Yes, but not sending any commands at the times when it DC's me.
If you get a DC and don't log all the way out of the launcher before logging back in it will often give the connection lost error after a few minutes, that's normal.
I had no previous DC, even partial DCs before this started. It only ever takes me back to the character select screen, not back to POL viewer. I've known about that issue for years, if you go back to POL, you have to go all the way out and back in or it shits the bed again. This is different.