If you can access CRXDE, verify that your configuration is present in CRXDE. Additionally, check for any other existing configurations in different locations that may take precedence over this one (such as config.author, etc.).

That's interesting. I tried this, and it worked for me. Have you verified whether the code is deployed correctly to the AEM instance?

I can see a couple of mistakes in the configuration. After correcting that, the config looks like this: { "cq.wcm.workflow.terminate.on.activate":false, "maxThreadPoolSize": "100", "minThreadPoolSize": "5", "cq.wcm.worklfow.terminate.exclusion.list": [], "event.filter":"(!(event.application=*))...