Maybe confused the autofocus routine by not allowing enough out focus limit?
See log entry below

See the HFR 1.49 @ 11939, error out because cannot move past limit then HFR 7.07 at 11940

[2021-05-11T20:31:21.090 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "FITS received. HFR 1.76 @ 11855. Delta (63.3%)"
[2021-05-11T20:31:21.100 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Focusing outward by 115 steps..."[2021-05-11T20:31:24.709 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "FITS received. HFR 1.76 @ 11970. Delta (63.7%)"
[2021-05-11T20:31:24.719 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Focusing inward by 54 steps..."[2021-05-11T20:31:27.767 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "FITS received. HFR 1.49 @ 11916. Delta (37.1%)"
[2021-05-11T20:31:27.778 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Focusing outward by 23 steps..."

[2021-05-11T20:31:30.828 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "FITS received. HFR 1.49 @ 11939. Delta (36.8%)"
[2021-05-11T20:31:30.838 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Focusing outward by 31 steps..."

[2021-05-11T20:31:33.896 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "FITS received. HFR 1.24 @ 11970. Delta (11.9%)"
[2021-05-11T20:31:33.926 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Focuser cannot move further, device limits reached. Autofocus aborted."

[2021-05-11T23:47:50.623 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "FITS received. HFR 7.07 @ 11940. Delta (594%)"
[2021-05-11T23:47:50.700 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Focusing outward by 200 steps..."

[2021-05-11T23:47:54.306 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "FITS received. HFR -1 @ 12140. Delta (807%)"
[2021-05-11T23:47:54.308 PDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "No stars detected, capturing 

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