Back from vacation - Battery dead (2023 Hybrid)

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We were gone on a 12-day vacation and I came home to find the battery in my 2023 Sportage hybrid to be totally dead. I had to open the door with the hidden key in the fob. Thankfully they have a button on the dash to start the car from the hybrid battery (my assumption), but this seems like a real problem and this is the second time this has happened. I've read a few posts here that seem to indicate that the periodic check-in from the car to Kia Connect is actually draining the battery that starts the car, but this can't be right since I don't even have the Kia Connect app. Also, since "starting" the car takes almost no power (after all, it's not turning the engine over where cold cranking amps are really required), there must be some type of leakage current that is draining the battery. Do you think there is something wrong with the battery? Is Kia working on a solution? I thought a normal gasoline-powered car could sit for months and months before the battery won't start the car and in this case it's even worse because the battery won't even open the doors after 12 days..