From 4982b964a985ec56a2097625a463bce31b995447 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaska Black Wolf <aaskablackwolf.blockchain@ud.me>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 21:44:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added check for changes in parameters by checksum calculation
 to reduce write cycles to disk

---
 worker.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/worker.php b/worker.php
index b671f43..643d8c4 100644
--- a/worker.php
+++ b/worker.php
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ function queryMonitors() {
         $lastStatus = [];
         if( is_file($statusFile) )
             $lastStatus = json_decode( file_get_contents( $statusFile ), true );
+        $checksum = hash( 'sha256', json_encode($lastStatus) );
 
         // process configured monitors
         foreach($config->monitors as $monitor) {
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ function queryMonitors() {
                 }
            }
         }
-        file_put_contents( $statusFile, json_encode($lastStatus) );
+        if( hash( 'sha256', json_encode($lastStatus) ) !== $checksum)
+            file_put_contents( $statusFile, json_encode($lastStatus) );
     }
 }