diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b2776016c..d1b44f07d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Prometheus: All metrics are prefixed with ``tasmota_`` (#12842)
     Memory metrics have been cleaned up to work consistently between ESP8266 and ESP32
     The device name is reported as an info metric
+- Show power status in state message always with power index number like ``POWER1``
 
 ### Fixed
 - Neopool communication error (#12813)
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 7d4304165..c3cc5e998 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ The latter links can be used for OTA upgrades too like ``OtaUrl http://ota.tasmo
 - Disable PSRAM on unsupported hardware
 - ESP32 remove GPIO initialization to INPUT from not used GPIOs to allow JTAG support
 - Relax NTP poll if no ntpserver can be resolved by DNS
+- Show power status in state message always with power index number like ``POWER1``
 - Make Sonoff L1 MusicSync persistent [#12008](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/12008)
 - Simplified configuration for ir-full and removal of tasmota-ircustom [#12428](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/12428)
 - Refactor platformio [#12442](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/12442)
diff --git a/tasmota/support_tasmota.ino b/tasmota/support_tasmota.ino
index 22bb3a136..d45a9bf3d 100644
--- a/tasmota/support_tasmota.ino
+++ b/tasmota/support_tasmota.ino
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ void MqttShowState(void)
       if (i == LightDevice())  { ResponseLightState(1); }    // call it only once
     } else {
 #endif
-      ResponseAppend_P(PSTR(",\"%s\":\"%s\""), GetPowerDevice(stemp1, i, sizeof(stemp1), Settings->flag.device_index_enable),  // SetOption26 - Switch between POWER or POWER1
+      ResponseAppend_P(PSTR(",\"%s\":\"%s\""), GetPowerDevice(stemp1, i, sizeof(stemp1), 1),  // SetOption26 - Switch between POWER or POWER1
                                                GetStateText(bitRead(TasmotaGlobal.power, i-1)));
 #ifdef USE_SONOFF_IFAN
       if (IsModuleIfan()) {
diff --git a/tasmota/xdrv_59_influxdb.ino b/tasmota/xdrv_59_influxdb.ino
index 201b76c3b..6890995d7 100644
--- a/tasmota/xdrv_59_influxdb.ino
+++ b/tasmota/xdrv_59_influxdb.ino
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
  * IfxToken    - Set Influxdb v2 and token
  *
  * Set influxdb update interval with command teleperiod
+ *
+ * The following triggers result in automatic influxdb numeric feeds without appended time:
+ * - this driver initiated state message
+ * - this driver initiated teleperiod data
+ * - power commands
 \*********************************************************************************************/
 
 #define XDRV_59            59
@@ -361,10 +366,18 @@ void InfluxDbLoop(void) {
           }
         }
       } else {
+
+        // {"Time":"2021-08-14T17:19:33","Uptime":"0T00:24:09","UptimeSec":1449,"Heap":29,"SleepMode":"Dynamic","Sleep":50,"LoadAvg":19,"MqttCount":1,"POWER1":"ON","Wifi":{"AP":1,"SSId":"indebuurt_IoT","BSSId":"98:38:C9:CA:17:C1","Channel":11,"Mode":"11n","RSSI":100,"Signal":-44,"LinkCount":1,"Downtime":"0T00:00:03"}}
+        ResponseClear();
+        MqttShowState();          // Pull state data
+        InfluxDbProcessJson();
+
+        // {"Time":"2021-08-14T17:19:33","Switch1":"ON","Switch2":"OFF","ANALOG":{"Temperature":184.72},"DS18B20":{"Id":"01144A0CB2AA","Temperature":27.50},"HTU21":{"Temperature":28.23,"Humidity":39.7,"DewPoint":13.20},"Global":{"Temperature":27.50,"Humidity":39.7,"DewPoint":12.55},"TempUnit":"C"}
         ResponseClear();
         if (MqttShowSensor()) {   // Pull sensor data
           InfluxDbProcessJson();
         };
+
       }
     }
   }