# Controlling project file scanning without restarting

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/controlling-project-file-scanning-without-restarting/42633 "2021-01-26T18:57:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/controlling-project-file-scanning-without-restarting/42633/12 "2023-06-07T14:36:20Z")

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New feature in 8.1.28. Not a full solution, but a big step:

> [@\[IGN-1655\]Force to reload the file page-config/config.json after editing it from disk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-1655-force-to-reload-the-file-page-config-config-json-after-editing-it-from-disk/64908/5):
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> May's still 'early', right? wink 8.1.28 will add the system.project.scan method noted above, in the gateway scope. There's also an SDK-accessible requestScan method that returns a CompletableFuture on ProjectManagerBase if you want to do anything interesting from a custom module.

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