Pixel 3 randomly disconnects with WPA 3

I have multiple devices on a single Netgear R7800 and the Pixel 3 is the only device I see that is randomly disconnecting multiple times a day. I see about a dozen disconnects at random times. Other devices include phones (Galaxy S8, iPhone 8) and non-phones (Home Theater, Chromecast).

The default logs on both OpenWRT and Android do not show a reason for these disconnects. I'll post the logs from each device.

OpenWRT:

Thu Mar 12 08:03:09 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED [redacted]
Thu Mar 12 08:03:30 2020 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA  IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Thu Mar 12 08:03:30 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-STA-CONNECTED [redacted]
Thu Mar 12 08:03:30 2020 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA  RADIUS: starting accounting session [redacted]
Thu Mar 12 08:03:30 2020 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA  WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)

Pixel 3:

03-12 08:03:09.075  1878 20192 D DhcpClient: doQuit
03-12 08:03:09.077  1878 20192 D ApfFilter: (wlan0): shutting down
03-12 08:03:09.101  1878 20192 D DhcpClient: DHCP Packet Handler stopped
03-12 08:03:09.102  1878 20192 D DhcpClient: onQuitting
03-12 08:03:09.103   864 23712 W ServiceManager: Permission failure: android.permission.NETWORK_STACK from uid=1073 pid=1878
03-12 08:03:09.119 20185 20185 I wpa_supplicant: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=[redacted] reason=3 locally_generated=1

Versions:
OpenWRT 19.07.02 (started with enabling WPA3 with 19.07-rc*)
Pixel 3 Android 10 March 2020 update

Is there any logging change to either device to see more output?

The issue is not WPA 3 related as I thought it was. I had upgrading to both 19.07 and switched to WPA3 at the same time so I was making a poor assumption. Downgrading to WPA 2 didn't help and disconnects continued. Switching to the CT-HTT firmware didn't help. Switching to the very latest CT-HTT firmware from upstream didn't help.

I have narrowed it down to the CT driver and firmware.

Switching back to 'ath10k' and stock firmware has stopped the random disconnects. The Pixel 3 is now maintaining a solid connection. Every other device is also working as expected.

Was the switch to the CT driver and firmware premature? 802.11r doesn't work out of the box and some devices have issues maintaining connections.

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