# Ignition 8.3 system.util.sendRequest() causes an exception

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition83\
**Created:** [September 23, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-system-util-sendrequest-causes-an-exception/110897 "2025-09-23T17:04:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-system-util-sendrequest-causes-an-exception/110897/5 "2025-09-24T18:07:52Z")

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Echoing my response from this other thread for visibility - and thank you @atsm26 also for your report.

> [@sendRequest not possible in script console](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sendrequest-not-possible-in-script-console/110891/13):
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> Thanks, I was able to figure out the root cause and work out a fix. Hopefully will get in to 8.3.1, if not 8.3.2. If you restart the gateway and the designer, it should work consistently until/unless you change the 'Script Message Encoding' property in the gateway settings.

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