (s.hasDecode() && config_codec_info_map_.count(s.getDecode())) {
+      decoding_config.insert(s.getDecode());
+    }
+    if (s.hasBroadcast() && config_codec_info_map_.count(s.getBroadcast())) {
+      broadcast_config.insert(s.getBroadcast());
+    }
   }
 
   // Split by session types and add results
diff --git a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoundingSingleSideData.aidl b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoundingSingleSideData.aidl
index ddaba72..172ac5e 100644
--- a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoundingSingleSideData.aidl
+++ b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoundingSingleSideData.aidl
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
 package android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging;
 @VintfStability
 parcelable ChannelSoundingSingleSideData {
-  @nullable List<android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging.StepTonePct> stepTonePcts;
+  @nullable android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging.StepTonePct[] stepTonePcts;
   @nullable byte[] packetQuality;
   @nullable byte[] packetRssiDbm;
   @nullable android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging.Nadm[] packetNadm;
   @nullable int[] measuredFreqOffset;
-  @nullable List<android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging.ComplexNumber> packetPct1;
-  @nullable List<android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging.ComplexNumber> packetPct2;
+  @nullable android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging.ComplexNumber[] packetPct1;
+  @nullable android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging.ComplexNumber[] packetPct2;
   byte referencePowerDbm;
   @nullable byte[] vendorSpecificCsSingleSidedata;
 }
diff --git a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ModeType.aidl b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ModeType.aidl
index 75cdabc..1e8ae91 100644
--- a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ModeType.aidl
+++ b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ModeType.aidl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 // later when a module using the interface is updated, e.g., Mainline modules.
 
 package android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging;
-@Backing(type="int") @VintfStability
+@Backing(type="byte") @VintfStability
 enum ModeType {
   ZERO = 0x00,
   ONE = 0x01,
diff --git a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/SubModeType.aidl b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/SubModeType.aidl
index f660c91..b72a97d 100644
--- a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/SubModeType.aidl
+++ b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging/current/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/SubModeType.aidl
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 // later when a module using the interface is updated, e.g., Mainline modules.
 
 package android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging;
-@Backing(type="int") @VintfStability
+@Backing(type="byte") @VintfStability
 enum SubModeType {
   ONE = 0x01,
   TWO = 0x02,
   THREE = 0x03,
-  UNUSED = 0xff,
+  UNUSED = 0xffu8,
 }
diff --git a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/AddressType.aidl b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/AddressType.aidl
index bd03213..499d42f 100644
--- a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/AddressType.aidl
+++ b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/AddressType.aidl
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@
 
 package android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging;
 
+/**
+ * Same as the BLE address type, except anonymous isn't supported for ranging.
+ */
 @VintfStability
 @Backing(type="int")
 enum AddressType {
     PUBLIC = 0x00,
+    /* Still may be fixed on the device and is not randomized on boot */
     RANDOM = 0x01,
 }
diff --git a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoudingRawData.aidl b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoudingRawData.aidl
index 0106865..78ce4f4 100644
--- a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoudingRawData.aidl
+++ b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoudingRawData.aidl
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 
 /**
  * Raw ranging data of Channel Sounding.
+ * See Channel Sounding CR_PR 3.1.10 and Channel Sounding HCI Updates CR_PR 3.1.23 for details.
+ *
+ * Specification: https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/specs/channel-sounding-cr-pr/
  */
 @VintfStability
 parcelable ChannelSoudingRawData {
diff --git a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoundingSingleSideData.aidl b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoundingSingleSideData.aidl
index 942fc0d..9c4b472 100644
--- a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoundingSingleSideData.aidl
+++ b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ChannelSoundingSingleSideData.aidl
@@ -21,14 +21,17 @@
 import android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging.StepTonePct;
 
 /**
- * Raw ranging data of Channel Sounding from either Initator or Reflector
+ * Raw ranging data of Channel Sounding from either Initator or Reflector.
+ * See Channel Sounding CR_PR 3.1.10 and Channel Sounding HCI Updates CR_PR 3.1.23 for details.
+ *
+ * Specification: https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/specs/channel-sounding-cr-pr/
  */
 @VintfStability
 parcelable ChannelSoundingSingleSideData {
     /**
      * PCT (complex value) measured from mode-2 or mode-3 steps in a CS procedure (in time order).
      */
-    @nullable List<StepTonePct> stepTonePcts;
+    @nullable StepTonePct[] stepTonePcts;
     /**
      * Packet Quality from mode-1 or mode-3 steps in a CS procedures (in time order).
      */
@@ -49,8 +52,8 @@
      * Packet_PCT1 or packet_PCT2 of mode-1 or mode-3, if sounding sequence is used and sounding
      * phase-based ranging is supported.
      */
-    @nullable List<ComplexNumber> packetPct1;
-    @nullable List<ComplexNumber> packetPct2;
+    @nullable ComplexNumber[] packetPct1;
+    @nullable ComplexNumber[] packetPct2;
     /**
      * Reference power level (-127 to 20) of the signal in the procedure, in dBm.
      */
diff --git a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ModeType.aidl b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ModeType.aidl
index 2058ae8..3a727aa 100644
--- a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ModeType.aidl
+++ b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/ModeType.aidl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging;
 
 @VintfStability
-@Backing(type="int")
+@Backing(type="byte")
 enum ModeType {
     ZERO = 0x00,
     ONE = 0x01,
diff --git a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/Nadm.aidl b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/Nadm.aidl
index 3cfb22f..74cf731 100644
--- a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/Nadm.aidl
+++ b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/Nadm.aidl
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 
 package android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging;
 
+/**
+ * Normalized Attack Detector Metric.
+ * See Channel Sounding CR_PR, 3.13.24 for details.
+ *
+ * Specification: https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/specs/channel-sounding-cr-pr/
+ */
 @VintfStability
 @Backing(type="byte")
 enum Nadm {
@@ -26,5 +32,7 @@
     ATTACK_IS_LIKELY = 0x04,
     ATTACK_IS_VERY_LIKELY = 0x05,
     ATTACK_IS_EXTREMELY_LIKELY = 0x06,
+    /* If a device is unable to determine a NADM value, then it shall report a NADM value of Unknown
+     */
     UNKNOWN = 0xFFu8,
 }
diff --git a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/SubModeType.aidl b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/SubModeType.aidl
index ca9bfcb..b775002 100644
--- a/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/SubModeType.aidl
+++ b/bluetooth/ranging/aidl/android/hardware/bluetooth/ranging/SubModeType.aidl
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 package android.hardware.bluetooth.ranging;
 
 @VintfStability
-@Backing(type="int")
+@Backing(type="byte")
 enum SubModeType {
     ONE = 0x01,
     TWO = 0x02,
     THREE = 0x03,
-    UNUSED = 0xff,
+    UNUSED = 0xffu8,
 }
diff --git a/broadcastradio/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalBroadcastradioV1_0TargetTest.cpp b/broadcastradio/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalBroadcastradioV1_0TargetTest.cpp
index cac3dd0..dec1f17 100644
--- a/broadcastradio/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalBroadcastradioV1_0TargetTest.cpp
+++ b/broadcastradio/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalBroadcastradioV1_0TargetTest.cpp
@@ -52,10 +52,9 @@
 using ::android::hardware::broadcastradio::V1_0::Result;
 using ::android::hardware::broadcastradio::V1_0::vts::RadioClassFromString;
 
-#define RETURN_IF_SKIPPED \
-    if (skipped) { \
-        std::cout << "[  SKIPPED ] This device class is not supported. " << std::endl; \
-        return; \
+#define RETURN_IF_SKIPPED                                                   \
+    if (skipped) {                                                          \
+        GTEST_SKIP() << "This device class is not supported."; \
     }
 
 // The main test class for Broadcast Radio HIDL HAL.
@@ -734,4 +733,4 @@
         testing::Combine(testing::ValuesIn(android::hardware::getAllHalInstanceNames(
                                  IBroadcastRadioFactory::descriptor)),
                          ::testing::Values("AM_FM", "SAT", "DT")),
-        android::hardware::PrintInstanceTupleNameToString<>);
\ No newline at end of file
+        android::hardware::PrintInstanceTupleNameToString<>);
diff --git a/broadcastradio/1.1/vts/functional/VtsHalBroadcastradioV1_1TargetTest.cpp b/broadcastradio/1.1/vts/functional/VtsHalBroadcastradioV1_1TargetTest.cpp
index caf6cbd..b54e9d8 100644
--- a/broadcastradio/1.1/vts/functional/VtsHalBroadcastradioV1_1TargetTest.cpp
+++ b/broadcastradio/1.1/vts/functional/VtsHalBroadcastradioV1_1TargetTest.cpp
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@
     ProgramType::AM,  ProgramType::FM,   ProgramType::AM_HD, ProgramType::FM_HD,
     ProgramType::DAB, ProgramType::DRMO, ProgramType::SXM};
 
-static void printSkipped(std::string msg) {
-    std::cout << "[  SKIPPED ] " << msg << std::endl;
-}
-
 struct TunerCallbackMock : public ITunerCallback {
     TunerCallbackMock() { EXPECT_CALL(*this, hardwareFailure()).Times(0); }
 
@@ -106,7 +102,6 @@
     bool getProgramList(std::function<void(const hidl_vec<ProgramInfo>& list)> cb);
 
     Class radioClass;
-    bool skipped = false;
 
     sp<IBroadcastRadio> mRadioModule;
     sp<ITuner> mTuner;
@@ -137,9 +132,7 @@
     ASSERT_TRUE(onConnect.waitForCall(kConnectModuleTimeout));
 
     if (connectResult == Result::INVALID_ARGUMENTS) {
-        printSkipped("This device class is not supported.");
-        skipped = true;
-        return;
+        GTEST_SKIP() << "This device class is not supported.";
     }
     ASSERT_EQ(connectResult, Result::OK);
     ASSERT_NE(nullptr, mRadioModule.get());
@@ -285,8 +278,6 @@
  * might fail.
  */
 TEST_P(BroadcastRadioHalTest, OpenTunerTwice) {
-    if (skipped) return;
-
     ASSERT_TRUE(openTuner());
 
     auto secondTuner = mTuner;
@@ -306,7 +297,6 @@
  *  - getProgramInformation_1_1 returns the same selector as returned in tuneComplete_1_1 call.
  */
 TEST_P(BroadcastRadioHalTest, TuneFromProgramList) {
-    if (skipped) return;
     ASSERT_TRUE(openTuner());
 
     ProgramInfo firstProgram;
@@ -320,8 +310,7 @@
     } while (nextBand());
     if (HasFailure()) return;
     if (!foundAny) {
-        printSkipped("Program list is empty.");
-        return;
+        GTEST_SKIP() << "Program list is empty.";
     }
 
     ProgramInfo infoCb;
@@ -356,7 +345,6 @@
  *    identifier for program types other than VENDORn.
  */
 TEST_P(BroadcastRadioHalTest, TuneFailsForPrimaryVendor) {
-    if (skipped) return;
     ASSERT_TRUE(openTuner());
 
     for (auto ptype : kStandardProgramTypes) {
@@ -377,7 +365,6 @@
  *  - tuneByProgramSelector fails with INVALID_ARGUMENT when unknown program type is passed.
  */
 TEST_P(BroadcastRadioHalTest, TuneFailsForUnknownProgram) {
-    if (skipped) return;
     ASSERT_TRUE(openTuner());
 
     // Program type is 1-based, so 0 will be always invalid.
@@ -393,7 +380,6 @@
  *  - cancelAnnouncement succeeds either when there is an announcement or there is none.
  */
 TEST_P(BroadcastRadioHalTest, CancelAnnouncement) {
-    if (skipped) return;
     ASSERT_TRUE(openTuner());
 
     auto hidlResult = mTuner->cancelAnnouncement();
@@ -407,8 +393,6 @@
  * - getImage call handles argument 0 gracefully.
  */
 TEST_P(BroadcastRadioHalTest, GetNoImage) {
-    if (skipped) return;
-
     size_t len = 0;
     auto hidlResult =
         mRadioModule->getImage(0, [&](hidl_vec<uint8_t> rawImage) { len = rawImage.size(); });
@@ -425,7 +409,6 @@
  * - images are available for getImage call.
  */
 TEST_P(BroadcastRadioHalTest, OobImagesOnly) {
-    if (skipped) return;
     ASSERT_TRUE(openTuner());
 
     std::vector<int> imageIds;
@@ -446,8 +429,7 @@
     } while (nextBand());
 
     if (imageIds.size() == 0) {
-        printSkipped("No images found");
-        return;
+        GTEST_SKIP() << "No images found";
     }
 
     for (auto id : imageIds) {
@@ -469,7 +451,6 @@
  * - setAnalogForced results either with INVALID_STATE, or isAnalogForced replying the same.
  */
 TEST_P(BroadcastRadioHalTest, AnalogForcedSwitch) {
-    if (skipped) return;
     ASSERT_TRUE(openTuner());
 
     bool forced;
@@ -584,7 +565,6 @@
  * - values of ProgramIdentifier match their definitions at IdentifierType.
  */
 TEST_P(BroadcastRadioHalTest, VerifyIdentifiersFormat) {
-    if (skipped) return;
     ASSERT_TRUE(openTuner());
 
     do {
diff --git a/compatibility_matrices/Android.bp b/compatibility_matrices/Android.bp
index 9bee3b9..eefca39 100644
--- a/compatibility_matrices/Android.bp
+++ b/compatibility_matrices/Android.bp
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@
 }
 
 vintf_compatibility_matrix {
-    name: "framework_compatibility_matrix.9.xml",
-    stem: "compatibility_matrix.9.xml",
+    name: "framework_compatibility_matrix.202404.xml",
+    stem: "compatibility_matrix.202404.xml",
     srcs: [
-        "compatibility_matrix.9.xml",
+        "compatibility_matrix.202404.xml",
     ],
     kernel_configs: [
         "kernel_config_v_6.1",
diff --git a/compatibility_matrices/Android.mk b/compatibility_matrices/Android.mk
index c2ffb84..72ead58 100644
--- a/compatibility_matrices/Android.mk
+++ b/compatibility_matrices/Android.mk
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 # interfaces (in the `next` release configuration).
 ifeq ($(RELEASE_AIDL_USE_UNFROZEN),true)
 my_system_matrix_deps += \
-    framework_compatibility_matrix.9.xml
+    framework_compatibility_matrix.202404.xml
 endif
 
 my_framework_matrix_deps += \
diff --git a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.9.xml b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.202404.xml
similarity index 99%
rename from compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.9.xml
rename to compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.202404.xml
index a7f0845..4498f90 100644
--- a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.9.xml
+++ b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.202404.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework" level="9">
+<compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework" level="202404">
     <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
         <name>android.hardware.audio.core</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
diff --git a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.4.xml b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.4.xml
index bb7637a..952f53d 100644
--- a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.4.xml
+++ b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.4.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework" level="4">
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.atrace</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio</name>
         <version>5.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio.effect</name>
         <version>5.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.authsecret</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.audiocontrol</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.evs</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.vehicle</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.face</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint</name>
         <version>2.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth.audio</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.boot</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.broadcastradio</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.broadcastradio</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.camera.provider</name>
         <version>2.4-5</version>
         <interface>
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
             <regex-instance>[^/]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.cas</name>
         <version>1.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.configstore</name>
         <version>1.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.confirmationui</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.contexthub</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.drm</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.dumpstate</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gatekeeper</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gnss</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     <!-- Either the AIDL or the HIDL allocator HAL must exist on the device.
          If the HIDL composer HAL exists, it must be at least version 2.0.
          See DeviceManifestTest.GrallocHal -->
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.allocator</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <version>3.0</version>
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.composer</name>
         <version>2.1-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.mapper</name>
         <version>2.1</version>
         <version>3.0</version>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
     <!-- Either the AIDL or the HIDL health HAL must exist on the device.
          If the HIDL health HAL exists, it must be at least version 2.0.
          See DeviceManifestTest.HealthHal -->
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.health</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.health.storage</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.ir</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.input.classifier</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.keymaster</name>
         <version>3.0</version>
         <version>4.0</version>
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.keymaster</name>
         <version>4.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.light</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.c2</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
             <instance>software</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.omx</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.memtrack</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.neuralnetworks</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.nfc</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.oemlock</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.power</name>
         <version>1.0-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.power.stats</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio</name>
         <version>1.4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
             <instance>slot2</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.config</name>
         <!--
         Note: Devices launching with target-level 4, if implementing the
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.renderscript</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.secure_element</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
             <regex-instance>SIM[1-9][0-9]*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.sensors</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <version>2.0</version>
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.soundtrigger</name>
         <version>2.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload.config</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload.control</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.thermal</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.cec</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.input</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb.gadget</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.vibrator</name>
         <version>1.0-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.vr</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.weaver</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi</name>
         <version>1.0-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi.hostapd</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi.supplicant</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
diff --git a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.5.xml b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.5.xml
index dad1558..1cf98b0 100644
--- a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.5.xml
+++ b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.5.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework" level="5">
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.atrace</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio</name>
         <version>6.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio.effect</name>
         <version>6.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.authsecret</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.audiocontrol</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <version>2.0</version>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.can</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.evs</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@
             <regex-instance>[a-z]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.occupant_awareness</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IOccupantAwareness</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.sv</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.vehicle</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.face</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint</name>
         <version>2.1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth.audio</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.boot</name>
         <version>1.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.broadcastradio</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.broadcastradio</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.camera.provider</name>
         <version>2.4-6</version>
         <interface>
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
             <regex-instance>[^/]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.cas</name>
         <version>1.1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.confirmationui</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.contexthub</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.drm</name>
         <version>1.3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.dumpstate</name>
         <version>1.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gatekeeper</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gnss</name>
         <version>2.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
     <!-- Either the AIDL or the HIDL allocator HAL must exist on the device.
          If the HIDL composer HAL exists, it must be at least version 2.0.
          See DeviceManifestTest.GrallocHal -->
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.allocator</name>
         <!-- New, non-Go devices should use 4.0, tested in vts_treble_vintf_vendor_test -->
         <version>2.0</version>
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.composer</name>
         <version>2.1-4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.mapper</name>
         <!-- New, non-Go devices should use 4.0, tested in vts_treble_vintf_vendor_test -->
         <version>2.1</version>
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
     <!-- Either the AIDL or the HIDL health HAL must exist on the device.
          If the HIDL health HAL exists, it must be at least version 2.1.
          See DeviceManifestTest.HealthHal -->
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.health</name>
         <version>2.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.health.storage</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.identity</name>
         <!--
           b/178458001: identity V2 is introduced in R, but Android R VINTF does not support AIDL
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.ir</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.input.classifier</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.keymaster</name>
         <version>3.0</version>
         <version>4.0-1</version>
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.keymaster</name>
         <version>4.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -307,14 +307,14 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.light</name>
         <interface>
             <name>ILights</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.c2</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
             <regex-instance>vendor[0-9]*_software</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.c2</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
             <instance>software</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.omx</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.memtrack</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.neuralnetworks</name>
         <version>1.0-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.nfc</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.oemlock</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -377,14 +377,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.power</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IPower</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.power.stats</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio</name>
         <version>1.4</version>
         <version>1.5</version>
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
             <instance>slot2</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.config</name>
         <!--
         See compatibility_matrix.4.xml on versioning of radio config HAL.
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.renderscript</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -431,14 +431,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.rebootescrow</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IRebootEscrow</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.secure_element</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
             <regex-instance>SIM[1-9][0-9]*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.sensors</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <version>2.0-1</version>
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.soundtrigger</name>
         <version>2.0-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload.config</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload.control</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.thermal</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.cec</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.input</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.tuner</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb.gadget</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -528,14 +528,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.vibrator</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IVibrator</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.vr</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.weaver</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi</name>
         <version>1.0-4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi.hostapd</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi.supplicant</name>
         <version>1.0-3</version>
         <interface>
diff --git a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.6.xml b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.6.xml
index 23f634d..fdd7952 100644
--- a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.6.xml
+++ b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.6.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework" level="6">
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.atrace</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio</name>
         <version>6.0</version>
         <version>7.0</version>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio.effect</name>
         <version>6.0</version>
         <version>7.0</version>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
          <name>android.hardware.authsecret</name>
          <version>1</version>
          <interface>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
              <instance>default</instance>
          </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.authsecret</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.audiocontrol</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IAudioControl</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.can</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.evs</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             <regex-instance>[a-z]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.occupant_awareness</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.sv</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.vehicle</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.face</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.face</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IFace</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint</name>
         <version>2.1-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -116,14 +116,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IFingerprint</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth.audio</name>
         <version>2.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.boot</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.broadcastradio</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.broadcastradio</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.camera.provider</name>
         <version>2.4-7</version>
         <interface>
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
             <regex-instance>[^/]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.cas</name>
         <version>1.1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.confirmationui</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.contexthub</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.drm</name>
         <version>1.3-4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.dumpstate</name>
         <version>1.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gatekeeper</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gnss</name>
         <version>2.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gnss</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IGnss</name>
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
     <!-- Either the AIDL or the HIDL allocator HAL must exist on the device.
          If the HIDL composer HAL exists, it must be at least version 2.0.
          See DeviceManifestTest.GrallocHal -->
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.allocator</name>
         <!-- New, non-Go devices should use 4.0, tested in vts_treble_vintf_vendor_test -->
         <version>2.0</version>
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.composer</name>
         <version>2.1-4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.mapper</name>
         <!-- New, non-Go devices should use 4.0, tested in vts_treble_vintf_vendor_test -->
         <version>2.1</version>
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
     <!-- Either the AIDL or the HIDL health HAL must exist on the device.
          If the HIDL health HAL exists, it must be at least version 2.1.
          See DeviceManifestTest.HealthHal -->
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.health</name>
         <version>2.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.health.storage</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.identity</name>
         <version>1-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.oemlock</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.ir</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.input.classifier</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.keymaster</name>
         <version>3.0</version>
         <version>4.0-1</version>
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.keymaster</name>
         <version>4.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.security.keymint</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -348,14 +348,14 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.security.keymint</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IRemotelyProvisionedComponent</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.light</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.c2</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
             <regex-instance>vendor[0-9]*_software</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.c2</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
             <instance>software</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.omx</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.memtrack</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.neuralnetworks</name>
         <version>1.0-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -410,14 +410,14 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.neuralnetworks</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IDevice</name>
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.nfc</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.oemlock</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.power</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -441,14 +441,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.power.stats</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IPowerStats</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio</name>
         <version>1.6</version>
         <interface>
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
             <instance>slot2</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.config</name>
         <!--
         See compatibility_matrix.4.xml on versioning of radio config HAL.
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.config</name>
         <version>1.3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.renderscript</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.rebootescrow</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.secure_element</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
             <regex-instance>SIM[1-9][0-9]*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.security.secureclock</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.security.sharedsecret</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.sensors</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <version>2.0-1</version>
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.soundtrigger</name>
         <version>2.3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload.config</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload.control</name>
         <version>1.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.thermal</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.cec</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.input</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.tuner</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb</name>
         <version>1.0-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb.gadget</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.vibrator</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.vibrator</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.weaver</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.weaver</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi</name>
         <version>1.3-5</version>
         <interface>
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi.hostapd</name>
         <version>1.0-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi.supplicant</name>
         <version>1.2-4</version>
         <interface>
diff --git a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.7.xml b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.7.xml
index fe424bd..8dcc4ae 100644
--- a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.7.xml
+++ b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.7.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework" level="7">
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.atrace</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio</name>
         <version>6.0</version>
         <version>7.0-1</version>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio.effect</name>
         <version>6.0</version>
         <version>7.0</version>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
          <name>android.hardware.authsecret</name>
          <version>1</version>
          <interface>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
              <instance>default</instance>
          </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.authsecret</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.audiocontrol</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.can</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.evs</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IEvsEnumerator</name>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             <regex-instance>[a-z]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.evs</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
             <regex-instance>[a-z]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.occupant_awareness</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.vehicle</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IVehicle</name>
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.vehicle</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.face</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.face</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint</name>
         <version>2.1-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth.audio</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.boot</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.broadcastradio</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.broadcastradio</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.camera.provider</name>
         <version>2.4-7</version>
         <interface>
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
             <regex-instance>[^/]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.camera.provider</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
             <regex-instance>[^/]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.cas</name>
         <version>1.1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.confirmationui</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.contexthub</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IContextHub</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.drm</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.drm</name>
         <version>1.3-4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -232,14 +232,14 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.dumpstate</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IDumpstateDevice</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gatekeeper</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gnss</name>
         <version>2.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gnss</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.allocator</name>
         <!-- New, non-Go devices should use 4.0 or the AIDL hal. -->
         <version>2.0</version>
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.allocator</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
     <!-- Either the AIDL or the HIDL composer HAL must exist on the device.
          If the HIDL composer HAL exists, it must be at least version 2.1.
          See DeviceManifestTest.ComposerHal -->
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.composer</name>
         <version>2.1-4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.composer3</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.mapper</name>
         <!-- New, non-Go devices should use 4.0, tested in vts_treble_vintf_vendor_test -->
         <version>2.1</version>
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.health</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.health.storage</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.identity</name>
         <version>1-4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -336,14 +336,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.net.nlinterceptor</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IInterceptor</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.oemlock</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.ir</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.input.processor</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.keymaster</name>
         <version>3.0</version>
         <version>4.0-1</version>
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.keymaster</name>
         <version>4.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.security.keymint</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.security.keymint</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.light</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.c2</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
             <regex-instance>vendor[0-9]*_software</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.c2</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
             <instance>software</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.omx</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.memtrack</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.neuralnetworks</name>
         <version>1.0-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.neuralnetworks</name>
         <version>1-4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.nfc</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -473,14 +473,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.nfc</name>
         <interface>
             <name>INfc</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.oemlock</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.power</name>
         <version>2-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -496,14 +496,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.power.stats</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IPowerStats</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.config</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.data</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.messaging</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.modem</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.network</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.sim</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.voice</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio</name>
         <version>1.2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
             <instance>slot2</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.renderscript</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.rebootescrow</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.secure_element</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
             <regex-instance>SIM[1-9][0-9]*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.security.secureclock</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.security.sharedsecret</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -622,14 +622,14 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.sensors</name>
         <interface>
             <name>ISensors</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.sensors</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <version>2.0-1</version>
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.soundtrigger</name>
         <version>2.3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
          <name>android.hardware.soundtrigger3</name>
          <version>1</version>
          <interface>
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
              <instance>default</instance>
          </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload.config</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload.control</name>
         <version>1.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.thermal</name>
         <version>2.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.cec</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.input</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.tuner</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.tuner</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb</name>
         <version>1.0-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -718,14 +718,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IUsb</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb.gadget</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.vibrator</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.vibrator</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.weaver</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.weaver</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi</name>
         <version>1.3-6</version>
         <interface>
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.uwb</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi.hostapd</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi.supplicant</name>
         <interface>
             <name>ISupplicant</name>
diff --git a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.8.xml b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.8.xml
index 9057788..d8115e1 100644
--- a/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.8.xml
+++ b/compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.8.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <compatibility-matrix version="1.0" type="framework" level="8">
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio</name>
         <version>6.0</version>
         <version>7.0-1</version>
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio.effect</name>
         <version>6.0</version>
         <version>7.0</version>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio.core</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio.effect</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.audio.sounddose</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
          <name>android.hardware.authsecret</name>
          <version>1</version>
          <interface>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
              <instance>default</instance>
          </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.audiocontrol</name>
         <version>2-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.can</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.evs</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             <regex-instance>[a-z]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.occupant_awareness</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.vehicle</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -100,21 +100,21 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.remoteaccess</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IRemoteAccess</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.automotive.ivn</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IIvnAndroidDevice</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.face</name>
         <version>3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
             <instance>virtual</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.biometrics.fingerprint</name>
         <version>3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
             <instance>virtual</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth</name>
         <version>1.0-1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IBluetoothHci</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.bluetooth.audio</name>
         <version>3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -155,21 +155,21 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.boot</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IBootControl</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.broadcastradio</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IBroadcastRadio</name>
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.camera.provider</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@
             <regex-instance>[^/]+/[0-9]+</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.cas</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IMediaCasService</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.confirmationui</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.contexthub</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.drm</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.dumpstate</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IDumpstateDevice</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gatekeeper</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.gnss</name>
         <version>2-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.allocator</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.composer3</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
         </interface>
     </hal>
     <!-- Either the native or the HIDL mapper HAL must exist on the device -->
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.graphics.mapper</name>
         <!-- New, non-Go devices should use 4.0, tested in vts_treble_vintf_vendor_test -->
         <version>2.1</version>
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.health</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.health.storage</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.identity</name>
         <version>1-5</version>
         <interface>
@@ -283,14 +283,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.net.nlinterceptor</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IInterceptor</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.oemlock</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.ir</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.input.processor</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.security.keymint</name>
         <version>1-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.security.keymint</name>
         <version>1-3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
             <instance>widevine</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.light</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.c2</name>
         <version>1.0-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
             <regex-instance>vendor[0-9]*_software</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.c2</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
             <instance>software</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.media.omx</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.memtrack</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.neuralnetworks</name>
         <version>1-4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -388,14 +388,14 @@
             <regex-instance>.*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.nfc</name>
         <interface>
             <name>INfc</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.power</name>
         <version>4</version>
         <interface>
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.power.stats</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.config</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.data</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.messaging</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.modem</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.network</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.sim</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.sap</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.voice</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.ims</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
             <instance>slot3</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.radio.ims.media</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.renderscript</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.rebootescrow</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.secure_element</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
             <regex-instance>SIM[1-9][0-9]*</regex-instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.security.secureclock</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.security.sharedsecret</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
             <instance>strongbox</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.sensors</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.soundtrigger</name>
         <version>2.3</version>
         <interface>
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
          <name>android.hardware.soundtrigger3</name>
          <version>1</version>
          <interface>
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
              <instance>default</instance>
          </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload.config</name>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <interface>
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="hidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="hidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload.control</name>
         <version>1.1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tetheroffload</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.thermal</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.hdmi.cec</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.hdmi.earc</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.hdmi.connection</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.tuner</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.tv.input</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -653,14 +653,14 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.usb.gadget</name>
         <interface>
             <name>IUsbGadget</name>
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.vibrator</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.vibrator</name>
         <version>1-2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.weaver</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true" updatable-via-apex="true">
+    <hal format="aidl" updatable-via-apex="true">
         <name>android.hardware.uwb</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi.hostapd</name>
         <version>1</version>
         <interface>
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
             <instance>default</instance>
         </interface>
     </hal>
-    <hal format="aidl" optional="true">
+    <hal format="aidl">
         <name>android.hardware.wifi.supplicant</name>
         <version>2</version>
         <interface>
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@
         </interface>
     </hal>
     <!-- Either the native or the HIDL mapper HAL must exist on the device -->
-    <hal format="native" optional="true">
+    <hal format="native">
         <name>mapper</name>
         <version>5.0</version>
         <interface>
diff --git a/media/bufferpool/aidl/Android.bp b/media/bufferpool/aidl/Android.bp
index 8e013e0..9dcc90e 100644
--- a/media/bufferpool/aidl/Android.bp
+++ b/media/bufferpool/aidl/Android.bp
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     vendor_available: true,
     double_loadable: true,
     srcs: ["android/hardware/media/bufferpool2/*.aidl"],
+    headers: [
+        "HardwareBuffer_aidl",
+    ],
     imports: [
         "android.hardware.common-V2",
         "android.hardware.common.fmq-V1",
@@ -44,10 +47,13 @@
                 "//apex_available:platform",
                 "com.android.media.swcodec",
             ],
+            additional_shared_libraries: [
+                "libnativewindow",
+            ],
             min_sdk_version: "29",
         },
         rust: {
-            enabled: true,
+            enabled: false,
         },
     },
     versions_with_info: [
@@ -59,6 +65,6 @@
             ],
         },
     ],
-    frozen: true,
+    frozen: false,
 
 }
diff --git a/media/bufferpool/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.media.bufferpool2/current/android/hardware/media/bufferpool2/Buffer.aidl b/media/bufferpool/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.media.bufferpool2/current/android/hardware/media/bufferpool2/Buffer.aidl
index 4ea0bba..85a78ad 100644
--- a/media/bufferpool/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.media.bufferpool2/current/android/hardware/media/bufferpool2/Buffer.aidl
+++ b/media/bufferpool/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.media.bufferpool2/current/android/hardware/media/bufferpool2/Buffer.aidl
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@
 @VintfStability
 parcelable Buffer {
   int id;
-  android.hardware.common.NativeHandle buffer;
+  @nullable android.hardware.common.NativeHandle buffer;
+  @nullable android.hardware.HardwareBuffer hwbBuffer;
 }
diff --git a/media/bufferpool/aidl/android/hardware/media/bufferpool2/Buffer.aidl b/media/bufferpool/aidl/android/hardware/media/bufferpool2/Buffer.aidl
index 976f674..79b3f23 100644
--- a/media/bufferpool/aidl/android/hardware/media/bufferpool2/Buffer.aidl
+++ b/media/bufferpool/aidl/android/hardware/media/bufferpool2/Buffer.aidl
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package android.hardware.media.bufferpool2;
 
 import android.hardware.common.NativeHandle;
+import android.hardware.HardwareBuffer;
 
 /**
  * Generic buffer for fast recycling for media/stagefright.
@@ -26,10 +27,14 @@
  * by a buffer pool, and are recycled to the buffer pool when they are
  * no longer referenced by the clients.
  *
+ * Initially all buffers in media HAL should be NativeHandle(actually native_handle_t).
+ * HardwareBuffer(actually AHardwareBuffer) for GraphicBuffer is added from V2.
+ *
  * E.g. ion or gralloc buffer
  */
 @VintfStability
 parcelable Buffer {
     int id;
-    NativeHandle buffer;
+    @nullable NativeHandle buffer;
+    @nullable HardwareBuffer hwbBuffer;
 }
diff --git a/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/Android.bp b/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/Android.bp
index 11a6163..4d12d63 100644
--- a/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -33,15 +33,16 @@
         "libcutils",
         "libfmq",
         "liblog",
+        "libnativewindow",
         "libutils",
-        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V1-ndk",
+        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V2-ndk",
     ],
     static_libs: [
         "libaidlcommonsupport",
     ],
     export_shared_lib_headers: [
         "libfmq",
-        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V1-ndk",
+        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V2-ndk",
     ],
     double_loadable: true,
     cflags: [
diff --git a/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/BufferPoolClient.cpp b/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/BufferPoolClient.cpp
index 0e249d5..ce4ad8e 100644
--- a/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/BufferPoolClient.cpp
+++ b/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/BufferPoolClient.cpp
@@ -757,7 +757,13 @@
         return svcSpecific ? svcSpecific : ResultStatus::CRITICAL_ERROR;
     }
     if (results[0].getTag() == FetchResult::buffer) {
-        *handle = ::android::dupFromAidl(results[0].get<FetchResult::buffer>().buffer);
+        if (results[0].get<FetchResult::buffer>().buffer.has_value()) {
+            *handle = ::android::dupFromAidl(results[0].get<FetchResult::buffer>().buffer.value());
+        } else {
+            // TODO: Support HardwareBuffer
+            ALOGW("handle nullptr");
+            *handle = nullptr;
+        }
         return ResultStatus::OK;
     }
     return results[0].get<FetchResult::failure>();
diff --git a/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/tests/Android.bp b/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/tests/Android.bp
index 549af57..487ed4c 100644
--- a/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/tests/Android.bp
+++ b/media/bufferpool/aidl/default/tests/Android.bp
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
         "libcutils",
         "libfmq",
         "liblog",
+        "libnativewindow",
         "libutils",
-        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V1-ndk",
+        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V2-ndk",
     ],
     static_libs: [
         "libaidlcommonsupport",
@@ -59,8 +60,9 @@
         "libcutils",
         "libfmq",
         "liblog",
+        "libnativewindow",
         "libutils",
-        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V1-ndk",
+        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V2-ndk",
     ],
     static_libs: [
         "libaidlcommonsupport",
@@ -82,8 +84,9 @@
         "libcutils",
         "libfmq",
         "liblog",
+        "libnativewindow",
         "libutils",
-        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V1-ndk",
+        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V2-ndk",
     ],
     static_libs: [
         "libaidlcommonsupport",
diff --git a/media/c2/aidl/Android.bp b/media/c2/aidl/Android.bp
index b511e45..2eaeb01 100644
--- a/media/c2/aidl/Android.bp
+++ b/media/c2/aidl/Android.bp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     ],
     imports: [
         "android.hardware.common-V2",
-        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V1",
+        "android.hardware.media.bufferpool2-V2",
     ],
     include_dirs: [
         "frameworks/native/aidl/gui",
diff --git a/nfc/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalNfcV1_0TargetTest.cpp b/nfc/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalNfcV1_0TargetTest.cpp
index b36735f..8210ff0 100644
--- a/nfc/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalNfcV1_0TargetTest.cpp
+++ b/nfc/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalNfcV1_0TargetTest.cpp
@@ -354,13 +354,6 @@
     res = nfc_cb_->WaitForCallback(kCallbackNameSendData);
     EXPECT_TRUE(res.no_timeout);
     EXPECT_EQ((int)NfcStatus::OK, res.args->last_data_[3]);
-    if (nci_version == NCI_VERSION_2 && res.args->last_data_.size() > 13 &&
-        res.args->last_data_[13] == 0x00) {
-        // Wait for CORE_CONN_CREDITS_NTF
-        res = nfc_cb_->WaitForCallback(kCallbackNameSendData);
-        EXPECT_TRUE(res.no_timeout);
-    }
-
     cmd = CORE_CONN_CREATE_CMD;
     data = cmd;
     EXPECT_EQ(data.size(), nfc_->write(data));
diff --git a/radio/aidl/vts/radio_network_test.cpp b/radio/aidl/vts/radio_network_test.cpp
index 6643c1e..a48abb8 100644
--- a/radio/aidl/vts/radio_network_test.cpp
+++ b/radio/aidl/vts/radio_network_test.cpp
@@ -1167,19 +1167,12 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(RadioResponseType::SOLICITED, radioRsp_network->rspInfo.type);
     EXPECT_EQ(serial, radioRsp_network->rspInfo.serial);
 
-    if (cardStatus.cardState == CardStatus::STATE_ABSENT) {
-        ASSERT_TRUE(CheckAnyOfErrors(
-                radioRsp_network->rspInfo.error,
-                {RadioError::NONE, RadioError::ILLEGAL_SIM_OR_ME, RadioError::INVALID_ARGUMENTS,
-                 RadioError::INVALID_STATE, RadioError::RADIO_NOT_AVAILABLE, RadioError::NO_MEMORY,
-                 RadioError::INTERNAL_ERR, RadioError::SYSTEM_ERR, RadioError::CANCELLED}));
-    } else if (cardStatus.cardState == CardStatus::STATE_PRESENT) {
-        ASSERT_TRUE(CheckAnyOfErrors(
-                radioRsp_network->rspInfo.error,
-                {RadioError::NONE, RadioError::RADIO_NOT_AVAILABLE, RadioError::INVALID_ARGUMENTS,
-                 RadioError::INVALID_STATE, RadioError::NO_MEMORY, RadioError::INTERNAL_ERR,
-                 RadioError::SYSTEM_ERR, RadioError::CANCELLED}));
-    }
+    ASSERT_TRUE(CheckAnyOfErrors(
+            radioRsp_network->rspInfo.error,
+            {RadioError::NONE, RadioError::ILLEGAL_SIM_OR_ME, RadioError::RADIO_NOT_AVAILABLE,
+             RadioError::INVALID_ARGUMENTS, RadioError::INVALID_STATE, RadioError::NO_MEMORY,
+             RadioError::INTERNAL_ERR, RadioError::SYSTEM_ERR, RadioError::CANCELLED,
+             RadioError::MODEM_ERR, RadioError::OPERATION_NOT_ALLOWED, RadioError::NO_RESOURCES}));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/security/authgraph/aidl/android/hardware/security/authgraph/ExplicitKeyDiceCertChain.cddl b/security/authgraph/aidl/android/hardware/security/authgraph/ExplicitKeyDiceCertChain.cddl
index 3de5617..2d6c696 100644
--- a/security/authgraph/aidl/android/hardware/security/authgraph/ExplicitKeyDiceCertChain.cddl
+++ b/security/authgraph/aidl/android/hardware/security/authgraph/ExplicitKeyDiceCertChain.cddl
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
     * DiceChainEntry
 ]
 
-DiceCertChainInitialPayload = {
-    -4670552 : bstr .cbor PubKeyEd25519 /
-               bstr .cbor PubKeyECDSA256 /
-               bstr .cbor PubKeyECDSA384 ; subjectPublicKey
-}
+; Encoded in accordance with Core Deterministic Encoding Requirements [RFC 8949 s4.2.1]
+DiceCertChainInitialPayload = bstr .cbor PubKeyEd25519
+                            / bstr .cbor PubKeyECDSA256
+                            / bstr .cbor PubKeyECDSA384 ; subjectPublicKey
 
 ; INCLUDE generateCertificateRequestV2.cddl for: PubKeyEd25519, PubKeyECDSA256, PubKeyECDSA384,
 ;                                                DiceChainEntry
diff --git a/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/Android.bp b/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/Android.bp
index 1e01149..720b8a2 100644
--- a/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/Android.bp
+++ b/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/Android.bp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
     ],
     test_config: "AndroidTest.xml",
     rustlibs: [
+        "libdiced_open_dice",
+        "libdice_policy",
         "libsecretkeeper_client",
         "libsecretkeeper_comm_nostd",
         "libsecretkeeper_core_nostd",
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@
         "libcoset",
         "libauthgraph_vts_test",
         "libbinder_rs",
+        "libciborium",
         "libcoset",
         "liblog_rust",
     ],
diff --git a/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/dice_sample.rs b/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/dice_sample.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db532b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/dice_sample.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+//! This module provides a set of sample DICE chains for testing purpose only. Note that this
+//! module duplicates a large chunk of code in libdiced_sample_inputs. We avoid modifying the
+//! latter for testing purposes because it is installed on device.
+
+use ciborium::{de, ser, value::Value};
+use core::ffi::CStr;
+use coset::{iana, Algorithm, AsCborValue, CoseKey, KeyOperation, KeyType, Label};
+use diced_open_dice::{
+    derive_cdi_private_key_seed, keypair_from_seed, retry_bcc_format_config_descriptor,
+    retry_bcc_main_flow, retry_dice_main_flow, Config, DiceArtifacts, DiceConfigValues, DiceError,
+    DiceMode, InputValues, OwnedDiceArtifacts, CDI_SIZE, HASH_SIZE, HIDDEN_SIZE,
+};
+use log::error;
+use secretkeeper_client::dice::OwnedDiceArtifactsWithExplicitKey;
+
+/// Sample UDS used to perform the root DICE flow by `make_sample_bcc_and_cdis`.
+const UDS: &[u8; CDI_SIZE] = &[
+    0x65, 0x4f, 0xab, 0xa9, 0xa5, 0xad, 0x0f, 0x5e, 0x15, 0xc3, 0x12, 0xf7, 0x77, 0x45, 0xfa, 0x55,
+    0x18, 0x6a, 0xa6, 0x34, 0xb6, 0x7c, 0x82, 0x7b, 0x89, 0x4c, 0xc5, 0x52, 0xd3, 0x27, 0x35, 0x8e,
+];
+
+const CODE_HASH_ABL: [u8; HASH_SIZE] = [
+    0x16, 0x48, 0xf2, 0x55, 0x53, 0x23, 0xdd, 0x15, 0x2e, 0x83, 0x38, 0xc3, 0x64, 0x38, 0x63, 0x26,
+    0x0f, 0xcf, 0x5b, 0xd1, 0x3a, 0xd3, 0x40, 0x3e, 0x23, 0xf8, 0x34, 0x4c, 0x6d, 0xa2, 0xbe, 0x25,
+    0x1c, 0xb0, 0x29, 0xe8, 0xc3, 0xfb, 0xb8, 0x80, 0xdc, 0xb1, 0xd2, 0xb3, 0x91, 0x4d, 0xd3, 0xfb,
+    0x01, 0x0f, 0xe4, 0xe9, 0x46, 0xa2, 0xc0, 0x26, 0x57, 0x5a, 0xba, 0x30, 0xf7, 0x15, 0x98, 0x14,
+];
+const AUTHORITY_HASH_ABL: [u8; HASH_SIZE] = [
+    0xf9, 0x00, 0x9d, 0xc2, 0x59, 0x09, 0xe0, 0xb6, 0x98, 0xbd, 0xe3, 0x97, 0x4a, 0xcb, 0x3c, 0xe7,
+    0x6b, 0x24, 0xc3, 0xe4, 0x98, 0xdd, 0xa9, 0x6a, 0x41, 0x59, 0x15, 0xb1, 0x23, 0xe6, 0xc8, 0xdf,
+    0xfb, 0x52, 0xb4, 0x52, 0xc1, 0xb9, 0x61, 0xdd, 0xbc, 0x5b, 0x37, 0x0e, 0x12, 0x12, 0xb2, 0xfd,
+    0xc1, 0x09, 0xb0, 0xcf, 0x33, 0x81, 0x4c, 0xc6, 0x29, 0x1b, 0x99, 0xea, 0xae, 0xfd, 0xaa, 0x0d,
+];
+const HIDDEN_ABL: [u8; HIDDEN_SIZE] = [
+    0xa2, 0x01, 0xd0, 0xc0, 0xaa, 0x75, 0x3c, 0x06, 0x43, 0x98, 0x6c, 0xc3, 0x5a, 0xb5, 0x5f, 0x1f,
+    0x0f, 0x92, 0x44, 0x3b, 0x0e, 0xd4, 0x29, 0x75, 0xe3, 0xdb, 0x36, 0xda, 0xc8, 0x07, 0x97, 0x4d,
+    0xff, 0xbc, 0x6a, 0xa4, 0x8a, 0xef, 0xc4, 0x7f, 0xf8, 0x61, 0x7d, 0x51, 0x4d, 0x2f, 0xdf, 0x7e,
+    0x8c, 0x3d, 0xa3, 0xfc, 0x63, 0xd4, 0xd4, 0x74, 0x8a, 0xc4, 0x14, 0x45, 0x83, 0x6b, 0x12, 0x7e,
+];
+const CODE_HASH_AVB: [u8; HASH_SIZE] = [
+    0xa4, 0x0c, 0xcb, 0xc1, 0xbf, 0xfa, 0xcc, 0xfd, 0xeb, 0xf4, 0xfc, 0x43, 0x83, 0x7f, 0x46, 0x8d,
+    0xd8, 0xd8, 0x14, 0xc1, 0x96, 0x14, 0x1f, 0x6e, 0xb3, 0xa0, 0xd9, 0x56, 0xb3, 0xbf, 0x2f, 0xfa,
+    0x88, 0x70, 0x11, 0x07, 0x39, 0xa4, 0xd2, 0xa9, 0x6b, 0x18, 0x28, 0xe8, 0x29, 0x20, 0x49, 0x0f,
+    0xbb, 0x8d, 0x08, 0x8c, 0xc6, 0x54, 0xe9, 0x71, 0xd2, 0x7e, 0xa4, 0xfe, 0x58, 0x7f, 0xd3, 0xc7,
+];
+const AUTHORITY_HASH_AVB: [u8; HASH_SIZE] = [
+    0xb2, 0x69, 0x05, 0x48, 0x56, 0xb5, 0xfa, 0x55, 0x6f, 0xac, 0x56, 0xd9, 0x02, 0x35, 0x2b, 0xaa,
+    0x4c, 0xba, 0x28, 0xdd, 0x82, 0x3a, 0x86, 0xf5, 0xd4, 0xc2, 0xf1, 0xf9, 0x35, 0x7d, 0xe4, 0x43,
+    0x13, 0xbf, 0xfe, 0xd3, 0x36, 0xd8, 0x1c, 0x12, 0x78, 0x5c, 0x9c, 0x3e, 0xf6, 0x66, 0xef, 0xab,
+    0x3d, 0x0f, 0x89, 0xa4, 0x6f, 0xc9, 0x72, 0xee, 0x73, 0x43, 0x02, 0x8a, 0xef, 0xbc, 0x05, 0x98,
+];
+const HIDDEN_AVB: [u8; HIDDEN_SIZE] = [
+    0x5b, 0x3f, 0xc9, 0x6b, 0xe3, 0x95, 0x59, 0x40, 0x5e, 0x64, 0xe5, 0x64, 0x3f, 0xfd, 0x21, 0x09,
+    0x9d, 0xf3, 0xcd, 0xc7, 0xa4, 0x2a, 0xe2, 0x97, 0xdd, 0xe2, 0x4f, 0xb0, 0x7d, 0x7e, 0xf5, 0x8e,
+    0xd6, 0x4d, 0x84, 0x25, 0x54, 0x41, 0x3f, 0x8f, 0x78, 0x64, 0x1a, 0x51, 0x27, 0x9d, 0x55, 0x8a,
+    0xe9, 0x90, 0x35, 0xab, 0x39, 0x80, 0x4b, 0x94, 0x40, 0x84, 0xa2, 0xfd, 0x73, 0xeb, 0x35, 0x7a,
+];
+const AUTHORITY_HASH_ANDROID: [u8; HASH_SIZE] = [
+    0x04, 0x25, 0x5d, 0x60, 0x5f, 0x5c, 0x45, 0x0d, 0xf2, 0x9a, 0x6e, 0x99, 0x30, 0x03, 0xb8, 0xd6,
+    0xe1, 0x99, 0x71, 0x1b, 0xf8, 0x44, 0xfa, 0xb5, 0x31, 0x79, 0x1c, 0x37, 0x68, 0x4e, 0x1d, 0xc0,
+    0x24, 0x74, 0x68, 0xf8, 0x80, 0x20, 0x3e, 0x44, 0xb1, 0x43, 0xd2, 0x9c, 0xfc, 0x12, 0x9e, 0x77,
+    0x0a, 0xde, 0x29, 0x24, 0xff, 0x2e, 0xfa, 0xc7, 0x10, 0xd5, 0x73, 0xd4, 0xc6, 0xdf, 0x62, 0x9f,
+];
+
+/// Encode the public key to CBOR Value. The input (raw 32 bytes) is wrapped into CoseKey.
+fn ed25519_public_key_to_cbor_value(public_key: &[u8]) -> Value {
+    let key = CoseKey {
+        kty: KeyType::Assigned(iana::KeyType::OKP),
+        alg: Some(Algorithm::Assigned(iana::Algorithm::EdDSA)),
+        key_ops: vec![KeyOperation::Assigned(iana::KeyOperation::Verify)].into_iter().collect(),
+        params: vec![
+            (
+                Label::Int(iana::Ec2KeyParameter::Crv as i64),
+                Value::from(iana::EllipticCurve::Ed25519 as u64),
+            ),
+            (Label::Int(iana::Ec2KeyParameter::X as i64), Value::Bytes(public_key.to_vec())),
+        ],
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    key.to_cbor_value().unwrap()
+}
+
+/// Makes a DICE chain (BCC) from the sample input.
+///
+/// The DICE chain is of the following format:
+/// public key derived from UDS -> ABL certificate -> AVB certificate -> Android certificate
+/// The `security_version` is included in the Android certificate.
+pub fn make_explicit_owned_dice(security_version: u64) -> OwnedDiceArtifactsWithExplicitKey {
+    let dice = make_sample_bcc_and_cdis(security_version);
+    OwnedDiceArtifactsWithExplicitKey::from_owned_artifacts(dice).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn make_sample_bcc_and_cdis(security_version: u64) -> OwnedDiceArtifacts {
+    let private_key_seed = derive_cdi_private_key_seed(UDS).unwrap();
+
+    // Gets the root public key in DICE chain (BCC).
+    let (public_key, _) = keypair_from_seed(private_key_seed.as_array()).unwrap();
+    let ed25519_public_key_value = ed25519_public_key_to_cbor_value(&public_key);
+
+    // Gets the ABL certificate to as the root certificate of DICE chain.
+    let config_values = DiceConfigValues {
+        component_name: Some(CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"ABL\0").unwrap()),
+        component_version: Some(1),
+        resettable: true,
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let config_descriptor = retry_bcc_format_config_descriptor(&config_values).unwrap();
+    let input_values = InputValues::new(
+        CODE_HASH_ABL,
+        Config::Descriptor(config_descriptor.as_slice()),
+        AUTHORITY_HASH_ABL,
+        DiceMode::kDiceModeNormal,
+        HIDDEN_ABL,
+    );
+    let (cdi_values, cert) = retry_dice_main_flow(UDS, UDS, &input_values).unwrap();
+    let bcc_value =
+        Value::Array(vec![ed25519_public_key_value, de::from_reader(&cert[..]).unwrap()]);
+    let mut bcc: Vec<u8> = vec![];
+    ser::into_writer(&bcc_value, &mut bcc).unwrap();
+
+    // Appends AVB certificate to DICE chain.
+    let config_values = DiceConfigValues {
+        component_name: Some(CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"AVB\0").unwrap()),
+        component_version: Some(1),
+        resettable: true,
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let config_descriptor = retry_bcc_format_config_descriptor(&config_values).unwrap();
+    let input_values = InputValues::new(
+        CODE_HASH_AVB,
+        Config::Descriptor(config_descriptor.as_slice()),
+        AUTHORITY_HASH_AVB,
+        DiceMode::kDiceModeNormal,
+        HIDDEN_AVB,
+    );
+    let dice_artifacts =
+        retry_bcc_main_flow(&cdi_values.cdi_attest, &cdi_values.cdi_seal, &bcc, &input_values)
+            .unwrap();
+
+    // Appends Android certificate to DICE chain.
+    let config_values = DiceConfigValues {
+        component_name: Some(CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"Android\0").unwrap()),
+        component_version: Some(12),
+        security_version: Some(security_version),
+        resettable: true,
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let config_descriptor = retry_bcc_format_config_descriptor(&config_values).unwrap();
+    let input_values = InputValues::new(
+        [0u8; HASH_SIZE], // code_hash
+        Config::Descriptor(config_descriptor.as_slice()),
+        AUTHORITY_HASH_ANDROID,
+        DiceMode::kDiceModeNormal,
+        [0u8; HIDDEN_SIZE], // hidden
+    );
+    retry_bcc_main_flow(
+        dice_artifacts.cdi_attest(),
+        dice_artifacts.cdi_seal(),
+        dice_artifacts
+            .bcc()
+            .ok_or_else(|| {
+                error!("bcc is none");
+                DiceError::InvalidInput
+            })
+            .unwrap(),
+        &input_values,
+    )
+    .unwrap()
+}
diff --git a/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/secretkeeper_test_client.rs b/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/secretkeeper_test_client.rs
index eeef6fc..26fdb56 100644
--- a/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/secretkeeper_test_client.rs
+++ b/security/secretkeeper/aidl/vts/secretkeeper_test_client.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
  */
 
 #![cfg(test)]
+mod dice_sample;
+
+use crate::dice_sample::make_explicit_owned_dice;
 
 use rdroidtest_macro::{ignore_if, rdroidtest};
 use android_hardware_security_secretkeeper::aidl::android::hardware::security::secretkeeper::ISecretkeeper::ISecretkeeper;
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@
 use authgraph_boringssl as boring;
 use authgraph_core::key;
 use coset::{CborSerializable, CoseEncrypt0};
+use dice_policy::{ConstraintSpec, ConstraintType, DicePolicy, MissingAction};
+use secretkeeper_client::dice::OwnedDiceArtifactsWithExplicitKey;
 use secretkeeper_client::SkSession;
 use secretkeeper_core::cipher;
 use secretkeeper_comm::data_types::error::SecretkeeperError;
@@ -37,15 +42,6 @@
 const SECRETKEEPER_SERVICE: &str = "android.hardware.security.secretkeeper.ISecretkeeper";
 const CURRENT_VERSION: u64 = 1;
 
-// TODO(b/291238565): This will change once libdice_policy switches to Explicit-key DiceCertChain
-// This is generated by patching libdice_policy such that it dumps an example dice chain &
-// a policy, such that the former matches the latter.
-const HYPOTHETICAL_DICE_POLICY: [u8; 43] = [
-    0x83, 0x01, 0x81, 0x83, 0x01, 0x80, 0xA1, 0x01, 0x00, 0x82, 0x83, 0x01, 0x81, 0x01, 0x73, 0x74,
-    0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x69, 0x6E, 0x67, 0x5F, 0x64, 0x69, 0x63, 0x65, 0x5F, 0x70, 0x6F, 0x6C, 0x69,
-    0x63, 0x79, 0x83, 0x02, 0x82, 0x03, 0x18, 0x64, 0x19, 0xE9, 0x75,
-];
-
 // Random bytes (of ID_SIZE/SECRET_SIZE) generated for tests.
 const ID_EXAMPLE: Id = Id([
     0xF1, 0xB2, 0xED, 0x3B, 0xD1, 0xBD, 0xF0, 0x7D, 0xE1, 0xF0, 0x01, 0xFC, 0x61, 0x71, 0xD3, 0x42,
@@ -88,6 +84,7 @@
 struct SkClient {
     sk: binder::Strong<dyn ISecretkeeper>,
     session: SkSession,
+    dice_artifacts: OwnedDiceArtifactsWithExplicitKey,
 }
 
 impl Drop for SkClient {
@@ -98,15 +95,26 @@
 }
 
 impl SkClient {
+    /// Create an `SkClient` using the default `OwnedDiceArtifactsWithExplicitKey` for identity.
     fn new(instance: &str) -> Self {
+        let default_dice = make_explicit_owned_dice(/*Security version in a node */ 5);
+        Self::with_identity(instance, default_dice)
+    }
+
+    /// Create an `SkClient` using the given `OwnedDiceArtifactsWithExplicitKey` for identity.
+    fn with_identity(instance: &str, dice_artifacts: OwnedDiceArtifactsWithExplicitKey) -> Self {
         let sk = get_connection(instance);
-        Self { sk: sk.clone(), session: SkSession::new(sk).unwrap() }
+        Self {
+            sk: sk.clone(),
+            session: SkSession::new(sk, &dice_artifacts).unwrap(),
+            dice_artifacts,
+        }
     }
 
     /// This method is wrapper that use `SkSession::secret_management_request` which handles
     /// encryption and decryption.
-    fn secret_management_request(&mut self, req_data: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
-        self.session.secret_management_request(req_data).unwrap()
+    fn secret_management_request(&mut self, req_data: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+        Ok(self.session.secret_management_request(req_data)?)
     }
 
     /// Unlike the method [`secret_management_request`], this method directly uses
@@ -117,7 +125,7 @@
         req_data: &[u8],
         req_aad: &[u8],
         expected_res_aad: &[u8],
-    ) -> Vec<u8> {
+    ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
         let aes_gcm = boring::BoringAes;
         let rng = boring::BoringRng;
         let request_bytes = cipher::encrypt_message(
@@ -128,54 +136,54 @@
             &req_data,
             req_aad,
         )
-        .unwrap();
+        .map_err(|e| secretkeeper_client::Error::CipherError(e))?;
 
         // Binder call!
-        let response_bytes = self.sk.processSecretManagementRequest(&request_bytes).unwrap();
+        let response_bytes = self.sk.processSecretManagementRequest(&request_bytes)?;
 
-        let response_encrypt0 = CoseEncrypt0::from_slice(&response_bytes).unwrap();
-        cipher::decrypt_message(
+        let response_encrypt0 = CoseEncrypt0::from_slice(&response_bytes)?;
+        Ok(cipher::decrypt_message(
             &aes_gcm,
             self.session.decryption_key(),
             &response_encrypt0,
             expected_res_aad,
         )
-        .unwrap()
+        .map_err(|e| secretkeeper_client::Error::CipherError(e))?)
     }
 
-    /// Helper method to store a secret.
-    fn store(&mut self, id: &Id, secret: &Secret) {
-        let store_request = StoreSecretRequest {
-            id: id.clone(),
-            secret: secret.clone(),
-            sealing_policy: HYPOTHETICAL_DICE_POLICY.to_vec(),
-        };
-        let store_request = store_request.serialize_to_packet().to_vec().unwrap();
+    /// Helper method to store a secret. This uses the default compatible sealing_policy on
+    /// dice_chain.
+    fn store(&mut self, id: &Id, secret: &Secret) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let sealing_policy = sealing_policy(
+            self.dice_artifacts.explicit_key_dice_chain().ok_or(Error::UnexpectedError)?,
+        );
+        let store_request =
+            StoreSecretRequest { id: id.clone(), secret: secret.clone(), sealing_policy };
+        let store_request = store_request.serialize_to_packet().to_vec()?;
 
-        let store_response = self.secret_management_request(&store_request);
-        let store_response = ResponsePacket::from_slice(&store_response).unwrap();
+        let store_response = self.secret_management_request(&store_request)?;
+        let store_response = ResponsePacket::from_slice(&store_response)?;
 
-        assert_eq!(store_response.response_type().unwrap(), ResponseType::Success);
+        assert_eq!(store_response.response_type()?, ResponseType::Success);
         // Really just checking that the response is indeed StoreSecretResponse
-        let _ = StoreSecretResponse::deserialize_from_packet(store_response).unwrap();
+        let _ = StoreSecretResponse::deserialize_from_packet(store_response)?;
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Helper method to get a secret.
-    fn get(&mut self, id: &Id) -> Option<Secret> {
+    fn get(&mut self, id: &Id) -> Result<Secret, Error> {
         let get_request = GetSecretRequest { id: id.clone(), updated_sealing_policy: None };
-        let get_request = get_request.serialize_to_packet().to_vec().unwrap();
+        let get_request = get_request.serialize_to_packet().to_vec()?;
 
-        let get_response = self.secret_management_request(&get_request);
-        let get_response = ResponsePacket::from_slice(&get_response).unwrap();
+        let get_response = self.secret_management_request(&get_request)?;
+        let get_response = ResponsePacket::from_slice(&get_response)?;
 
-        if get_response.response_type().unwrap() == ResponseType::Success {
-            let get_response = *GetSecretResponse::deserialize_from_packet(get_response).unwrap();
-            Some(Secret(get_response.secret.0))
+        if get_response.response_type()? == ResponseType::Success {
+            let get_response = *GetSecretResponse::deserialize_from_packet(get_response)?;
+            Ok(Secret(get_response.secret.0))
         } else {
-            // Only expect a not-found failure.
-            let err = *SecretkeeperError::deserialize_from_packet(get_response).unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(err, SecretkeeperError::EntryNotFound);
-            None
+            let err = *SecretkeeperError::deserialize_from_packet(get_response)?;
+            Err(Error::SecretkeeperError(err))
         }
     }
 
@@ -191,6 +199,74 @@
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Error {
+    // Errors from Secretkeeper API errors. These are thrown by core SecretManagement and
+    // not visible without decryption.
+    SecretkeeperError(SecretkeeperError),
+    InfraError(secretkeeper_client::Error),
+    UnexpectedError,
+}
+
+impl From<secretkeeper_client::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: secretkeeper_client::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::InfraError(e)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<SecretkeeperError> for Error {
+    fn from(e: SecretkeeperError) -> Self {
+        Self::SecretkeeperError(e)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<coset::CoseError> for Error {
+    fn from(e: coset::CoseError) -> Self {
+        Self::InfraError(secretkeeper_client::Error::from(e))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<binder::Status> for Error {
+    fn from(s: binder::Status) -> Self {
+        Self::InfraError(secretkeeper_client::Error::from(s))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<secretkeeper_comm::data_types::error::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: secretkeeper_comm::data_types::error::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::InfraError(secretkeeper_client::Error::from(e))
+    }
+}
+
+// Assert that the error is EntryNotFound
+fn assert_entry_not_found(res: Result<Secret, Error>) {
+    assert!(matches!(res.unwrap_err(), Error::SecretkeeperError(SecretkeeperError::EntryNotFound)))
+}
+
+/// Construct a sealing policy on the dice chain. This method uses the following set of
+/// constraints which are compatible with sample DICE chains used in VTS.
+/// 1. ExactMatch on AUTHORITY_HASH (non-optional).
+/// 2. ExactMatch on KEY_MODE (non-optional).
+/// 3. GreaterOrEqual on SECURITY_VERSION (optional).
+fn sealing_policy(dice: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let authority_hash: i64 = -4670549;
+    let key_mode: i64 = -4670551;
+    let config_desc: i64 = -4670548;
+    let security_version: i64 = -70005;
+
+    let constraint_spec = [
+        ConstraintSpec::new(ConstraintType::ExactMatch, vec![authority_hash], MissingAction::Fail),
+        ConstraintSpec::new(ConstraintType::ExactMatch, vec![key_mode], MissingAction::Fail),
+        ConstraintSpec::new(
+            ConstraintType::GreaterOrEqual,
+            vec![config_desc, security_version],
+            MissingAction::Ignore,
+        ),
+    ];
+
+    DicePolicy::from_dice_chain(dice, &constraint_spec).unwrap().to_vec().unwrap()
+}
+
 /// Perform AuthGraph key exchange, returning the session keys and session ID.
 fn authgraph_key_exchange(sk: binder::Strong<dyn ISecretkeeper>) -> ([key::AesKey; 2], Vec<u8>) {
     let sink = sk.getAuthGraphKe().expect("failed to get AuthGraph");
@@ -237,7 +313,7 @@
     let request_packet = request.serialize_to_packet();
     let request_bytes = request_packet.to_vec().unwrap();
 
-    let response_bytes = sk_client.secret_management_request(&request_bytes);
+    let response_bytes = sk_client.secret_management_request(&request_bytes).unwrap();
 
     let response_packet = ResponsePacket::from_slice(&response_bytes).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(response_packet.response_type().unwrap(), ResponseType::Success);
@@ -257,7 +333,7 @@
     // Deform the request
     request_bytes[0] = !request_bytes[0];
 
-    let response_bytes = sk_client.secret_management_request(&request_bytes);
+    let response_bytes = sk_client.secret_management_request(&request_bytes).unwrap();
 
     let response_packet = ResponsePacket::from_slice(&response_bytes).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(response_packet.response_type().unwrap(), ResponseType::Error);
@@ -269,10 +345,10 @@
 fn secret_management_store_get_secret_found(instance: String) {
     let mut sk_client = SkClient::new(&instance);
 
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
 
     // Get the secret that was just stored
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE), Some(SECRET_EXAMPLE));
+    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE).unwrap(), SECRET_EXAMPLE);
 }
 
 #[rdroidtest(get_instances())]
@@ -280,64 +356,63 @@
     let mut sk_client = SkClient::new(&instance);
 
     // Store a secret (corresponding to an id).
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
 
     // Get the secret that was never stored
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_NOT_STORED), None);
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_NOT_STORED));
 }
 
 #[rdroidtest(get_instances())]
 fn secretkeeper_store_delete_ids(instance: String) {
     let mut sk_client = SkClient::new(&instance);
 
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE_2, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE_2, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
     sk_client.delete(&[&ID_EXAMPLE]);
-
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE), None);
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2), Some(SECRET_EXAMPLE));
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE));
+    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2).unwrap(), SECRET_EXAMPLE);
 
     sk_client.delete(&[&ID_EXAMPLE_2]);
 
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE), None);
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2), None);
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE));
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2));
 }
 
 #[rdroidtest(get_instances())]
 fn secretkeeper_store_delete_multiple_ids(instance: String) {
     let mut sk_client = SkClient::new(&instance);
 
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE_2, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE_2, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
     sk_client.delete(&[&ID_EXAMPLE, &ID_EXAMPLE_2]);
 
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE), None);
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2), None);
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE));
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2));
 }
 #[rdroidtest(get_instances())]
 fn secretkeeper_store_delete_duplicate_ids(instance: String) {
     let mut sk_client = SkClient::new(&instance);
 
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE_2, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE_2, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
     // Delete the same secret twice.
     sk_client.delete(&[&ID_EXAMPLE, &ID_EXAMPLE]);
 
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE), None);
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2), Some(SECRET_EXAMPLE));
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE));
+    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2).unwrap(), SECRET_EXAMPLE);
 }
 
 #[rdroidtest(get_instances())]
 fn secretkeeper_store_delete_nonexistent(instance: String) {
     let mut sk_client = SkClient::new(&instance);
 
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE_2, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE_2, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
     sk_client.delete(&[&ID_NOT_STORED]);
 
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE), Some(SECRET_EXAMPLE));
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2), Some(SECRET_EXAMPLE));
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_NOT_STORED), None);
+    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE).unwrap(), SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2).unwrap(), SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_NOT_STORED));
 }
 
 // Don't run deleteAll() on a secure device, as it might affect real secrets.
@@ -346,22 +421,22 @@
 fn secretkeeper_store_delete_all(instance: String) {
     let mut sk_client = SkClient::new(&instance);
 
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE_2, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE_2, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
 
     sk_client.delete_all();
 
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE), None);
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2), None);
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE));
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE_2));
 
     // Store a new secret (corresponding to an id).
-    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
 
     // Get the restored secret.
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE), Some(SECRET_EXAMPLE));
+    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_EXAMPLE).unwrap(), SECRET_EXAMPLE);
 
     // (Try to) Get the secret that was never stored
-    assert_eq!(sk_client.get(&ID_NOT_STORED), None);
+    assert_entry_not_found(sk_client.get(&ID_NOT_STORED));
 }
 
 // This test checks that Secretkeeper uses the expected [`RequestSeqNum`] as aad while
@@ -369,9 +444,11 @@
 // first few messages.
 #[rdroidtest(get_instances())]
 fn secret_management_replay_protection_seq_num(instance: String) {
-    let sk_client = SkClient::new(&instance);
+    let dice_chain = make_explicit_owned_dice(/*Security version in a node */ 5);
+    let sealing_policy = sealing_policy(dice_chain.explicit_key_dice_chain().unwrap());
+    let sk_client = SkClient::with_identity(&instance, dice_chain);
     // Construct encoded request packets for the test
-    let (req_1, req_2, req_3) = construct_secret_management_requests();
+    let (req_1, req_2, req_3) = construct_secret_management_requests(sealing_policy);
 
     // Lets now construct the seq_numbers(in request & expected in response)
     let mut seq_a = SeqNum::new();
@@ -379,21 +456,21 @@
 
     // Check first request/response is successful
     let res = ResponsePacket::from_slice(
-        &sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_1, &seq_0, &seq_0),
+        &sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_1, &seq_0, &seq_0).unwrap(),
     )
     .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.response_type().unwrap(), ResponseType::Success);
 
     // Check 2nd request/response is successful
     let res = ResponsePacket::from_slice(
-        &sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_2, &seq_1, &seq_1),
+        &sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_2, &seq_1, &seq_1).unwrap(),
     )
     .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.response_type().unwrap(), ResponseType::Success);
 
     // Check 3rd request/response is successful
     let res = ResponsePacket::from_slice(
-        &sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_3, &seq_2, &seq_2),
+        &sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_3, &seq_2, &seq_2).unwrap(),
     )
     .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.response_type().unwrap(), ResponseType::Success);
@@ -403,17 +480,19 @@
 // for new sessions.
 #[rdroidtest(get_instances())]
 fn secret_management_replay_protection_seq_num_per_session(instance: String) {
-    let sk_client = SkClient::new(&instance);
+    let dice_chain = make_explicit_owned_dice(/*Security version in a node */ 5);
+    let sealing_policy = sealing_policy(dice_chain.explicit_key_dice_chain().unwrap());
+    let sk_client = SkClient::with_identity(&instance, dice_chain);
 
     // Construct encoded request packets for the test
-    let (req_1, _, _) = construct_secret_management_requests();
+    let (req_1, _, _) = construct_secret_management_requests(sealing_policy);
 
     // Lets now construct the seq_number (in request & expected in response)
     let mut seq_a = SeqNum::new();
     let seq_0 = seq_a.get_then_increment().unwrap();
     // Check first request/response is successful
     let res = ResponsePacket::from_slice(
-        &sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_1, &seq_0, &seq_0),
+        &sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_1, &seq_0, &seq_0).unwrap(),
     )
     .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.response_type().unwrap(), ResponseType::Success);
@@ -422,7 +501,7 @@
     let sk_client_diff = SkClient::new(&instance);
     // Check first request/response is with seq_0 is successful
     let res = ResponsePacket::from_slice(
-        &sk_client_diff.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_1, &seq_0, &seq_0),
+        &sk_client_diff.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_1, &seq_0, &seq_0).unwrap(),
     )
     .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.response_type().unwrap(), ResponseType::Success);
@@ -431,33 +510,58 @@
 // This test checks that Secretkeeper rejects requests with out of order [`RequestSeqNum`]
 // TODO(b/317416663): This test fails, when HAL is not present in the device. Refactor to fix this.
 #[rdroidtest(get_instances())]
-#[ignore]
 fn secret_management_replay_protection_out_of_seq_req_not_accepted(instance: String) {
-    let sk_client = SkClient::new(&instance);
+    let dice_chain = make_explicit_owned_dice(/*Security version in a node */ 5);
+    let sealing_policy = sealing_policy(dice_chain.explicit_key_dice_chain().unwrap());
+    let sk_client = SkClient::with_identity(&instance, dice_chain);
 
     // Construct encoded request packets for the test
-    let (req_1, req_2, _) = construct_secret_management_requests();
+    let (req_1, req_2, _) = construct_secret_management_requests(sealing_policy);
 
     // Lets now construct the seq_numbers(in request & expected in response)
     let mut seq_a = SeqNum::new();
     let [seq_0, seq_1, seq_2] = std::array::from_fn(|_| seq_a.get_then_increment().unwrap());
 
     // Assume First request/response is successful
-    sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_1, &seq_0, &seq_0);
+    sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_1, &seq_0, &seq_0).unwrap();
 
     // Check 2nd request/response with skipped seq_num in request is a binder error
-    // This should panic!
-    sk_client.secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_2, /*Skipping seq_1*/ &seq_2, &seq_1);
+    let res = sk_client
+        .secret_management_request_custom_aad(&req_2, /*Skipping seq_1*/ &seq_2, &seq_1);
+    let err = res.expect_err("Out of Seq messages accepted!");
+    // Incorrect sequence numbers lead to failed decryption. The resultant error should be
+    // thrown in clear text & wrapped in Binder errors.
+    assert!(matches!(err, Error::InfraError(secretkeeper_client::Error::BinderStatus(_e))));
 }
 
-fn construct_secret_management_requests() -> (Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>) {
+// This test checks DICE policy based access control of Secretkeeper.
+#[rdroidtest(get_instances())]
+fn secret_management_policy_gate(instance: String) {
+    let dice_chain = make_explicit_owned_dice(/*Security version in a node */ 100);
+    let mut sk_client = SkClient::with_identity(&instance, dice_chain);
+    sk_client.store(&ID_EXAMPLE, &SECRET_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
+
+    // Start a session with higher security_version & get the stored secret.
+    let dice_chain_upgraded = make_explicit_owned_dice(/*Security version in a node */ 101);
+    let mut sk_client_upgraded = SkClient::with_identity(&instance, dice_chain_upgraded);
+    assert_eq!(sk_client_upgraded.get(&ID_EXAMPLE).unwrap(), SECRET_EXAMPLE);
+
+    // Start a session with lower security_version (This should be denied access to the secret).
+    let dice_chain_downgraded = make_explicit_owned_dice(/*Security version in a node */ 99);
+    let mut sk_client_downgraded = SkClient::with_identity(&instance, dice_chain_downgraded);
+    assert!(matches!(
+        sk_client_downgraded.get(&ID_EXAMPLE).unwrap_err(),
+        Error::SecretkeeperError(SecretkeeperError::DicePolicyError)
+    ));
+}
+
+// Helper method that constructs 3 SecretManagement requests. Callers would usually not care about
+// what each of the request concretely is.
+fn construct_secret_management_requests(sealing_policy: Vec<u8>) -> (Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>) {
     let version_request = GetVersionRequest {};
     let version_request = version_request.serialize_to_packet().to_vec().unwrap();
-    let store_request = StoreSecretRequest {
-        id: ID_EXAMPLE,
-        secret: SECRET_EXAMPLE,
-        sealing_policy: HYPOTHETICAL_DICE_POLICY.to_vec(),
-    };
+    let store_request =
+        StoreSecretRequest { id: ID_EXAMPLE, secret: SECRET_EXAMPLE, sealing_policy };
     let store_request = store_request.serialize_to_packet().to_vec().unwrap();
     let get_request = GetSecretRequest { id: ID_EXAMPLE, updated_sealing_policy: None };
     let get_request = get_request.serialize_to_packet().to_vec().unwrap();
diff --git a/security/secretkeeper/default/Android.bp b/security/secretkeeper/default/Android.bp
index 1d75c74..d8ccb63 100644
--- a/security/secretkeeper/default/Android.bp
+++ b/security/secretkeeper/default/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         "libauthgraph_core",
         "libauthgraph_hal",
         "libbinder_rs",
+        "libcoset",
         "liblog_rust",
         "libsecretkeeper_core_nostd",
         "libsecretkeeper_comm_nostd",
diff --git a/security/secretkeeper/default/src/lib.rs b/security/secretkeeper/default/src/lib.rs
index 412ad45..eb7817c 100644
--- a/security/secretkeeper/default/src/lib.rs
+++ b/security/secretkeeper/default/src/lib.rs
@@ -53,8 +53,12 @@
             let mut crypto_impls = boring::crypto_trait_impls();
             let storage_impl = Box::new(store::InMemoryStore::default());
             let sk_ta = Rc::new(RefCell::new(
-                SecretkeeperTa::new(&mut crypto_impls, storage_impl)
-                    .expect("Failed to create local Secretkeeper TA"),
+                SecretkeeperTa::new(
+                    &mut crypto_impls,
+                    storage_impl,
+                    coset::iana::EllipticCurve::Ed25519,
+                )
+                .expect("Failed to create local Secretkeeper TA"),
             ));
             let mut ag_ta = AuthGraphTa::new(
                 AuthGraphParticipant::new(crypto_impls, sk_ta.clone(), MAX_OPENED_SESSIONS)
diff --git a/wifi/aidl/vts/functional/wifi_sta_iface_aidl_test.cpp b/wifi/aidl/vts/functional/wifi_sta_iface_aidl_test.cpp
index 1ea1237..f09a26b 100644
--- a/wifi/aidl/vts/functional/wifi_sta_iface_aidl_test.cpp
+++ b/wifi/aidl/vts/functional/wifi_sta_iface_aidl_test.cpp
@@ -69,18 +69,9 @@
 
     std::shared_ptr<IWifiStaIface> wifi_sta_iface_;
 
-    // Checks if the MdnsOffloadManagerService is installed.
-    bool isMdnsOffloadServicePresent() {
-        int status =
-                // --query-flags MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY(1048576) will only return matched service
-                // installed on system or system_ext partition. The MdnsOffloadManagerService should
-                // be installed on system_ext partition.
-                // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cert-env33-c)
-                system("pm query-services --query-flags 1048576"
-                       " com.android.tv.mdnsoffloadmanager/"
-                       "com.android.tv.mdnsoffloadmanager.MdnsOffloadManagerService"
-                       " | egrep -q mdnsoffloadmanager");
-        return status == 0;
+    // Checks if the mDNS Offload is supported by any NIC.
+    bool isMdnsOffloadPresentInNIC() {
+        return testing::deviceSupportsFeature("android.hardware.mdns_offload");
     }
 
     // Detected panel TV device by using ro.oem.key1 property.
@@ -146,7 +137,7 @@
 TEST_P(WifiStaIfaceAidlTest, CheckApfIsSupported) {
     // Flat panel TV devices that support MDNS offload do not have to implement APF if the WiFi
     // chipset does not have sufficient RAM to do so.
-    if (isPanelTvDevice() && isMdnsOffloadServicePresent()) {
+    if (isPanelTvDevice() && isMdnsOffloadPresentInNIC()) {
         GTEST_SKIP() << "Panel TV supports mDNS offload. It is not required to support APF";
     }
     int vendor_api_level = property_get_int32("ro.vendor.api_level", 0);