WAPTWUA behavior upon shutdown

[Vincent38]

Good morning

There is something I don't understand about how waptwua works.

I have noticed several times that the installation of Windows updates at shutdown (install_at_shutdown = 1 in wapt-get.ini) is extremely long, because at each shutdown a search for updates is launched, then if there are any available they are downloaded, and finally they are installed.

The behavior I would like (and which in my opinion should be the default behavior in case of installation at a standstill) is that the search for updates and the downloading of these updates take place while the user session is open, and that at closing only the installation is done, not the rest, to limit as much as possible the time needed before shutting down.

Is this a bug on my end during setup?
Otherwise, how can this behavior be achieved?

THANKS
Commander

WAPT Enterprise 2.5.4

wapt-get.ini:

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[global]
repo_url=https://wapt1.xxxxxxxxxx.com/wapt
wapt_server=https://wapt1.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com
verify_cert=0
use_fqdn_as_uuid=1
allow_remote_reboot=1
allow_remote_shutdown=1

[waptwua]
enabled=1
default_allow=1
install_delay=7d
download_scheduling=1d
install_at_shutdown=1

PS: There seems to be a small error in the documentation; it indicates "install_at_shutdown = True" as an example, whereas in wapt-get.ini the actual parameter is "install_at_shutdown = 1"
Frankly, your tool is great, but this is not (by far) the first time I've found an error in the documentation (not to mention the illustration images which are from old versions and no longer correspond to anything).
Thank you for making an effort and updating it (I had already pointed this out to you), documentation full of errors for a product that we pay for (in our case at least), it's not exactly professional.

[vcardon]

Good evening Vincent,

Just so you know, True and 1 are interchangeable, just like False and 0 are for a boolean.

Regarding the documentation, we're seriously debating internally whether we should actually keep the screenshots, as they're such a pain to maintain. We'd love to hear your opinion.

[Vincent38]

Good evening,

if you really want my opinion, I'd be happy to!
But to avoid cluttering my own post , I'll send it to you via private message; it's simpler.

Regards

[Vincent38]

Well, apparently I can't send you a private message , so I'll start a new thread about the documentation instead. Perhaps other opinions besides mine will be helpful?

At the very least, it'll let me know if it's just me who's having trouble with the current documentation

. Regards

[Vincent38]

Hello
, just a quick update: is it possible to do what I'd like?
Unless the WUA API doesn't allow launching WUA in "install only" mode?