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Burnout Protection

Some lights can burn out if they are turned on and off too quickly.

So, if a control device reboots, we disable all the outputs on that device for 10 minutes.

The burnout_protection_time value on each Device is populated with the timestamp at time of device boot. If that timestamp is older than the BURNOUT_PROTECTION_DELAY environment variable (default of 30 seconds in development, 10 minutes in production), then no outputs are returned.

If a device is outside of the burnout protection time, a control_device_returned_outputs event is recorded.

If a device is in the burnout protection time, a control_device_burnout_protected device is recorded.