diff --git a/application/pom.xml b/application/pom.xml
index 60186c3d3b..70c6a82672 100644
--- a/application/pom.xml
+++ b/application/pom.xml
@@ -507,12 +507,31 @@
             </properties>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <!-- Reserve free ephemeral ports so concurrent openapi-spec builds (and orphaned
+                                 forks from prior failed builds) on the same CI agent don't collide on fixed ports. -->
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>reserve-openapi-ports</id>
+                                <phase>initialize</phase>
+                                <goals><goal>reserve-network-port</goal></goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <portNames>
+                                        <portName>jmx.port</portName>
+                                        <portName>http.port</portName>
+                                    </portNames>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                         <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
                             <mainClass>org.thingsboard.server.ThingsboardServerApplication</mainClass>
-                            <jmxPort>9001</jmxPort>
+                            <jmxPort>${jmx.port}</jmxPort>
                         </configuration>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
@@ -532,6 +551,7 @@
                                     <arguments>
                                         <argument>--spring.config.name=thingsboard</argument>
                                         <argument>--spring.profiles.active=openapi</argument>
+                                        <argument>--server.port=${http.port}</argument>
                                     </arguments>
                                     <maxAttempts>180</maxAttempts>
                                     <wait>2000</wait>
@@ -557,7 +577,7 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                         <configuration>
-                            <apiDocsUrl>http://localhost:8080/v3/api-docs/thingsboard</apiDocsUrl>
+                            <apiDocsUrl>http://localhost:${http.port}/v3/api-docs/thingsboard</apiDocsUrl>
                             <outputFileName>openapi.json</outputFileName>
                             <outputDir>${project.build.directory}</outputDir>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/processor/BaseEdgeProcessorTest.java b/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/processor/BaseEdgeProcessorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..430df22548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/processor/BaseEdgeProcessorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2016-2026 The Thingsboard Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.thingsboard.server.service.edge.rpc.processor;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.thingsboard.common.util.JacksonUtil;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.Dashboard;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.Device;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.EntityView;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.User;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.asset.Asset;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.device.data.DeviceData;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.device.data.DefaultDeviceConfiguration;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.device.data.DefaultDeviceTransportConfiguration;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.AssetId;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.DashboardId;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.DeviceId;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.EntityViewId;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.TenantId;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.UserId;
+import org.thingsboard.server.gen.transport.TransportProtos;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class BaseEdgeProcessorTest {
+
+    private final BaseEdgeProcessor processor = new BaseEdgeProcessor() {
+        @Override
+        public ListenableFuture<Void> processEntityNotification(TenantId tenantId, TransportProtos.EdgeNotificationMsgProto msg) {
+            return Futures.immediateFuture(null);
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void dashboardSaveRequiredWhenConfigurationChanges() {
+        DashboardId dashboardId = new DashboardId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        Dashboard current = new Dashboard(dashboardId);
+        current.setTitle("Dashboard");
+        current.setConfiguration(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"widgets\":{\"w1\":{\"type\":\"timeseries\"}}}"));
+
+        Dashboard updated = new Dashboard(current);
+        updated.setConfiguration(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"widgets\":{\"w1\":{\"type\":\"latest\"}}}"));
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void dashboardSaveNotRequiredWhenOnlyVersionChanges() {
+        DashboardId dashboardId = new DashboardId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        Dashboard current = new Dashboard(dashboardId);
+        current.setTitle("Dashboard");
+        current.setConfiguration(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"widgets\":{\"w1\":{\"type\":\"timeseries\"}}}"));
+        current.setVersion(1L);
+
+        Dashboard updated = new Dashboard(current);
+        updated.setVersion(2L);
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void dashboardSaveNotRequiredWhenIdentical() {
+        DashboardId dashboardId = new DashboardId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        Dashboard current = new Dashboard(dashboardId);
+        current.setTitle("Dashboard");
+        current.setConfiguration(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"widgets\":{\"w1\":{\"type\":\"timeseries\"}}}"));
+
+        Dashboard updated = new Dashboard(current);
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void deviceSaveRequiredWhenDeviceDataChanges() {
+        DeviceId deviceId = new DeviceId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        Device current = new Device(deviceId);
+        current.setName("Device");
+        current.setDeviceData(deviceDataWithTransport());
+
+        Device updated = new Device(current);
+        DeviceData withoutTransport = new DeviceData();
+        withoutTransport.setConfiguration(new DefaultDeviceConfiguration());
+        updated.setDeviceData(withoutTransport);
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void deviceSaveRequiredWhenAdditionalInfoChanges() {
+        DeviceId deviceId = new DeviceId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        Device current = new Device(deviceId);
+        current.setName("Device");
+        current.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"old\"}"));
+
+        Device updated = new Device(current);
+        updated.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"new\"}"));
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void deviceSaveNotRequiredWhenOnlyVersionChanges() {
+        DeviceId deviceId = new DeviceId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        Device current = new Device(deviceId);
+        current.setName("Device");
+        current.setDeviceData(deviceDataWithTransport());
+        current.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"same\"}"));
+        current.setVersion(1L);
+
+        Device updated = new Device(current);
+        updated.setVersion(2L);
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void assetSaveRequiredWhenAdditionalInfoChanges() {
+        AssetId assetId = new AssetId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        Asset current = new Asset(assetId);
+        current.setName("Asset");
+        current.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"old\"}"));
+
+        Asset updated = new Asset(current);
+        updated.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"new\"}"));
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void assetSaveNotRequiredWhenOnlyVersionChanges() {
+        AssetId assetId = new AssetId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        Asset current = new Asset(assetId);
+        current.setName("Asset");
+        current.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"same\"}"));
+        current.setVersion(1L);
+
+        Asset updated = new Asset(current);
+        updated.setVersion(2L);
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void entityViewSaveRequiredWhenAdditionalInfoChanges() {
+        EntityViewId entityViewId = new EntityViewId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        EntityView current = new EntityView(entityViewId);
+        current.setName("EntityView");
+        current.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"old\"}"));
+
+        EntityView updated = new EntityView(current);
+        updated.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"new\"}"));
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void entityViewSaveNotRequiredWhenOnlyVersionChanges() {
+        EntityViewId entityViewId = new EntityViewId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        EntityView current = new EntityView(entityViewId);
+        current.setName("EntityView");
+        current.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"same\"}"));
+        current.setVersion(1L);
+
+        EntityView updated = new EntityView(current);
+        updated.setVersion(2L);
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void userSaveRequiredWhenAdditionalInfoChanges() {
+        UserId userId = new UserId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        User current = new User(userId);
+        current.setEmail("user@thingsboard.io");
+        current.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"old\"}"));
+
+        User updated = new User(current);
+        updated.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"new\"}"));
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void userSaveNotRequiredWhenOnlyVersionChanges() {
+        UserId userId = new UserId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        User current = new User(userId);
+        current.setEmail("user@thingsboard.io");
+        current.setAdditionalInfo(JacksonUtil.toJsonNode("{\"description\":\"same\"}"));
+        current.setVersion(1L);
+
+        User updated = new User(current);
+        updated.setVersion(2L);
+
+        assertThat(processor.isSaveRequired(current, updated)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    private static DeviceData deviceDataWithTransport() {
+        DeviceData deviceData = new DeviceData();
+        deviceData.setConfiguration(new DefaultDeviceConfiguration());
+        deviceData.setTransportConfiguration(new DefaultDeviceTransportConfiguration());
+        return deviceData;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/common/data/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/common/data/Dashboard.java b/common/data/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/common/data/Dashboard.java
index 2c65a3dfc8..2666663d97 100644
--- a/common/data/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/common/data/Dashboard.java
+++ b/common/data/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/common/data/Dashboard.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class Dashboard extends DashboardInfo implements ExportableEntity<Dashboa
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 872682138346187503L;
 
-    private transient JsonNode configuration;
+    private JsonNode configuration;
 
     @Getter
     @Setter
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/lib/cards/api-usage-widget.component.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/lib/cards/api-usage-widget.component.ts
index 97efac2cc8..7bae7153eb 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/lib/cards/api-usage-widget.component.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/lib/cards/api-usage-widget.component.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   ApiUsageWidgetSettings,
   getUniqueDataKeys
 } from '@home/components/widget/lib/settings/cards/api-usage-settings.component.models';
+import { ShortNumberPipe } from '@shared/pipe/short-number.pipe';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'tb-api-usage-widget',
@@ -57,18 +58,12 @@ export class ApiUsageWidgetComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   noDataDisplayMessageText: string;
 
   private contentResize$: ResizeObserver;
-  private powers: {key: string, value: number}[] = [
-    { key: 'Q', value: 1e15 },
-    { key: 'T', value: 1e12 },
-    { key: 'B', value: 1e9 },
-    { key: 'M', value: 1e6 },
-    { key: 'K', value: 1e3 }
-  ];
 
   constructor(private imagePipe: ImagePipe,
               private utils: UtilsService,
               private sanitizer: DomSanitizer,
-              private cd: ChangeDetectorRef) {
+              private cd: ChangeDetectorRef,
+              private shortNumberPipe: ShortNumberPipe) {
   }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
@@ -95,8 +90,8 @@ export class ApiUsageWidgetComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             const progress = (this.isFiniteNumber(data[0][key.maxLimit.key]) && data[0][key.maxLimit.key] !== 0) ? Math.min(100, ((data[0][key.current.key] / data[0][key.maxLimit.key]) * 100)) : 0;
             key.progress = isFinite(progress) ? progress : 0;
             key.status.value = data[0][key.status.key] ? data[0][key.status.key].toLowerCase() : 'enabled';
-            key.maxLimit.value = this.isFiniteNumber(data[0][key.maxLimit.key]) && data[0][key.maxLimit.key] !== 0 ? this.toShortNumber(data[0][key.maxLimit.key]) : '∞';
-            key.current.value = this.isFiniteNumber(data[0][key.current.key]) ? this.toShortNumber(data[0][key.current.key]) : 0;
+            key.maxLimit.value = this.isFiniteNumber(data[0][key.maxLimit.key]) && data[0][key.maxLimit.key] !== 0 ? this.shortNumberPipe.transform(data[0][key.maxLimit.key]) : '∞';
+            key.current.value = this.isFiniteNumber(data[0][key.current.key]) ? this.shortNumberPipe.transform(data[0][key.current.key], {roundDown: true}) : 0;
           });
           this.cd.detectChanges();
         }
@@ -149,20 +144,6 @@ export class ApiUsageWidgetComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     }
   }
 
-  private toShortNumber(number: any, decimals = 1) {
-    if (!Number.isFinite(number) || number < 0) {
-      return '0';
-    }
-    for (const power of this.powers) {
-      if (number >= power.value) {
-        const reduced = number / power.value;
-        const rounded = Number(reduced.toFixed(decimals));
-        return `${rounded}${power.key}`;
-      }
-    }
-    return `${Number(number.toFixed(decimals))}`;
-  }
-
   public onInit() {
     const borderRadius = this.ctx.$widgetElement.css('borderRadius');
     this.overlayStyle = {...this.overlayStyle, ...{borderRadius}};
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/lib/home-page/usage-info-widget.component.html b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/lib/home-page/usage-info-widget.component.html
index dd2e0258da..b1b85cc963 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/lib/home-page/usage-info-widget.component.html
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/widget/lib/home-page/usage-info-widget.component.html
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
           </div>
           <div class="tb-usage-items-values">
             <div class="tb-usage-items-counts">
-              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.devices">{{ usageInfo?.devices | shortNumber }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxDevices) }}</div>
-              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.assets">{{ usageInfo?.assets | shortNumber }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxAssets) }}</div>
-              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.users">{{ usageInfo?.users | shortNumber }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxUsers) }}</div>
-              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.dashboards">{{ usageInfo?.dashboards | shortNumber }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxDashboards) }}</div>
-              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.customers">{{ usageInfo?.customers | shortNumber }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxCustomers) }}</div>
+              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.devices">{{ usageInfo?.devices | shortNumber: {roundDown: true} }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxDevices) }}</div>
+              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.assets">{{ usageInfo?.assets | shortNumber: {roundDown: true} }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxAssets) }}</div>
+              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.users">{{ usageInfo?.users | shortNumber: {roundDown: true} }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxUsers) }}</div>
+              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.dashboards">{{ usageInfo?.dashboards | shortNumber: {roundDown: true} }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxDashboards) }}</div>
+              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.customers">{{ usageInfo?.customers | shortNumber: {roundDown: true} }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxCustomers) }}</div>
             </div>
             <div class="tb-usage-items-progress">
               <mat-progress-bar [class.critical]="entityItemCritical.devices" color="primary" mode="determinate" [value]="progressValue(usageInfo?.devices, usageInfo?.maxDevices)"></mat-progress-bar>
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@
           </div>
           <div class="tb-usage-items-values">
             <div class="tb-usage-items-counts">
-              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.transportMessages">{{ usageInfo?.transportMessages | shortNumber }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxTransportMessages) }}</div>
-              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.jsExecutions">{{ usageInfo?.jsExecutions | shortNumber }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxJsExecutions) }}</div>
-              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.alarms">{{ usageInfo?.alarms | shortNumber }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxAlarms) }}</div>
-              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.emails">{{ usageInfo?.emails | shortNumber }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxEmails) }}</div>
-              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.sms">{{ usageInfo?.sms | shortNumber }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxSms) }}</div>
+              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.transportMessages">{{ usageInfo?.transportMessages | shortNumber: {roundDown: true} }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxTransportMessages) }}</div>
+              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.jsExecutions">{{ usageInfo?.jsExecutions | shortNumber: {roundDown: true} }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxJsExecutions) }}</div>
+              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.alarms">{{ usageInfo?.alarms | shortNumber: {roundDown: true} }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxAlarms) }}</div>
+              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.emails">{{ usageInfo?.emails | shortNumber: {roundDown: true} }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxEmails) }}</div>
+              <div class="tb-usage-item-counts" [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.sms">{{ usageInfo?.sms | shortNumber: {roundDown: true} }} / {{ maxValue(usageInfo?.maxSms) }}</div>
             </div>
             <div class="tb-usage-items-progress">
               <mat-progress-bar [class.critical]="apiCallItemCritical.transportMessages" color="primary" mode="determinate" [value]="progressValue(usageInfo?.transportMessages, usageInfo?.maxTransportMessages)"></mat-progress-bar>