[JENKINS-47371] Reload Configuration from Disk does not work for Script Approvals XML

Due to limitations with the Script Security Plugin such as https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-43722 I have implemented a custom backup and restore mechanism which overwrites the scriptApprovals.xml on disk. The option "Reload Configuration from Disk" does not reload the script approvals and a full restart of Jenkins is required before the approvals lists are re-populated. This seems counter to the description of the option which states: "Discard all the loaded data in memory and reload everything from file system. Useful when you modified config files directly on disk."

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Originally reported by boon, imported from: Reload Configuration from Disk does not work for Script Approvals XML

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): script-security-plugin
  
• label(s): configuration, script-security, triaged-2018-11
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 3
  
• imported: 2025-12-09
  

Raw content of original issue

Due to limitations with the Script Security Plugin such as https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-43722 I have implemented a custom backup and restore mechanism which overwrites the scriptApprovals.xml on disk. The option "Reload Configuration from Disk" does not reload the script approvals and a full restart of Jenkins is required before the approvals lists are re-populated. This seems counter to the description of the option which states: "Discard all the loaded data in memory and reload everything from file system. Useful when you modified config files directly on disk."

environment

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Jenkins 2.49

Script Security Plugin 1.33
```