Disable vs pause

[mark.cockcroft]

Whats the difference between pausing an app and disableing on the apps page.
Eg motion lighting app

[rakeshg]

Take a look at this thread...

Is deactivation and pausing rules equivalent in terms of impact on hub load/performance?

If I’m not mistaken, when a rule is paused you can still see it “running” in the logs, in terms of looking for rule triggers that have occurred (but no actions being taken of course). When a rule is disabled, its log output will go to zero, meaning it’s no longer even monitoring device events I believe. So I would think that to be safe, disabling the rule will negate any hub performance impact it might have been having while active. But pausing may not have quite the same effect. If you turn …