Try_create_device: though device may be "added", not always "init"ed

[nayelyz (SmartThings Developer Support)]

Hi, continuing the discussion of this post on this thread:

SmartThings Edge Developer Beta | Known Issues and Bug Tracking

This is another issue I am seeing where init is not called for devices when they are created in quick succession. It was previously reported by @rossetyler and @TAustin in this thread. I don’t see it listed above. This may not be a bug, but there is nothing documented that explains this behavior.

The team mentioned the following:

• The init lifecycle should be executed after an added event if the device was previously unknown.
• Also, an init event should be triggered for each known device on startup.

If this is not happening, there might be a function you’re using that could be yielding the device’s thread (for example, calling receive on a socket or channel) which is preempting the init event from being able to call the callback.