Ziti Edge Tunnel --refresh interval

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Hi Again.

I've got a question about the Ziti Edge Tunnel --refresh CLI argument. I couldn't find the answer in docs or code.

Is the value of the --refresh option strictly only used to control the frequency of the polling interval ? Is it used to control or affect any other timers, E.G reconnection attempts ?

The reason i ask is because reducing the polling frequency obviously reduces client load on the Controllers but i want to be sure it doesn't have any other unknown effects. In my use case the default polling interval of 10s is unnecessarily short.

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Yes, that's its purpose. It doesn't affect reconnection attempts at this time. The default polling interval should be sufficient for a large numer of identities (many, many thousands if not more), until the controller exhibits prolonged CPU usage from the polling, it isn't something I would worry about in general. Where the polling time is very valuable is on battery-powered devices. Those devices benefit greatly from a reduced poll window, at the expense of not noticing changes as quickly.

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Thanks @TheLumberjack !