Several Flat Lines in a Week

I agree, that seems to be a key

But in most if not all cases, i’m not at my mac around this time. I normally go to bed around 2100 and out by 5am which is when I notice (when I see the flat line in the am, I look at the logs to see when that value started repeating aka flat lining).

I can’t think of anything special that happens on my mac or WD around that time.

I am grasping at straws, but what about that read timer value you had me set way back when? Could that cause anything?

Are there any diags to put in place to capture this when it happens?

I sincerely appreciate any help tracking this thing down. Been going on for so long ):

Btw as a rule I always restart WD regardless every few days