Node-RED version: v2.0.6
Node.js version: v14.16.0
Darwin 20.6.0 x64 LE
Dashboard version 3.0.4
if you have a ui-button with If msg arrives on input, emulate a button click: checked on, and msg's arrive without a msg.payload, no output will exit the ui-button node. But, once a msg with a msg.payload enters the ui-button node, subsequent msg's without a msg.payload WILL generate a msg out of the ui-button node.
The attached flow demonstraits the issue. Once msgs start flowing thru the ui-button to recreate it, you have to stop/start Node-RED.
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@dceejay shall I open an issue?
