Merge pull request #8997 from ISISComputingGroup/ticket_8957

Ticket 8957

Author: FreddieAkeroyd

release_notes/Release-Notes-v26.8.0.md

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ See [here](https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/wiki#instrument-informatio
 | [8969](https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/8969) | Minor | Keithley 6517B | Add set/read "zero check" and current autorange modes |
 | [8464](https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/8464) | Minor | TC/Beckhoff | Allow sending a frozen offset to beckhoffs in order to set position |
 | [6839](https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/6839)  | Minor | TC/Beckhoff | Implement setting auto-energise to controller |
+| [8957](https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/8957) | Mezei Flipper | Add explicit reconnection to device and increase reconnection timeout to improve comms stability. |
 | [8992](https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/8992)  | Minor | OPCUA | Supports certificate based authentication to PLC |