[Bug] Issue With Dynamic Page

I am not certain where to post bug reports or issues, but just noticed an issue when using dynamicPage in a smart app. Using the code below, the function is being called twice every interval causing the logging to spiral out of control.

definition(
    name: "TestApp",
    namespace: "randuhmm",
    author: "Jonny Morrill",
    description: "testing",
    category: "",
    iconUrl: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience.png",
    iconX2Url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience@2x.png",
    iconX3Url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience@2x.png")

preferences {
    page(name: "testFunc", title: "Test Func", content: "testFunc")
}

def testFunc() {
    log.debug 'testFunc()'
    dynamicPage(name: "testFunc", title: "Test Func", nextPage: "", refreshInterval: 5, install: true, uninstall: true) {
        section("Example...") {
        }
    }
}

The logs for this SmartApp look like this:

9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:38 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:37 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:33 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:33 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:32 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:27 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:27 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:27 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:27 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:27 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:27 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:26 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:26 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:21 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:21 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:21 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:21 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:16 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:16 PM: debug testFunc()
9779fd5c-b67e-4916-8b60-8873bef14562 9:46:11 PM: debug testFunc()

As you can see the number of concurrent function calls is increasing exponentially every cycle. It would be a great help if anyone could confirm this behavior on their end. Thanks!

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Try setting refreshInterval to 0…

Try thinking next page and actual name, or, just remove that.

Setting the refreshInterval property to zero disables the refresh entirely, which is not my intention. I do need the refresh enabled so that I can periodically execute a function.

Removing the nextPage="" property did not change the behavior =/ good call tho as it is unnecessary.

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Yea, I get that, it was just a test…

def testFunc() {
    log.debug 'testFunc()'
    if(!state.pageRefresh ) { state.pageRefresh = 2 }
    state.pageRefresh =  state.pageRefresh + 2
    dynamicPage(name: "testFunc", title: "Test Func", refreshInterval:  state.pageRefresh , install: true, uninstall: true) {
        section("Example...") {
        }
    }
}
updated() {
     state.pageRefresh = 2
}

Use this code to ease off the refresh. nevertheless, it’s still a bug on ST’s end

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Nice work-around! Works pretty well from my initial tests.