This thread is for updates and feedback related to Embr and the Ignition 8.3 Betas.
opened 03:11PM - 04 Aug 25 UTC
closed 02:58PM - 17 Sep 25 UTC
enhancement
help wanted
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## Open Issues
### Modules
- [x] Vendor Name does not display correctly in the gateway status page.
### Repository
- [x] Publishing actions need to support both 8.1 and 8.3.
- CI now supports publishing the entire set of modules for the target branch, tagged + released with the date.
- Modules are versioned per-branch.
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
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…
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.
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:
