[Elecraft] KAT500 AUTO vs MAN mode

[Chad WE9V]

So I got my new KAT500 yesterday, and got it all trained to each of the
segments, without reading a single reflector post on the subject (pat own
back).  Start operating and finding that it wants to tune again in the
middle of a QSO (CW or SSB).  (Even when the bypass SWR is 1.5)  I wrote up
a big post to my local club to ask for help there first, when someone says
that's common operation.  Need to run in MAN mode, not AUTO.

Came here to the reflector archives (I'm not a regular reader) to see lots
of suggestions to run in MAN mode.

To me, this sounds like a band-aid workaround.  Why do users (and Elecraft)
think that running in MAN mode is the acceptable mode of operation?  I'd
like to suggest that this is a bug that is in need of firmware
improvement.  If I start a QSO with fine SWR, even on an antenna with less
than 1.8:1 SWR, at no point during the QSO should I be in need of a retune,
have the KPA500 go into keying bypass mode, and be left with 30 watts out
or less due to it trying to tune on every dit and dah.

Can this please be fixed so the KAT500 can be left in AUTO mode and only
initiate a retune when the SWR is truly above the retune threshold?

Respectfully,
Chad WE9V