If you have upgraded already, the only hope is that a new firmware fixes it. For every one on a vera plus or secure: Either do not upgrade or if you want to upgrade, refer to this post and then this post.
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Upgraded my VeraEdge to v7.30 build 1.7.4832 today with zero programs.
Already noticing improvements. My system is not complex, has few add-ons, some 50 devices (mostly lights and thermostats), and maybe 15 scenes.
Vera,
When will the “Christmas lights” be fixed?
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We’d all love to know!
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‘Tis the season?
I have a VeraSecure and it has been having issues with Alexa/Google connectivity (“the hub … is not available. Please check its network or power connections.”) since 7.30 went in.
Vera Support, after several days, requested I do the ol’ network reset. I did. No change.
I did a reboot of the unit and it seemed happy for a bit but has regressed again this evening, a few short hours later.
No further responses from Support.
So I have a loaded VeraSecure with many APPs and a few PLEGs (it has some issues from time to time).
Following now a few weeks into this last update with all the problems and broken units posted here, my question is: is it now safe to upgrade the unit or should I forget this update??
Has development made any changes to the update itself in view of comments and responses given here? or is it the same as it was when released?
Thanks for responding.
Forget it. You will likely have problems and vera does not seem to be responding.
What Vera support 2nd line tells me:
Regarding the firmware, to be honest, you can do it whenever you wish, but this firmware comes with some changes on the OpenWRT version, memory partitions and more. You can check more details here: UI7 ▾ Vera Software Update ▾ 7.0.30 - Nov 20, 2019 - #16 by Catman - Release Notes - Ezlo Community
Some Vera Secure and Vera plus had issues, not many issues were reported from vera Edges so far.
Put Philio pan06e pan04 with subcategory_num 0 to have the lamp icon.
For almost a year now, pan06 and pan04 have had the generic icon, and they have never corrected this problem!
Question to Edge users.
Is there any noticeable improvement after the Update?
I’m fence sitting but tempted to upgrade…
The improvement on the zwave network should be massive if you have more than say 15-20 devices and you disable all the overhead stuff I discuss in this thread.
I am running the firmware on the older OS from 7.0.29 and on a much newer custom OS on various test machines, cloud free ,and it is pretty solid.
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Thx, I doubt I’d get any better performance then as I applied your fixes already on 7.0.29.
The fixes don’t work without before 7.30 firmware update… They were enabled by @edward on 7.30 and tested during the alpha.
I am completely convinced now that all the breaking problems are from changes in the OS and kernel.
You have me totally confused on what FW you are running.
So what is it, .29 or .30?
I have multiple machines (two VP, one V Edge, One Emulator). They all run the latest 7.30 version of the luup engine but on different OS than the release. The firmware is composed of many components:
The OS which is openWRT Barrier Breaker (14.07).
The kernel which is a version of linux 3.14.xx customized by mios.
And the rootFS which has all of the mios programs including the luup engine and the dreaded network monitor causing the Xmas light mode.
There is strong dependancy between the kernel and the OS. In order to maintain extroot, I kept all my units on the kernel and OS of 7.0.29 and only upgraded the rootfs to 7.0.30 build 4833/4832.
Now I understand, you made a bitza and rolled your own.
So, I can’t use your system(s) as a performance benchmark against unmolested Vera’s.
I think I’ll stay as I am until Vera work out what they are doing, incidentally I have upgraded a spare Edge that I was saving for the upcoming Alpha and didn’t find any noticeable difference. (very few devices)
You rock!
You are miles ahead… they should have hired you 
Note that I provided the scripts to do what I did in the extroot thread. I prefer to do it that way so that it is always reversible and you are only updating files on the external drive, preventing you from bricking anything. Reversal is done by only unplugging the external SSD and reboot.
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To be honest no major noticeable difference that I can put a finger on. The upgrade went fine and when it finished setup came back up with no reported problems.
Maybe if all those who upgraded their Edge could report back their results good or bad a clearer picture could be gathered. I’m thinking it’s a case of no news is good news I suppose.