Gustard R26 Roon connection

I utilize the Gustard R26 along with Mac Mini M1 8g 512 ssd. My issue is when left playing music in Roon for various lengths of time I have to push play again in app to continue playing track. Any suggestions? I have reset MAC, router etc, but no difference to correct issue. Any suggestions? My DAC and Mac are all new.

That sounds more like network issues are you all hard wired?

Hard wired absolutely