From c9b855cec1a5c0e7817646a1e0ab0f3a0ddad7d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arie Catsman <120491684+catsmanac@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 10:21:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add 'always use new connection' configuration option to
 Enphase Envoy docs (#35083)

---
 source/_integrations/enphase_envoy.markdown | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/_integrations/enphase_envoy.markdown b/source/_integrations/enphase_envoy.markdown
index d1240d33ea4..42ce8b4b916 100644
--- a/source/_integrations/enphase_envoy.markdown
+++ b/source/_integrations/enphase_envoy.markdown
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ This integration provides several values suitable for the energy dashboard:
 The integration provides a `configure` menu to configure the following options:
 
 - Collect test fixture data in [diagnostics report](#diagnostics) - No/Yes
+- Always use a new connection when requesting data from the Envoy - No/Yes
+  - Some older Envoy firmware may exhibit connection issues when using the, by default enabled, keep-alive connection and report failures. When set, this option disables the use of keep-alive and builds a new connection at each data request. This makes the communication more reliable for these firmware versions. Reported for the Envoy-R but may apply to other older firmware versions as well.
 
 ## Debug logs and diagnostics