From 096c5a8f07e852250723b2f4ad09ac4ae20dab65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rigear <278971+Rigear@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:18:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Do not connect a disabled broker

---
 repeater/data_acquisition/mqtt_handler.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/repeater/data_acquisition/mqtt_handler.py b/repeater/data_acquisition/mqtt_handler.py
index a3672ff..87e9adb 100644
--- a/repeater/data_acquisition/mqtt_handler.py
+++ b/repeater/data_acquisition/mqtt_handler.py
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ class _BrokerConnection:
     def connect(self):
         """Establish connection to broker"""
         # Conditional TLS setup
+        if self.enabled == False:
+            logger.info(f"Connection to {self.broker['name']} is disabled in configuration")
+            return
+
         if self.transport == "websockets":
             if self.tls and self.tls.get("enabled", True):
                 import ssl