I don’t know about the “blocker” idea (Just don’t have the knowledge to zero it down to one node.
However looking at the log it appears nodes 13,23,24,33,46,54 and 162 have problems. Assuming these are main powered nodes after startup the binding requests a Node Information Frame (NIF) and these nodes are not sending that information, but the binding keeps trying and overwhelms the controller around 13:50 and the controller just starts to reject everything for a while.
As to how to use the log, look for red “rejected” or “failed”.
Lastly, without even the Debug, the Warn messages around startup indicate problems.
2023-01-19 01:13:15.244 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 43: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
2023-01-19 01:13:15.559 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 30: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
2023-01-19 01:13:15.595 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 24: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
2023-01-19 01:13:15.615 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 46: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
2023-01-19 01:13:15.635 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 47: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
2023-01-19 01:13:15.637 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 13: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
2023-01-19 01:13:16.313 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 154: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
2023-01-19 01:13:16.692 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 153: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
2023-01-19 01:13:17.002 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 23: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
2023-01-19 01:13:17.048 [WARN ] [nal.protocol.ZWaveTransactionManager] - NODE 63: Not initialized (ie node unknown), ignoring message.
2023-01-19 01:13:17.890 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 105: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
2023-01-19 01:13:17.920 [WARN ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - NODE 88: Restore from config: Error. Data invalid, ignoring config.
Also messages like this indicate that the node cannot be identified (anymore?)
2023-01-19 03:47:29.825 [WARN ] [wave.discovery.ZWaveDiscoveryService] - NODE 47: Device discovery could not resolve to a thingType! Manufacturer data not known.
2023-01-19 01:30:05.766 [WARN ] [wave.discovery.ZWaveDiscoveryService] - NODE 153: Device discovery could not resolve to a thingType! Manufacturer data not known.
2023-01-19 05:31:50.863 [WARN ] [wave.discovery.ZWaveDiscoveryService] - NODE 30: Device discovery could not resolve to a thingType! Manufacturer data not known.
Are any of the nodes I mentioned “Zombies”? (no longer used, but still on the Zstick)