{
 "id": "wifi-power-save-cost-25x-on-one-occasion",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "WiFi power save cost 25x on one occasion and nothing on another, on the same board and setting, and the trigger was not isolated",
 "symptom": "The same power-save setting produces wildly different results depending on when it is measured, and either result looks solid in isolation.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "arduino",
  "wifi"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "about": [
  "ESP32-S3 WiFi streaming"
 ],
 "intent": "Record an intermittent power-save penalty honestly rather than reporting the reproducible half",
 "date": "2026-08-23",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}