Equipmenttreebuilderleaves

[chestm007]

Description

minor changes, QOL and performance

Test Steps

Tested across a large network, and it does the needful. test locally i guess?

Checklist

If any of these are not applicable, strikethrough the line ~like this~. Do not delete it!. Let the reviewer decide if you should have done it.

Code

• [ x ] I have performed a self review of my own code (including checking issues raised when creating the PR).
• [ x ] I have added/updated unit tests for these changes, and if not I have explained why they are not necessary.
• [ x ] I have commented my code in any hard-to-understand or hacky areas.
• [ x ] I have handled all new warnings generated by the compiler or IDE.
• [ x ] I have rebased onto the target branch (usually main).

Documentation

• [ x ] I have updated the changelog.
• I have updated any documentation required for these changes.

Breaking Changes

• [ x ] I have considered if this is a breaking change and will communicate it with other team members by posting it on the Slack breaking-changes channel.

Please leave a summary of the breaking changes here and then post it on the Slack breaking-changes channel to notify the team about it.

[kgreav]

BTW you'll also have to rebase on anthonys changes, and i'll probably backport this to 0.49.0 as well.. maybe

[kgreav]

actually - add a changelog entry plz

[chestm007]

changing PR branch to DEV-3524