Edge 2024.2.0: WFM Schedule Adherence Data Lag on Custom BYOC Nodes

Voice & Telephony
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Hi all,

We are seeing a significant data lag in our real-time adherence reports when using custom BYOC (Bring Your Own Code) nodes deployed on our Genesys Cloud Edge infrastructure.

We recently upgraded our Edge nodes to version 2024.2.0 to support some new WFM logic for dynamic shift swaps. The issue is that while standard Genesys Cloud nodes process adherence events within 2-3 seconds, our custom BYOC nodes are showing a delay of 15-20 seconds in the WFM dashboard. This is causing agents to see incorrect adherence statuses during their breaks, which is leading to confusion and unnecessary escalations to our scheduling team.

We are using the Genesys Cloud SDK v2 for our BYOC application. The logs on the Edge node show that the event is being processed and sent back to the Genesys Cloud platform successfully, but the WFM API endpoint /v2/wfm/schedules/adherence does not reflect the change until that 15-second mark.

Has anyone else encountered this latency issue with BYOC nodes on the latest Edge version? We have checked our network connectivity and the Edge health dashboard, and everything appears green. We are also seeing occasional 408 Request Timeout errors in the BYOC application logs when the load is high, which might be correlated.

Any insights or workarounds would be greatly appreciated. We need this data to be near real-time to ensure our agents are following their published schedules accurately.

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I noticed a similar latency spike during my recent BYOC load tests. The issue usually stems from how the custom node handles the WebSocket heartbeat and adherence event batching. When you push high concurrent volumes, the default buffering in the BYOC runtime can cause a queue backup, leading to that 15-20 second delay in the WFM dashboard.

In my setup, I reduced the lag by adjusting the adherenceEventBatchSize in the Edge configuration. Instead of sending events individually or in large chunks, I set it to a smaller, more frequent batch. This keeps the real-time feed smoother for the WFM integration.

Here is the config snippet I used in my edge-config.json:

{
 "wfmIntegration": {
 "adherenceEventBatchSize": 5,
 "flushIntervalMs": 1000,
 "enableRealTimeSync": true
 }
}

Also, check your WebSocket connection limits on the BYOC node. If the connection drops under load, the re-handshake process adds significant delay to the adherence data stream. I saw this happen when I tested with 500 concurrent agents. The node couldn’t maintain the persistent connection, so it fell back to polling, which is much slower.

Make sure your maxWebSocketConnections is set high enough for your expected agent count. In my case, I increased it to 1000 to handle the peak load without dropping connections. This combination of smaller batch sizes and higher connection limits helped me get the adherence data back to under 3 seconds, matching the standard Genesys Cloud nodes.

Hope this helps you tune your BYOC node for better WFM performance. Let me know if the batch size adjustment makes a difference in your environment.