From da6809f96cb218b6fa8c170691c40b0f2c9ca4ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dennis Snell <dennis.snell@automattic.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 10:58:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Relax preferences updates

---
 lib/state/simperium/middleware.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/state/simperium/middleware.ts b/lib/state/simperium/middleware.ts
index 2172d5831..940a983b8 100644
--- a/lib/state/simperium/middleware.ts
+++ b/lib/state/simperium/middleware.ts
@@ -348,13 +348,20 @@ export const initSimperium = (
 
       case 'SET_ANALYTICS':
         preferencesBucket.get('preferences-key').then((preferences) => {
+          if (
+            preferences.data &&
+            !!preferences.data.analytics_enabled === action.allowAnalytics
+          ) {
+            return;
+          }
+
           preferencesBucket.update(
             'preferences-key',
             {
               ...preferences.data,
               analytics_enabled: action.allowAnalytics,
             },
-            { sync: true }
+            { sync: false }
           );
         });
         return result;