NR 1.1.2 From this link New in 0.19 So I believe I am included in this. contextStorage: { default: { module:"localfilesystem", config: { // see below } } } So, off I go to settings.js. contextStorage not found Looking..... // Anything in this hash …

[image] Trying_to_learn: Ok, so I may not be actually doing the right thing then. Correct. See node-red/packages/node_modules/node-red/settings.js at master · node-red/node-red · GitHub This is what you need to establish context storage.

How old is the settings.js file? It's easy to keep updating node-RED (which does not update the settings.js file), and then find that new options have been added which require a setting in the settings file. Compare your settings file with the current version - available from github.

(Me showing my stupidity.) Thanks. So next dumb question: How do I make the settings.js file up to date? My efforts at finding the latest settings.js file on github are only showing stuff that are old. Like > 2 years ago.

[image] Trying_to_learn: So next dumb question: How do I make the settings.js file up to date? As I have already said; [image] Paul-Reed: Compare your settings file with the current version - available from github If you just want to add the context storage, just add & edit this, to y…

So the part I posted is....... redundant? Superfluous? not needed/used?

[image] Trying_to_learn: So the part I posted is What part?

This: // Anything in this hash is globally available to all functions. // It is accessed as context.global. // eg: // functionGlobalContext: { os:require('os') } // can be accessed in a function block as: // context.global.os functionGlobalContext: { // os:req…

[image] Trying_to_learn: So the part I posted is....... redundant? That isn't the section that you need.

Ok, so I may not be actually doing the right thing then. I'm not sure. If I want the switch nodes to go back to the state they were in before an unexpected reboot, is that under this of which I am now asking - or that you showed me - or something else? And other things as well. Reboots can be pa…

I hope it works. Obviously I removed the leading // on the required lines and I had to restart NR.

Andrew, maybe this will help too [image] A guide to understanding 'Persistent Context' General It depends on what you have set for the default. Did you read the documentation and the write up I did ?

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Andrew, maybe this will help too

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