Disabled dangling branches lead to runtime differences in subscription behavior

[bruno-f-cruz]

Discussed in https://github.com/orgs/bonsai-rx/discussions/2006

^{Originally posted by edmundchong September 8, 2024}
I created a frequently updated BehaviorSubject which I pass through some conditional statements. However, there are strange effects from nodes that are commented out (but still connected). Here is a toy example which isolates the issue:

In this case mySubject is only initialized once but is propagated 3 times.

When the commented out node is deleted or simply connected on the other end like the rest of the Condition nodes, everything is fine:
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The same behavior happens also if I e.g. replace Merge with Zip or CombineLatest or Amb.

Workflow attached below.

foo.bonsai.zip