Release 2.2.2.125 - Rule 4.0 performance improvments

[Otto_Mation]

@bcopeland, could you please expand on the Rule 4.0 performance improvements? Are these improvements speed or reliability? Thanks.

[JasonJoel]

"Performance" almost always = speed.

[bertabcd1234]

It appears to be related to the issue mentioned in this post, which Bruce (Rule Machine author) noted was found and fixed, presumably in this build:

Editing Rule Machine Rules with Variables Very Slow

I have no problems with my rules executing but this issue is the performance of the Rule Machine rule creation or editing. If I keep rules to device properties and actions editing the rules are really fast. But the moment I add variables and other things I can count to 10 each time I click the mouse to wait for the spinning circle or for the display to update the changed rule syntax. Here is an example of what I have using variables: [image] If I go in and say edit a action that I want to …

[bravenel]

@Otto_Mation

Are these improvements speed or reliability?

Three items, all speed related:

1. The editing slowdown referenced just above. This is the main one, and has no impact on rule execution.
2. Logging turned off efficiency (minor).
3. Option to turn off App Events (minor).