This post is reproduced here with permission from The OrgMode ExoCortex. org-roam v2, which was recently released, removed the update database on idle functionality (which I coincidentally contributed) as part of its simplification. I agree with this removal, as I think it makes the most sense to keep the org-roam core as simple as possible. That being said, being able to have the org-roam database update only when Emacs is idle can be helpful for some folks, like me, who C-x C-s quite often ...
