Control Rule Live Processing Without Disabling Tokens

QCDR has separate live-processing switches for Rules and Tokens. Turning Rule Live Processing off is a fast way to stop ordinary Rule transformations while leaving standalone Token processing available.

Use the Rules Switch for Rule-Wide Control

  1. Open QC Dynamic Replacer → Rules.
  2. Locate the Live Processing control for Rules.
  3. Turn it off when you need all normal Rule transformations to stop without changing every Rule's saved state.
  4. Reload a known frontend page and confirm the Rule-driven change is no longer applied.

Your Rules remain stored with their existing states, order, targeting, schedules, and replacement configuration. Turning the switch back on restores Rule processing subject to those saved settings.

Tokens Have Their Own Switch

The Tokens tab has a separate Token Live Processing control. Turning Rules off does not automatically turn Tokens off, so standalone Tokens used in eligible frontend content can continue to resolve.

This separation is useful during troubleshooting: you can determine whether an unexpected output change comes from a Rule or from Token resolution without deleting configuration.

What Happens If Tokens Are Off but Rules Are On

Direct-value Rules can continue to run when Token Live Processing is off because their replacement does not depend on a Token. A Rule whose replacement source is a QCDR Token is handled differently: QCDR leaves the original matched output untouched rather than replacing it with an empty value when the required Token processing is unavailable.

Use the Right Control for the Problem

  • One bad Rule: move that Rule to Disabled or Draft.
  • All Rule changes need to stop temporarily: turn Rule Live Processing off.
  • Token output needs to stop while direct Rules remain available: use Token Live Processing on the Tokens tab.
  • Emergency one-request bypass: a logged-in Super User can use QCDR's documented qcdr_bypass=1 request bypass when diagnosing a page, without changing the stored switches.

After troubleshooting, restore only the processing switch you intentionally changed and verify the same frontend page again.

Community Discussion

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