Is there are way to lower/disable the blockTime when running the emulator /replica locally with dfx? The amount of time my test suite takes to complete just grows by minutes every time I add new features, because every update call takes 2000+ ms.

There used to be a --no-artificial-delay flag but I’m not sure if that got removed. [image] Dfx deploy, how to make it faster after first build? Developers I’m not sure if this works with --emulator, but just in case, you might try: A new --no-artificial-delay option en…

Would it be possible to get this flag back ? The only reason invoked there is that it was confusing but the advantages of reducing test time and asset uploading locally far outweigh that. . feat: Remove the no_artificial_delay setting by having a sensible default…

Could we please get this flag back? We’re about to start some pretty intense testing as well, and I would love to get rid of that delay for testing.

Cross-posting for visibility. [image] Bring back --no-artificial-delay Developers Related PR: It seems that over a year ago the flag was removed but the net result is that the default changed to 600ms vs 500ms when using the flag. The comment says the 600ms is the val…

[image] Seb : The only reason invoked there is that it was confusing but the advantages of reducing test time and asset uploading locally far outweigh that. Bumping this thread up.

I’ll ping the team and see if anyone can find the time as we’re really busy with SNS. But feel free to ping me again if nothing happened every 2-4 weeks or so. Other thread on the same topic: Bring back --no-artificial-delay

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paulyoung December 13, 2022, 4:53am 5

Cross-posting for visibility.

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