Simon 5 is coming soon!
Simon version 5 is currently in beta testing. It is a massive update, introducing a much-requested feature: syncing the Simon data between multiple Macs, plus a Simon Status service, a Link Checker filter, improved Find filter, iMessage and Speak Error notifiers, a new app icon, and much more.
Important: please note that Simon 5 requires a minimum of macOS 10.12 (Sierra), and will be a paid upgrade from Simon 4 after the beta. Purchasers since September 1, 2020 automatically get a version 5 license (that also works in previous versions).
Re: Failures every 30 minutes in 3.2?
I haven't heard of any issue with the Ping service in 3.2 before.
It sounds a bit like an issue a few people have had with other services, where Simon can start to time out if overloaded. But surprising that Ping would be affected, since it uses an external process to do the work.
I suggest editing the tests to be a little less frequent — like say every 5 or 10 minutes. See if that helps.
But I definitely need to investigate this further.
Re: Failures every 30 minutes in 3.2?
Well, something's telling me that few people are using 3.2 yet, so this may be a new issue.
Is there a way to get more detailed logs, especially the logs of this external process ?
Also, please note that I do get a few similar failures with 3.1.1 (maybe once a day), but I'm running 20 checks every minute. With 3.2, I get hundreds of failures per day (and therefore hundreds of emails).
Cheers,
Kooorg
Re: Failures every 30 minutes in 3.2?
There isn't a log for the Ping service, though you can use Preview to try it manually; that might provide a clue as to what is happening.