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Passive Hot Reload for Web Servers
draft-ahrweiler-hotreload-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Author Chris Ahrweiler
Last updated 2026-05-09 (Latest revision 2025-11-05)
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Abstract

This document defines a passive, file-based mechanism for automatic hot reloading of configuration files and TLS certificates in web servers. Unlike traditional web servers that require explicit reload commands, this design uses file modification time (mtime) to detect changes and reloads in memory automatically.

Authors

Chris Ahrweiler

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