wiki:reconfig

Notes

Support for reconfiguration of the buildmaster without interrupting running builds. This has been working for a long time, but has some structural problems that probably need to be addressed a a high level.

Open defects

#1948
WithProperties doesn't interact properly with reconfig
#2301
buildbot waterfall page shows error after reconfig

Open tasks/enhancements

#994
reconfig by graceful failover
#1891
investigate and document using exocet to reload modules
#2236
Experiment with loading config in a "rollback importer"
#2237
Schedulers should have names and reconfigService methods
#2188
status targets are replaced, even if their configuration is unchanged.