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While loop in tasks stops working after a while

Hello!

I have this profile set up:

STATE -> Variable Value ~ 1

Task:

A loop in which every 5 seconds it should do a http request and check whether or not it should open an app. This includes a Wait of 5 sec and a Goto 1 after the loop ended.

This works for a while, however after 2 hours (http request no longer required the app to open), it stops working (http request now requires it to). It's just like the profile and task never existed.

I have another profile which works fine, so Tasker isn't killed. I even installed Caffeine to have the screen open 24/7 and the profile still stops. All battery optimisations are off.

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Maybe the HTTP Request is failing sometimes?

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It never does, I checked from my PC. In the interval of one hour it should've succeded at least once. Once I entered in Tasker and manually pressed Play from the relevant task, only then it executed.

Sure, but maybe the phone couldn't reach the pc at the time?

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Still looking for an answer ?

Maybe another task conflicts (kills or pauses) this task.

Is the 2 hours you reported a precise number ?

I don't know about Tasker, but in science computing in general, we have hardware and software interrupts that serve to escape a loop. Maybe there's one here.

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