ESPHome devices lose their connection

[jazzmonger (Jeff)]

I finally figured out how to overcome this annoying bug. I documented how to reproduce it here.

ESPhome with Esp8266 toggling by itself every 5 minutes

I have one esp8266 connected to ESPhome 1.15.0 dev branch (the prod version does the same thing) and it toggles on/off exactly every 5 minutes by itself. There are no scripts or automations connected to this device in ant way. I’ve tried a different chip and it does exactly the same thing. The chips are CP2102 ESP-12E. I’m starting a new thread on this because I’ve definitively eliminated random disconnects and configuration issues that are being discussed In other topics. It’s very consistent…