# sendRequest not possible in script console

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition83\
**Created:** [September 23, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sendrequest-not-possible-in-script-console/110891 "2025-09-23T14:43:16Z")\
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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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