Roon executes many queries to its home server

Roon Software
#1

Hello!
I love the Roon software and it is impressive that this community seems to be able to answer about any question. So far I did just read the threads but now I do also have a question.
I have a Pi-hole installed (linux-based software on a raspi-pi that is blocking ads and shows queries of devices within a network that access the internet). Regarding the roon software I just saw that it did contact the following domains very frequently today:
identifier.roonlabs.net 8.700 times
imagecache.roonlabs.net 2.900 times
metadataserver 1.100 times
All of that happened today!
All queries are permitted by the Pi-hole, not blocked.
Tidal is installed, so maybe it comes from there…
I did not use Roon/Tidal today, Roon is installed on an Intel NUC and was just running idle.
For sure there has to be some traffic “home” but these figures look weird.

I have a problem with a roon bridge (on another raspi-pi), it shows “there was an error checking for an update” within Roon but the bridge was unplugged today, so I assume that is not the culprit.

Thank you

Wolf

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#2

It is very, very chatty. If you look at the support threads you will often see a recommendation to improve performance to move off ISP DNS servers for this very reason.

#3

Roon is always checking for metadata updates to ensure it has the latest info for you library and the latest updates to streaming services your use. Nothing to worry about.

#4

Don’t see why roon can’t cache some of this info. Not like we need real time updates on Led Zeppelin II.

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#5

Blasphemy. Of course we need second-by-second updates on Led Zeppelin II. In fact, the Led Zeppelin composer information is always subject to frequent change based on the latest law suit. :stuck_out_tongue:

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