Items seem to be not fully initialised when rules are executed

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Hi there,

my items seem to not be fully initialized when the rules are executed.
After starting up Openhab2, when my rules are executed, I get ‘item x cannot be found’ error messages.
Which item can’t be found varies from time to time.
The problem is that the respecting rule with the error stops working completely.
Interestingly, when I then edit the rules file and do a dummy change, the rules file is refreshed and the rules start working properly.
It seems that the rules are executed at an too early stage. I do not use system startup rules, my rules are only triggered on item changes or by cron pattern.

I use Openhab2 beta 3, but I had the same behaviour in older snapshots.

Thanks for your help!
Axel

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Same problem here also for ‘System started’ rules.
Any advices so far? :slight_smile:

Thanks!

Some logs:
Caused by ‘System started’ rule

2016-09-04 10:19:47.397 [INFO ] [ome.core.thing.internal.ThingManager] - Not delegating update 'ALLSENS_ARMED' for item 'SIRENE_ARM_STATE' to handler for channel 'homematic:HM-Sec-Sir-WM:92859b7c:NEQ0510649:4#ARMSTATE', because thing is not initialized (must be in status ONLINE or OFFLINE).

Caused by executing the rule a way too early (implicit triggered by a System started rule):

2016-09-04 10:19:47.357 [ERROR] [.script.engine.ScriptExecutionThread] - Rule 'my rule': An error occured during the script execution: The name 'sendBroadcastNotification(<XStringLiteralImpl>)' cannot be resolved to an item or type.