I apologize if this issue has been raised before, I searched the history and could not find any relevant discussion on the topic. My proposal centers around modifying the dashboard input notes (numeric, switch, etc.) to make it easier to save and restore their state on restarts, or whenever the nod…

Just a note as in every discussion on the topic - the persistent storage option is not always available. And there is no way the node can figure out the type of storage in use so it can't guarantee the functionality.

[image] Paul-Reed: Yes, node persistence has been discussed previously, and slowly but surely many of the contrib nodes are adding this as an option. It's something that I have raised a while ago, see ❓ DISCUSSION: Should nodes save/restore their own context? Thank you for the historical con…

Yes, as far as I can tell the editor can only get the context name, but not what type of context it is. On the node runtime side, my "solution" is to pick the first context that uses the "localfilesystem" module in the settings.js file. If none is found the node emits a warning and the functionality…

[image] pacosta: If none is found the node emits a warning and the functionality is disabled. Not very useful. If the user can't use any file- (what ever kind of persistent) based storage , it is just a waning for nothing. Stressful. It has been discussed and nothing better found but the exp…

@pacosta just trying your fork which works well when the localfilesystem is defined in node-RED settings, but if it is not defined (as a fresh installation would be), then an error is introduced, and flows are stopped 27 Feb 09:59:54 - [warn] ------------------------------------------------------ 2…

[image] Paul-Reed: hide the 'Save and restore state from file context' option, if local filesystem was not enabled, so it would not be selectable? If there is no changes since then - It will be mission impossible. [image] question DISCUSSION: Should nodes save/restore their o…

[image] hotNipi: If there is no changes since then - It will be mission impossible Have I misread @pacosta 's explanation; [image] pacosta: my "solution" is to pick the first context that uses the "localfilesystem" module in the settings.js file. If none is found the node emits a warning…

[image] Paul-Reed: [image] hotNipi: If there is no changes since then - It will be mission impossible Have I misread @pacosta 's explanation; [image] pacosta: my "solution" is to pick the first context that uses the "localfilesystem" module in the settings.js file. If none is found t…

FWIW, I fixed the bug and added the initial status indicator, in the PoC repo.

[image] pacosta: I fixed the bug and added the initial status indicator Working fine now :+1: @dceejay would you support this, or maybe accept a persistence model similar to node-red-contrib-queue-gate which writes to the default store, whatever that may be, and add a paragraph to the readme…

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If there is no changes since then - It will be mission impossible.

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