# Project Scan Frequency Setting

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-scan-frequency-setting/54122>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, ignition81\
**Created:** [December 14, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-scan-frequency-setting/54122 "2021-12-14T22:36:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![hunterdg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/hunterdg/32/67774_2.png) [@hunterdg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hunterdg)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-scan-frequency-setting/54122/11 "2026-03-20T16:11:25Z")

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ah, found it mentioned here for reference:

> [@Ignition does not reflect git changes until I manually call \`system.project.requestScan()\`](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-does-not-reflect-git-changes-until-i-manually-call-system-project-requestscan/111528/2):
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> 8.3 drops automatic scanning entirely. If you want it to happen automatically, you can set up a gateway timer script somewhere and call system.project.requestScan(), but the better pattern is to fire it whenever git actually needs it to happen, instead of burning CPU cycles scanning unchanged resource trees.

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