AdguardTeam
Remove watchdog ten seconds limit
Issue Details
Can you please remove the minimum ten seconds limit for the watchdog setting. It seems Adguard is regularly restarted, sometimes multiple times. It would be great if the wait period can be shortened this way.
Proposed solution
See title.
Alternative solution
No response
Maybe it could be replaced w/ a warning "under 10 secs, might cause" [whatever]?
In fact, I've never used the Watchdog feature in AdGuard app, so I can't provide specific feedback. However, frequent restarts of AdGuard protection might be caused by automatic updates to its rules or data. I previously gave feedback hoping to optimize the data update mechanism, but it seems the official team focused on another issue I mentioned instead.
How often does AdGuard reconnect? And what filter auto-update interval have you set?
It differs how often the reconnect process takes place. I have set the watchdog interval to ten seconds but the request is to give users the opportunity to check more often. This can be handy for testing purposes. When you show a warning message for values set below ten seconds then you have both the flexibility and the "use at your own responsibility" features in place. Beside that it is already an advanced setting so I expect regular users would not be eager to change the default value of it.
PS The ultimate change is that Adguard would never be restarted without a reason at all. But as long this isn't the case this setting will be necessary...
We'll see how other users vote. If there are a lot of people who need this function, then we will make it!
Define "a lot": is that two, five, ten? Beside that I think implementing this change isn't a huge effort. So why don't you just do it in order to increase customer satisfaction?
@witterholt I think dev cost minimal, but potential support cost more, from those of us who mess around in advanced settings & then forget we did, when something happens later.