This thread is for updates and feedback related to Embr and the Ignition 8.3 Betas.
opened 03:11PM - 04 Aug 25 UTC
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## Open Issues
### Modules
- [ ] Vendor Name does not display correctly in the gateway status page.
### Repository
- [ ] Publishing actions need to support both 8.1 and 8.3.
These local build downloads will be kept up to date until I add support for automatically publishing Embr's 8.3 branch. Embr-Charts-Ignition83Beta-3.0.1.modl (2.7 MB)Embr-Periscope-Ignition83Beta-0.8.1.modl (1.9 MB)Embr-Thermodynamics-Ignition83Beta-1.0.4.modl (1.7 MB)
Automatic publishing has been enabled for the 8.3/main branch and module downloads are now available on GitHub.
🔥 Open-source modules for Ignition by Inductive Automation. The home of Charts, Thermo, Periscope, and more. - mussonindustrial/embr
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DNice
August 4, 2025, 5:12pm
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Looks like adding a module now requires a GW restart in 8.3?
Any module install/uninstall/update in 8.3 requires a restart.
One of the new things i'm noticing on Ignition 8.3 is that for every module install, uninstall, it's forcing a reboot of the entire gateway. I saw this behavior while importing the kafka module, and when trying to import an 8.1 module into the gateway (it was an expected fail lol). I can think of a few reasons why it's okay for it, but for deployment of 3rd party modules, it may be disruptive in a running system, even if the 3rd party module doesn't affect core functionalities (alarm,history, op…
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DNice
August 4, 2025, 5:17pm
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I figured it was any module, just a little bummed this is the case. I seem to remember 8.1 does not require restart, I wonder if this will not be required one day for 8.3.
I don't think hot loading will ever be an option for 8.3. It was removed deliberately.
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I’m still exploring the idea of decoupling the JavaScript dependencies from the modules, in order to allow updates to the Perspective client-side resources (i.e. updates to Chart.js or ApexCharts dependencies) without a complete gateway restart.
Automatic publishing has been enabled for the 8.3/main branch and module downloads are now available on GitHub.
Embr is now released as a combined suite for each target Ignition platform version, labeled by the release date.
On GitHub releases you will now find:
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