Log is attached. The focus routine starts at 2022-01-31T14:57:15.033 CST. As you can see there's no command that pauses guiding. I didn't have this problem before I upgraded to the latest KStars build.
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.758 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Multistar getDrift, reticle: 571.313 754.67 guidestar 571.31 756.012 so offsets: 0.00238037 -1.34137
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.759 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - " # x y flux HFR SNR Ref: # x y flux HFR SNR dRA dDEC"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.759 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar 0 571.3 754.7 1521 1.38 27.6 Ref: 0 571.3 754.7 1490 1.30 27.3 0.04 0.04"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.759 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar 1 427.9 426.5 910 1.35 21.3 Ref: 1 427.9 426.4 843 1.28 20.5 -0.20 -0.14"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.759 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar 2 786.0 815.0 532 1.23 16.3 Ref: 4 785.9 815.2 476 1.20 15.4 0.55 -0.22"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.759 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar 3 1099.0 197.0 463 1.22 15.2 Ref: 2 1099.0 196.9 616 1.29 17.6 -0.16 0.16"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.759 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar 4 1016.0 690.0 393 1.19 14.0 Ref: 5 1015.8 690.0 399 1.23 14.1 0.18 -0.44"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.760 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar 5 1119.0 718.0 374 1.21 13.7 Ref: 3 1118.9 718.2 478 1.27 15.5 0.62 -0.31"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.760 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar 6 272.9 795.1 291 1.20 12.1 Ref: 7 273.0 795.0 298 1.18 12.2 -0.24 0.41"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.760 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar 10 410.8 127.0 215 1.09 10.4 Ref: 9 410.8 127.0 288 1.19 12.0 -0.06 -0.01"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.760 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar 12 940.4 367.9 208 1.18 10.2 Ref: 6 940.5 368.2 336 1.38 13.0 0.62 0.08"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.760 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar 16 1172.9 230.1 194 1.10 9.8 Ref: 8 1172.8 229.9 292 1.31 12.1 -0.42 -0.15"
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.760 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - MultiStar: Drift median -0.00704801 -0.0731366 10 of 22 #guide 10
[2022-01-31T14:57:14.760 CST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] -