`DELAY` node - bug?

General
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I have put a delay node in a flow.

For initial testing it was set to a 5 second delay.

When triggered a blue dot would appear under it showing it is delaying the message.

After development of the flow, I reduced it to 1 second.

The blue dot does not appear if the time is set to 1 second.

Bug?

Flow:

[{"id":"64ac8ced.be6ed4","type":"inject","z":"10045d06.cf6ba3","name":"","topic":"","payload":"Blah","payloadType":"str","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":150,"y":1830,"wires":[["ee32b943.6a7888","ed558e08.c2109","957d8f46.630b9","adc537dc.0b548","bbb92b33.d27bf8"]]},{"id":"ee32b943.6a7888","type":"delay","z":"10045d06.cf6ba3","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"5","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"x":340,"y":1700,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"ed558e08.c2109","type":"delay","z":"10045d06.cf6ba3","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"4","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"x":340,"y":1760,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"957d8f46.630b9","type":"delay","z":"10045d06.cf6ba3","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"3","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"x":340,"y":1830,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"adc537dc.0b548","type":"delay","z":"10045d06.cf6ba3","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"2","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"x":340,"y":1900,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"bbb92b33.d27bf8","type":"delay","z":"10045d06.cf6ba3","name":"","pauseType":"delay","timeout":"1","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"x":341.11114501953125,"y":1963.3333740234375,"wires":[[]]}]
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I imagine its a feature :slight_smile:

i.e. anything 1 sec or less - it doesn't bother doing it

I tried 1001 milliseconds and it does show briefly but 1000 doesn't

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Thanks for that.

It just threw me as I wasn't sure it was or not delaying the message.

Yes it does work.

The only thing I don't like about that is it makes the node bigger as it goes from displaying 1 second to 1001 ms

Not really neat looking.

Could someone involved with this node please comment?
(Appreciated in advance.)

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We don’t bother show it for delays less than one sec as it all adds traffic from the backend to the browser. It’s only an indication after all ( the editor is not a dashboard)

6

Not heard that one before :slight_smile:

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No problems.

It just threw me as I wasn't sure the message was delayed. (Done a lot of stuff with it at 5 seconds and when I set it to 1 it didn't show.)

Yes, after a bit of checking: it is delayed.

Just wanted to check what the status quo for the node's operation is/was.

Again: I agree the overhead isn't really needed/wanted and I am sure a few squillion of them would be a problem.

All good. I'll get back to writing the code/flow.

Thanks all.

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