diff --git a/lib/src/control.dart b/lib/src/control.dart
index 1b07e5e..0369444 100644
--- a/lib/src/control.dart
+++ b/lib/src/control.dart
@@ -1007,12 +1007,19 @@ CmdResponse? parseCommandResponse(Uint8List inner,
     // starts after the response header, i.e. at payload[2] — reading from
     // payload[0] landed on the echoed-seq/status pair, so `locationRaw` was
     // the status byte and resolved to "wrist" on every successful reply.
-    dec['body_location_status'] = BodyLocationStatusResponse(
-      revision: payload[2],
-      locationRaw: payload[5],
-      confidence: payload[4], // constant 0xFF on every observed reply
-      status: payload[3], // constant 0
-    );
+    //
+    // Status-gated like the siblings above: a failed outer reply does not
+    // populate the body, so its bytes are stale and would otherwise mint a
+    // confident (and wrong) body-location reading.
+    final statusOk = !profile.isGen5 || status == 1;
+    if (statusOk) {
+      dec['body_location_status'] = BodyLocationStatusResponse(
+        revision: payload[2],
+        locationRaw: payload[5],
+        confidence: payload[4], // constant 0xFF on every observed reply
+        status: payload[3], // constant 0
+      );
+    }
   } else if ((op == Cmd.enterHighFreqSync || op == Cmd.exitHighFreqSync)) {
     dec['high_freq_sync'] = HighFreqSyncResponse(op);
   } else if (op == Cmd.selectWrist && payload.length >= 3) {
diff --git a/test/control_plane_offsets_test.dart b/test/control_plane_offsets_test.dart
index cc82f6b..1f881fe 100644
--- a/test/control_plane_offsets_test.dart
+++ b/test/control_plane_offsets_test.dart
@@ -347,6 +347,44 @@ void main() {
       expect(r.decoded['alarm_active'], isTrue);
     });
 
+    test(
+        'GET_BODY_LOCATION_AND_STATUS: gen5 a non-success outer status emits '
+        'nothing', () {
+      // Same convention as getClock/getDataRange/getAlarmTime: a failure
+      // reply's body bytes are stale leftovers from a prior successful read.
+      final body = [0x01, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x07];
+      for (final status in [0, 2, 3]) {
+        final r = parseCommandResponse(
+            cmdResponse(Cmd.getBodyLocationAndStatus, body, status: status),
+            profile: BandProfile.gen5)!;
+        expect(r.decoded.containsKey('body_location_status'), isFalse,
+            reason: 'status=$status');
+      }
+    });
+
+    test('GET_BODY_LOCATION_AND_STATUS: gen5 a success outer status still '
+        'decodes normally', () {
+      final body = [0x01, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x07];
+      final r = parseCommandResponse(
+          cmdResponse(Cmd.getBodyLocationAndStatus, body, status: 1),
+          profile: BandProfile.gen5)!;
+      final decoded =
+          r.decoded['body_location_status'] as BodyLocationStatusResponse;
+      expect(decoded.revision, 1);
+      expect(decoded.locationRaw, 7);
+    });
+
+    test('GET_BODY_LOCATION_AND_STATUS: gen4 is left ungated on outer status',
+        () {
+      final body = [0x01, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x07];
+      final r = parseCommandResponse(
+          cmdResponse(Cmd.getBodyLocationAndStatus, body, status: 0))!;
+      final decoded =
+          r.decoded['body_location_status'] as BodyLocationStatusResponse;
+      expect(decoded.revision, 1);
+      expect(decoded.locationRaw, 7);
+    });
+
     test('gen5 GET_CUSTOM_ADVERTISING_NAME (0x8D) decodes like gen4 0x4C', () {
       // Reply body: revision, status, length, then the ASCII name — the same
       // shape at the same offsets on both generations.