Automatic FSRS Optimization (New Feature Request)

[scottyt]

When I check my settings I often see the tooltip “It’s been a while since you optimized your FSRS parameters, etc.”

Would it be worthwhile to be able to place the optimization on “autopilot” and have the program optimize after a set interval, for example 500 reviews or every week? Then users will not have to worry about going in and manually optimize their parameters.

Forgive me if this is a silly suggestion I do not have a deep understanding of the inner workings of FSRS.

[sorata]

The issue is sync conflicts. See this:

[23.10 Desktop] Add a feature to automatically periodically re-optimize FSRS parameters

Right now, users have to manually re-optimize parameters from time to time. This is inconvenient, especially if the user has a lot of presets. Ideally, using FSRS should be as simple as turning it on once, but right now the user has to remember to re-optimize parameters manually. I’ve already suggested this before in the thread about the 23.10 release candidate, but unfortunately, my suggestion didn’t make it into the final release. Frankly, I don’t know why, I can’t imagine it being a herculea…

[scottyt]

Interesting conversation, appreciate your response!

[Expertium]

TLDR just so that you don’t have to read 90 comments: it could cause conflicts if you use Anki on multiple devices. And nobody wants to work on solving that.