Automatons not updating properly

[Josh]

I'm currently running Version 1.6 (11641) and if I try to edit the automaton to run a script it doesn't update. It was working fine earlier in the day but now doesn't work. Tried two different itsy bitsy on 3 different computers and none will update.

[Josh]

I tried uninstalling/reinstalling app as well as starting from scratch with the automaton through create automaton feature.

[Dave Lebbing]

I tried something similar on two MBP machines (mid 2015 and late 2016) running MDS 11641 and did not see this issue. I did Create Automaton and then Configure Automaton and changed the value for the "Command" textbox. Both machines showed the command value was updated as expected.

[Josh]

I didn't have this issue until this afternoon. Prior it was working fine. Is there a text limit to the command textbox?

[timothy perfitt]

Yes, there is. It is 255 bytes, but that is after it is JSON encoded. I need to fix it to have better error reporting. I'll keep this bug open for that.

[Josh]

These are the commands I'm typing that won't save: rm /volumes/“Macintosh HD”/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/macuser.plist && rm /volumes/“Macintosh HD”/var/db/.applesetupdone && rm -rfv /volumes/“Macintosh HD”/users/macuser && reboot

I'm basically trying to automate the removal of a user on Mojave using a separate automaton than for the deployment.

[Josh]

Although now I noticed if I only have a few characters in the command text box it sometimes won't work either. Very odd. Today is first day I've seen this lol.

[Josh]

Is there a way to have the limit bumped up on the automatons? I'm running out of space.

[timothy perfitt]

The issue is the JSON parser takes up a bunch of memory. I'm going to have to refactor to not use JSON then there should be plenty of free space.

[Josh]

Sweet. Do you know what beta this may be added to?

[timothy perfitt]

It is in the current PreBeta for 1.8. Please try it and see if it works well for you. If it does, please close this issue.